In this episode of One Vision, Theo hosts Amanda Estiverne-Colas, Director of Payments Practice at Perficient. Amanda shares her journey in financial services, focusing on financial inclusion and fairness by design, as well as the importance of empathy in banking. They also touch on the challenges and opportunities within the financial ecosystem, the need to adapt to changing consumer needs, in order to build a more inclusive future.
00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome
01:25 Amanda's Journey in Financial Services
05:39 Empathy and Financial Inclusion
06:33 Challenges and Opportunities in FinTech
12:19 Global Perspectives and Innovations
19:31 Consumer Protection
24:02 Closing Thoughts
๐Hot take: โWe're focused on automation and efficiency, have we lost the art of relationship building?โ
๐Hot take: โโIf self-regulation works, then why did we introduce new rules in the last decade or so?โ
Find Amanda Estiverne-Colas on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-e-37061b28/
Find Theodora Lau on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theodoralau/
๐ Theoโs latest book: Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence: https://www.bankingonaibook.com/
๐ About Unconventional Ventures and the One Vision Podcast: https://www.unconventionalventures.com/
One Vision Podcast is a fintech, banking, and AI podcast hosted by Theodora Lau (Founder, Unconventional Ventures; author of Banking on (Artificial) Intelligence). One Vision goes beyond the headlines on AI, agentic commerce, digital banking, financial inclusion, and the future of money โ with founders, analysts, venture capitalists, technologists, and operators building the next chapter of financial services. New episodes weekly. Featured guests include leaders from Ant, bunq, J.D. Power, Forrester, IBM, Microsoft, Salesforce, SAS, SAP, and Wall Street Journal. Recognized in American Banker's Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech.
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