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Rain, Farooq Malik - The $2Bn Company Building the Infrastructure for Stablecoins and Tokenized Money
Jul 7, 2026
58m 03s
How Slash Grew From $10 to $300 Million in 2+ Years. Victor Cardenas, CEO & Co-Founder of Slash
Jun 9, 2026
52m 00s
Max Levchin - Building Affirm, PayPal, and Why He Only Starts Network Businesses
May 26, 2026
55m 03s
Rob Heyvaert, Motive Partners Founder: Investing Billions to Build the Future of Finance
May 13, 2026
53m 20s
Renaud Laplanche on Building Upgrade to a $7.3Bn Giant, Reinventing the Credit Card, and Shipping AI-Native Products
Apr 30, 2026
41m 24s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/7/26 |  Rain, Farooq Malik - The $2Bn Company Building the Infrastructure for Stablecoins and Tokenized Money | Send us Fan Mail I sat down with Farooq Malik, CEO & Co-Founder of Rain, a $2Bn company that’s building infrastructure for Stablecoin-powered products, including card issuing, payments, wallets, and much more for businesses like Western Union, Slash and Nuvei. In 2025 they grew 30x and they recently raised a $250m round led by ICONIQ Capital. Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversation... | 58m 03s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 |  How Slash Grew From $10 to $300 Million in 2+ Years. Victor Cardenas, CEO & Co-Founder of Slash✨ | fintechentrepreneurship+3 | Victor Cardenas | SlashRibbit Capital+2 | VenezuelaStanford | fintechSlash+5 | — | 52m 00s | |
| 5/26/26 |  Max Levchin - Building Affirm, PayPal, and Why He Only Starts Network Businesses✨ | fintechentrepreneurship+3 | Max Levchin | AffirmPayPal | — | Max LevchinAffirm+5 | — | 55m 03s | |
| 5/13/26 |  Rob Heyvaert, Motive Partners Founder: Investing Billions to Build the Future of Finance✨ | fintechprivate equity+3 | Rob Heyvaert | Motive PartnersIBM+2 | — | fintechprivate equity+5 | — | 53m 20s | |
| 4/30/26 |  Renaud Laplanche on Building Upgrade to a $7.3Bn Giant, Reinventing the Credit Card, and Shipping AI-Native Products✨ | fintechcredit cards+3 | Renaud Laplanche | UpgradeLending Club | — | UpgradeRenaud Laplanche+5 | — | 41m 24s | |
| 4/14/26 |  The Trader Who Builds Billion-Dollar Companies: Tom Sosnoff on Thinkorswim, Tasty, and What Comes Next✨ | entrepreneurshipfinancial services+3 | Tom Sosnoff | ThinkorswimTD Ameritrade+3 | ChicagoCBOE | Tom SosnoffThinkorswim+5 | — | 59m 59s | |
| 3/31/26 |  Is Finance Technology? How Founders Can Avoid the Mistakes That Kill Fintech Companies✨ | fintechentrepreneurship+4 | Andrew Endicott | Gilgamesh VenturesIs Finance Technology? | — | fintechentrepreneur+5 | — | 44m 29s | |
| 3/24/26 |  Lesaka - Building Africa's Leading Fintech as a Publicly Traded Company, with Ali Mazanderani✨ | fintechSouthern Africa+3 | Ali Mazanderani | LesakaNASDAQ+5 | Southern Africa | fintechLesaka+5 | — | 50m 47s | |
| 3/10/26 |  Sequoia's George Robson: An Inside Look at Sequoia and What it Takes to Build Generational Companies✨ | venture capitaltechnology+3 | George Robson | Sequoia CapitalNvidia+4 | — | Sequoia CapitalGeorge Robson+3 | — | 47m 46s | |
| 2/24/26 |  Michael Calvey: The Investor Behind Multiple $20+ Billion Companies✨ | emerging marketsinvesting+4 | Michael Calvey | Baring VostokYandex+3 | Russia | Michael CalveyBaring Vostok+6 | — | 1h 07m 59s | |
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| 2/10/26 |  Why Zero Hash Rejected a $2Bn Offer to Build the Future of Financial Infrastructure - Edward Woodford, CEO✨ | blockchain infrastructurecrypto+3 | Edward Woodford | ZeroHashMIT | London | ZeroHashblockchain+5 | — | 37m 22s | |
| 1/28/26 |  Uzum, from 0 to $1.5Bn in Four Years. Building Uzbekistan's First Tech Unicorn. Nikolay Seleznev, Co-Founder✨ | e-commercefintech+3 | Nikolay Seleznev | Uzum | UzbekistanMoscow+2 | UzumNikolay Seleznev+6 | — | 38m 03s | |
