Beyond Two Percent

This Week In Fintech

Beyond Two Percent analyzes the critical questions, issues, and dynamics that affect people differently by gender - and the intersection of those dynamics with finance. Our guests join our two fabulous hosts, Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams. We'll publish Beyond Two Percent monthly - if you'd be interested in joining an upcoming episode, let us know! Reach out to sponsor@thisweekinfintech.com. thisweekinfintech.substack.com

Episodes

  1. Beyond Two Percent: The Ins and Outs of Angel Investing

    12/01/2023

    Beyond Two Percent: The Ins and Outs of Angel Investing

    We're excited to announce the fourth episode release of our new podcast, Beyond Two Percent! Beyond Two Percent analyzes the critical questions, issues, and dynamics that affect people differently by gender - and the intersection of those dynamics with finance. This week's roundtable focuses on venture capital, and we're lucky to be joined by Monica Murthy, FinTech Sales & Partnerships Lead at Alloy, and Jenny Johnston Venture Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures. As always, our guests join our two fabulous hosts, Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams. We'll publish Beyond Two Percent monthly - if you'd be interested in joining an upcoming episode, let us know! Reach out to sponsor@thisweekinfintech.com. SPEAKERS * Monica Murthy FinTech Sales & Partnerships Lead at Alloy  * Jenny Johnston Venture Partner at Better Tomorrow Ventures * Julie VerHage-Greenberg, Head of Content and Community at Orum * Helen Femi Williams, Fintech Journalist TRANSCRIPT Helen 00:16This is the beyond 2% podcast and I'm your host Helen, Femi Williams, Julie 00:20 and I'm your second host, Julie Greenberg, this podcast is brought to you by this week in FinTech, which is the front page of global FinTech news, fostering the largest FinTech community through newsletters, thought leadership, and events. Helen 00:33 And of course, podcasting. And you might have listened to our other podcast. Hey, FinTech friends. Well, this podcast series is all about women exploring everything from investing to motherhood, to intersectionality, and so much more. Julie 00:47And we encourage you to give us feedback on the topics you think we should be discussing Julie 01:09 And if we were specifically talking about FinTech, the industry could benefit from more women at any level, because women in general have not typically been in the spotlight as a target audience for financial products and services. They're an underserved customer segment with a massive unmet need. Julie 01:34And that's why this podcast is called Beyond 2%. Helen 01:37There is a world of tech-driven financial products and services that is yet to be discovered because of the lack of women leaders in this space Julie 01:45and through group discussions with leaders in these spaces. This is what we want to explore. Helen 01:50This episode is all about angel investors. Julie 01:57 And thank you to our sponsors in New York City FinTech women, FinTech woman's mission is to connect, promote, empower women to advance their careers. They need help from everyone if we're going to make a real change, encouraging male allies to become members and come to our events. Membership is free. And you can sign up at NYC FinTech women.com and follow them on LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram. Jenny Johnston is an investor turned operator. She began her career at Goldman Sachs before traveling to emerging markets. Jenny then joined a bank partnerships team, and today she has a venture partner at Better Tomorrow ventures and serves as a venture partner whe

