Finance Rewired

Monica Lozano, Corporate Board Member of Apple, Bank of America, and Target, and Javier Saade, Partner at Fenway Summer and Impact Master Hldgs., give their take on the current state of our economy, politics, and the future of financial technology. In recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month, they also discuss the contributions of the Latinx community to the American economy and innovation writ large. Lozano and Saade offer insights through the lens of their unique experience as national leaders in business, investment, and innovation and members of the Hispanic community.

Host John Collins (@JohnCollins) is a partner as FS Vector, a Washington, D.C. based fintech consulting firm. Visit fsvector.com for more information.

This episode was engineered by Albert Holguin.

Another special episode of Finance Rewired this week where we look back at the results of the 2020 election and discuss where we go next.  Lydia Beyoud of Bloomberg Law, Victoria Guida of Politico, and Jim Saksa of CQ join the conversation again to discuss what happened and what it means for Congress, the White House, and the country.

Host John Collins (@JohnCollins) is a partner at FS Vector, a Washington, D.C. based fintech advisory firm. Visit fsvector.com for more information. 

A special election episode of Finance Rewired this week featuring insights and predictions from Lydia Beyoud of Bloomberg Law, Victoria Guida of Politico, and Jim Saksa of CQ. They speak with John Collins about the state of the race, what a Biden cabinet might look like, and how the election’s results may affect the financial services and fintech industries.

Host John Collins (@JohnCollins) is a partner at FS Vector, a Washington, D.C. based fintech advisory firm. Visit fsvector.com for more information. This episode was engineered by Max Nordby at Astroligator.

Rosario Ingargiola, CEO of BOSONIC, discusses blending blockchain and traditional trading technologies and creating brand new prime brokerage infrastructure to eliminate clearing and settlement risk with digital assets.  Rosario offers his opinions on crypto going mainstream, the state of crypto custody solutions, and what he thinks the next big thing in crypto will be.

Host John Collins (@JohnCollins) is a partner at FS Vector, a Washington, D.C. based fintech advisory firm. Visit fsvector.com for more information. 

This episode was engineered by Max Nordby at Astroligator. 

Brian Knight, Director of the Program on Innovation and Governance & Senior Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, discusses his paper, The Sandbox Paradox, with John. The Sandbox Paradox delves into the regulatory fintech sandbox concept which offers a regulatory trial program for new fintech firms. Brian is also an exceptional bar-b-quer and shares some tips to try while stuck at home. 

Host John Collins (@JohnCollins) is a partner at FS Vector, a Washington, D.C. based fintech advisory firm. Visit fsvector.com for more information.

Jo Ann Barefoot and David Ehrich of AIR, the Alliance for Innovative Regulation, discuss how we can modernize the financial regulatory system by moving from an analog to digital design and establishing a new vision.

Barefoot Innovation Podcast

You've probably been hearing a lot more about DeFi, or Decentralized Finance, over the past few weeks. In this episode, we try to figure out what the heck is going on.  We interview Angela Angelovska-Wilson (DLx Law), Reuben Bramanathan (Blockchain & Cryptocurrency consultant), and Jason Somensatto (0x Labs) to discuss what DeFi is, who's using it, how to regulate it, why to use it, and what yams and sushi have to do with anything.  

Mergers, acquisitions, product releases, regulatory enforcement actions - we talk about a lot of those things in the fintech industry, but what about how it is being used to help people?

Dale Pfeifer, CEO and Founder of Goodworld, joins John Collins to discuss how they are making fintech a force for good across the globe.  

Linda Jeng, Head of Global Policy for Transparent Systems, joins John Collins to discuss her work at the Financial Stability Board, the future of distributed and decentralized finance, cashless store bans in the age of COVID, and the nightlife of Basel.

In the episode we discuss the Georgetown IIEL Virtual Town Hall - you can find video of that here: https://dcfintechweek.org/iiel-virtual-town-hall/

Ann Marie Mehlum and Javier Saade, both former SBA officials and current Senior Advisors to FS Vector, speak with John Collins about how the current relief programs are working to save small business in America, how they could work better, and how do we use the current crisis to learn and build for a better future.

Read Ann Marie and Javier's recent article in TechCrunch:

https://techcrunch.com/2020/04/10/the-intersection-of-small-business-tech-and-our-financial-system-is-more-important-than-ever/