Fintech Underground by Alpaca

Fintech Underground by Alpaca is a podcast devoted to celebrating the heroes, innovations, and diversity of financial technology. From trading with algorithms to connecting apps to building out services, we bring light to the different corners of Fintech.This is not an offer, solicitation of an offer, or advice to buy or sell securities, other financial products or open a brokerage account in any jurisdiction where Alpaca is not registered. Please see https://alpaca.markets/disclosures for important information.

Fintech Underground by Alpaca is a technology podcast hosted by Alpaca, with 29 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alpaca hosts Fintech Underground by Alpaca, a technology show with 29 episodes published.

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  Episode #29

  How Sarwa’s Options Trading and Product Diversity Has Helped Them Scale Quickly #029

  Dec 17, 202433 minS1

  <p>In episode #29 of Fintech Underground, our CEO, Yoshi, speaks with Mark Chahwan, Co-Founder and CEO of Sarwa about the following topics:</p> <p>0:00 - Why Sarwa built Sarwa Trade as a way to give their customers more control over their own investing and trading decisions.</p> <p>4:00 - Why Sarwa has focused on building a robust product suite before expanding into new markets.</p> <p>10:00 - The impact of adding options to Sarwa’s product suite and how options trading has been a growing trend.</p> <p>15:00 - How COVID sparked a global interest in investing and asset ownership.</p>...

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  Episode #28

  How Brex Built and Scaled Their Accounting and Financial Operations #028

  Dec 10, 202457 minS1

  <p>In episode #28 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi speaks with Erik Zhou, Chief Accounting Officer and SVP of Finance and Accounting at Brex about the following topics:</p> <p>1:00 - How Erik transitioned from auditing at PwC to the world of startups, including implementing new processes and overcoming challenges.</p> <p>4:00 - Building an internal account team compared to the process of being an auditor.</p> <p>9:00 - How internal accounting and financial processes scaled during Brex’s growth from 70 to 1,200 employees.</p> <p>22:00 - Why Brex built a broker-dealer entity within their business.</p> <p>37:00 - How Brex is...

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  Episode #27

  The Story of Bootstrapping a Nigerian Broker #027

  Mar 27, 202433 minS1

  <p>In episode #027 of Fintech Underground, our CEO Yoshi Yokokawa interviews Tosin Osibodu, Alpaca's Executive Director of Sales. They discuss his pre-Alpaca entrepreneurial ventures, key learnings, and their relevance to Africa's investment climate.</p>

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  Fintech Underground by Alpaca

  Diversity in Web3 #026

  Oct 31, 202226 minS0

  <p>In episode 26 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Diana O’gilvie, Communications Manager at Fimi Market. We talk about starting in web3 and the process of learning, what can we do to have more diversity in web3 and how to find your community.</p>

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  Fintech Underground by Alpaca

  Breaking Equity: On The Quest to Make Everyone an AlgoTrader #025

  Oct 10, 202221 minS0

  <p>In episode 25 of Fintech Underground by Alpaca, we interviewed Devin Crane, CEO and co-founder of Breaking Equity, we talk about how the role of systematic trading, capture inefficiencies and efficiencies in the market, and finally on the relationship between crypto and securities.</p>

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