    45 min
  2. Beyond Two Percent: Closing the Investing Gap

    14/11/2022

    Beyond Two Percent: Closing the Investing Gap

    We're excited to announce the second episode release of our new podcast, Beyond Two Percent! Beyond Two Percent analyzes the critical questions, issues, and dynamics that affect people differently by gender - and the intersection of those dynamics with finance. This week's roundtable focuses on investing, and we're lucky to be joined by Katie Perry, General Manager at Public, and Margot de Broglie, Co-Founder of Your Juno As always, our guests join our two fabulous hosts, Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams. We'll publish Beyond Two Percent monthly - if you'd be interested in joining an upcoming episode, let us know! Reach out to sponsor@thisweekinfintech.com. SPEAKERS * Margot de Broglie, Co-Founder of Your Juno * Katie Perry, General Manager at Public * Julie VerHage-Greenberg, Head of Content and Community at Orum * Helen Femi Williams, Fintech Journalist Helen  00:14 This is the Beyond Two Percent podcast and I'm your host Helen Femi Williams. Julie  00:18 And I'm your second host, Julie VerHage-Greenberg, this podcast is brought to you by this week in FinTech, which is the front page of global FinTech news, fostering the largest FinTech community through newsletters, thought leadership and events, and Helen  00:31 of course, podcasting. And you might have listened to our other podcast. Hey, Fin tech friends. Well, this podcast series is all about women exploring everything from investing to motherhood, to intersectionality, and so much more. Julie  00:45 And we encourage you to give us feedback on the topics you think we should be discussing and asking and future panels. Helen  00:51 I think Julie and I and the way that this week in FinTech team recognized that ensuring women are well represented in any industry is always going to be beneficial. Gender Diversity has shown to spot better problem-solving, superior performance, innovation, so much more I could go on. Julie  01:06 You're right, Helen. And if we were specifically talking about FinTech, the industry could benefit for more women at any level because women in general, have not typically been in the spotlight as a target audience for financial products and services. They're an underserved customer segment with a massive unmet need. Helen  01:24 And beyond that female founders and executives have personal experience understanding how to generate an ally new ideas and solutions in this field. Julie  01:32 And that's why this podcast is called Beyond 2%. Helen  01:35 There is a world of tech-driven financial products and services that is yet to be discovered because of the lack of women leaders in this space Julie  01:42 and through group discussions with leaders in these spaces. This is what we want to explore Helen  01:47 this week. It's all about investing. Julie  01:53 And thank you to our sponsors in New York City FinTech women, FinTech women's mission is to connect, promot

    42 min
  3. Beyond Two Percent: Episode One - Navigating Motherhood and a Career

    14/10/2022

    Beyond Two Percent: Episode One - Navigating Motherhood and a Career

    We're excited to announce the first episode release of our new podcast, Beyond Two Percent! Beyond Two Percent analyzes the critical questions, issues, and dynamics that affect people differently by gender - and the intersection of those dynamics with finance. This week's roundtable focuses on motherhood and fintech, and we're lucky to be joined by Laura Spiekerman, Co-Founder of Alloy and Maia Bittner, Founder of Pinch and Voice of the Member at Chime. As always, our guests join our two fabulous hosts, Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams. We'll publish Beyond Two Percent monthly - if you'd be interested in joining an upcoming episode, let us know! Reach out to sponsor@thisweekinfintech.com. SPEAKERS * Laura Spiekerman, Co-Founder of Alloy * Maia Bittner, Founder of Pinch and Voice of the Member at Chime * Julie VerHage-Greenberg, Head of Content and Community at Orum * Helen Femi Williams, Fintech Journalist Helen  00:14 This is the Beyond Two Percent podcast and I'm your host Helen Femi Williams. Julie  00:18 And I'm your second host, Julie VerHage-Greenberg, this podcast is brought to you by this week in FinTech, which is the front page of global FinTech news, fostering the largest FinTech community through newsletters, thought leadership and events, and Helen  00:31 of course, podcasting. And you might have listened to our other podcast. Hey, Fin tech friends. Well, this podcast series is all about women exploring everything from investing to motherhood, to intersectionality, and so much more. Julie  00:45 And we encourage you to give us feedback on the topics you think we should be discussing and asking and future panels. Helen  00:51 I think Julie and I and the way that this week in FinTech team recognized that ensuring women are well represented in any industry is always going to be beneficial. Gender Diversity has shown to spot better problem solving, superior performance, innovation, so much more I could go on. Julie  01:06 You're right, Helen. And if we were specifically talking about FinTech, the industry could benefit for more women at any level, because women in general have not typically been in the spotlight as a target audience for financial products and services. They're an underserved customer segment with a massive unmet need. Helen  01:24 And beyond that female founders and executives have personal experience understanding how to generate an ally new ideas and solutions in this field. Julie  01:32 And that's why this podcast is called Beyond 2%. Helen  01:35 There is a world of tech driven financial products and services that is yet to be discovered because of the lack of women leaders in this space Julie  01:42 and through group discussions with leaders in these spaces. This is what we want to explore Helen  01:47 this week. It's all about investing. Julie  01:53 And thank you to our sponsors in New York City FinTech women, FinTech women's mission is to connect, promote, empower women to advance their careers. They need he

    48 min

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Beyond Two Percent analyzes the critical questions, issues, and dynamics that affect people differently by gender - and the intersection of those dynamics with finance. Our guests join our two fabulous hosts, Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Helen Femi Williams. We'll publish Beyond Two Percent monthly - if you'd be interested in joining an upcoming episode, let us know! Reach out to sponsor@thisweekinfintech.com. thisweekinfintech.substack.com