Welcome to Purpose Driven FinTech! I'm your host, Monica Millares - Product Leader and fellow FinTecher. These days, with the rising cost of living, financial stress among customers, loss of trust in banks, speculation of crypto, and uncertainty, we're facing unprecedented challenges. But there is hope. We as FinTechers have the power to make a positive impact. Our products, the how we do product, and our people can make a difference on customers’ financial lives - and as a result, in the quality of their lives. However, more than ever Founders, CEOs, Leadership teams and all FinTechers have a ton of pressure to build solutions that actually solve customer problems, that people want, that are differentiated And profitable Yes that's you and me too! That's why I've created this podcast! I speak with FinTech CEOs, Founders, and Csuites to uncover their stories, challenges, and lessons learnt in building products with impact. You'll get to hear real-life conversations, and you’ll walk away with practical questions, frameworks and insights that you can apply to your own FinTech products. So, are you ready to make a bigger difference in FinTech? Let's come together and discover how Purpose, Product, and People can help us create a future of better financial wellbeing while building sustainable and profitable FinTechs. Follow me on LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube to stay connected and be part of the conversation. Cheers to making better FinTech and making FinTech better! Love, Moni
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Episode #89
How Ocean Regeneration Is Winning Bank Customers | Mathias Boissonot, Founder & CEO at Handprint
Aug 25, 202653 minS3
Banks spend millions on carbon footprint. Banks have an engagement problem. Something is not working! This week I speak with Mathias Boissonot, Founder and CEO of Handprint and he makes a commercial case for a different model: instead of tracking what your customers do wrong, quantify what they're building right. Handprint powers ocean regeneration programs for banks like DBS, including coral reef restoration and mangrove planting that customers own, watch grow, and choose to fund with their spend. The result isn't just goodwill. It's an 875% increase in customer engagement compared to legacy carbon programs, and $23 million a year in verified ecosystem value returned to society. We get into why Mathias measures success by a metric most founders have never heard of: the "phoenix" over the unicorn, and the sales and founder lessons he's learned building the company from scratch. What you'll learn Why carbon offsetting and "your carbon footprint" features fail to change customer behavior, and what the psychology actually is The handprint model: quantifying positive impact instead of negative impact, and why that flips the entire customer relationship How banks turn nature engagement into a growth engine: referral programs with co-owned impact, nature cashback instead of standard cashback Why 62% of customers would switch banks over purpose misalignment, and 52% already have The phoenix metric: measuring company success in ecosystem value generated, not just valuation Mathias's biggest founder mistakes, and the best sales advice he's ever received: "implicate the pain" Timestamps 00:00 — Cold open: has carbon offsetting failed? 04:40 — What Handprint actually does 06:55 — Phoenix vs. unicorn: a new metric for success 09:00 — $23 million in ecosystem value, every year 18:30 — Why donation and carbon-guilt features don't work 24:40 — Kill the cashback war: nature cashback instead 27:30 — From cost center to growth engine: the 875% number 32:30 — Building a company from Bali 35:30 — Every mistake we could have made, we've made 41:35 — Implicate the pain: the best sales advice he's received 44:00 — Resilience, mindset, and having fun in the pain Connect with Mathias: Handprint:https://handprint.tech/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boissonot/ Connect with Monica LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/ Purpose Driven FinTech. English: https://www.youtube.com/@monica_millares/videos Purpose Driven FinTech. Spanish: https://www.youtube.com/@MonicaMillares_Español/videos Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.
Agentic Payments: The Questions the Industry Needs to Answer Before Scaling | Robert Kraal, Co-Founder at Silverflow
Jun 22, 202619 minS3
Everyone is talking about Agentic Payments! So I sat down with Robert Kraal, Co-Founder of Silverflow, live at Money20/20 Asia and we had a chat. Robert brings a commercial perspective to the conversation, and we focus on the what are the hard commercial questions the industry still needs to answer before agentic payments can truly scale. We cover: (00:00) Is the card system ready for agents? (01:00) The commercial model nobody is talking about (02:30) Neutral agent vs. paid agent: the Spotify analogy (04:00) What happens when your agent talks to another agent? (06:00) Liability: who's responsible when the agent gets it wrong? (08:00) The tokenization gap in emerging markets (10:00) Where to start: simple use cases first (12:00) What Silverflow is doing to prepare for agentic transactions (14:00) What excites Robert most about this space (16:00) What payment professionals should be doing right now 👉 Connect with Robert: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertkraal/ Website: https://www.silverflow.com/ 👉 Connect with Monica LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamillares/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@moni_millares TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@moni_millares Website: https://www.purposedrivenfintech.com/ — Disclaimer: This episode does not constitute professional nor financial advice and does not represent the opinion nor views of my current, past or future employers. The guest has agreed to record and release our conversation for the use of this podcast and promotion in social media.
Agentic Payments: The Questions the Industry Needs to Answer Before Scaling | Robert Kraal, Co-Founder at Silverflow
Jun 22, 202619 minS3
<p>Everyone is talking about Agentic Payments! So I sat down with Robert Kraal, Co-Founder of Silverflow, live at Money20/20 Asia and we had a chat. Robert brings a commercial perspective to the conversation, and we focus on the what are the hard commercial questions the industry still needs to answer before agentic payments can truly scale.</p><p>We cover:</p><p>(00:00) Is the card system ready for agents?</p><p>(01:00) The commercial model nobody is talking about</p><p>(02:30) Neutral agent vs. paid agent: the Spotify analogy</p><p>(04:00) What happens when your agent talks to another agent?<...
You Can't Beat Wise on FX. So Now You Partner With Them | Samarth Bansal, General Manager at Wise Platform
Jun 9, 202629 minS3
<p>If you can't beat Wise on FX, and reality is most fintechs can't; then the smarter move is to partner with them. Let’s go into the why!</p><p>In this episode recorded live at Money20/20 Asia, I speak with Samarth Bansal, General Manager at Wise Platform.</p><p>We go behind the scenes and I ask the questions I’ve always had hypothetical answers to. For years my mandate as a Neobank Product leader was to beat Wise, and I knew unless we were to change our business model to properly compete, the answer is we can’t.</p>...
55X in 12 Months: The Clearing and Settlement Layer No One Is Rebuilding Till Now | George Davis, CEO and Co Foudner of Lorum
May 21, 202651 minS3
<p>Most fintechs treat cross border payments as a cost centre. George Davis built a business that treats it as the $100B infrastructure opportunity nobody else is rebuilding, and grew 55X in 12 months doing it.</p><p>In this episode I speak with George Davis, Co-Founder and CEO of Lorum, a global clearing and settlement infrastructure business serving financial institutions across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and beyond. George is a serial founder who previously co-founded BVNK before leaving to rebuild the layer of the payments stack that big banks have left untouched.</p><p>Key takeaways:</p>The payment...
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