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Coercive Capital with Elaine DezenskiIdentity is Everything: Amit Sharma | Coercive CapitalThe evolution and modernization of how we manage and protect identity has moved into a new era. More than two decades after the tragic events of 9/11- when 19 hijackers used falsified identity documents to board planes, US travelers over the age of 18 will now be required to present a REAL ID compliant form of identification to board an aircraft, or access certain types of federal facilities Identity verification is also at the core of Know Your Customer requirements. And it’s why financial services providers are a key stakeholder in the evolution of digital identity.Furthermore, new di...2025-01-0759 min
FDD Morning BriefFortifying the Crypto Future: U.S. National and Economic Security in the Virtual RealmDigital assets, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized finance offer economic opportunity while also exposing nation-states and economies to genuine risk. While the cryptocurrency industry has grown and evolved at rapid pace, bipartisan lawmakers are actively wrestling with the challenging question of how best to regulate and guardrail new financial tools to foster innovation while protecting U.S. national and economic security.Join FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) for a discussion on digital asset regulation with Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), moderated by Juan C. Zarate, chairman and co-founder of CEFP. The conversat...2024-01-301h 17
FDD Events PodcastFortifying the Crypto Future: U.S. National and Economic Security in the Virtual RealmDigital assets, cryptocurrencies, and decentralized finance offer economic opportunity while also exposing nation-states and economies to genuine risk. While the cryptocurrency industry has grown and evolved at rapid pace, bipartisan lawmakers are actively wrestling with the challenging question of how best to regulate and guardrail new financial tools to foster innovation while protecting U.S. national and economic security.Join FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power (CEFP) for a discussion on digital asset regulation with Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT), moderated by Juan C. Zarate, chairman and co-founder of CEFP. The conversat...2024-01-301h 17
The 966The future of Fintech and Blockchain with Amit Sharma, CEO of FinClusiveAmit Sharma, CEO and Founder of FinClusive Capital, a hybrid fin-/reg-tech company based in the United States, joins The 966 to talk digital banking, fintech and more. Finclusive, headquartered in New York, New York, is a global compliance, digital identity and payments platform for a new era of financial services. The 966 talks about the sector, FinClusive's approach to streamline services for clients, and the rise of the sector in Saudi Arabia. 2023-11-2449 min
R.O.G. Return on Generosity146. Judge Nelson Diaz - Not from Here, Not from There“If you take a survey, everybody thinks that all of the Latinos just got here the other day and came over the border…More than 68% of most Latinos are born in the US.”
“There are no U-Hauls at funerals.”
In January 2004, Nelson became the first independent Director of the Exelon Corporation that resulted from the merger of PECO Energy and ComEd. Exelon is a Fortune 66 company and is the largest competitive energy company doing business in 48 states, D.C. and Canada. This company, with $60 billion in revenues, employs over 40,000 people nationwide. Exelon works in every stage of t...2023-09-1943 min
The Penta Podcast ChannelInsights: Crypto Convos With Amit SharmaOn the inaugural episode of HPS Insight's Crypto Convos miniseries, hosts Bryan DeAngelis and Elliott Owensby are joined by special guest Amit Sharma, CEO and Founder of FinClusive, to discuss FinClusive's role in expanding digital financial access across the globe, the tension between counter-terrorist financing and financial inclusion, as well as the importance of financial inclusion to U.S. national security.2022-02-1534 min
STR: Suspicious Transaction ReportThe Next Decades of Counterterrorist FinancingHow can the current counterterrorism financing (CTF) regime remain relevant when the threat is constantly evolving? In the 20 years since 9/11, terrorists have adopted diverse financing methods, new terrorist actors have emerged, and autocrats have co-opted CTF standards for their own nefarious purposes. Host Stephen Reimer is joined by RUSI Associate Fellow Jessica Davis and Amit Sharma of FinClusive to explore how to make CTF more effective, while mitigating its unintended consequences. 2022-02-0435 min
FinclusiveEP 13: Garry Cooper (CEO of Rheaply and GP of LongJump VC) | Creating Circularity SolutionsGarry Cooper is the CEO of Rheaply, a Series-A Climate Tech company in Chicago, and one of six GPs at Longjump VC, a first-check, founder-led fund investing in the next generation of Chicagoland founders. Garry shares his fundraising journey for Rheaply and for Longjump, and ideation process behind the two ventures. LongJump VC had been an idea for Garry and his network of Chicago founders, until George Floyd's death last summer solidified the formation of the fund. The GPs successfully raised over $4 million by the time the fund was announced in March 2021.
As a Black founder, Garry c...2021-11-2935 minFinclusiveEP 12: Fion Lee-Madan (Fairly AI) | Building Fair and Responsible AI SolutionsFion is the co-founder and COO of Fairly AI, an AI Governance, Risk, and Control (GRC) solution that keeps organizations' AI responsible and regulated. She discusses her career as a technical and business leader at ATG before, during, and after its Oracle acquisition, her experience with late-stage investing, followed by her interest in early-stage venture investing. She joined Founder Institute, where she met her co-founder and together they launched Fairly AI in April 2020. Fion shares how Fairly AI closes the gap between technical data scientists and non-technical decision makers, and reduces high-velocity financial and ethical AI risk.
