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Humans of Fintech
Hosted by Nicole Casperson · EN
Humans of Fintech is all about getting into the raw, unfiltered stories behind the most innovative leaders—why they built their companies, what drives them, and how they’re smashing the status quo. Join your host, author and award-winning journalist, Nicole Casperson, as she dives deep into the human side of fintech, unpacking the real motivations, struggles, and triumphs behind the empires these leaders are building—no jargon, just straight-up inspiration, business insights, and power moves.
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Building Trust Into the Fintech Product with Current's Josh Stephens
4w ago00:22:05Tap to summarizeLive from New York: a special mini episode recorded at the Solo Resilience SummitNicole Casperson sits down with Josh Arjuna Stephens, SVP of Product at Current, for a sharp, on-the-ground conversation about what it actually takes to build financial products people trust — and use — at scale.During this special live recording of Humans of Fintech at the Solo Resilience Summit in New York City, Josh and Nicole dig into the evolution of financial infrastructure, the role of agentic AI in product development, why trust has become part of the product itself, and what product teams are most underestimating right now.🎧 Hit play to hear how today's builders are designing the next generation of financial products — with trust, speed, and compliance all in the same room.
Transcribe →Growing Global with Fundbox’s Rina Jariwala, Katy Ryan of Orrick, and Ontop’s Sergio Cordoba.
Jun 2400:34:41Tap to summarizeLive from Las Vegas: the Fintech Penthouse is back!Nicole Casperson sits down with guests Rina Jariwala, Chief Operations Officer at Fundbox, Katy Ryan, Partner at Orrick, and Sergio Cordoba, Chief Acquisition Officer at Ontop. During this special live recording of Humans of Fintech at Fintech Meetup 2026, the group discusses’ what it takes to expand past your home market and how compliance, infrastructure, and trust play a role in it.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future.
Transcribe →Bread Financial’s Jyoti Menon is Building Product to Change Consumer Habits
Jun 1700:38:44Tap to summarizeFrom helping launch Apple Pay at Citi to leading product across servicing, engagement, rewards, and customer experience at Bread Financial, Jyoti Menon has had a front-row seat to how financial services actually evolve. Jyoti has spent her career building at the intersection of finance, payments, and product — long before “fintech” became the industry it is today. Nicole Casperson and Menon sit down live on the showroom floor of Fintech Meetup in the Humans of Fintech podcast booth to discuss her career path, product development strategies, and the evolving role of AI in fintech.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUPFintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.
Transcribe →Orrick’s Katy Ryan Is Helping Fintechs Grow Through Regulation
Jun 1000:42:08Tap to summarizeKaty Ryan is a Partner at Orrick, a global law firm focused on serving tech companies, but she’s also a builder, an operator, and someone who’s actually sat on both sides of the table as a founder herself.Filmed on the showroom floor of Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Katy to discuss one of the most misunderstood — and most powerful — intersections in fintech: regulation and growth.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUPFintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.
Transcribe →Building at the Intersection of Healthcare and Fintech with Danny Friday
Jun 400:38:54Tap to summarizeDanny Friday isn’t your traditional fintech founder. Originally a software engineer, Sail was born out of necessity to create accessibility in our healthcare system’s reimbursement process.Filmed at the Fintech Penthouse in Las Vegas during Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Sail’s Founder and CEO to unpack one of the most complex, high-stakes, and misunderstood systems in our economy — and how Sail is building the infrastructure to fix it.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUPFintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.
Transcribe →Emerald 360° Powered by FIS
Jun 300:28:15Tap to summarizeEveryone is talking about AI in banking. But the real question isn't whether the technology works.It's whether we can trust it to make decisions about money.That's a harder question. And this year, it moved from theoretical to operational.Filmed live at FIS Emerald in Orlando, Nicole Casperson goes inside the conversations, announcements, and leaders defining what AI actually looks like inside the financial system — including a backstage exclusive with FIS CEO & President Stephanie Ferris on what this moment really means for banks, for fintech, and for the infrastructure layer being built underneath the AI economy.This is the story behind the headlines.🎧 Hit play.SPONSORED BY FISLearn more: https://www.fisglobal.com/Hosted by Nicole CaspersonFounder & CEO, Fintech Is FemmeCreative Direction by Anton BrionesHead of ProductionLuke Hezekiah WalterHead of DigitalAubreyne BrizetteArt DirectionFrancisca CivitMotion GraphicsElijah RooneyStyling for Nicole CaspersonKeltoum Mazid
Transcribe →Brex’s Erica Dorfman is Leading from the CFO Seat
May 600:30:33Tap to summarizeBrex CFO Erica Dorfman has built her career in product, capital markets, and the core of how the business actually runs. From banking to private equity to operating roles at SoFi — she’s consistently moved closer to the decision.Filmed live at FTW:NYC The Official New York Fintech Week Conference, Nicole Casperson sits down with Erica to unpack what it means to lead from the CFO seat in fintech today, how major decisions like this actually get made, and what the future of finance — and the future of work — really looks like from the inside.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY BREXLearn more about Brex here: https://www.brex.com/lp/hp
Transcribe →Prove’s Alyse Belavic is Shaping the Role of Identity in Payments
Apr 2200:36:14Tap to summarizeAlyse Belavic has worked with some major players in our industry. American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Citi, Synchrony, and now Prove — operating at the intersection of identity, payments, and fraud prevention. Filmed at the Fintech Penthouse in Las Vegas during Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Alyse to unpack how payments, fraud, and consumer behavior are evolving in real time — and how building the right relationships helped shape her career.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUPFintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.
Transcribe →Casap's Shanthi Shanmugam Wants to Eliminate Fraud for Good
Apr 800:33:43Tap to summarizeWhen Shanthi Shanmugam led customer support infrastructure at Robinhood, she saw firsthand what happens when trust breaks. Now CEO and Founder of Casap, Shanthi has been making big moves, leading in agentic AI to transform how fraud and disputes are handled and, in turn, how trust is built at scale.Filmed at the Humans of Fintech Podcast Booth on Fintech Meetup’s Showroom Floor, Nicole Casperson sits down with Shanthi to discuss rebuilding consumers’ trust, using AI as a thought partner, and how Casap is trying to eliminate fraud for good.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future.SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUPFintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.
Transcribe →FinMkt’s Luan Cox is Building for Where the Market is Going
Mar 1800:47:26Tap to summarizeFinMkt’s President and CEO, Luan Cox, anticipated the needs of modern financial services years before the market recognized them. Scaling multiple tech companies to successful exits, Luan Cox’s work has been recognized and awarded many times over, most recently at The Femmy’s as Innovator of the Year.Cox sits down with Nicole Casperson to talk early career lessons, building for where the market is going – not where it’s been – and her work with Springboard Enterprises, including a new female fintech founder cohort designed to accelerate the next generation of category-defining leaders.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future.SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUPFintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.Ready to join Fintech Meetup now? Secure your registration here:*https://register.visitcloud.com/survey/1tipmzl935flc?actioncode=000187WUF*
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