Disruptive voices
Welcome to Disruptive Voices, the new podcast series from The Banker, which explores the experiences, successes and frustrations of women working across the global fintech sector.
Fintech has infiltrated all of our lives, whether we realise it or not. Whether it's mobile and QR code payments, using banking apps, ordering and paying for a taxi and your takeaway via your smartphone, or services like P2P payments or crypto. Our finances have never been so digital.
Each month, Kimberley Long, Asia editor at The Banker, speaks with women in the industry to understand the reality of working within fintech today.
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Financial inclusion - a force for change
Financial exclusion is an issue that disproportionately affects women, and more so in the developing markets. However, for many, fintech is providing a solution, as it removes barriers to access. In this episode, women working across the field explain the issues they are tackling that fall outside of mainstream banking to help more people into banking networks.
Chapter 1
Bonu Hafizova, Blockchain product manager, Alif Bank
Chapter 2
Pia Roman Tayag, director of the Office at the United Nations supporting Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands
Chapter 3
Sara Dhewanto, founder and managing director, Duithapay
Chapter 4
Tale Alimi, co-founder and CEO, Owoafara
Chapter 5
Vivi Friedgut, founder and CEO, Blackbullion
Cryptocurrencies - equaliser or divider
Cryptocurrencies are the most exciting or the most divisive development in fintech in recent years, depending on your perspective. In this episode, women who have been at the forefront of crypto development explain how they ended up working in this nascent space, what the culture of working within crypto is like, and what their goals are for expanding the sector.
Chapter 1
Nelly Chatue-Diop, founder and CEO, Ejara
Chapter 2
Caitlin Long, founder and CEO, Custodia Bank
Chapter 3
Tai Panich, CEO and CIO, SCB 10X
Chapter 4
Teana Baker-Taylor, vice president of policy and regulatory strategy in the EU/UK, Circle, and board member, Crypto UK
Chapter 5
Rachel Lin, co-founder and CEO, SynFutures
Sibos bonus episode: The women of Innotribe
In this bonus episode recorded at Sibos, we talk to the women of Innotribe, the fintech innovation space at the annual transaction banking conference. We learn from founders, CEOs and innovators about how they experience working within this most innovative of financial sectors.
Chapter 1
Rebecca Hackworth, head of communications, Quant
Chapter 2
Marijke Koninckx, chief product officer, Bankifi
Chapter 3
Bianca Lopes, founder, Idea Fund
Chapter 4
Ulyana Shtybel, CEO, Quoroom
Financial tech and the diversity gap
In this first episode, we will discuss women in the fintech space. In which areas of fintech are women best represented? Are they getting the support they need? Where can they turn to find their tribe? Do we need to do more to call out the imbalance still in place, and what can we do to narrow the gap?
Chapter 1
Louise Brett, vice chairman and UK & Europe fintech and financial services innovation lead partner, Deloitte UK
Chapter 2
Michelle Tran, founder, NYC Fintech Women and head of enterprise sales, Vestwell
Chapter 3
Susanne Chishti, CEO, Fintech Circle
Chapter 4
Christine Kiefer, co-founder, Ride capital, venture partner, Angel Invest, and founder, Fintech Ladies
Chapter 5
Chaitra Chandrasekhar, partner, Oliver Wyman