2021-10-2328 minFinclusiveEP 11: Nicole Ward (Watermark Women of the C-Suite) | The Joy of Supporting OthersA C-suite executive connector and facilitator, Nicole Ward is the National Director of Sales at Moss Adams LLP, and Podcast host of Watermark Women of the C-Suite. In her conversation with Kelly, she shares her journey in angel investing, her appetite for risk, and the joy she finds in supporting those building something they are passionate about. She shares her journey of making one of her first investments in Porfolia, where women can learn about venture investing from other women. Nicole appreciates the American philanthropic culture and enjoys sharing her time and network with entrepreneurs and new investors. She's...2021-09-2922 min
Watermark Women of the C-SuiteKelly Lei | Co-Founder & General Partner, Finclusive Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices2021-09-0338 minFinclusiveEP 10: Leigh-Ann Buchanan (aīre ventures): Using Ecosystems to Close Opportunity GapsLeigh-Ann Buchanan is the President of aīre ventures, a venture studio scaling technology, entrepreneurial and innovative solutions to systemic gaps in access, opportunity and racial equity. Leigh discusses the Miami Venture Capital ecosystem, her REDI (Racial Equity Diversity and Inclusion) framework for closing opportunity gaps in investing, and why people, purpose and impact are core to everything she does.2021-07-3026 minFinclusiveEP 09: Judith Levey (The Desire Company) | Closing the Trust GapJudith Levey is the co-founder and COO of The Desire Company, a content and media platform that helps customers learn new skills from professionals and introduces them to the best products available. Judith shares how her previous corporate PR career at The Coca-Cola Company taught her the skills she needed to found and lead DesireCo, including the lessons she learned from a PR stunt gone horribly wrong. She identifies the “trust gap” between retailers and consumers on ecommerce platforms such as Amazon, and shares how DesireCo aims to close that gap. She reflects on how the company took a hard...2021-07-0729 min
FinclusiveEP 08 Aihui Ong (X Factor Ventures) | Founder vs CEO vs VCExcited to have interviewed Aihui Ong, exited founder turned VC and hired, to learn about her lessons as a female solo founder who Immigrated to the US post-college. She shared her experiences on how was overlooked as a founder because of her gender and background and how she was able to use those experiences to support the founders that she invests in now. She also shared the difference of being a CEO vs a founder and how having a CEO coach really helped her to scale her companies.
As an entrepreneur and executive, Aihui has built innovative p...2021-06-2938 minFinclusiveEP 07: Earl Valencia & Kevin Gabayan | Plentina - Unlocking Financial Services for the Emerging Middle ClassPlentina is the buy now pay later fintech startup building a new digital-first experience for financial services leveraging artificial intelligence. Earl is an aerospace engineer by training, and Kevin was a computer vision researcher at NASA Ames. The two met as graduate students at Stanford, where they bonded over dinner discussions on how to best serve their shared Filipino community. Realizing that credit card penetration in most Southeast countries (except Singapore) fell below ten percent, the two decided to use machine learning and data science to unlock financial services for emerging markets. Kevin recalls doing research on the ground...2021-06-1435 minFinclusiveEP 06: Elle Bruno (Techstars MD) | Investing in Female-Led Companies as a Female InvestorWhat was your introduction to investing? For Elle Bruno, the Managing Director of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator Program, it was when her father helped her invest her babysitting money in Target - her favorite place to shop as a teenager. Today, with 18 years of startup operator experience under her belt, Elle runs the Techstars Western Union Accelerator Program. The program just closed its third round of applications with applicants from 50 countries. Elle is also an active Angel Investor in female founded/co-founded start-ups. In our conversation, Elle shares the jaw-dropping instances of gender discrimination she faced as a...2021-05-2822 minFinclusiveEp 05: Sajid Rahman (MyAsiaVC) | Becoming an "Accidental Investor"Sajid Rahman is the General Partner at MyAsiaVC. He has been a prolific investor at tech companies ranging from Silicon Valley, Asia, Latin America, and Africa and has managed over 700 syndicates. He shares his experience of becoming an “accidental investor” when he was running a bank in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is attracted to startup investing because it gives him a frontrow seat in the tech and innovation world, and provides a “crash course on business building.” He discusses why he rarely writes the first check, and how he has built and maintained his strong network of global investors.2021-05-2634 min
