Everything is Fintech

In this episode of Everything is Fintech, we sit down with Michelle Gill, EVP and GM of Small Business and Financial Services at PayPal, to explore the cutting-edge developments in agentic commerce. Michelle shares insights into how PayPal is revolutionizing the payments landscape by enabling AI agents to autonomously complete transactions, manage subscriptions, and more. From the challenges merchants face in adapting to this new e...

In this exciting episode of Everything is Fintech, we sit down with Andries Smit, Chief Growth Business Officer at inDrive, live from Money2020 Middle East. inDrive, the second most downloaded ride-hailing app globally, is making waves in 48 emerging markets with its unique approach to mobility and financial inclusion. Andries shares the company’s mission to challenge systemic injustices in ride-hailing, offering transparency and c...

Welcome to the Everything is Fintech podcast’s special 2026 Predictions episode! Join the global Money20/20 team of fintech futurists, Oliver Smith, Dhanum Nursigadoo, Virginia Pereira Alvarez, and Sheryl Chen, as they dive into bold, brilliant, and potentially outrageous predictions for the future of finance.

From AI revolutionizing the industry to the rise of community finance orchestrators, stronger financial regulations, and Cha...

What happens when a self-proclaimed geek, a former intelligence officer, and a fintech disruptor walks into a podcast? You get Ran Goldi, the man behind Fireblocks, a company that powers 15-20% of all blockchain transactions globally.

In this no-holds-barred episode of Everything is Fintech, we cut through the fluff to talk about:

• Why most banks and fintechs still don’t have a clue about stablecoins (and why t...

Discover how AI is revolutionizing financial services in this episode of Everything is FinTech. Join Sachin Bhat, Principal Architect for Financial Services at Google Cloud, as he shares exclusive insights into Google's AI initiatives, including the cutting-edge Gemini multimodal AI. Learn how AI is driving personalized customer experiences, enhancing operational efficiency, and ensuring risk management in regulated industries...

In this episode of Everything is Fintech: Live from Money20/20 Asia, we sit down with Yam Ki Chan, Vice President Asia Pacific & Managing Director at Circle Singapore, to explore the transformative future of money. Yam Ki shares his unique insights into the evolution of digital currencies, the rise of Web3 technologies, and the growing institutional adoption of blockchain-based solutions like USDC (USD Coin).

Discover how stable...

In this exciting episode of Everything is Fintech, we dive deep into the intersection of artificial intelligence and financial services with two industry leaders: Lauren Kolodny, Co-founder and Managing Partner at Acrew Capital, and Kevin Levitt, Global Financial Services Director at NVIDIA.

Discover how AI is reshaping the fintech landscape, from combating fraud to revolutionizing consumer financial processes. Lauren shares insight...

Join hosts Zach Anderson Pettet and Micky Tesfaye as they sit down with Ali Niknam and Bianca Zwart, the Founder/CEO and Chief Strategy Officer of bunq, for an insightful conversation about building a revolutionary digital bank. Discover how bunq's unique merit-based culture and logical approach to problem-solving have created one of the most innovative fintech companies in Europe.

This episode dives deep into bunq's uncon...

When the Money20/20 global content team gets together, you know it's going to be a good time nerding out about all things fintech.

In January 2025, they met to discuss their fintech predictions for the year, and now more than mid-way through the year, they are back to see what came true and what was way off. 

Plus, they anticipate what's coming next, whether it's how fintechs will join forces and consolidate, the impac...

On the latest episode of Everything is Fintech, recorded live at Money20/20 Europe, hosts Zach Anderson Pettet and Mickey Tesfaye sit down with David Sandstrom, the visionary CMO behind Klarna's distinctive brand identity.

Sandstrom reveals how Klarna deliberately broke away from traditional financial marketing, rejecting the "blue, boring, male, suited-up" aesthetic that dominates banking, to create something that re...

On the latest episode of Everything is Fintech, we go truly global with a conversation with our VP, Fintech Strategy, Zach Anderson Pettet (US), Tim Moncrieff, VP, Global Head of Strategic Initiatives at Visa Direct (UK) and Swapnil Mhasde, Head of Commercialization & Solutions for Money Movement at Visa Direct (Singapore).

From the rapid rise of real-time payments (RTP) to the future of cross-border money movement and the innov...

Recorded in London, this episode brings together two of the most insightful voices in UK mortgage fintech, Jinesh Vohra, CEO & Founder of Sprive, and Andrei Lebed, CEO and Co-founder of Koodoo, for a roundtable discussion with Money20/20's VP, Fintech Strategy, Zach Anderson Pettet, and Head of EU Content, Ian Horne. 

Jinesh shares the story behind Sprive, a mortgage overpayment app saving users millions in intere...

In the lead-up to Money20/20 Asia, VP, Fintech Strategy, Zach Anderson Pettet, headed to Singapore to sit down with Namita Bhide, Founder/Managing Director of Denim Consulting and Ex-Banker, for a global take on how fintech is evolving across Asia. This episode of Everything is Fintech dives deep into the region’s unique innovation DNA—from digital identity and data equity to purpose-led product design.

Namita brings real-world insi...

In this episode of Everything is Fintech, Simon Taylor, Head of Strategy & Content at Sardine, joins Zach Anderson Pettet to break down some of the biggest trends shaping financial services today. They dive into the constant cycle of bundling and unbundling in fintech, exploring why companies are shifting strategies and what it means for the industry.

Learn more about:

• The evolution of core banking
• The critical role of AI in f...

Four fintech experts, one cozy roundtable, and a spirited discussion on the state of our global financial landscape. 

It's an episode of Everything is Fintech you can't miss! Money20/20 hosts, Zach Anderson Pettet, VP, Fintech Strategy, and Ian Horne, Head of Europe Content, meet up with Emma Napier, Consulting Director at NextWealth, and Mary Agbesanwa, White Label Business Development Director at Embark (part of Lloyds B...

We're putting the fun back into fintech on this latest episode with Nicole Casperson, Founder & CEO of Fintech is Femme, and Zach Anderson Petter, VP, Fintech Strategy at Money20/20.

With over 50,000 subscribers to her newsletter and a thriving membership community, Nicole is championing inclusivity and innovation in fintech. This, along with her work as a journalist, prompted her to write her latest book, Fintec...

Three continents, four time zones, and five members of the Money20/20 global content team. It's a jam-packed inaugural episode of Everything is Fintech, filled with lots of unfiltered opinions and predictions on where the industry is headed this year.

Do we have a crystal ball? Well, not exactly. But we gave our best (and in some cases, funniest) educated guesses. And at the same time, we looked back on our 2024 predi...