Fintech Underground by Alpaca
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Recent Episodes
In episode #29 of Fintech Underground, our CEO, Yoshi, speaks with Mark Chahwan, Co-Founder and CEO of Sarwa about the following topics:
0:00 - Why Sarwa built Sarwa Trade as a way to give their customers more control over their own investing and trading decisions.
4:00 - Why Sarwa has focused on building a robust product suite before expanding into new markets.
10:00 - The impact of adding options to Sarwa’s product suite and how options trading has been a growing trend.
15:00 - How COVID sparked a global interest in investing and asset ownership.
19:00 - The growing trend of increasing access to markets beyond the U.S. exchange.
29:00 - What Mark feels is the hidden gem of the fintech world.
Thank you for listening to Alpaca’s latest episode of Fintech Underground. You can find the YouTube video and transcript here: https://alpaca.markets/learn/how-sarwas-options-trading-and-product-diversity-has-helped-them-scale-quickly
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:
1:00 - How Erik transitioned from auditing at PwC to the world of startups, including implementing new processes and overcoming challenges.
4:00 - Building an internal account team compared to the process of being an auditor.
9:00 - How internal accounting and financial processes scaled during Brex’s growth from 70 to 1,200 employees.
22:00 - Why Brex built a broker-dealer entity within their business.
37:00 - How Brex is working to position itself as the go-to commercial financial services provider for now and the future, and his role in getting there.
44:00 - The pros and cons of remote work in a scaling company.
51:00 - What is the one undervalued opportunity you see in fintech?
Thank you for listening to Alpaca's latest episode of Fintech Underground. You can find the full transcript here: https://alpaca.markets/learn/how-brex-built-and-scaled-their-accounting-and-financial-operations-028
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.
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.