Interledger Salon

The Interledger Salon, hosted by the Interledger Foundation, offers our community a quarterly curated discussion. We invite some of the most inspiring individuals in our ecosystem who share our passion for building a more equitable financial world. This platform allows these individuals to host panels encouraging vibrant conversation, and idea exchange, and support collaborative organizing.

Interledger Salon is a business podcast hosted by Interledger Foundation, with 10 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.

Interledger Foundation hosts Interledger Salon, a business show with 10 episodes published.

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  Episode #10

  Unbanked in America: Exploring the Financial Divide:Financial Trauma - Healing and Recovery with Dr. LaTanya White

  Apr 29, 202630 minS1

  <p>n this episode, we delve into the often overlooked but deeply impactful issue of financial trauma—emotional and psychological wounds stemming from past financial hardships, exploitation, or systemic exclusion. Our guest, Dr. LaTanya White, is a scholar-practitioner and founder of Concept Creative Group, whose groundbreaking work addresses the racial wealth gap through entrepreneurship and equity-focused education. Dr. White shares insights from her research and the legacy of financial trauma on marginalized communities. We explore how these experiences can lead to mistrust of traditional banking systems and how her Dynastic Wealth® framework offers a pathway to healing, empowerment, and long-term fin...

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  Episode #9

  Unbanked in America: Exploring the Financial Divide: Banking Deserts - A Mississippi Case Study with Sheena Allen

  Apr 29, 202648 minS1

  <p>In this episode, we explore the concept of banking deserts—areas with limited or no access to traditional banking services—and the various factors that impact residents. We interviewed Sheena Allen, the founder of CapWay, and learned about her experience supporting unbanked and underbanked communities, particularly in her home state of Mississippi. Sheena shares her journey in building a fintech platform designed to empower vulnerable populations with digital financial services. We delve into the systemic barriers these communities face, including a lack of financial literacy, digital equity, and access to technology, and discuss innovative solutions, such as CapWay’s role i...

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  Episode #8

  Unbanked in America: Exploring the Financial Divide, "An Intro into the Series with Victoria Coker"

  Apr 29, 202618 minS1

  <p>In this special introductory episode, we connect with Victoria Coker, the creator of the mini-series Unbanked in America: Exploring the Financial Divide, to learn what inspired her to launch this two-part mini-series on the unbanked and underbanked in the United States. She explains how insights from the 2021 FDIC report informed her approach and highlights the importance of these issues for financial inclusion. She reflects on surprising lessons uncovered through research and interviews, as well as the moments that left a lasting impression. Victoria also shares her hopes for what listeners will take away from the series and her vision...

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  Episode #7

  Is Financial Education and Understanding the Key to Financial Inclusion?

  Apr 29, 202658 minS1

  <p>Financial education is often positioned as the high-positioned missing link to financial inclusion, but does understanding money matter if you don’t have fair access to the financial system? In this episode of the Interledger Salon, host Sheena Allen, a serial entrepreneur and fintech founder, is joined by Evan Leaphart and Ronaldo Hardy to examine the role of financial education and the limits it reveals in advancing financial inclusion. Drawing from their experiences building, funding, and operating financial tools for underserved communities, the conversation interrogates whether education empowers participation or unintentionally shifts responsibility away from flawed systems. Together, they ex...

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  Episode #6

  Unlocking Possibilities: The role of Open Payments in African speculative fiction

  Dec 18, 20251h 12mS1

  <p>The diversity and innovation of the early internet have settled into a weird monopolistic set of apps that cater to the average American or European. Which is great if you’re an average American or European, but not especially helpful for anyone slightly more diverse. And, if you’re African, you lose out in ways that range from things that feel like casual ignorance all the way to outright hostility. In this episode of the Interledger Salon, three African speculative fiction creators, Gavin Chait, Dilman Dila, and Cheryl Ntumy, discuss their experiences and frustrations of publishing while being African, join...

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