The Tentacles of Adjacency
John and Glen celebrate Amazon Prime Day by comparing notes on this marketing phenomenon.
Startups on the Verge of a FinTech Breakthrough
Glen connects with 3 early stage companies at the NY Venture Summit with intriguing models.
There’s No Such Thing as Retail Anymore
Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza’s stock price has increased 100-fold by transforming from a brick-and-mortar seller into a tech-forward e-commerce trailblazer. John and Glen speak with Simon Olson, Magalu’s Director of Business Development, about his company’s journey, the culture, and importance of its Luizalabs development shop, and its participation in the Hedera Council.
Killer FinTech and Patent Protection
John and Glen recap the cool solutions they saw at AXFI, speculate on Target’s recent outage, and revisit an intellectual property conversation with attorney John Rollins.
Cannabis Banking- Seriously
Glen takes a detailed, pun-free look at the critical issues surrounding cannabis banking- such as public safety, financial inclusion, and compliance. Features an interview with industry pioneer Deirdra O’Gorman and discussion of Glen’s Credit Union Magazine cover story. Also, John gets under the hood of Facebook’s new Libra cryptocurrency.
AXFI: Data Analytics and the Threatscape
John and Glen recap last week’s AXFI Conference onsite from Minneapolis, including interviews with security expert Roger Grimes on the latest email hacking threats, futurist Patrick Schwerdtfeger on the next logical uses for robotics, and Borsetta CEO Pamela Norton on the challenge of keeping counterfeit parts out of the supply chain.
HOPE for Financial Inclusion- Now with FinTech Inside!
Glen reports from the HOPE Global Forum on financial inclusion and empowerment, including interviews with Operation HOPE President Anita Ward, Mariel Beasley of Duke University’s Common Cents lab on behavioral hacks for financial wellness, and the Aspen Institute’s Ida Rademacher on the latest consumer fintech data.
Now Emerging: The Financial Health Network!
Glen reports from the EMERGE conference of the newly re-christened Financial Health Network (formerly CFSI), including interviews on the empirical keys to financial wellness, the financial power, and peril of older Americans, the bright side of credit counseling, and a twist on short-term lending.
The Near Future of Regulated DLT Markets
This week, John is joined by returning guest Nick Cowan of the Gibralter Exchange for Cryptocurriences for a discussion on how regulation in the greater world will affect the use of blockchain and DLT markets.
FinTech Coast to Coast
Glen reports from Trellance’s Immersion conference in Ft. Lauderdale.