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Humans of Fintech

Nicole Casperson

Humans of Fintech with Nicole Casperson is where the people building the future of money get real about what it takes to create meaningful change. Hosted by award-winning journalist and Fintech Is Femme founder Nicole Casperson, the show goes beyond headlines, valuations, and product launches to uncover the decisions, setbacks, ambitions, and lived experiences shaping fintech, business, and AI. Each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, investors, executives, and

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31:00

AI Is Making Software Easier to Build. So What Still...

Humans of Fintech ·

2026/08/17

AI is making products easier to build.So what actually separates the companies that win?In this episode of Humans of Fintech, Nicole Casperson sits down with Drew Glover, Co-Founder of Fiat Growth and General Partner at Fiat Ventures, at the Golden Gate Bridge to unpack the next phase of fintech in the AI era.Drew argues that as software becomes easier to replicate, the strongest moats left are data, distribution, storytelling, and community.The conversation explores why fintech may be uniquely

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22:05

Building Trust Into the Fintech Product with...

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2026/07/01

Live 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

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34:41

Growing Global with Fundbox’s Rina Jariwala, Katy...

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2026/06/24

Live 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

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38:44

Bread Financial’s Jyoti Menon is Building Product to...

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2026/06/17

From 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

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42:08

Orrick’s Katy Ryan Is Helping Fintechs Grow Through...

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2026/06/10

Katy 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

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38:54

Building at the Intersection of Healthcare and...

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2026/06/04

Danny 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

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28:15

Emerald 360° Powered by FIS

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2026/06/03

Everyone 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

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30:33

Brex’s Erica Dorfman is Leading from the CFO Seat

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2026/05/06

Brex 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

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36:14

Prove’s Alyse Belavic is Shaping the Role of Identity...

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2026/04/22

Alyse 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

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33:43

Casap's Shanthi Shanmugam Wants to Eliminate Fraud...

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2026/04/08

When 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

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47:26

FinMkt’s Luan Cox is Building for Where the Market is...

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2026/03/18

FinMkt’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

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45:30

Stripe’s Sophie Sakellariadis is Teaching us About...

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2026/03/04

Stripe leader Sophie Sakellariadis has had a unique front row seat in modern fintech for over a decade. From Stripe’s global expansion to building money movement systems behind how businesses store value, move funds, and operate across borders, Sakellariadis sits down with Nicole Casperson to talk about the First-Wave of Fintech, the Next Era, and even teach us about stablecoins. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future

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46:25

SoFi’s Kelli Keough is Helping us Spend, Invest,...

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2026/02/18

.Today, SoFi serves more than 12 million members, operates as a full-scale digital financial services platform, is the NBA's official bank, and is the namesake of SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. And their EVP, group business unit leader for Spend, Invest, Protect, and Save, Kelli Keough, sits down with Nicole to discuss how consumer behavior is changing under economic pressure, what it takes to build a winning consumer fintech brand at scale, and how the next era of fintech will belong to companies

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47:30

Engineer to Storyteller: Sanjib Kalita, Chairman of...

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2026/02/04

Recorded in the heart of Manhattan, we’re kicking off a very special Season 10: The Winner’s Circle with Fintech Meetup’s Sanjib Kalita. Host Nicole Casperson and Kalita sit down to discuss his start as an engineer building the early stages of big tech to his current role as Chairman of Fintech Meetup, the importance of relationships and storytelling in fintech, and lessons learned from his time at both large institutions and scrappy startups.🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling

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39:00

The Fairness Playbook: How Consumer Reports Is...

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2025/12/01

Recorded live from the Money20/20 show floor in Las Vegas, this special Humans of Fintech episode explores what it really takes to design a fair digital economy in a moment when financial systems are shifting faster than ever. Host Nicole Casperson sits down with Consumer Reports leaders Delicia Hand, Johnny Mathias, and Evan Feeney to break down the six principles of the Fair Digital Finance framework that help fintechs embed transparency, inclusion, and user protection from day one.Across the

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54:54

Inside Growing Global: Lessons From the Builders...

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2025/11/24

Recorded live from the Fintech Penthouse at Money 2020 in Las Vegas, this two-part 'Humans of Fintech' special explores what it really takes to grow globally in a moment when financial systems are being rewritten in real-time. Host Nicole Casperson gathers leaders shaping the future of cross-border fintech to share the mindsets, tactics, and human stories behind global expansion.Part 1 features Mary Murcko, Head of Growth at Fintech Meetup, who has scaled some of the world’s most iconic media brands

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01:18:20

A Toast to Women in Fintech – Fintech for Good

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2025/11/17

Recorded live from the Fintech Penthouse at Money 2020 in Las Vegas, this special edition of Humans of Fintech honors the past, confronts the present, and reimagines the future of financial systems. Host Nicole Casperson opens the night by grounding the room in a powerful truth. Women have been shaping fintech long before fintech had a name, from Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper to Maggie Lena Walker. And today’s builders are continuing that legacy with intention, grit, and a vision for real financial

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51:34

Connecting the Dots: Building Businesses That Last

Humans of Fintech ·

2025/09/15

Live from a buzzing room in NYC, this special Humans of Fintech episode brings two dynamic leaders to the stage: Nicole Mitchell, Partner at Aprio, and Tiffany Haynes, investor, advisor, and former COO of Fingercheck.Nicole shares how she’s spent nearly 30 years as a connector, guiding founders to see the bigger picture and helping businesses grow beyond the numbers. From her bold beginnings to becoming a trusted advisor across industries, she unpacks the value of foresight and why she calls herself

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44:22

Leadership, Ambition & Humanity in Finance: A Live...

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2025/08/11

Live from a packed room in NYC, this special Humans of Fintech episode brings two powerhouse voices to the stage: Nina Chmura, Partner at Withum and creator of its Outsourced Accounting Systems & Solutions practice (OASyS), and Amanda Estiverne-Colas, Board Member at the National Alliance for Financial Literacy and Inclusion and long-time champion of innovation, access, and equity in finance.Nina shares the bold pivot that took her from the partner track to building a “scrappy startup” inside a

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34:55

Fighting FinCrime Smarter: Trisha Kothari on Building...

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2025/07/14

In this episode of Humans of Fintech, host Nicole Casperson sits down with Trisha Kothari, Co-Founder and CEO of Unit21, for a deep dive into one of fintech’s most urgent (and misunderstood) frontiers: fraud and compliance.From uncovering flaws in legacy systems to building a platform trusted by top fintechs, Trisha has made it her mission to stop financial crime—without making it harder for teams to do their jobs.She shares what the early fintech boom got wrong about compliance, how AI is changing

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