Frontier Fintech Podcast

Nat Wittayatanaseth

The definitive voice on Fintech in Asia. Bridging CeFi and DeFi and connecting Asian Fintech companies to the rest of the world.

  1. 07/22/2022

    EP33 Josh Fraser - Origin Protocol - Bringing DeFi and NFT to the masses

    Josh Fraser, the Co-Founder of Origin Protocol, founded the company in 2017 to bring NFTs and DeFi to the masses. Josh started coding at the age of 10. Prior to Origin, he co-founded 3 other venture-backed companies: EventVue, Torbit (acquired by Walmart Labs) & Forage. Today, Origin Story has powered multiple record-breaking NFT sales for top creators. Origin Dollar (OUSD) is the first stablecoin that earns competitive DeFi yields while sitting in your wallet. We covered all about NFTs and Stablecoins at #FrontierFintech Podcast: *The difference between building Web2 vs Web3 startups *Building NFT launchpad (Origin Story) for artists and getting 3LAU and Paris Hilton as advisors *How OriginDollar is an innovative take on stablecoin

    44 min
  2. EP32 Tayo and Tansaya - Bank of Thailand - Central Bank Digital Currency

    07/21/2022

    EP32 Tayo and Tansaya - Bank of Thailand - Central Bank Digital Currency

    Tayo Koonprasert and Tansaya Kunaratskul are Senior Specialists at the Central Bank Digital Currencies team at the Bank of Thailand. Both of them have been instrumental in creating the Central Bank Digital Currency. We’ll cover all about the use cases for CBDC, different models of CBDC and it will be used in the future at #FrontierFintech Podcast. Disclaimer: This interview was conducted in September 2021 and may not reflect the current status of the Bank of Thailand’s CBDC projects.

    35 min
  3. EP31 Yoshi Yokokawa - Alpaca - Democratizing Equity Investing for Every Person on Earth

    06/27/2022

    EP31 Yoshi Yokokawa - Alpaca - Democratizing Equity Investing for Every Person on Earth

    “History Rhymes But Never Repeats” Yoshi Yokokawa is the CEO & Co-founder of Alpaca, a company that powers more than 100 fintech applications around the world. When Robinhood came out in 2013, Yoshi, in Japan at the time, couldn’t download the app or invest in U.S. stocks. Ten years later, nothing’s changed. Alpaca is based on the idea that every single person on the earth should have access to financial markets like Americans do. Today, Alpaca has raised series B from notable investors to offer equities and crypto trading software via API. We covered all about “why investing in U.S. stocks is so hard for non-Americans” at #FrontierFintech Podcast.

    55 min
  4. EP30 Sherry Jiang - Bluejay Finance - What Local Stablecoins Need is a DeFi Summer Moment

    03/17/2022

    EP30 Sherry Jiang - Bluejay Finance - What Local Stablecoins Need is a DeFi Summer Moment

    Sherry Jiang is the Co-Founder & CEO of Bluejay Finance, a protocol that creates stablecoins pegged to Asian currencies. By providing local currency stablecoins, Bluejay is laying the infrastructure to support the next billion users to use Web3 products. Sherry has always been passionate about building products for people in emerging markets. She has founded a social impact company, Code for Community, to provide non-profit organizations with technical help. Fascinated by how technology is bringing financial access to people in ways that financial institutions cannot do, she joined Google Pay and brought payment innovations to India. Today, she’s building Bluejay to provide a seamless way for people in Southeast Asia to use Web3. We talked about Local Currency Stablecoins and more at #FrontierFintechPodcast: *Why do we need local currency stablecoins *What are the challenges for local stablecoins to take off *What is Bluejay doing differently than others *How does Bluejay solve the liquidity issue? *What will be the catalysts for local stablecoin adoption *When will the market be ready for this

    33 min
  5. EP29 Amrita Vir - Grab - Financial system isn’t fair to people who are just making a living

    03/06/2022

    EP29 Amrita Vir - Grab - Financial system isn’t fair to people who are just making a living

