Barefoot Innovation Podcast
Episodes
Financial Inclusion is Coming Fast - AFI Executive Director Alfred Hannig
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
I'm excited to share today's conversation with Alfred Hannig, Executive Director of AFI. When you hear of an organization with a name like The Allian...
A Millennial Building for Millennials - Ollie Perdue of Loot
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show features one of the most interesting startups in London. I was there in in late 2015 and looked up someone I'd been wanting to meet --...
Fintech for Small Business: Former SBA Administrator & Harvard Business School Senior Fellow Karen Mills
30 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're expanding beyond our usual Barefoot Innovation focus on consumer financial innovation, to explore the parallel issues arising for small b...
Getting People on to the Credit Ladder: LendUp CEO Sasha Orloff
15 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today's episode is about new ideas about a very old problem in consumer finance -- high-cost lending to high-risk borrowers. My guest is LendUp CEO S...
The One Dollar Smart Phone -- Theo Cosmora, CEO of SocialEco
04 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings for the holiday season, and apologies for my recent backlog in posting podcasts. The main reason for the latter is that I have been traveli...
Remaking the Financial Rails: Ripple CEO Chris Larsen
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today's show. One night last summer I attended a small dinner in New York hosted by the editors of a global financial publication, on fina...
Colin Walsh of Varo
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I've been looking for a chance to do a podcast with today's guest for months. Colin Walsh is the founder and CEO of Varo, an online tool that aims to...
Harvard's Brigitte Madrian on Saving for Retirement: "We are Not Making it Easy"
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's program is really special, because my guest is Brigitte Madrian. Brigitte is the Aetna Professor of Public Policy and Corporate Management a...
Innovation in Small Business Lending: Sam Hodges of Funding Circle
25 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our first conversation with an innovator in small business lending – my guest is Sam Hodges, Co-founder and U.S. Managing Director of Fu...
Innovation and Consumer Protection - Lauren Saunders, National Consumer Law Center
06 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show explores financial innovation through the eyes of one of America's most respected consumer advocates. My guest is Lauren Saunders, Assoc...
Insure-Tech : QED Founding Partner Caribou Honig
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today we have our first-ever episode on Insure-tech. Happily, it also turned out to be one of the most fun, funny and thought-provoking shows we've e...
Innovating in Compliance, Citi CCO Kathryn Reimann and Wells Fargo CCO Yvette Hollingsworth Clark
07 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
My guests today are two of the most thoughtful people in the United States on the topic of regulatory compliance. They are the chief compliance offic...
CFPB'S FIFTH ANNIVERSARY: DIRECTOR RICHARD CORDRAY
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to today's episode with my very special guest. He is the Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray. We got tog...
Fintech for Everyone : Vinay Patel and Max Gasner from Bee
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I enjoy all my guests on Barefoot Innovation, but if someone forced me to choose my favorite episodes, this one would be on the list. It's partly beca...
Cost Cutting with the Blockchain - Blythe Masters, CEO of Digital Asset Holdings
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barefoot Innovation usually explores technology that touches financial consumers - new products and new ways of managing money. Today's episode pivot...
The Last Helicopter Pioneer – Innovation Insights from my Father, Glidden S. Doman
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Barefoot Innovation has been in hiatus in recent weeks because my father passed away. I was in San Francisco and got a call saying he was suddenly il...
FINANCIAL INCLUSION: RAUL VAZQUEZ OF OPORTUN
12 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In addition to our podcast, please take a look at Raul's keynote at the EMERGE Forum. I am constantly amazed by the fascinating and unpredictable cou...
Effortless Investing : Jon Stein of Betterment
03 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Barefoot Innovation and to a new dimension in the topics we explore. We've talked with many startups in lending, payments, and managing pe...
Its Still Simple : Josh Reich One Year Later
19 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This episode updates one of the very first ones we did in our Barefoot Innovation series, last year. Episode Two featured the two co-founders of Simp...
CFSI's Innovation Contest
04 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We have a very special show today. I realized – rather late – that we should do an episode on the CFSI financial solutions lab competition. It's b...
At the Front with NFCC's Susan Keating
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In 1967, the Beatles sang: "I get by with a little help from my friends." That sentiment captures something at the heart of many people's financial l...
Consulting the Source - Leonard Chanin of Morrison & Foerster
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I'm calling this episode "Consulting the Source." My guest would be the first to say he is not the source of our consumer financial protection rules ...
Transforming Payments: Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire
02 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our first episode focused on Bitcoin, digital currency, and the blockchain. My guest is one of the most thoughtful people anywhere on this...
Effortless Saving: Digit CEO Ethan Bloch
26 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is one of my favorite episodes we've ever done - my conversation with Digit founder and CEO, Ethan Bloch. Digit has set out to solve one of the...
