Introducing CAFÉ (the Center for Accelerating Financial Equity), with Managing Director Kristen Castell

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John San Filippo interviews Kristen Castell about the Center for Accelerating Financial Equity and its mission.

In this episode of TechSolutions4CUs, host John San Filippo welcomes Kristen Castell, Managing Director of CAFÉ (Center for Accelerating Financial Equity), a nonprofit organization. The conversation dives into the origin story of CAFÉ, which was launched two and a half years ago out of a new fintech innovation hub in Newark, Delaware. It began as a public-private partnership involving Discover Financial, the University of Delaware, and other organizations dedicated to building new fintech inn...

People in this episode

Host: John San Filippo

Guest: Kristen Castell

Topics covered

• financial equity
• fintech
• nonprofit organizations
• public-private partnerships
• innovation

Keywords

• CAFÉ
• financial equity
• fintech innovation
• nonprofit
• public-private partnership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CAFÉ, Discover Financial, University of Delaware

Places: Newark, Delaware

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