She Conquers Capital with Stefanie DiazSCC: Kelly Lei, Finclusive Ventures, the Journey of the Emerging Fund Manager#SheConquersCapital #ZaneVentureFund #VentureCapital Welcome to She Conquers Capital powered by Zane Venture Fund. If you enjoyed this episode, subscribe on YouTube, Apple, or Spotify for weekly interviews with the women (and allies) impacting the flow of capital. SPONSORS: Much gratitude to Lowenstein Sandler LLP for sponsoring the show! Learn more at https://www.lowenstein.com/. TODAY’S GUEST: WEBSITE: https://www.finclusive.vc/ LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellylei/ TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FinclusiveVC CONTACT: WEBSITE: https://sheconquerscapital.com/ TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/thestefaniediaz LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/the...2021-05-2632 minFinclusiveEp 04: Carmelle Cadet (EMTECH) | Modernizing Central BankingWe share an inspiring conversation with Carmelle Cadet, Founder and CEO of EMTECH, a Fintech company on a mission to create financial inclusion for all, especially those who are underbanked, unbanked and deemed "unbankable." She shares her personal story of growing up in Haiti, gaining access to financial services when her family moved to the US, and going on to have a 10-year career at IBM working in blockchain technology. She describes her lightbulb moment of deciding to quit her 6-figure salary job to work on an issue that was deeply personal to her. Carmelle walks us through the...2021-05-2132 min
The Delivering Happiness PodcastFrom Purpose to Profits: How a Coaching Session Led This Immigrant Woman To Become a VC Founder | Kelly LeiSome DH podcast listeners have wondered "What happened to the Cohost Kelly Lei?" Let's just say one of our DH coaches was too good at his job, lol. After some one on one coaching conversations Kelly realized that her purpose/dream/mission was really to find a way to provide people from traditionally underrepresented groups new opportunities to create capital. Born in Macau, Kelly immigrated to the U.S. when she was 12 and her parents were a waitress and chef who did not speak any English. Kelly realized that because her parents had family members who believed i...2021-05-1742 minFinclusiveEp 03: Manan Mehta | How Unshackled Ventures InvestsA conversation with Manan Mehta, Founding Partner at Unshackled Ventures. Unshackled Ventures was founded in 2014 with the mission to help immigrant founders succeed. The firm invests in immigrant entrepreneurs at the ideation stage (60% of commits made before incorporation), sponsors visas, and provides full immigration support for immigrant founders who often do not have the support network of native-born founders. Unshackled has made 55 investments to date, backing founders from 6 different continents. Manan shares his experience building a company with an immigrant founder and learning the pain points of visa issues facing immigrant entrepreneurs. He highlights that the main challenge facing...2021-05-1128 minFinclusiveEp 02: Arlan Hamilton | How Backstage Capital InvestsArlan Hamilton is an investor and the founder and managing partner of Backstage Capital. She's also one of our advisors at Finclusive Ventures!
In May 2020, Hamilton released her first book from Penguin Random House entitled "It's About Damn Time", which is based on her personal journey into entrepreneurship and venture capital.
Listen to our interview with Arlan Hamilton by Lauren Nham and Kelly Lei on how Arlan spot founders and people that she would want to work with.
What she defined as underestimated and overlooked
Does she think she's overhyped?
How she's scaling Backstage Cap...2021-04-2721 minFinclusiveEp 01: Elizabeth Yin | How Hustle Fund InvestsFounder and investor Elizabeth Yin shares how Hustle Fund is democratizing wealth through entrepreneurship. Elizabeth shares strategies behind how Hustle Fund is able to write the earliest checks for new startups based on thoughtful evaluations of the founding team and the existence of “market pull.” For new VC firms, Elizabeth offers advice on portfolio construction. She highlights the importance of building a unique brand and leveraging other investors in the ecosystem. Through Hustle Fund and her personal investments, Elizabeth hopes to generate a vibrant startup ecosystem by creating more programs and funds for founders, as well as opportunities for new...2021-04-2726 minFinclusiveWhat is the Finclusive Podcast?Ali and Kelly founded Finclusive Ventures and we are here to tell you why we are doing the Finclusive podcast.
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Stellar Global Radio with Sam: Exploring the Stellar Blockchain and BeyondPublic Node Special: Sam and Amit Sharma discuss FinClusive and their mission to bring financial inclusion to the globeFinClusive's mission is to bring secure, compliance-centered banking to the 2.5 to 3.5 billion people and businesses worldwide who are financially excluded or underserved. FinClusive is using the open and inclusive Stellar network to deliver on this mission. Sam Conner and Amit Sharma (CEO of FinClusive) discuss Amit's background and how the United States' response to the September 11th attack ultimately resulted in excluding both good and bad people from the world's financial system. Amit further explains how these new regulations disproportionally impacted low income and other groups of people and businesses as banks evaluated the cost of compliance and made the...2021-01-2247 min
AML ConversationsAmit Sharma - The Digital Age and the Challenges of De-riskingIn this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne sits down with Amit Sharma, CEO of Finclusive to discuss the global problem of financial access from the standpoint of using technology as a tool to give support to the underbanked and underserved. The two review the strategies of tackling access limitations as well as a project (The Rulebook) that will be a welcomed tool for those looking for enhanced compliance advice.
Sit back and enjoy AML Conversations.2020-03-2640 min