Innovating at a Bank : Dominic Venturo of US Bancorp
09 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dominic Venturo, CIO of US Bank Visiting Dominic Venturo is a little like walking onto a James Bond movie set during the Q gadget briefing scene. Th...
Insights from Michael Barr
05 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
I am absolutely delighted to share today's episode -- my conversation with Michael Barr. Most of our listeners know Michael as the former Assistant ...
The Regulatory Sandbox : BMO's Nitish Pandey
16 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Barefoot innovation as we start into a fresh new year. Being appreciated! We are kicking off 2016 with a wonderful guest, Nitish Pandey...
Chuck Harris, President of NetSpend
23 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
My conversation with Chuck Harris, President of NetSpend, is our final episode for 2015. Thinking back on the brief eight months since we launched Ba...
Regulation Innovation: A conversation with Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J. Curry
09 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
I'm delighted to be able to share with you this very special episode of Barefoot Innovation, because my guest is the 30th Comptroller of the Currency...
The Secrets of FinTech: Jesse McWaters and Rob Galaski, World Economic Forum
25 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
If I had to choose just one episode of Barefoot Innovation to introduce listeners to the series, this is it. My guests are Jesse McWaters of the Wo...
Courtney Kelso - Innovation & Inclusion at American Express
10 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode adds a new dimension to our discussions with innovators, by taking us inside a huge company - American Express. My guest is Courtney K...
Jennifer Tescher, President & CEO of the Center for Financial Services Innovation
15 Oct 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Regular listeners of Barefoot Innovation will have noticed that we often mention the Center for Financial Services Innovation (CFSI) and serve on its...
The Power of Community Banks - Brian Graham, CEO of AlliancePartners & BancAlliance
28 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
This episode takes us fully into grappling with how innovation is impacting community banks and how to respond, through a conversation with one of th...
Richard Davis, President and CEO of U.S. Bancorp
15 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Davis grew up in Hollywood and entered the banking world on his 18th birthday as a teller. Today, at age 57, he leads America's 5th largest b...
Increasing Economic Opportunity for the Underserved - Luz Urrutia, Global Head of Retail at Oportun
01 Sep 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Luz Urrutia, the global head of retail at Oportun, has been carrying the same credit card in her wallet for 30 years. Having moved from her native Ve...
Striving for Worry-Free Finance - Stoyan Kenderov of Intuit
18 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Stoyan Kenderov and I had a truly rich and candid conversation about the evolution of banking innovation and regulation, and though he appears ten ep...
Steve Carlson, Founder & CEO of Ascend, Winner of the CFSI Financial Solutions Lab Competition
07 Aug 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9 finds us at the 2015 EMERGE conference in Austin with the winners of the first Financial Solutions Lab competition. The contest is a $30 m...
Green Dot CEO Steve Streit and Professor Dog on no-bite Banking
21 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Dog provides inspiration for Greendot Bank's effort to create financial products that serve and safeguard consumers' financial lives. Once ...
Bringing Character Lending into the 21st Century with Vouch Founder & CEO Yee Lee
08 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7: Vouch Founder & CEO Yee Lee Everywhere I go in the fintech world these days, people are mentioning Vouch. It's new, it's still small...
The Innovative Bank – BBVA Compass CEO Manolo Sanchez
01 Jul 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 6: The Innovative Bank - Manolo Sanchez, CEO of BBVA Compass Can banks be innovators? If so, how? In Episode 6, we tackle that topic with on...
Episode 5 - Renaud Laplanche, Founder & CEO of Lending Club
23 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Lending Club and its founder, Renaud Laplanche, rank high on nearly every list of fintech disruptors. They are the biggest player in "marketplace ...
Episode 4 - Who will Win the Consumer's Trust with Susan Ehrlich
04 Jun 2015
Contributed by Lukas
When we recorded this short episode with Susan Ehrlich, she was head of global credit for Amazon. She oversaw the Amazon Rewards Visa and Amazon Store...
Episode 3 - Arjan Schutte of Core Innovation Capital on Venture Capital in FinTech
27 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Arjan Schutte (pronounced Ar-yon Shoot-eh) is Founder and Managing Partner at Core Innovation Capital in Los Angeles. Core is a double-bott...
Episode 2 - "The Cheerful Disruptors" with Josh Reich and Shamir Karkal from Simple.com
05 May 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 2 is my lively conversation with the irreverent co-founders of Simple – CEO, Josh Reich, and Shamir Karkal, the company's CFO. Simple is a ...
Episode 1 - Raj Date
06 Apr 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Launching Our Podcasts: Barefoot Innovation I'm thrilled today to announce two innovations for my blog – first in what we're sharing here, and ...