Fintech Leaders

Miguel Armaza
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Fintech Leaders

Learn from today’s global leaders building the organizations that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.

  1. Alan Patricof – Tech & VC Legend. 90-Years-Old: Fit, Focused and Closing Deals

    4 DAYS AGO

    Alan Patricof – Tech & VC Legend. 90-Years-Old: Fit, Focused and Closing Deals

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Alan Patricof, Co-Founder of Primetime Partners, Greycroft, and Apax Partners. It’s hard to explain just how important Alan has been for tech and VC. He’s one of the true pioneers in venture capital worldwide, having started his first VC firm in the 1970s, Alan Patricof and Associates, which later became Apax Partners and currently has over ~$80Bn AUM.We sat down live on stage at Barclays Rise in NYC for the Gilgamesh Ventures Summit, an annual meeting w...

    48 min
  2. Nigel Morris, QED and Capital One Co-Founder - Transforming Financial Services for a Billion People

    19 NOV

    Nigel Morris, QED and Capital One Co-Founder - Transforming Financial Services for a Billion People

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza travels to Alexandria, Virginia for an in-person interview with a fintech legend: Nigel Morris, Co-Founder of QED and Capital One. QED is a global fintech venture capital firm that has backed numerous amazing companies, including Credit Karma, Nubank, Avant, SoFi, and Klarna. They currently have over $4.0 billion in AUM.Prior to QED, Nigel co-founded Capital One in 1994. The bank today is amongst the 10 largest banks in the US with almost $500 billion in asset...

    47 min
  3. Howard Morgan - From Ham Radio to GenAI: A Remarkable Journey in Tech

    12 NOV

    Howard Morgan - From Ham Radio to GenAI: A Remarkable Journey in Tech

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Howard Morgan, Chair at B Capital, and also co-founder of Renaissance Technologies and First Round Capital.Howard and Miguel sat down live on stage at Barclays Rise in NYC for the Gilgamesh Ventures Summit, an annual meeting with over 150 Limited Partners, Founders, and Investors for a series of events and discussions about the future of tech and financial services.In this inspiring conversation, Howard discussed:How B Capital is using AI to improve thei...

    42 min
  4. Jouk Pleiter, CEO of Backbase – Bootstrapping to €2.5 Billion, Scaling Worldwide, Simplifying Banking Technology

    5 NOV

    Jouk Pleiter, CEO of Backbase – Bootstrapping to €2.5 Billion, Scaling Worldwide, Simplifying Banking Technology

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Jouk Pleiter, CEO & Founder of Backbase, a global fintech that’s modernizing software and infrastructure for banks around the world.Founded in 2003, Backbase was bootstrapped to €200M in annual revenue until they raised a single Private Equity round of €120M from Motive Partners in 2022, valuing the company at €2.5B. They have now grown to over €300M in ARR, work with 150 banks, and continue to expand across the world.We discuss:Bootstrapping the com...

    42 min
  5. Benjamin Fernandes, CEO of NALA - From Africa to the World, The Power of Perseverance, From TV Host to Fintech Founder

    29 OCT

    Benjamin Fernandes, CEO of NALA - From Africa to the World, The Power of Perseverance, From TV Host to Fintech Founder

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Benjamin Fernandes, CEO & Founder of NALA, a global, cross-border payments company that helps customers send money in and out of Africa.Founded in 2018, NALA today is profitable and has raised over $50 million from Accel, Acrew, Amplo, Bessemer, DST, and NYCA.We discuss:Why NALA built their own infrastructure and stopped relying on local African incumbentsChallenges of going through a company pivot from local to cross-border paymentsThe important rol...

    58 min
  6. Richie Serna, CEO of Finix - The Key to Great Products, Fundraising Stories, Building a Payments Powerhouse

    22 OCT

    Richie Serna, CEO of Finix - The Key to Great Products, Fundraising Stories, Building a Payments Powerhouse

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Richie Serna, CEO & Co-Founder of Finix, a US full-stack payment processor and infrastructure provider that processes billions of dollars a year for software platforms, marketplaces, retail, and e-commerce businesses.Founded in 2015, Finix has raised over $135 million to date and is backed by ActOne Ventures, Homebrew, Bain Capital Ventures, Insight, Visa, AmEx, Inspired Capital, and many more.In this episode, we discuss:Navigating the complex world ...

    55 min
  7. Pedro Arnt, CEO of dLocal – From MELI CFO to Leading a Multi-Billion Dollar Giant, Lessons from a Serial Builder

    15 OCT

    Pedro Arnt, CEO of dLocal – From MELI CFO to Leading a Multi-Billion Dollar Giant, Lessons from a Serial Builder

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza interviews Pedro Arnt, CEO of dLocal (NASDAQ:DLO), a multi-billion dollar payments company that specializes in cross-border and local payments in emerging markets. Founded in Montevideo, Uruguay, dLocal today operates in 40 markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America.Pedro has an impressive background and you’ll learn a lot from him. Prior to his appointment as dLocal CEO, he spent 24 years at MELI and was the CFO of the company from 2011 to 2023. During his ten...

    46 min
  8. David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront - $70Bn AUM & Climbing, From Engineer to CEO, Relentless Focus on Automation, The Future of Wealth Management

    8 OCT

    David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront - $70Bn AUM & Climbing, From Engineer to CEO, Relentless Focus on Automation, The Future of Wealth Management

    Send us a textMiguel Armaza travels to San Francisco for an interview with David Fortunato, CEO of Wealthfront, an asset management giant with $70+ billion in assets under management and over a million clients.Founded by Andy Rachleff almost 15 years ago, Wealthfront is now one of the most defining financial brands for millennials and Gen Zers. David joined the company in 2009 as a junior software engineer and became CEO almost four years ago.In this episode, we discuss:Building a culture of ...

    40 min
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Learn from today’s global leaders building the organizations that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.

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  • Creator
    Miguel Armaza
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    159
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    © 2024 Fintech Leaders
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