Americans give nearly half a trillion dollars to charity each year—over 2% of GDP. Yet despite this massive scale, charitable giving remains stuck in the past, dominated by donor-advised funds marketed exclusively to the wealthy and clunky processes that make generosity harder than it should be.

Today I'm joined by Adam Nash, co-founder and CEO of Daffy, a modern platform that's democratizing charitable giving through technology. Adam brings decades of experience building consumer fintech products as the former CEO of Wealthfront and in leadership roles at LinkedIn, Dropbox, and eBay. During the pandemic, he recognized that while fintech had revolutionized how we save and invest, charitable giving had been largely untouched by innovation.

We'll explore why Adam left Wealthfront to tackle charitable giving, how Daffy's membership-based model differs from traditional approaches, and why he believes donor-advised funds will soon be as common as 401ks. Adam will share insights on tax-advantaged giving as more people hold appreciated assets like stock and crypto, how Daffy is incorporating AI, and why they've opened their APIs to partners like Betterment and Robinhood.


Adam Nash on building Daffy, the membership-based platform for charitable giving

In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Colin Fyfe, CEO of Unity Trust Bank, to discuss the current business banking landscape in the UK and how Unity Trust Bank has approached its ethical banking strategy to help support not-for-profit and smaller profit-with-purpose businesses in the country.

We’ll dive into how the bank’s actions contribute to and deliver a range of positive social, economic, and environmental impacts across the UK, how the bank has approached its tech and innovation strategy to keep up with shifting customer demands and the emergence of new technologies, the key things businesses want from their banks in the current climate, and the bank’s plans for future growth amid increasing competition in the business banking sector.

And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Colin wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!

What the FinTech? | S.6 Episode 14 | Ethical business banking with Unity Trust Bank CEO Colin Fyfe

In this episode of the Wharton Fintech podcast, Djavaneh sits down with Robbie Figueroa, co-founder and former COO of Maza, now Chief Business Officer at Flex following Maza and Flex’s merger in late 2024.

Robbie shares how growing up in Queens with immigrant parents from Brazil and Ecuador inspired him to tackle financial exclusion. What started as a Spanish-first neobank for underbanked consumers evolved into a platform tailored to solopreneurs operating in the informal economy. From onboarding thousands of users to building ITIN application tools and automating entity formation, Maza met customers where they were, and grew alongside them.

We discuss:
How Maza identified and served Spanish-speaking solopreneurs
Why distribution often beats product innovation in fintech
The strategic fit between Maza and Flex and what’s next

Robbie also shares hard-won advice for early-stage founders and reflects on what it takes to build products that truly resonate with underserved users.

Whether you’re passionate about inclusive fintech, curious about startup pivots, or exploring founder-to-operator transitions, this episode is full of insight.


Flex & Maza's Robbie Figueroa - From Neobank to Solopreneur OS: Building Maza and Merging with Flex

In episode 11 of the iGaming AFRIKA Podcast, Leon Mutua, Key Account Manager at Sofascore, highlights the role of data in shaping localized business approaches, the need for balanced, collaborative regulation, and the impact of emerging technologies like AI, micro-betting, crash games, and crypto in driving innovation and responsible gaming across the continent.

Leon dives deep into the contrasting dynamics of African markets, using Nigeria and South Africa as prime examples of volume-versus-value betting behaviors. He highlights emerging markets like Uganda, Zambia, DRC, and Ghana as fertile ground for operators, thanks to low competition tech-savvy youth, and increasing access to mobile infrastructure.

Leon stressed that regulation should be seen as necessary collaboration between governments and operators. He discusses real-world examples from Rwanda’s sudden tax hike to Ghana’s tax removal policy and explained how balanced, consultative regulation can drive player trust and industry sustainability.

Leon also explored how innovation is shaping the future of iGaming in Africa. From AI-driven personalization to micro-betting and crash games like Aviator, tech is enabling richer, safer, and more tailored player experiences. He champions the rise of mobile money and crypto as essential tools that are expanding access and inclusion across borders, especially in unbanked populations.

Crucially, he advocated for responsible gaming. Drawing inspiration from Kenya’s credit bureau model, Leon envisions a shared player risk profile system that would protect players across platforms, enabling early detection of harmful behaviors while supporting operators and regulators in building a safer ecosystem.

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Unlocking Growth and Innovation in African iGaming with Technology Podcast with Leon Mutua

Teslar Software has been a really cool company to watch.  We were first introduced to them way back during one of the first ICBA ThinkTECH's and it's been a joy to see them grow and get to know them.  

Also, I've always believed that the merging of small business and consumer business banking is a path to profitable banking in most communities.  These become sticky customers and brand evangelists.  Joe and the gang at Teslar agree and are talking about some ways that this can happen on their system.

