This week we’re sharing six interviews from the Finovate Podcast that includes the businesses that gained Better of Present at FinovateFall final month.
From the most recent improvements within the battle towards fraud to leveraging AI to make it simpler for small companies to safe the financing they should develop, FinovateFall 2025’s Better of Present winners assist us see precisely the place fintech is making probably the most impression for firms and communities.
In his most up-to-date podcast interview, Greg Palmer talks with LemonadeLXP CEO John Findlay.
Findlay explains how the corporate advanced right into a complete all-in-one studying and information platform for monetary establishments. Findlay and Palmer focus on the shortcomings of conventional studying administration programs that target compliance coaching relatively than ability growth that results in enterprise development and more practical customer support.
EP 277: John Findlay, LemonadeLXP
Finovate Podcast host Greg Palmer catches up with Shivangi Khanna (CEO) and Sophie Jewsbury (COO) of Krida.
The three discuss how Krida leverages AI and workflow automation to rework the industrial lending course of. Khanna and Jewsbury focus on the common ache level of doc assortment and processing and clarify how Krida’s expertise automates the suggestions loops between debtors and mortgage officers to shorten the time between lead era and a accomplished mortgage software.
EP 276: Shivangi Khanna and Sophie Jewsbury, Krida
Greg Palmer interviews Mart Vos, CEO of Eko Investments.
Palmer and Vos focus on how Eko makes it potential for early-stage buyers to get began constructing their wealth by way of the credit score union or financial institution they already know and belief. Vos explains how enabling monetary establishments—particularly smaller ones—to supply funding companies might help them compete with third-party investing apps, a lot of that are embarking upon providing banking companies of their very own.
EP 275: Mart Vos, Eko Investments
Mitch Rutledge, CEO of Vertice AI, joins Greg Palmer on the Finovate Podcast.
On this dialog, Palmer and Rutledge discuss how Vertice AI allows smaller monetary establishments to “punch above their weight” with AI-powered options that assist them rework institutional information into actionable insights. Vertice AI helps group FIs ship customized buyer engagement and measurable development outcomes.
EP 274: Mitch Rutledge, Vertice AI
Greg Palmer chats with Tim Li, Co-founder and CEO of LendAPI.
Li explains how LendAPI serves as a “tremendous orchestration platform” that allows customers to construct their very own monetary merchandise by way of an intuitive browser interface. The platform features a product studio during which FIs can construct private loans, mortgages, and different merchandise with built-in rule studios, fashions studios, pricing engines, and third-party plugins.
EP 273: Tim Li, LendAPI
Finovate Podcast host Greg Palmer interviews Casap Co-founder and CEO Shanthi Shanmugam.
Palmer and Shanmugam speak concerning the challenges of first-party fraud and the way this type of fraud—during which prospects falsely declare they didn’t make purchases they really did make—has turn out to be the main fraud assault vector all over the world, much more than account takeovers and scams. Shanmugam explains how Casap leverages AI brokers that perform like knowledgeable investigators to find out when disputes are professional.
EP 272: Shanthi Shanmugam, Casap
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