Humans of Fintech

Nicole Casperson

Humans of Fintech with Nicole Casperson is where the people building the future of money get real about what it takes to create meaningful change. Hosted by award-winning journalist and Fintech Is Femme founder Nicole Casperson, the show goes beyond headlines, valuations, and product launches to uncover the decisions, setbacks, ambitions, and lived experiences shaping fintech, business, and AI. Each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, investors, executives, and culture-shapers reimagining how money moves—and who gets to build its future. You’ll hear the stories behind the companies, the lessons behind the leadership, and the human realities behind innovation. Come for the ideas transforming financial services. Stay for the people courageous enough to build what comes next. Humans of Fintech is a Fintech Is Femme Original show.

  1. Jul 1

    Building Trust Into the Fintech Product with Current's Josh Stephens

    Live from New York: a special mini episode recorded at the Solo Resilience Summit Nicole Casperson sits down with Josh Arjuna Stephens, SVP of Product at Current, for a sharp, on-the-ground conversation about what it actually takes to build financial products people trust — and use — at scale. During this special live recording of Humans of Fintech at the Solo Resilience Summit in New York City, Josh and Nicole dig into the evolution of financial infrastructure, the role of agentic AI in product development, why trust has become part of the product itself, and what product teams are most underestimating right now. 🎧 Hit play to hear how today's builders are designing the next generation of financial products — with trust, speed, and compliance all in the same room.

  2. Jun 24

    Growing Global with Fundbox’s Rina Jariwala, Katy Ryan of Orrick, and Ontop’s Sergio Cordoba.

    Live from Las Vegas: the Fintech Penthouse is back! Nicole Casperson sits down with guests Rina Jariwala, Chief Operations Officer at Fundbox, ​Katy Ryan, Partner at Orrick, and Sergio Cordoba, Chief Acquisition Officer at Ontop. During this special live recording of Humans of Fintech at Fintech Meetup 2026, the group discusses’ what it takes to expand past your home market and how compliance, infrastructure, and trust play a role in it. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future.

  3. Jun 17

    Bread Financial’s Jyoti Menon is Building Product to Change Consumer Habits

    From helping launch Apple Pay at Citi to leading product across servicing, engagement, rewards, and customer experience at Bread Financial, Jyoti Menon has had a front-row seat to how financial services actually evolve. Jyoti has spent her career building at the intersection of finance, payments, and product — long before “fintech” became the industry it is today. Nicole Casperson and Menon sit down live on the showroom floor of Fintech Meetup in the Humans of Fintech podcast booth to discuss her career path, product development strategies, and the evolving role of AI in fintech. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUP Fintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.

  4. Jun 10

    Orrick’s Katy Ryan Is Helping Fintechs Grow Through Regulation

    Katy Ryan is a Partner at Orrick, a global law firm focused on serving tech companies, but she’s also a builder, an operator, and someone who’s actually sat on both sides of the table as a founder herself. Filmed on the showroom floor of Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Katy to discuss one of the most misunderstood — and most powerful — intersections in fintech: regulation and growth. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUP Fintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.

  5. Jun 4

    Building at the Intersection of Healthcare and Fintech with Danny Friday

    Danny Friday isn’t your traditional fintech founder. Originally a software engineer, Sail was born out of necessity to create accessibility in our healthcare system’s reimbursement process. Filmed at the Fintech Penthouse in Las Vegas during Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Sail’s Founder and CEO to unpack one of the most complex, high-stakes, and misunderstood systems in our economy — and how Sail is building the infrastructure to fix it. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUP Fintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.

  6. Jun 3

    Emerald 360° Powered by FIS

    Everyone is talking about AI in banking. But the real question isn't whether the technology works. It's whether we can trust it to make decisions about money. That's a harder question. And this year, it moved from theoretical to operational. Filmed live at FIS Emerald in Orlando, Nicole Casperson goes inside the conversations, announcements, and leaders defining what AI actually looks like inside the financial system — including a backstage exclusive with FIS CEO & President Stephanie Ferris on what this moment really means for banks, for fintech, and for the infrastructure layer being built underneath the AI economy. This is the story behind the headlines. 🎧 Hit play. SPONSORED BY FIS Learn more: https://www.fisglobal.com/ Hosted by Nicole Casperson Founder & CEO, Fintech Is Femme Creative Direction by Anton Briones Head of Production Luke Hezekiah Walter Head of Digital Aubreyne Brizette Art Direction Francisca Civit Motion Graphics Elijah Rooney Styling for Nicole Casperson Keltoum Mazid

  7. May 6

    Brex’s Erica Dorfman is Leading from the CFO Seat

    Brex CFO Erica Dorfman has built her career in product, capital markets, and the core of how the business actually runs. From banking to private equity to operating roles at SoFi — she’s consistently moved closer to the decision. Filmed live at FTW:NYC The Official New York Fintech Week Conference, Nicole Casperson sits down with Erica to unpack what it means to lead from the CFO seat in fintech today, how major decisions like this actually get made, and what the future of finance — and the future of work — really looks like from the inside. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY BREX Learn more about Brex here: https://www.brex.com/lp/hp

  8. Apr 22

    Prove’s Alyse Belavic is Shaping the Role of Identity in Payments

    Alyse Belavic has worked with some major players in our industry. American Express, Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Citi, Synchrony, and now Prove — operating at the intersection of identity, payments, and fraud prevention. Filmed at the Fintech Penthouse in Las Vegas during Fintech Meetup, Nicole Casperson sits down with Alyse to unpack how payments, fraud, and consumer behavior are evolving in real time — and how building the right relationships helped shape her career. 🎧 Hit play to learn how today’s leaders are scaling across borders and shaping a more connected financial future. SPONSORED BY FINTECH MEETUP Fintech Meetup brings together leaders from banks, fintechs, credit unions, and investing firms for 50,000+ one-to-one meetings designed to drive real partnerships and real ROI.

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Humans of Fintech with Nicole Casperson is where the people building the future of money get real about what it takes to create meaningful change. Hosted by award-winning journalist and Fintech Is Femme founder Nicole Casperson, the show goes beyond headlines, valuations, and product launches to uncover the decisions, setbacks, ambitions, and lived experiences shaping fintech, business, and AI. Each episode features candid conversations with the founders, operators, investors, executives, and culture-shapers reimagining how money moves—and who gets to build its future. You’ll hear the stories behind the companies, the lessons behind the leadership, and the human realities behind innovation. Come for the ideas transforming financial services. Stay for the people courageous enough to build what comes next. Humans of Fintech is a Fintech Is Femme Original show.

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  • Creator
    Nicole Casperson
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    142
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2024 Nicole Casperson, Fintech Is Femme Media LLC
  • Show Website
    Humans of Fintech