This Month in Fintech

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• Why Finance Teams Are Moving From Cloud to AI 25.06.2026 29хв

  In this episode, host Sasha Pilch sits down with John Glasgow, CEO and CFO of Campfire, to explore what it takes to build an AI-native ERP for modern finance teams. John shares why the next major shift in accounting software is not from on-premise systems to the cloud, but from cloud tools to AI-native platforms. They discuss the reporting, consolidation, and planning challenges that still force finance teams into spreadsheets, along with Campfire’s approach to automating routine workflows wh...
• How Experian Is Making Agentic Commerce Trustworthy 28.05.2026 28хв

  AI agents can already shop, compare prices, and check out for you — but would you actually trust one with your credit card? In this episode of This Month in Fintech host Sasha Pilch sits down with Kathleen Peters, Chief Innovation Officer at Experian, to explore the trust layer behind agentic commerce. From the shift from KYC to KYA (“Know Your Agent”) to Experian Agent Trust and digital identity tokens, they unpack how AI-driven payments could become safer for consumers, merchants, and the b...
• From Screen Scraping to Open Banking with Ximena Aleman 21.04.2026 35хв

  In this episode of This Month in Fintech, Sasha Pilch sits down with Ximena Aleman, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Prometeo, to unpack what it really takes to build a single banking API across Latin America and the US. They dig into the realities of cross-border fintech infrastructure, from early workarounds like screen scraping to the impact of Brazil’s open banking movement, and how Prometeo is pushing banks toward API adoption. Ximena also shares lessons from scaling across fragmented markets, r...
• Leading FIS Through A Fintech Reset with Stephanie Ferris 19.03.2026 31хв

  We talk with FIS CEO Stephanie Ferris about building a career by leaning into risk, leading teams through complex M&A, and simplifying a legacy fintech business to focus on financial institutions. We also dig into why trust is the real infrastructure of banking, how tokenization is evolving, and why AI should make fintech leaders more optimistic, not fearful. • Career path from PwC to Fifth Third to Vantiv to FIS, prioritizing tough roles and high learning curves • How major M&A reall...
• AI, Automation, and the Future of Fintech Platforms with Diya Jolly 10.03.2026 29хв

  We sit down with Xero’s CTO/CPO Diya Jolly to unpack how AI, product conviction, and human judgment are reshaping small business finance. From JAX, Xero’s financial superagent, to passwordless lessons at Okta, we dig into saving time, making better calls, and building faster. • Xero vs QuickBooks and why orchestration matters • Jax as a unified financial superagent • Transparent automation that invites human override • Data moats and domain depth as AI advantages • Focus markets across ANZ, ...
• This Month in Fintech with Sasha Pilch 06.03.2026

  Announcing the next chapter of the This Month in Fintech Podcast. We are excited to welcome Sasha Pilch as the new host, leading conversations with the founders, operators, and thinkers shaping the future of fintech. Each episode will explore the ideas, products, and decisions driving the next generation of fintech, from AI and financial infrastructure to the platforms redefining how businesses and consumers interact with money. Join Sasha as she sits down with leaders across the ecosystem to...
• Sierra CEO & OpenAI Chair Bret Taylor - Live at M2020. AI Bubbles, SaaS Future, and Why Sierra WinsUntitled Episode 26.02.2026 19хв

  In today’s episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Bret Taylor, Co-Founder & CEO of Sierra and Chairman of the Board at OpenAI. Bret’s career is the stuff of valley legend…he is the former Co-CEO of Salesforce, former CTO of Facebook, and has been credited with building products like Google Maps and Facebook's 'Like' button. There may not be anyone closer to AI, spanning the app layer all the way down to its core foundation. In this episode, Bret and Ryan explore several topics i...
• Anthropic's Kate Earle Jensen: Enabling AI in the Enterprise 26.02.2026 33хв

  In today’s episode, Ryan Zauk sits down with Kate Earle Jensen, Head of Americas for Anthropic. Kate joined Anthropic in 2023 after 8 years helping scale GTM at Stripe. Over the last 2 years, she has had a front row seat to the AI revolution at one of the fastest-growing companies in history. In this episode, Kate dives into how Claude is being used by major enterprises to revolutionize their businesses, the state of Anthropic’s products and MCP, why they built in the application layer for fi...