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Small Business Lending:  Untapped Potential.  Joe Ehrhardt with Teslar

As fintech companies transition from scrappy startups to scaled operations, traditional leadership models often hit their limits. The demands of managing complex partnerships, navigating regulatory requirements, and driving sustainable growth require a different kind of executive structure than the founder-led approach that got many companies off the ground. 

Today, I'm joined by Prashant Fuloria, CEO of Fundbox, and Anchit Singh, the company's Chief Business Officer, to explore how they've developed a collaborative leadership model that's helped drive Fundbox's evolution in the embedded finance space. We'll dig into the CEO-CBO dynamic, how they divide responsibilities, and what other growing fintechs can learn about building leadership structures that scale.


The jazz ensemble approach: How Fundbox's dual leadership model powers lending growth

In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Binu Jacob, CEO and MD of Experion Technologies, and Experion Technologies advisor Markus Ruetimann, to discuss the imperative need for financial services companies working in asset management to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives to keep up with the rapid pace of change driven by emerging technologies and shifting customer demands.

The conversation explores how Experion Technologies goes about helping its financial services clients with their transformation projects and the implementation of new tech, with a specific focus on asset management and some examples of successful use cases.

Our two guests also cover the best strategies for businesses looking to upgrade their asset management tech and processes, the key benefits provided by emerging technologies such as generative AI within the space, and of course what makes Experion Technologies stand out from the crowd and it’s next steps for growth.


And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword Binu and Markus want to throw into our Fintech Jail!










What the FinTech? | S.6 Episode 15 | Driving digital transformation in asset management with Experion Technologies

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In this episode, Harry Kendlbacher speaks with Ruxandra Aldea, Senior Regional Sales Director at Oracle, about what it really takes to stand out in competitive markets. Ruxandra shares why traditional, product-led sales approaches aren’t enough, how adopting a marketing mindset can transform account engagement, and where account-based marketing often misses the mark. She explains what drives effective sales–marketing alignment, the practical steps sellers can take to cut through the noise, and the top three qualities she sees in elite salespeople.

66. Relevance Over Noise

In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by Paul Noble, CEO of Chetwood Bank, to explore how the Wrexham-based bank has set about its product and tech innovation strategy as it looks to continue its growth trajectory, having reached the milestone of £4 billion in total customer savings deposits this year.

What the FinTech? | S.6 Episode 16 | “No nonsense” digital banking with Chetwood Bank CEO Paul Noble

Is it time to put the white clothes away? Find out what our panel of four distinguished fintech experts has to say about this and much more pressing subjects -- such as, which end of financial services deserves an extra day off -- on this special holiday show. One more barbecue, one more beach day but at Bankadelic it's always summer fun... or at least fun and food for thought no matter the season and definitely on this episode. Our guests:

Lee Farabaugh, CEO of Monarch Professional Services Group
Ricky Guillot, President at BAFS
Todd Michaud, CEO of HuLoop Automation
Preetha Pulisani, CEO of Deep Target

EPISODE 197: BANKADELIC'S LABOR DAY EXTRAVAGANZA

In the latest episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, we’re joined by Joanne Dewar, Project Lead at Project Nemo, to discuss how to make financial services more accessible for people with disabilities.

Joanne and FinTech Futures reporter Cameron Emanuel-Burns explore Project Nemo's origins and development, examining findings from the organisation's recent report on challenges adults with disabilities face when engaging financial services, with Dewar offering recommendations for financial institutions seeking to remove these barriers.

The conversation also addresses how emerging technologies, particularly artificial intelligence, are reshaping disability inclusion in financial services, while tackling common misconceptions about accessibility in the industry.

And finally, we discover which fintech buzzword Joanne wants to throw into or rescue from our Fintech Jail!

What the FinTech? | S.6 Episode 17 | Enhancing disability inclusion in financial services

In this episode, Edd Hall discusses the latest developments in cybersecurity, from government initiatives to strengthen supply chain transparency with updated SBOM guidance, to major cyber incidents impacting technology, healthcare, and finance. He covers Cloudflare’s defense against the largest-ever DDoS attack, Google’s critical Android security updates addressing zero-day vulnerabilities, breaches affecting PagerDuty and other major security vendors, as well as disruptions at Jaguar Land Rover and attempts at large-scale financial fraud in Brazil. Edd highlights the evolving nature of cyber threats and their growing impact on organizations and individuals worldwide.

From Government SBOM Guidance to Global DDoS Attacks and Enterprise Breaches

Apple launched the iPhone Air this week which has Niall and Dusty somewhat excited. We look at all the angles including the new ‘regular’ iPhones, a new Apple Watch and a gaping hole with AirPods. There is also news on the government snooping on your encrypted chats and a Revolut challenger is coming to Ireland. Plus, we get some fascinating insights into the global femtech industry with Dr Tanya Mulcahy, director of Health Innovation Hub Ireland (HIHI). 