    Amrita Vir is the Head of Driver Lending at Grab. She manages over 20 financial programs, including cash loans, BNPL, and fuel financing, for Grab drivers across 6 markets in Southeast Asia. She’s also the host of The Greenroom, a SEA fintech podcast. Amrita found her passion for fintech from a young age. She founded a non-profit microfinance company in college to help the low-income access financial services in the U.S. where she grew up. It was her mission to improve financial inclusion and her roles at various fintech companies took her from LATAM, Africa, Middle East, to SEA. We talked all about “financial access and inclusion” and more at #FrontierFintech Podcast: *Challenges of microfinance in SEA vs US *Data availability and collection infrastructure as prerequisites for digital lending *The missing pieces of digital lending in SEA *How to improve financial health, not just financial access

    36 min
  6. EP28 Jason Tay - M-DAQ - Heads you win, tails you don't lose

    02/28/2022

    EP28 Jason Tay - M-DAQ - Heads you win, tails you don't lose

    "Foreign exchange will always be here to stay" Jason Tay, the Regional Director of Business Development at M-DAQ, talks to us about how M-DAQ uses data and algorithms to allow merchants around the world to sell goods in foreign currencies and not lose out when the FX rate changes. M-DAQ is creating the world without currency borders. The 11-year old fintech company is the first startup to be funded by Affinity Equity Partners who joined other notable investors, including Ant Group and Samsung. M-DAQ is the FX solution that powers leading e-commerce platforms and stock markets around the world. With increasing cross-border e-commerce trades, sellers are forced to quote prices in foreign currency. The problem is you don’t know when the product will sell, hence, the FX risk falls on the sellers. Sellers markup a lot more than usual and the ultimate losers are the consumers. Wouldn’t it be better if the platform takes care of that and ensures sellers’ bottom line is fixed? That is what M-DAQ does. It gives power back to consumers by giving power to sellers. We talked all about foreign exchange amidst the cross-border world and more at #frontierfintechpodcast: *How M-DAQ helps sellers sell goods in foreign currency *How buyers can get refunds at the same rate after 3 months of purchase *How M-DAQ does this at ⅙ of the banks with 3 months’ guarantee *The role of FX and e-commerce

    50 min
  7. EP27 [Bonus!] 3 Peas in a Pod-Cast: NFT Party

    02/25/2022

    EP27 [Bonus!] 3 Peas in a Pod-Cast: NFT Party

    Welcome to “NFT Party”, the inaugural episode of 3-Peas in a Pod-Cast where we dissect current events and big themes in the world of fintech & crypto. This episode is hosted by Nat Wittayatanaseth, Diana Shih and Jason Tay. As Russia is invading Ukraine, all our financial portfolios have gone red. While Diana keeps a strict Warren Buffett’s philosophy of checking her portfolio once a year, Jason can’t do that because his NFT portfolio is on the verge of being rug-pull. This is the only episode you need to listen to to get started on NFT. We talked all about: *What to look for when evaluating which NFT to buy *How to start buying your first NFT *What scam techniques are out there *NFT fraud vs. pop culture About our hosts: *Nat Wittayatanaseth is the founder of Frontier Fintech Podcast and an angel-operator in Web3 *Jason Tay is the a prolific fintech moderator and the Regional Director Of Business Development at M-DAQ Global *Diana Shih is the founder of The Curious About Podcast and a marketer in Web3

    44 min
  8. EP26 Iwan Kurniawan - Funding Societies - What’s next for P2P lending in SEA

    02/19/2022

    EP26 Iwan Kurniawan - Funding Societies - What’s next for P2P lending in SEA

    Iwan Kurniawan, the Co-Founder & COO of Funding Societies (Modalku), has spent the past 6 years building Funding Societies into the largest SME lender in SEA. The company’s  raised funds from top-tier investors, including SoftBank and Sequoia India. He also serves as the Vice Chairman of Indonesia Fintech Association. We talked about *What’s next for P2P lending in SEA* at #FrontierFintechPodcast: *How to start a fintech startup (hint: Every company starts with a hook) *How to think about credit risks vs growth *Why being the first mover in lending business is advantageous *Is lending business in SEA saturated yet *What’s next for P2P lending in SEA

    42 min
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The definitive voice on Fintech in Asia. Bridging CeFi and DeFi and connecting Asian Fintech companies to the rest of the world.

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  • Creator
    Nat Wittayatanaseth
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2022
  • Episodes
    33
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Nat Wittayatanaseth
  • Show Website
    Frontier Fintech Podcast