Rebank: Fintech Analysis
Financial innovation, technology advances and social changes are sending shockwaves through the financial services industry.
In an age of increasingly rapid change, important questions, debates and developments are unfolding before our eyes. These ideas, and the choices we make in response to them, will shape our future.
Technology is vastly powerful, creating new industries in response to – or sometimes in anticipation of – changing customer expectations.
Rebank explores the trends, developments and challenges that define our age and shape the future role of money, banking and financial services.
- Update frequency
- every 10 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 249
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Building a Diversified, Profitable Digital Bank with Starling
Today, regular contributor Lex Sokolin and I are joined by Anne Boden, Founder and CEO of Starling Bank, one of the original wave of app-only digital banks in the UK.
Starling has built a diversified…
Self-Funding an International Digital Bank with bunq
Ali Niknam is the founder and CEO of bunq, a fully licensed digital bank based in the Netherlands and available in 30 countries across Europe.
Prior to starting buns, Ali founded TransIP, the largest…
Building the Digital Financial Infrastructure for Latin America with Ualá
Pierpaolo Barbieri is the Founder & CEO of Ualá, an Argentinian consumer fintech taking South America by storm.
Founded just three years ago, Ualá has already amassed more than two million customers …
Understanding the SPAC Boom and What It Means for Founders
Ryan Gilbert is General Partner at Propel Venture Partners, a Bay Area venture capital firm backed by BBVA. He is also as of very recently CEO of Olympus Acquisition Corp, a $750 million SPAC that li…
Remote Seed Investing and Post-Pandemic Fintech Opportunities with Triple Point
Today, Rebank co-host Aman Ghei is joined by Seb Wallace, an investor at Triple Point, an early stage UK venture capital firm that has invested in companies including LendInvest, Credit Kudos, Counti…
Breaking Down Ant Group’s Proposed $200 Billion IPO with Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin
We’re joined by a pair of fintech analysts, Max Friedrich of ARK Invest and Lex Sokolin of ConsenSys, to break down Ant Group’s highly anticipated IPO.
Ant, a spinout from Alibaba and the parent of A…
UBS & Credit Suisse Merger Talks, Klarna Now Worth $10 Billion and a Crypto Exchange Gets a US Banking Charter
Today, we’re joined by Lex Sokolin to talk through a few interesting developments in the world of fintech.
M&A is a continued trend in fintech, with the most recent candidates reported to be UBS and …
Understanding Consumer Fintech in China with Linda Jiang and Yi Luo
Consumer behavior in China has captivated the West for years, and behavior around fintech and payments is no different.
Ant Group’s planned $200 billion upcoming IPO raises more questions than it ans…
The $3.6 Trillion Embedded Finance Opportunity with Mike Massaro and Matt Harris
Mike Massaro is the CEO of Flywire, a payments technology company fresh off a $120m Series E led by Goldman Sachs. Matt Harris is a Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and one of the smartest fintech VC…
Breaking Down Revolut, Starling and Monzo’s Annual Results
We’re joined by Lex Sokolin to break down recently published annual reports from Revolut, Starling and Monzo, three of the leading European digital banks.
There are some fascinating insights to be dr…
Building, Investing and Fundraising in a Crisis with Balderton
Rob Moffat is a partner at Balderton, a leading European VC, with investments including Revolut, Nutmeg, Wagestream, Zego, GoCardless, ComplyAdvantage and many more.
In this conversation, Rob and Reb…
Brands as Banks, Samsung Money, Kabbage vs. OnDeck and Fintech Geopolitics
The fintech world is not taking the summer off. New developments are coming fast and furious, from fundraisings to product launches to government intervention.
Banking for brands startup Bond raised …
How to Invest in Fintech Remotely with Accel’s Seth Pierrepont
Seth Pierrepont is a partner at Accel, one of the most renowned venture firms in the world and a backer of companies including Facebook, Spotify, Slack, Dropbox and many more.
Seth invests in financi…
KYC as a Competitive Advantage with Fourthline
Krik Gunning is the CEO and co-founder of Fourthline, one of fastest growing companies in Europe. Fourtline verifies the identities of millions of customers for clients like N26, ING, SolarisBank, De…
Pooling Upside in Baseball and Business with Pando
Charlie Olson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Pando, a Series A stage fintech designing new ways for high financial variability performers to manage financial risk and upside.
Pando’s platform allows pr…
Figure, SoFi and the Disruption of Finance with Mike Cagney
Mike Cagney is the Co-Founder and CEO of Figure, a full stack financial services blockchain company with consumer offerings in market or on the way in lending, banking and more.
In late-2019, Figure …
Corporate Venture Capital in Unprecedented Times with Santander InnoVentures
Manuel Silva is the Head of Investments for Santander InnoVentures, Santander’s Corporate Venture Capital arm and a leading fintech investor.
InnoVentures' investment portfolio includes companies lik…
Personal Capital is Acquired for $1 Billion, Lemonade IPOs and PayPal Joins the Crypto Club
Robo 1.0 success Personal Capital was acquired for nearly $1 billion by Empower, a major retirement savings manager.
Softbank-backed insurtech darling Lemonade IPOed at less than $2 billion, in a suc…
The Opportunity in US Digital Banking with Current
Stuart Sopp is the Founder and CEO of Current, a leading US digital bank.
Current has over a million users, with a focus on young, financially excluded Americans.
In this conversation, we discuss how…
Fintech Opportunities in LATAM with QED and Broadhaven Ventures
Mike Packer, Partner at QED, and Michael Sidgmore, Partner at Broadhaven Ventures, are active investors in Latin America, with collective portfolio companies including Credijusto, Loft, Nubank and ma…