As we wrap up an thrilling 12 months at Wharton Fintech Podcast, we’re thrilled to take a second and replicate on the unbelievable journey we’ve shared with our listeners and companions. Right here’s a snapshot of our exceptional 12 months in fintech:

Month-to-month Listens: ~100,000

High Listener Nations:
1. 🇺🇸 United States (~60%)
2. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom (~10%)
3. 🇨🇦 Canada (~4%)
4. 🇮🇳 India (~2%)
5. 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia (~2%)
6. 🇦🇺 Australia (~2%)

Past the High 6: Our podcast has reached quite a few international locations throughout Asia, Europe, and Africa, creating a really world neighborhood 🌐

Our prime 5 episodes of the 12 months, bringing you the newest in fintech innovation:

• Coatue — Michael Gilroy. Andrew Janssens hosted Michael Gilroy, Co-Head of Progress Investing and Head of Fintech at Coatue. Coatue is a multi-stage expertise investor throughout each non-public and public markets. On this episode you’ll hear about: Michael’s investing philosophy, The State of Fintech in 2023, and the “Rule of 200” for fintech investments
• SoFi — Anthony Noto, CEO. Russell Matambo hosted Anthony Noto, CEO of SoFi, a member-centric one-stop store for digital monetary providers within the US. On this episode you’ll hear about: SoFi’s trajectory since Anthony took over as CEO 5 years in the past, the background to the SoFi stadium naming rights deal, what it is going to take for SoFi to fulfill its purpose of changing into a prime 10 monetary establishment within the US. how Anthony’s upbringing and diversified skilled experiences have influenced his management fashion
• F-Prime Capital — State of FinTech 2023. Josh Benadiva and Kailee Costello sat down with David Jegen and Abdul Abdirahman from F-Prime Capital to debate the State of Fintech 2023 Report. Josh and Kailee focus on how David’s prolonged expertise in FinTech has knowledgeable his perspective on the latest enterprise cycle, and listen to from Abdul about how the Fintech Index received its begin and way more.
• a16z — Angela Unusual, Basic Associate. Nihar Angela Unusual, Basic Associate at a16z. She focuses on Monetary Companies together with fintech infrastructure, insurance coverage, actual property, and growing monetary inclusivity. Within the Fintech world, Angela is well-known for coining the concept that “Each Firm Will Be a Fintech Firm” — an thought pushed by the inflow of recent, transformative monetary infrastructure instruments that allow non-fintech firms to derive a good portion of their income by way of monetary merchandise.
• Smart, Harsh Sinha & Steve Naude. Kailee Costello hosted Harsh Sinha and Steve Naudé from Smart. Harsh is the Chief Know-how Officer, and Steve is Head of Smart Platform. Smart has constructed a number one cross-border funds community and processes £9B in cross-border funds each month on behalf of over 16 million prospects. Smart’s IPO on the London Inventory Change came about in 2021. On this episode you’ll hear about: Smart’s journey from cash switch service to main cross-border funds community, and the way Smart have put an API round their cross-border cost infrastructure in order that they will supply it to banks and non-banks through Smart Platform.

This 12 months, we had the privilege of partnering with:

• David M. Brear — 11:FS “Fintech Insider” podcast: David shares his insights on 3 matters: (1) How digital applied sciences and fintechs have unleashed innovation in business banking, (2) The banking battlefield, and (3) How fintech and monetary ecosystems differ throughout totally different world markets
• Hans Tung — GGV Capital’s “Evolving for the Subsequent Billion” podcast: Joshua Benadiva hosts an enchanting dialog with Hans Tung, well known as top-of-the-line enterprise traders on this planet. Hans is the managing accomplice of GGV Capital, and has been named to the Forbes Midas Listing of the world’s prime enterprise capital traders for 11 consecutive years. All through our dialog, we discover the distinctive decision-making methods which have fueled Hans’ profitable investments. We delve into his distinct perspective on human and technological transformation and focus on how he makes use of these as information factors in his broader funding technique.

These collaborations have enriched our content material and expanded our attain, fostering significant conversations within the fintech ecosystem.

An enormous shoutout to our proficient Wharton scholar hosts who’ve been the spine of our podcast, bringing recent views and interesting conversations to our viewers.

As we step into a brand new 12 months, the Wharton FinTechPodcast crew is happy to proceed our mission of delivering insightful content material, connecting with the worldwide fintech neighborhood, and exploring the way forward for finance.

Comply with us on Medium and LinkedIn to remain tuned for extra fintech insights and thrilling developments. Thanks for being part of the Wharton FinTech journey in 2023! 🎉🚀