BANK ON IT

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Kirat Singh, co-founder & CEO at Beacon.  Beacon is a cloud-native technology platform designed for capital markets, enabling customers to build, test and deploy analytics at enterprise scale. Beacon Platforms’s trading and risk applications, financial developer toolkit, transparent source code enable customers to go-live with solutions that span from the front to the back office.  There’s a very interesting story behind Beacon and Kirat.       Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s all new remotely recorded epis

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 246 from an interview with Yaron Ben-Zvi,  co founder and CEO at Haven Life (acquired by MassMutual). This nugget is on strategic acquisition. . What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Yaron Ben-Zvi: Yaron is the co-founder and CEO of online life insurance agency Haven Life which was acquired by MassMutual.    About the host:  John Siracusa, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Te

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Gary Hoberman, founder & CEO at Unqork.  Unqork is a No-code enterprise application platform which helps enterprises build, deploy, and manage applications without writing a single line of code.  Throughout the episode they talk about the origin story of Unqork and the lessons learned with Gary’s father.       Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode with Kirat Singh from Beacon.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'B

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 230 from an interview with Gareth Jones, co founder at Fintech Collective. This nugget is on having deep domain knowledge and conveying it. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Gareth Jones: Gareth is co-founder and Managing Partner of FinTech Collective. Prior to becoming a venture capitalist, Gareth was a successful entrepreneur and business leader, who helped build and sell three category-leading fintech companies. These included Multex, which IPO’d and then successfully sold to Reuters;

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with John Eley, CEO at GoldenSource and fintech investor.   GoldenSource is an enterprise data management software company which sells to the financial services industry. Providing data governance and data quality control to create new gold copy data for any domain, including instruments, parties, prices, corporate actions, products, and positions.  Some clients are Charles Schwab, Putnam, ASX, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, M&G, and Nordea. John has been in leading positions at previous companies with successful exits.  Today, he leads GoldenSource, is an adjunct professor at Columbia University and invests early

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 173 from an interview with Milind Mehere,  co founder and CEO at YieldStreet. This nugget is on focus What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Milind Mehere: He is a serial entrepreneur, currently a co-founder and CEO of YieldStreet. YieldStreet is an investment platform that is connecting investors to asset-based alternative investments. Milind has worked for industry-defining companies and personally built and scaled three businesses, one of which, Yodle, was acquired by Web.com for $342 mill

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Liza Benson, partner at Moderne Ventures.   Modern ventures is an early stage venture fund focused on technology companies that are innovating within real estate, mortgage, finance, insurance, hospitality and home services - multi-trillion dollar industries that make up well over 20% of the US GDP and are ripe for innovation.  We've had some of Moderne Ventures portfolio company founders on as guests such as Farhan from Bento for Business, Eric from Better Mortgage and Nicky from Nova Credit.      Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with John Borchers, co-founder and managing director of Decathlon Capital.  Decathlon capital is a revenue based funding solution for companies needing growth capital.  John has been in venture funding for over 20 years and saw an opportunity to shift from equity based financing to revenue based.   Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode with Liza Benson from Moderne Ventures.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast record

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 216 from an interview with Erkin Adylov,  co founder at Behavox. This nugget is on it takes one person to make a difference. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Erkin Adylov: Erkin is the founder and CEO of Behavox, which provides compliance and risk management solutions to better monitor employees and support regulatory compliance at large financial institutions.   About the host:  John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A'

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Nora Apsel, co-founder and COO of Morty.  Morty’s mission is to empower first-time homebuyers to confidently secure and finance their home purchase online.  Nora is a perfect example of a founding team going from Barclays/Techstars RISE NYC going from accelerator to A round success.     Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s all new episode with John Borchers from Decathlon Capital.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsit

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Wei Hopeman, founder and partner of Arbor Ventures.  Arbor Ventures is a VC firm focused on shaping the way the world transacts by investing in early stage companies at the intersection of financial services, data and digital commerce.  Arbor’s team focuses on bridging the Asian opportunity with a Western approach to accelerate impact and reach globally. A few of Arbor’s portfolio founders are past guests such as Ohad Samet from TrueAccord and Ian Lampl from LoanStreet.   Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode wi