Apple full of chat with the iPhone Air and HIHI's Dr Tanya Mulcahy on femtech

As smaller institutions often learn the hard way, you can't just throw a switch on new tech and expect all will go well--especially when marketing teams, for example, are overlooked. What should the value propositions be for community banks and credit unions at a time when everyone's trying to win on rates? And how best to apply key pieces of the high-tech puzzle? Samantha Paxson, Founder and Lead Investor of the Power and Light Collaborative, shares from her decades of experience on how to get everyone across the finish line successfully. 

EPISODE 199: AN ENTREPRENEURIAL LEADER SHARES HOW FIs, FINTECHS AND CONSUMERS CAN WIN

In this episode of the What the FinTech? podcast, host and FinTech Futures editor Paul Hindle is joined by David Caruso, Vice President of Financial Crime Compliance at WorkFusion, to explore the topic of financial crime compliance and how advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are causing a generational shift in the anti-money laundering (AML) technology space.

The conversation covers how AI is revolutionising AML tech and the key elements of financial crime compliance that are most impacted by AI right now, the challenges that exist for AI adoption in the financial crime compliance sector, and the key benefits being offered by the technology and its next stages for development, as well as how WorkFusion has looked to utilise AI agents to help its clients detect and prevent financial crime.

And finally, we find out what fintech buzzword David wants to throw into our Fintech Jail!

What the FinTech? | S.6 Episode 18 | How AI is revolutionising financial crime compliance

Episode overview:
April Long spent two years fighting reality. The co-founder and CEO of "Afro-Asia Cross-border payment infrastructure" startup Pyxis was so determined to serve Africa's small merchants - the "bottom of the pyramid" she'd read about in Harvard Business Review - that she nearly bankrupted her fintech ignoring the bulk traders actually driving Africa-China trade.

In conversation with Andile Masuku, Long delivers uncomfortable truths about impact theatre versus impact reality. Her journey from receiving President Xi Jinping in Tanzania at 23 to finally accepting who actually moves goods between Africa and China at 35 offers a masterclass in entrepreneurial humility.

Key insights:
-On impact delusions: "I used to defend, I was like, 'No, no, no, no, no. It's that you don't get to this market.'" Long admits she lived in a bubble, desperately wanting to believe SMEs were ready for direct China trade. The truth? "90% of African trade is still happening in a more traditional way" - through the aggregators she'd dismissed as insufficiently mission-driven.

- On the cost of stubbornness: Despite zero demand after six months embedded in Nairobi's wholesale markets, Long refused to pivot. "I was quite stubborn. I was like, no, we have to work with SMEs." The result: burning 90% of her time on unprofitable small traders whilst the 10% spent on bulk traders kept her company alive.

- On acceptance as strategy: "The future is not here yet. And we need to build the future by serving who is there currently." Long's breakthrough came from accepting that Chinese trading companies scaling from $0 to IPO in a decade were the real infrastructure of Africa-China trade - not the romantic vision of empowered individual merchants.

- On being un-fundable forcing clarity: Without millions to burn on market education, Long had to face reality faster than her funded competitors. "I'm grateful I didn't have money to burn, or else I could have burned myself."

Notable moments:
1. The marketplace wake-up call: Walking through Nairobi's famous Gikomba market as a Chinese woman, traders shouted "China, China, what are you selling?" They wanted products, not payment rails. Long built the wrong solution for the right market.

2. The Eric Simanis paradox: The same Harvard Business Review article that inspired her Africa move warned against oversimplifying "bottom of pyramid" markets. Long spent years learning what she'd initially misread.

3. The three Aprils: Long describes fragmenting into Chinese April, Western April, and African April - "these narratives are so vastly different" that keeping them separate became exhausting. Building Pyxis became about reconciling these selves.

The aggregator revelation:
Long's former Standard Chartered clients - the Chinese trading companies she'd tried to convince to take loans in 2015 - transformed from traders to manufacturers to near-IPO giants in under a decade. They were the real story of Africa-China trade, moving containers whilst she chased individual merchants moving parcels.

"These Chinese trading companies making impacts in Africa, making products super affordable... because of the storytelling, they are not recognised." Her role shifted from trying to bypass them to helping them operate more efficiently.

The present tense:
Long's current focus on settlement infrastructure for bulk traders isn't the sexy SME empowerment story she'd imagined. But with a 12-person team across four countries and actual revenue, she's building what the market needs today whilst preparing for the SME future she still believes will come.

Image credit: Pxyis

April Long of Pyxis: Why serving bulk traders beats saving SMEs in Africa-China trade

Esta investigación se basa en los efectos del ecosistema Fintech y las criptomonedas en Colombia, enfocándose en los desafíos y oportunidades regulatorias. Se emplea una metodología mixta, que mezcla los enfoques cualitativos y cuantitativos, con la cual se busca identificar los desafíos regulatorios que enfrentan estas tecnologías y como influyen en la adopción en el país. 

Entorno del ecosistema fintech y criptomonedas en Colombia: desafíos y oportunidades en su regulación

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