About this episode

Betsy Z. Cohen discusses her extensive career in banking and financial services, highlighting her roles as an entrepreneur and investor.

Betsy Z. Cohen is an entrepreneur and investor with more than five decades of leadership in banking and financial services. She began her career as one of the first female law professors on the East Coast and later co-founded a Philadelphia law firm. Betsy went on to found Jefferson Bank, serving as Chairman and CEO for twenty-five years. She then created The Bancorp, one of the country’s first virtual banks and a foundational partner to early fintech companies, and led it as CEO for fifteen ...

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Guest: Betsy Z. Cohen

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• banking
• financial services
• fintech
• leadership

Keywords

• Betsy Z. Cohen
• banking
• financial services
• entrepreneur
• fintech
• leadership

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jefferson Bank, The Bancorp

Places: East Coast, Philadelphia

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