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 160 from an interview with Brett Crosby,  co-founder & COO of PeerStreet. This nugget is on turning a funding failure into a win. What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Brett Crosby: Brett is the co-founder and COO of PeerStreet, a platform for investing in real estate-backed loans. Crosby was previously the director of product marketing at Google, where he co-founded Google Analytics, helped start Google’s mobile advertising business and recently ran the global marketing teams responsibl

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Matt Rodak, founder and CEO of Fund That Flip.  Fund That Flip is an online platform for investing in short-term residential real estate debt, also known as flips. According to Attom Data Total Dollar Volume of Homes Flipped With Financing Reaches $6.4 Billion during the first quarter of 2019 and most of the people who flip those properties need financing, options which require funding from local wealthy people, not institutions.   Fund That Flip is backed by VCs such as Edison Partners.   Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s all

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Evgeny Likhoded, founder and CEO of ClauseMatch.  ClauseMatch is a financial technology company that provides a saas platform for smart document management.   They are backed by Index Ventures.   Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode with Matt Rodak from Fund That Flip.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He’s a highly sought after fintech, VC and fi

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 212 from an interview with Nicky Goulimis,  co founder at Nova Credit . This nugget is on passion vs purpose.    What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Nicky Goulimis:  Nicky is a co-founder and COO of Nova Credit, a worldwide cross-border consumer reporting agency. Nova has built a global infrastructure of credit bureau data which it delivers to lenders and landlords so that they can serve immigrant customers.  Before Nova, Nicky was a consultant at Bain & Company where she served a numb

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with James Haluszczak, founder and managing partner of SteelBridge.  SteelBridge is a consulting firm working with many of the bulge bracket financial firms and SteelBridge Labs is an early-stage venture capital technology incubator.  Through consulting and early stage incubator SteelBridge can support and develop technology startups that fills a direct need of their consulting clients.     Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s all new episode with Evgeny Likhoded from ClauseMatch.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Tom Ryan, partner at Anthemis.   Anthemis is a leading global venture investment platform with over half a billion in AUM.  A few of their portfolio companies are past guests on the show, such as Farhan Ahmad from Bento for Business, Richard Arundel from CurrencyCloud, James Waldinger from Artivest, Jon Stein from Betterment, Rhian Horgan from Kindur, Fawce from Quantopian and Chris Bruno from Rally Road.      Tune in and Listen.     Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode with James Haluszczak from SteelBridge Labs.       About the host:

About this nugget: This nugget was pulled from episode 221 from an interview with Andrew Jamison,  co founder  and CEO at Extend. This nugget is a reminder of being scrappy and fundraising through self doubt towards something big.    What is a nugget of the week?:  The host John Siracusa has recorded over 300 episodes as the host of the Bank On It & Before the A fintech podcasts where he interviews founders building the future of fintech and the VCS/Angels who fund them.  With each interview there’s this wow moment when the person interviewed has shared something really special, unique or a reminder on how founders or investors should think. So, here we are delivering those moments to you in the form of a bite sized nugget. About Andrew Jamison:  Andrew worked at American Express for 12 years. He managed all B2B payments solutions, including virtual card platforms and products. Prior to Amex, he spent 10 years as an SAP consultant. About the host:  John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded o

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Nathaniel Harley, co-founder and CEO of Mantl.  MANTL is a centric outer core ecosystem that gives banks and credit unions the flexibility to innovate using modern technology, while owning their brand throughout the entire customer lifecycle.     Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear Thursday’s all new episode with Tom Ryan from Anthemis.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at OpenFin, and 'Before the A' podcast recorded onsite in Flat Iron at Barclays/Techstars Rise NYC.   He’s a

Every week the show host John Siracusa talks with impressive fintech leaders and entrepreneurs, through conversation uncovers the remarkable stories behind them, their creations and the most important topics in fintech.   You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio.   In this episode the host John Siracusa chats with Wes Barton, co-founder and Managing Partner of Third Prime.  Wes was a tobacco farmer turned VC, Third Prime is a venture capital firm that likes to invest in entrepreneurs shaping a better future for humankind.  An example of those companies are Petal, Octane Lending, Climb Credit and LoanStreet.  Third Prime invests big in big ideas.   Tune in and Listen.   Subscribe now on iTunes, Google , Stitcher, Spotify and iHeartRadio to hear next Tuesday’s all new episode with Nathaniel Harley from Mantl.     About the host:   John, is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast recorded onsite in Wall Street at O