The Financial Technology Report with RJ Lumba

Simplifying Home Buying: Habito’s Ying Tan

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Today, we speak with Ying Tan, CEO of Habito, a digital platform designed to make mortgages and home-buying more straightforward. Habito searches thousands of products from more than 90 lenders and connects customers with brokers, surveyors, and conveyancer partners. The company also provides a complete home-buying service that combines financing, property surveys, and legal work in one place.
Ying is an experienced entrepreneur with a background in investment banking and accounting. He previously founded Dynamo, a leading UK mortgage brokerage, which he successfully scaled and exited after 15 years.
Ying supports New Horizon. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Redefining Wealth Management: Farther’s Taylor Matthews

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In this episode, we speak with Taylor Matthews, Co-Founder and CEO of Farther, a wealth management firm that combines experienced advisors with advanced technology to deliver a more comprehensive service for high-net-worth clients. Farther has grown quickly, now managing over $5 billion in assets through more than 100 advisors serving thousands of clients nationwide.
Taylor co-founded Farther in 2019 after helping scale fintech retirement advisory firm ForUsAll from $25 million to nearly $1 billion in assets. Earlier in his career, he co-founded Essmart, a social enterprise in India, and worked in investment banking and management consulting.
Taylor supports Against Malaria Foundation. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Buy Now, Pay Later in Brazil: Pagaleve’s Henrique Weaver

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Today, we speak with Henrique Weave, Co-Founder and CEO of Pagaleve, a pioneering fintech in Brazil’s Buy Now, Pay Later market. Founded in 2021, Pagaleve allows consumers to split purchases through Pix in up to four interest-free biweekly installments or twelve monthly installments with interest without relying on credit cards. For retailers, the platform drives higher conversion rates, larger average purchases, and reduced payment risk.
Henrique previously held roles at Coca-Cola, McKinsey & Company, and Uber, where he served as General Manager, before becoming CEO of OYO Brazil. Pagaleve is backed by Salesforce Ventures, Banco do Brasil, and Entrée Capital, and today serves more than 9,000 retailers across Brazil.
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Democratizing Small Business Financing: Froda’s Olle Lundin

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Today, we speak with Olle Lundin, CEO and Co-Founder of Froda, a fintech company founded in 2015 to make financing accessible for small businesses. Froda’s platform uses digital onboarding and data-driven credit models to simplify lending, helping entrepreneurs secure fair, transparent loans without hidden fees or time-consuming processes.
Since inception, Froda has issued more than 100,000 loans and today supports about 14,000 active SME clients across seven European markets. With a fully automated lending platform and a growing network of distribution partners, Froda is expanding access to capital for businesses ranging from cafés and boutiques to professional service providers, ensuring that small businesses have the tools to grow.
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Farmland as an Asset Class: AcreTrader’s Rob Moore and Drew Lipke

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Today, we speak with Rob Moore, General Manager of AcreTrader, and Drew Lipke, Managing Director of Investments. Rob leads the company’s operations across farm management and acquisitions, while Drew oversees investment strategy and capital markets. 
Founded in 2018, AcreTrader is an online platform that gives investors direct access to farmland as an asset class, while also supporting farmers through innovative routes to capital. The company manages the complexities of land ownership—from insurance and accounting to working with farmers and improving soil sustainability—making farmland investment more transparent and accessible. 
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Digitizing Wealth Management: Flanks’ Joaquim de la Cruz

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Today, we speak with Joaquim de la Cruz, Co-Founder and CEO of Flanks, a wealth management technology company based in Barcelona. Flanks was founded in 2019 to digitize and aggregate global wealth data, giving banks, family offices, and advisors a unified, real-time view of their clients’ portfolios. 
The company’s platform, Flanks LUME, now connects with over 350 financial entities and manages over $39 billion in assets. Flanks works with financial institutions across Europe and beyond to bring greater transparency and efficiency to wealth services. 
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Simplifying Legal Payments: Shieldpay’s Sophie Condie

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Today, we speak with Sophie Condie, CEO of Shieldpay, a payments platform for the legal and professional services sector that provides technology to verify parties, hold funds, and disburse payments securely.
Sophie has nearly two decades of experience in banking, fintech, and payments, including leadership roles at Form3, Barclays Corporate Banking, and RBS.
Since its founding in 2016, Shieldpay has processed more than £12.8 billion in transactions and works with over 40 of the UK’s top 100 law firms.
Sophie supports Great Ormond Street Hospital. To learn more about this organization click here.
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Digitizing Real Estate Deals: Dealpath’s Mike Sroka

Today, we speak with Mike Sroka, Co-Founder and CEO of Dealpath, a real estate investment management platform built for institutional investors. Dealpath serves as a cloud-based command center for deal management, helping firms track pipelines, analyze deals, and coordinate workflows in one place.
Mike began his career in real estate private equity before moving into venture-backed software, with leadership roles at Fanhood, Zynga, and OneSeason. In 2014, he co-founded Dealpath to bring modern software solutions to an industry long underserved by technology.
Since its launch, Dealpath has supported more than $10 trillion in real estate transactions and grown to serve over 300 institutional clients. The company recently closed a $43 million Series C funding round led by Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital.
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Banking-as-a-Service Leader: Solaris’ Konstantin Kavvadias

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In this episode, we speak with Konstantin Kavvadias, Interim Chief Financial Officer and Chief Investment Officer at Solaris, Europe’s leading embedded finance platform. Solaris enables partners ranging from SMEs to multinationals to embed banking services through its modular B2B tech stack.
Konstantin brings more than 16 years of experience in investment banking, including senior leadership at HSBC as Managing Director and Head of Banks Germany and Austria. At Solaris, he is focused on building the company’s equity story and long-term growth strategy.
Backed by over €530 million in funding, Solaris continues to pioneer Banking-as-a-Service across Europe, supporting hundreds of partners with compliance, security, and customer-centric financial solutions.
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Tax Efficient Investing: Frec’s Mo Al Adham

In this episode, we speak with Mo Al Adham, Founder and CEO of Frec, a company transforming complex financial products that have traditionally only been available through wealth advisors, into automated, easy-to-use technology.
Mo’s team has been funded by a long list of notable investors including Google, Meta, Brex, and others, with their biggest backer being Greylock.
Frec’s goal is for customers to reach financial independence. With modern day technology, financial control is shifting to the hands of everyday investors. Frec exists to enable that shift and give everyone the chance to create new opportunities for their wealth.
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