Top insider stories behind global Fintech & Web3 start-ups.
Hosted by Gaurav Dhar and Ronit Ghose
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Episodes
Polygon: Decrypting the Future of Web3 (with Jaynti Kanani, Co-Founder of Polygon) | Web3
How will #TheMerge affect you? In this episode, we welcomed Polygon Technology’s co-founder Jaynti Kanani and discuss the latest development on Web3! Our hosts Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar chatted with went from the genesis of Polygon to the Merge to understand what the future holds for blockchain and Web3.
Indian Fintech Landscape 2022 (with Syed Musheer Ahmed and Amit Goel) | Fintech
Which Indian Fintechs are overrated and underhyped? In this episode, we welcomed Syed Musheer Ahmed, Founder & Managing Director at FinStep Asia, and Amit Goel, Country Head, India & Vice-President Global Advisory at Prove! India has emerged as one of the fastest-growing FinTech hubs in recent years. India’s success in being at the
Learn-to-Earn: The Game-Changer for Financial Literacy | (With Tracy Chang and Matthias Kröner from Mogaland) | Web3
How can games help players improve their financial literacy? Mogaland is a financial literacy game-based Metaverse where you can play to learn personal financial skills and learn to earn crypto assets. In this episode, we welcomed Tracy Chang & Matthias Kröner around the Mogaland, the most anticipated DeFi metaverse game.
What are The Hottest Emerging Countries for Fintech Investing? | (With Dave Nangle from VEF) | Fintech
💥 We just concluded our super fun and insightful session about investing in Fintech across emerging markets with Dave Nangle, managing director of VEF! Backed by some of the largest investment companies such as Fidelity Investments and Wellington Management, VEF is a permanent capital vehicle focusing on Fintech businesses across the emerging world, providing their
The Crypto Outlook: Bear Market, Regulations, CBDCs & the Big Hack | (With Henri Arslanian from the Nine Blocks Capital Management) | Web3
💥 We are beyond thrilled to have had Henri Arslanian, Senior Advisor at PwC and The Author of “The Book of Crypto” on our newest live session to shed some light on all the chaos that is occurring within the crypto market. On this particular occasion, Henri also announced the launch of his
Cross-chain Protocol: The Future of Blockchain | (With Ram Ramachandran from the Router Protocol) | Web3
Such an enjoyable session we had with Ramani ‘Ram’ Ramachandran, CEO of Router Protocol and Dfyn Network who is on a mission to bridge blockchains together through cutting edge cross-chain technology that allows for exchange of assets and data across multiple blockchain networks. Our hosts Ronit Ghose and Gaurav Dhar chatted with Ramani to have him share valuable knowledge
Polygon: Decrypting the Future of Web3 (with Jaynti Kanani, Co-Founder of Polygon) | Web3
How will #TheMerge affect you? In this episode, we welcomed Polygon Technology’s co-founder Jaynti Kanani and discuss the latest development
Indian Fintech Landscape 2022 (with Syed Musheer Ahmed and Amit Goel) | Fintech
Which Indian Fintechs are overrated and underhyped? In this episode, we welcomed Syed Musheer Ahmed, Founder & Managing Director at FinStep
Learn-to-Earn: The Game-Changer for Financial Literacy | (With Tracy Chang and Matthias Kröner from Mogaland) | Web3
How can games help players improve their financial literacy? Mogaland is a financial literacy game-based Metaverse where you can play
What are The Hottest Emerging Countries for Fintech Investing? | (With Dave Nangle from VEF) | Fintech
💥 We just concluded our super fun and insightful session about investing in Fintech across emerging markets with Dave Nangle, managing
The Crypto Outlook: Bear Market, Regulations, CBDCs & the Big Hack | (With Henri Arslanian from the Nine Blocks Capital Management) | Web3
💥 We are beyond thrilled to have had Henri Arslanian, Senior Advisor at PwC and The Author of “The Book of Crypto” on
Cross-chain Protocol: The Future of Blockchain | (With Ram Ramachandran from the Router Protocol) | Web3
Such an enjoyable session we had with Ramani ‘Ram’ Ramachandran, CEO of Router Protocol and Dfyn Network who is on a mission to bridge blockchains
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Podcast hosts
Ronit Ghose
Ronit Ghose is the lead author of Citi’s GPS Bank of the Future and FinTech report series – the first edition has had more than 250,000 downloads making it the most read report ever published by Citi, and one of the most read FinTech reports ever published. Since joining Citi in 1997, Ronit has covered banks in the Americas, Asia and EMEA. He is the Global Head of Future of Finance in Citi Research. He is also an Advisory Board Member at the Centre for Finance, Technology, and Entrepreneurship. Ronit previously worked at the British Bankers’ Association and as a research assistant in Parliament. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Oxford, a postgraduate diploma from the University of London and is a CFA charter holder.
Gaurav Dhar
Gaurav Dhar is the CEO of the Payments Solution Provider Marshal in Dubai. Gaurav has been working at Marshal for over 19 years now He strives to continually be on the frontier of building FinTech ecosystems and solutions. His personal time is spent on working with and investing directly in innovators, with a view to the future of Fintech both locally and globally via his cache of relationships which include VCs, incubators, accelerators, and start-ups and Angel Syndicates. In his position as a board member of the MENA FinTech Association and several advisory positions to international family offices, start-ups, and funds, he looks to grow the relationships within the FinTech and start-up ecosystem to contribute towards the education of budding disruptors and eventually the growth of economies and the job market where possible in the MEA Region and abroad.