| 1/13/26 |  How Deel Built a $17 Billion Company in 7 Years - Dan Westgarth, COO | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza interviews returning guest Dan Westgarth, COO of Deel, the company that's redefining how businesses hire and pay talent anywhere in the world. Deel has grown into one of the most valuable private tech companies on the planet. In 2025, they crossed one billion dollars in revenue, achieved a $17 billion valuation, and paid out $22 billion in payroll globally. Dan oversees an organization of 3,300 people across more than 100 countries. Before Deel, he was an early ... | 38m 48s | ||||||
| 12/9/25 |  FinTech's Multi-Billion Comeback: Steve McLaughlin (FT Partners), From Darkest Days to Record Deals | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza recorded this episode at FinTech Nerdcon in Miami with Steve McLaughlin, Founder and CEO of FT Partners, the largest fintech-focused investment bank. Since 2001, Steve has built a 250-person firm that's advised on landmark deals including Coinbase's $4.3 billion Deribit acquisition and Revolut's multi-billion dollar raises. FT Partners works with everyone from early-stage startups to industry giants. In this conversation, Steve shares his unfiltered views on Fi... | 30m 30s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 |  How René Lacerte Built Bill.com into a Multi-Billion FinTech Powerhouse that Processes 1% of US GDP Annually | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza sits down with René Lacerte, founder and CEO of Bill, one of the fintech industry’s most successful and enduring leaders. From building PayCycle in the 1990s to now leading a publicly-traded company powering the “Fortune 5 Million”—the SMBs that are the backbone of America—René brings nearly three decades of hands-on experience in financial operations, product innovation, and organizational culture. In this episode, René shares his singular journey, starting wi... | 53m 28s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 |  Nigel Morris, Capital One & QED Co-Founder - Transforming Financial Services for a Billion People | Send us Fan Mail [Original air date, November 19, 2024] Miguel Armaza travels to Alexandria, Virginia for an in-person interview with a fintech legend: Nigel Morris, Co-Founder of QED and Capital One. QED is a global fintech venture capital firm that has backed numerous amazing companies, including Credit Karma, Nubank, Avant, SoFi, and Klarna. They currently have over $4.0 billion in AUM. Prior to QED, Nigel co-founded Capital One in 1994. The bank today is amongst the 10 larges... | 46m 08s | ||||||
| 10/28/25 |  Valon's CEO Sold $100M Without a Sales Team. Now They're Building a Multi-Billion Mortgage Platform | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza sits down with Andrew Wang (CEO) and Linda Du (COO) of Valon, the AI-native infrastructure platform transforming mortgage servicing in America. They have quietly built a top-10 national mortgage servicer with over $100 million in revenue and more than one million loans under management, all while achieving profitability. Valon is now selling their battle-tested platform to the largest servicers in the country. They are backed by a16z, Westcap, Jefferies, and All... | 50m 34s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 | How Addi Reached $200M ARR with Better Margins Than Nubank, Affirm, and Klarna | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza sits down with Santiago Suárez, Co-Founder & CEO of Addi, one of Colombia’s fastest-growing fintech and commerce platforms. With a background that spans global finance and a track record of driving innovation in Latin America, Santiago shares a candid, in-depth look at lessons from scaling Addi to over $1.3 billion in annualized GMV, serving 2.5 million customers, and achieving industry-leading gross margins above 55%. In this episode, Santiago and Miguel d... | 43m 15s | ||||||
| 10/1/25 |  Clair CEO - From Swiss Fencing Champion to Fintech Founder | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza sits down with Nico Simko, CEO and co-founder of Clair, for an inside look at the journey, pivots, and insights behind one of the most innovative companies in earned wage access and embedded fintech. From his early days as a competitive fencer on the Swiss national team—where he learned the mental agility and resilience needed for entrepreneurship—to his high-impact stints at J.P. Morgan, Nico shares how his personal story shaped his approach to building and sca... | 33m 04s | ||||||
