I’ve long been a big fan of the Plug and Play Tech Center. I visited their home in Sunnyvale, California, recently and it was a thriving hive of energy, excitement and can-do attitudes, all rolled into one. I have been watching them diligently export their formula to other markets and I was wondering if the […]
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Steve Polsky of Juvo
Today’s profile is with Steve Polsky, founder of Juvo, whose vision is to establish financial identities for the billions of people worldwide who are creditworthy, yet financially excluded, via their everyday use of smartphones. Over to Steve for his responses to our questions – in bold. —– Who are you and what’s your background? Hi. […]
Frank Sanchez of Finxact
Today we are talking to Frank Sanchez of the cloud based SaaS banking software company Finxact. Here’s Frank with his answers to our questions – in bold. —– Who are you and what’s your background? I have spent 35+ years building and implementing core banking systems and as a FinTech company executive. My career […]
Dr Mark Goldspink of the ai Corporation (ai)
This week on FinTech Profile, we talk to Dr Mark Goldspink, CEO of The ai Corporation (ai) Founded in 1998, ai has a long and exciting heritage as one of the world’s leading companies in fraud, risk management and pioneering business intelligence from payments data. The company was purchased from the original founders in 2012 […]
Dare Okoudjou of MFS Africa
This week on FinTech Profile, we talk to Dare Okoudjou, founder and CEO of leading Pan-African fintech company MFS Africa. Operating the largest digital payments hub on the continent, the MFS Hub is connected to over 170 million mobile wallets in Sub-Saharan Africa, offering unparalleled reach for financial services providers to bring simple and secure […]
Gavin Spencer of Apparity
Today we are joined by Gavin Spencer of Apparity. Apparity is a fully integrated enterprise class application designed to securely control and automate all the key events that occur in the life-cycle of any mission critical end user developed application – such as spreadsheets, databases, scripts, and robots. Here’s Gavin’s story: —– Who are you […]
Alan Nagle of Cybertonica
Today on FinTech Profile we speak to Alan Nagle CCO of Cybertonica. Cybertonica use Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in combination with analytical, big data and statistical models to reduce basket drop-off and increase conversion for all channels of e-payments and transaction platforms. We provide frictionless on-boarding, checkout and secure payments processing for e-Commerce and […]
ID Finance
This week’s profile is with Boris Batine, the Co-founder of ID Finance; a data science, credit scoring and digital finance company that is pioneering fintech innovation in emerging markets. Over to Boris with his responses to our questions (in bold). —– Who are you and what’s your background? I’m Boris Batine, Co-Founder and CEO of ID […]
Mike De’Shazer of Proof
Today we have Mike De’Shazer from Proof to answer our questions. Our questions are in bold. – – – – – Who are you and what’s your background? My name is Mike De’Shazer. I come from a background in software and business development. I have about twelve years of software development experience. I taught programming […]
Jared Hecht of Fundera
Today we are delighted to interview Jared Hecht, co-founder of Fundera; an online marketplace for small business loans that connects small business owners with a network of 30 different lenders – using one common application. Our questions are in bold. —– Who are you and what’s your background? Hi! I am Jared Hecht – co-founder of Fundera, […]
