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🎧The Fintech OG Series: Jack Zhang and Leif Abraham

Welcome back to another episode of Fintech OGs with This Week In Fintech!

Today, I’m joined by two incredible founders who have each redefined their corner of the financial world:

Jack Zhang, Co-founder & CEO of Airwallex, the global payments and banking platform powering 150,000+ businesses
Leif Abraham, Co-founder & Co-CEO of Public, the next-gen investing platform helping the top 20% of millennials build long-term wealth

In this episode, we explore their journeys from coffee shops and olive oil to building billion-dollar fintechs, why they both value first principles thinking over traditional industry experience, and their candid takes on hot topics like stablecoins, AI in finance, and tokenized assets.

They share career highs, the lows of early struggles, and the unconventional advice they’d give to anyone starting in fintech today.

Huge thanks to ⁠Persona⁠ for sponsoring today's episode! Persona is the adaptable identity platform helping businesses fight fraud, meet compliance requirements, and build trust from the very first interaction. Check them out at ⁠withpersona.com/thisweekinfintech⁠.

🎧The Fintech OG Series: Jillian Williams and Dimitri Dadiomov

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🎧 The Philosophy of Identity, a conversation with Footprint Co-Founder Eli Wachs

This week, I sat down with Eli Wachs, the Co-Founder and CEO of Footprint, a company building the identity infrastructure of the internet. It was a far-reaching conversation – Eli's an interesting guy – and we touched on everything from his deep-dives into identity in the Stanford library to working

🎧The Fintech OG Series: David Haber and Owen Jennings

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