<p>Mabel Chacko is a serial entrepreneur with 15+ years of experience in the financial technology space and the founder of multi-million dollar startup - Open (https://www.bankopen.co/). Backed by Tiger Global and 3one4 Capital, Open is Asia's leading "Neo Bank". However, it was not all champagne and roses to start with for her. In the podcast, she covers her aspirational journey, some key learnings coming out of past setbacks while giving us a glimpse of what the future of Fintech looks like in the coming years. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Mabel Chacko's profile: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mabelchacko/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mabelchacko/&nbsp;</p> <p>Open's profile: &nbsp;LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bankwithopen/</p> <p>Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bankwithopen/ Happy watch! &nbsp;</p> <p>Time codes: 0:00 - Introduction 0:46 - What is a "Neo bank" &nbsp;5:10 - The Neo banking sector 6:55 - Story behind Open 10:33 - Evolution of startup community since 2007 14:00 - Starting out and challenges faced 19:00 - Living on the edge (hardships) 22:44 - Why Open clicked and key learnings 28:15 - How to figure out real customers (real life example!) 33:50 - Where is FinTech heading? (Embedded FinTech) 35:54 - Probing questions by investors 38:51 - Parting advice &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>About Buyside Hippies Buyside Hippies originated with an intent to give audience a taste of how various levers of entrepreneurship and high finance work towards generating value. &nbsp;Our podcasts are also available on Youtube, Spotify, iTunes, Apple Podcasts and Google Podcasts. &nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Website: https://www.buysidehippies.com/&nbsp;</p> <p>LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/buyside-hippies/?viewAsMember=true&nbsp;</p> <p>Instagram: @buysidehippies https://www.instagram.com/buysidehippies/&nbsp;</p> <p><br></p> <p>Team Aseem Mehra: @arhem97 &nbsp;(https://www.instagram.com/arhem97/)&nbsp;</p> <p>Ananthu Santhosh: @ananthu.sk (https://www.instagram.com/ananthu.sk/)</p>