| 9/16/25 |  50 Years Of VC: Lessons From Howard Morgan and Alan Patricof | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza interviews Alan Patricof and Howard Morgan, two of the most influential figures in the venture capital industry. From the early days of just 50 annual deals to today’s 10,000 opportunities, they’ve helped shape the industry’s explosive growth over the last five decades. In this episode, Alan and Howard share lessons from navigating multiple crises, their vision for the AI revolution and a future with humanoid robots, and why mentorship and legacy matter more tha... | 30m 08s | ||||||
| 9/2/25 |  The Brex Growth Strategy: From Startup to Multibillion Fintech | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza interviews Art Levy, Chief Business Officer of Brex. Brex has scaled to over $100 billion in processed transactions while becoming one of the most influential multibillion-dollar fintechs in the world. In this episode, Art shares the strategies behind Brex’s hypergrowth comeback, its extreme focus on three core products, and the culture that continues to produce founders of billion-dollar companies. Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders ... | 49m 05s | ||||||
| 8/20/25 |  Shift4 CEO on Building an $8B Empire | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza interviews the CEO of Shift4. Shift4 has been at the forefront of the global payments industry for 26 years—and they’re only getting started. In this episode, CEO Taylor Lauber reveals the strategies that have kept the company ahead in a competitive, fast-moving market. Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today’s global leaders that will dominate the 21... | 45m 12s | ||||||
| 8/6/25 |  From Zero to $120M: How Cashea Rebuilt Credit And Trust in Venezuela | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza interviews the CEO of Cashea. In a country where credit vanished, Cashea built a new system from scratch. CEO Pedro Vallenilla shares how they scaled BNPL to 3% of Venezuela’s GDP, through trust-based lending, merchant financing, and a bold vision for national impact. Want more podcast episodes? Join me and follow Fintech Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today’s global leaders that will dominate the 21st... | 38m 24s | ||||||
| 6/24/25 |  Steve Stagner on Building Crete's $500 Million AI Roll-up to Modernize Accounting | Send us Fan Mail Miguel Armaza interviews Steve Stagner, CEO of Crete, an AI-powered roll-up deploying $500+ million to modernize the accounting industry. Backed by Thrive Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, and others, Crete is acquiring US accounting firms and transforming them with OpenAI-powered tools. Steve brings battle-tested insights from building Mattress Firm from a single $1,300 franchise to a $3.8 billion Fortune 500 giant. In this episode, we discuss (1) Why "People, Process, T... | 37m 31s | ||||||
| 6/10/25 |  Jack Zhang, Airwallex CEO - A $6 Billion Powerhouse Solving Global Payments for Companies | Send us Fan Mail [Original air date, April 9, 2024] Miguel Armaza interviews Jack Zhang, CEO & Co-Founder of Airwallex, a global payments and treasury giant that moves $7 billion in monthly transaction volume and serves 100,000+ clients, including Brex, Rippling, and SHEIN. Founded in Melbourne in 2015, Airwallex was last valued at $6.2 billion and has raised over a billion dollars from Sequoia, DST, Square Peg, Greenoaks, Mastercard, Tencent, Salesforce, and many more. In this ep... | 36m 43s | ||||||
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Chart history for Fintech Leaders
Peaked at #49 in South Africa, currently #49 in South Africa.
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| South Africa | — | #49 | #49 | — |
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1 placement across 1 market.
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