In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we talk with Anthony Denier, CEO of Webull Financial, a free-trading app from the minds of former Alibaba team members. Links: Webull: webull.com (http://www.webull.com/) BENZINGA’S FINTECH FOCUS NEWSLETTER: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus-newsletter BENZINGA PRO: http://try.benzingapro.com 

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36: Anthony Denier, CEO Webull

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we chat with Jeremie Bacon, CEO of Imagineer. Imagineer is a relationship management software company, with products designed to help fund managers and institutional investors operate more efficiently. ————— Links: Imagineer: https://www.imagineertechnology.com  Benzinga's Fintech Focus Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus-newsletter Benzinga Pro: http://try.benzingapro.com 

35: Jeremie Bacon, CEO Imagineer

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we chat with Raj Lala, CEO of Evolve ETFs. ————— Links: Evolve ETFs: https://evolveetfs.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Fintech Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro:https://pro.benzinga.com/

34: Raj Lala, CEO Evolve ETFs

In today's episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we chat with Erkin Adylov, Founder & CEO of Behavox. Behavox, the first ever behavioral operating system, is doing what Excel did for accounting and applying that to employee management. It is an AI-driven platform that transforms behavior in the financial workplace. ––––– Links: Behavox: https://www.behavox.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Fintech Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro:https://pro.benzinga.com/

33: Erkin Adylov, CEO Behavox

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we chat with Jay Klauminzer CEO of Raise. Raise is an online gift card marketplace where you can sell gift cards for cash or buy discount gift cards to all your favorite brands. ––––– Links: Raise: https://www.raise.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Fintech Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro:https://pro.benzinga.com/

32: Jay Klauminzer, CEO Raise

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we talk to Bryan Leach of Ibotta. Ibotta is the starting point for rewarded shopping, today announced the launch of its first-ever payments solution, Pay with Ibotta™, enabling shoppers to pay for their entire purchase at leading retailers through the Ibotta app and instantly earn cash back. ———— Links: Ibotta: https://ibotta.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Fintech Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro:https://pro.benzinga.com/

31: Bryan Leach, Founder of Ibotta

In today's episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we chat with Lule Demmissie, new President of Ally Invest. She plays a critical role in leading and providing strategic oversight as Ally continues to grow and enhance its overall brokerage, active trader, advisory services, and managed portfolio offering. She comes with specific expertise in advisory services, the intersection of agile product development and investor behavior, and applying that expertise to design people-centric solutions. Lule also has a passion for the advancement of diverse teams as an accelerant to innovation and client-centric solutions. Lule joined Ally Invest from TD Ameritrade where she was a managing director responsible for the strategic development and analysis of all investment products and guidance across $300 billion in assets and $21 billion in managed money. Prior to TD Ameritrade, she spent eight years with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, designing and launching their non-discretionary platform. Lule has also worked for Merrill Lynch and JP Morgan during her career. ————— Links: Ally Invest: https://www.ally.com/invest/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Fintech Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro:https://pro.benzinga.com/

30: Lule Demmissie, Ally Invest

On this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we chat with Michael Kopelman of Edison Partners. Edison Partners is a 33-year-old growth equity firm based in Princeton, New Jersey. With about 50% of their portfolio being in fintech companies, it's safe to say they're a leader in the space. LendIt named them the "Top Fintech Equity Investor" in 2018. Michael leads Edison's fintech practice. ——— Links: Edison Partners: https://www.edisonpartners.com Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Fintech Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro:https://pro.benzinga.com/

29: Michael Kopelman, Edison Partners

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we talk about the high risk-high reward world of options trading with a startup named Gatsby. Just like the name of the eponymous book it gives a nod to, this Gatsby also sees the green light when it comes to opportunity, and that opportunity is teaching people about trading options while taking out things like options matrices and capital requirements. Co-founder Jeff Myers chats with us about his company and why he chose to make options trading more slimmed down and approachable. Done through an app, Gatsby acts more like a social networking site that allows users to make their moves based on market reporting, leveraging knowledge and expertise to make the right decisions. ----- Links: Gatsby: https://www.trygatsby.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/ Benzinga Pro: https://pro.benzinga.com/

