Bank On It John Siracusa

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In this episode, the host John Siracusa had a remote chat with Renaud Laplanche, Co-founder & CEO of Upgrade.  Renaud was previously CEO of Lending Club where he is also a co-founder.  In this episode we go in depth about his journey from corporate lawyer, to MatchPoint (acquired by Oracle) and Lending Club which was created in a time when peer to peer lending was not even an idea.  Today at Upgrade he’s creating something that is not obvious yet.  Throughout the interview Renaud realizes that he loves to create non-obvious things that change industries.  
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About the host:
John is the founder of ListenDeck a full-service podcast and video production company, which has produced over 1500 episodes of various podcasts. He is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast, which features over 600 episodes starring high profile fintech leaders and entrepreneurs.
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This episode was produced remotely using the ListenDeck standardized audio & video production system. If you’re looking to jumpstart your podcast miniseries or upgrade your podcast or video production please visit www.ListenDeck.com.
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In this episode, the host John Siracusa had a remote chat with Ankur Joshi, Founder & CEO of Nuclei.  Nuclei is platform that integrates ecosystems for various customer cohorts, such as retail customers, small and medium enterprises.  Nuclei works with banks and telecom companies to provide value-added services and non-banking products to their customers. We chat about insights on the company's expansion strategy, the importance of building a strong team to do so, and the balance between short-term and long-term goals.   
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About the host:
John is the founder of ListenDeck a full-service podcast and video production company, which has produced over 1500 episodes of various podcasts. He is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast, which features over 600 episodes starring high profile fintech leaders and entrepreneurs.
Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

This episode was produced remotely using the ListenDeck standardized audio & video production system. If you’re looking to jumpstart your podcast miniseries or upgrade your podcast or video production please visit www.ListenDeck.com.
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In this episode, the host John Siracusa had a remote chat with Robert Kraal, Co-Founder of Silverflow.  In this interview they discuss the company's role as an acquirer processing platform, particularly the need for a modern technical solution to connect payment providers to card networks like Visa & MasterCard. 
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About the host:
John is the founder of ListenDeck a full-service podcast and video production company, which has produced over 1500 episodes of various podcasts. He is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast, which features over 600 episodes starring high profile fintech leaders and entrepreneurs.
Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

This episode was produced remotely using the ListenDeck standardized audio & video production system. If you’re looking to jumpstart your podcast miniseries or upgrade your podcast or video production please visit www.ListenDeck.com.
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In this episode, the host John Siracusa had a remote chat with Elad Tsur, Co-Founder & CEO of Planck.  Planck is an AI-based data platform for commercial insurance that aims to provide accurate and relevant insights to carriers & they discuss the challenges of bridging AI and insurance. Extracting insights from unstructured data and the difficulty of predicting underwriting insights is a super fascinating topic. They discuss that and more on this episode!
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon and iHeartRadio to hear next Thursdays episode with Robert Kraal from Silverflow.
About the host:
John is the founder of ListenDeck a full-service podcast and video production company, which has produced over 1500 episodes of various podcasts. He is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast, which features over 600 episodes starring high profile fintech leaders and entrepreneurs.
Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

This episode was produced remotely using the ListenDeck standardized audio & video production system. If you’re looking to jumpstart your podcast miniseries or upgrade your podcast or video production please visit www.ListenDeck.com.
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In this episode, the host John Siracusa had a remote chat with Brent Jackson, Founder & CEO of Torpago.  Torpago is a financial technology company that provides corporate cards equipped with spend management software.  His experience in finance and fintech led him to identify this need for a better corporate credit card and expense management process. He built Torpago and shifted to powering bank credit cards programs, he came to this realization and more by listening to customers.
 
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon and iHeartRadio to hear next Thursdays episode with Elad Tsur from Planck.
 
About the host:
 
John is the founder of ListenDeck a full-service podcast and video production company, which has produced over 1000 episodes of various podcasts. He is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast, which features over 500 episodes starring high profile fintech leaders and entrepreneurs. 
 
Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium

This episode was produced remotely using the ListenDeck standardized audio & video production system. If you’re looking to jumpstart your podcast miniseries or upgrade your podcast or video production please visit www.ListenDeck.com.
You can subscribe to this podcast and stay up to date on all the stories here on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon and iHeartRadio.
In this episode, the host John Siracusa had a remote chat with Oban MacTavish, Co-founder & CEO of Spade.  In this chat they discuss what Spade is doing, essentially a transaction data enrichment solution for merchants.  They talk about Oban’s background in rugby and how it shaped his competitive nature and his aversion to losing. All that and more!
 
Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, Amazon and iHeartRadio to hear next Thursdays episode with Brent Jackson from Torpago.
 
About the host:
 
John is the founder of ListenDeck a full-service podcast and video production company, which has produced over 1000 episodes of various podcasts. He is the host of the ‘Bank On It’ podcast, which features over 500 episodes starring high profile fintech leaders and entrepreneurs. 
 
Follow John on LinkedIn, Twitter, Medium