The White House Fellows program is one of America’s premier leadership and service opportunity for gifted and highly motivated emerging American leaders. In this special episode, we are joined by four former Fellows who discuss their experience, explain about the program and share their advice to write a successful application.

Sheel Mohnot is an oracle of Fintech. In this episode, we are joined by our first venture capitalist guest - Sheel Mohnot - for a discussion on VC investing 101, early stage investing, current events like FTX, and the future of Fintech.

Zeta is on a mission to modernize the banking sector globally. In this episode, we host our first fintech from India, Zeta Suite, and speak with its Co-Founder & CEO - Bhavin Turakhia - on how Zeta is enabling banks and fintechs globally to materialize a digital-first strategy.

Embedded Finance is booming, especially in the payments space. In this episode, we host the Founder & CEO of Brim Financial - Rasha Katabi - who after a stellar career on Wall Street decided to pursue the path of entrepreneurship and is today the only fintech in North America licensed to issue credit cards.

She Banks is an all-in-one personal finance management platform for women. In this episode, we host Founder & CEO of She Banks - Julie Rasmussen - for a discussion on her accomplished resume spaning multiple countries, her views on how to make the fintech industry more inclusive by understanding the needs of their female customers, and her upcoming product launch in October 2022. Julie is a fountain of wisdom - you won’t be disappointed. Tune in!

On this day, August 24, 2022, U.S. President Biden announced student loan forgiveness of up to $20,000 for 27 million borrowers. For this significant news event, we host the Founder & CEO of Payitoff – Bobby Matson – for a deep-dive on what this announcement means for an average student loan borrower, when & how to apply, and wider implications on the fintech industry.

With Truv, users can easily connect their payroll account and instantly share the information needed to run verifications. In this episode, we host Founder & CEO of Truv - Krill Klokov - a for a discussion on Truv’s mission to make income and employment verification faster and more affordable.

Money2020 is the largest conference in financial services. In this episode we highlight its Amplify program, which celebrates the rising stars in the financial industry. We are joined by the Head of Content for US at Money2020 – Kisha Allison – and some members of the first cohort of the Amplify program. The deadline to apply for the Amplify program is August 31, 2022. Apply! Apply! Apply!

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is a significant segment within the fintech industry, characterized as both profitable and impactful. In this episode, we host the Founder & CEO of Treasury Prime – Chris Dean – for a discussion on BaaS 101, how it differentiates from open banking, and how Treasury Prime is helping small and mid-sized financial institutions digitally transform through new embedded finance capabilities.

Cryptotaxation is confusing and stressful so, we brought some subject matter experts. In this episode, we host the VP of Marketing of Taxbit – Michelle O’Connor – for a discussion on crypto taxation 101, an overview of DeFi taxes, and U.S. Congress’s Infrastructure Bill and its impacts on tax compliance for digital assets.

Ladder is the first 100% vertically integrated life InsurTech, built on a proprietary technology platform and powered by ever-compounding machine learning models. In this episode, we host Co-Founder & Chief Distribution Officer of Ladder – Jeff Merkel – for a discussion on Ladder’s founding story, the market of life insurance and the space of InsurTech, as well as emerging use cases around embedded finance.

Argyle is the first gateway to employment data, making it easier, faster, and smarter for companies to put employment data to work for their users. In this episode, we host the Founder & CEO of Argyle – Shmulik Fishman – for a discussion on Argyle’s founding story, use cases around income verification, direct deposit switching, and paycheck link lending.

Sardine is building the fastest, risk-free on-ramp for crypto to instantly approve ACH transactions. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of Sardine - Soups Ranjan - for a discussion on Sardine’s fraud prevention-as-a-service which includes tools for identity, fraud, risk management, and money movement to facilitate crypto transactions.

Daffy is a not-for-profit community built around a modern platform for giving, designed from the ground up to help make giving a habit. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of Daffy - Adam Nash - for a discussion on Daffy's founding story, the market for donor-advised funds, product offering which include underlying funds that invest in crypto, and an inspiring mission to make people more charitable.

FalconX is a digital asset trading platform catering to institutional investors. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of FalconX - Raghu Yarlagadda - for a discussion on FalconX's founding story, scaling the company through hyper-growth, considerations for corporate treasuries around crypto allocations, and tokenization of real-world assets.

Pinwheel provides a payroll data connectivity platform from 1,400+ payroll providers in the US. In this episode, we host the Co-Founder & CEO of Pinwheel - Kurt Lin - for a discussion on Pinwheel's founding story, becoming a Consumer Ratings Agency (CRA), and product use cases around income verification, direct-deposit switching, paycheck-linked lending, and earned wage access.

Circle is an issuer of one of the most popular stablecoin - USDC. In this episode, we host the Chief Strategy Officer of Circle for a discussion on the fundamentals of stablecoins, the race to becoming the dominant digital currency, regulatory landscape, and the future of open source and private market innovation in the U.S.

Veem provides payment services to small businesses and has been coined as the "Venmo for businesses". In this episode, we interview the Co-Founder & CEO of Veem for a discussion on the the founding story of Veem, global payments landscape, Veem's multi-rail payments ecosystem, use of blockchain technologies to address the friction in payments, and what's next for Veem.

Goalsetter is a financial education platform that allows kids to get allowance or monetary gifts from friends, parents, and relatives; and allowed them to spend money through a Goalsetter debit card. In this episode, we discuss how Tanya Van Court is disrupting the status quo and gaining support of banks like U.S. Bank.

Nubank serves 54 million customers across Brazil, Mexico and Colombia providing services like no-fee credit card, digital bank accounts, personal loans, life insurance, and more. In this episode, we discuss Nubank’s founding story, nuances of the Brazilian banking sector, and hear a live customer testimony!