28: Jeff Myers, Gatsby

On today's episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we take a leap over to the world of conversational AI. You've probably heard of Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google Assistant, but here's another to add to that list - Clinc. Host Spencer Israel sits down with Dr. Johann Hauswald, Cofounder & Chief Product Officer of Clinc. Topics discussed include AI as a financial assistant, open sourcing their AI whitepaper, and almost getting sued by Apple. ----- Links: Clinc: https://clinc.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/

27: Johann Hauswald, Clinc

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we shine an underserved area of the business community: small and medium-sized businesses. Most banks gear their services to large businesses with a little extra help on the side for small businesses. That’s why our next guest on the podcast is a man with a plan to help out SMB’s. After years of working with big-name clients and handling digital payments for Europe and Africa at Barclays, Farhan Ahmad realized that small and medium-sized businesses needed more help from their financial service providers. He set out on his own with Bento For Business, a financial services company specifically-designed for SMB’s. ----- Links: Bento for Business: https://bentoforbusiness.com/ Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference: https://www.benzingacannabisconference.com/ Benzinga Fintech Focus Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/

26: Farhan Ahmad, Bento for Business

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast,  we’re going to take you on a little/big trip across the globe to Asia where the fintech business is a-booming. And what better way to learn about it than from someone who’s seen it grow from the ground up? We bring in Henri Arslanian, a man who wears multiple financial hats. He’s the head of fintech and crypto for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Asia, the chairman of the FinTech Association of Honk Kong, and is an adjunct professor at the University of Honk Kong where he teaches the only fintech university course in Asia. Arslanian advises anyone and everyone who wants to know about fintech policy and how to grow fintech—that includes government agencies, businesses and students. From crypto to the technology behind the technology, he’s your man. ----- Links: PwC: https://www.pwc.com/us/en/industries/financial-services.html Benzinga Trading Summit: https://benzingatradingsummit.com/ Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference: https://www.benzingacannabisconference.com/ Benzinga Fintech Focus Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/

25: Henri Arslanian, PwC

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we’re hitting the road with Craig Fuller, CEO of Freightwaves. As of today, Freightwaves has officially launched Trucking Freight Futures, a futures product for the $726 billion freight industry. Why does freight need a futures product? Who is it for? How does one even go about creating a new futures market, and what even makes it successful? Craig has the answers. Listen to the podcast below to hear why Fuller and co. wanted to bring this idea—which has been years in the making— to life. ----- Links: Freightwaves: https://www.freightwaves.com/ Benzinga Pro: http://pro.benzinga.com/ Benzinga Fintech Focus Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/

24: Craig Fuller, Freightwaves

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we dive into the world of IPOs and put you into the shoes of an average investor who’s looking to be more involved in the investing process of, say, something like Lyft, which is gearing up for its stock market debut this year. IPOs are already intriguing enough in their own right, but not everyone has access to the IPO process itself. If you’re a large investor, good for you—you’re probably getting shares at the original price. But if you’re someone who doesn’t have millions of dollars and still wants to get in on an exciting tech company, like Lyft, the best you can hope for is to wait until some profits come rolling in. That’s why Scott Coyle, a veteran who survived the 1980’s stock market roller coaster, created ClickIPO, an app that acts as the middleman between retail investors and IPO underwriters. ClickIPO lets would-be investors put their mark down on an IPO before it opens, which then turns into proof that there’s retail demand out there. Links: ClickIPO: https://clickipo.com/ Benzinga Pro: http://pro.benzinga.com/ Benzinga Fintech Focus Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/

23: Scott Coyle, ClickIPO

In this episode of the Fintech Focus podcast, we talk about the world of mortgage-backed securities and how one person who had an inside look at how everything went down on Wall Street during the Great Recession. If you’ve seen the movie The Big Short (so many great wigs in that movie) or had a stake in mortgage during that time, then this pod is for you. We sat down with Perry Rahbar, a Bear Stearns alum who traded said mortgage-backed securities that helped fuel the financial roller coaster in the middle of the last decade. After seeing everything happen firsthand, Rahbar wanted to build an infrastructure between lenders and the capital markets that wasn’t present at the time. So, he did, and wants to make sure the financial market doesn’t make the same mistakes twice. ----- **Links:** dv01: https://dv01.co/ Benzinga Pro: http://pro.benzinga.com/ Benzinga Fintech Focus Newsletter: https://www.benzinga.com/fintech-focus/newsletter/

22: Perry Rahbar, dv01

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