Fintech Garden

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Welcome to the Fintech Garden. 🎙Meet your hosts Igor Tomych: a fintech visionary who’s launched 20+ fintech products over 15+ years of hands-on experience. Dumitru Condrea: a seasoned fintech professional with 15+ years in the sector, driving innovation at the intersection of tech and finance. 🚀 Fintech Garden is more than a podcast. It’s a thriving community of startups, financial institutions, and tech pioneers shaping the future of financial services. From cutting-edge products to game-changing strategies, we explore how fintech makes financial services smarter, faster, and more accessible. 👉 Subscribe and grow with us as we dig into the latest trends, challenges, and breakthroughs in fintech!

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A Decade in Stablecoins: What He Learned Early, with Marwan Forzley, Veem | FG x Money20/20

A Decade in Stablecoins: What He Learned Early, with Marwan Forzley, Veem | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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AI will be the dominant user of stablecoins, with David Birch | FG Podcast 162

AI will be the dominant user of stablecoins, with David Birch | FG Podcast 162 Fintech Garden

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Bringing Stablecoins to Everyday Users, with Giovanni Sanna, Kleos | FG x Money20/20

Bringing Stablecoins to Everyday Users, with Giovanni Sanna, Kleos | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Making Investing Accessible to Everyone, with Edoardo Tavani, Kleos | FG x Money20/20

Making Investing Accessible to Everyone, with Edoardo Tavani, Kleos | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Human-First AI, Accountability & Guardrails, with Eleftherios Jerry Floros | FG x Money20/20

Human-First AI, Accountability & Guardrails, with Eleftherios Jerry Floros | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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From Lawyer to Bank Builder — Griffin CRO Phoebe Wallis on Embedded Banking | FG x Money20/20

From Lawyer to Bank Builder — Griffin CRO Phoebe Wallis on Embedded Banking | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Built Fast or Built to Last? Inside Lithuania's Fintech Boom, with Marius Skuodis | FG x Money20/20

Built Fast or Built to Last? Inside Lithuania's Fintech Boom, with Marius Skuodis | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Brokerage's Future: Crypto, Securities & Options Converge, with Chris Gregory, GTN | FG x Money20/20

Brokerage's Future: Crypto, Securities & Options Converge, with Chris Gregory, GTN | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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How Fintechs Reach the Next Level, with Mark Fairless (ClearBank) | FG x Money20/20

How Fintechs Reach the Next Level, with Mark Fairless (ClearBank) | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Compliance is fintech's next driver, with Stavros Psyllos | FG Podcast 161

Compliance is fintech's next driver, with Stavros Psyllos | FG Podcast 161 Fintech Garden

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Fiat vs. Stablecoins, Super-Apps & Build-vs-Partner, with Barry O'Sullivan, OpenPayd|FG x Money20/20

Fiat vs. Stablecoins, Super-Apps & Build-vs-Partner, with Barry O'Sullivan, OpenPayd|FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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TomoCredit: Rejected for Credit, So She Built Her Own, with Kristy Kim | FG x Money20/20

TomoCredit: Rejected for Credit, So She Built Her Own, with Kristy Kim | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Micron's $41.5B AI quarter, Barclays buys GoHenry & UK banks build a shared digital ID

Micron's $41.5B AI quarter, Barclays buys GoHenry & UK banks build a shared digital ID Fintech Garden

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Why 2026 Is Pay by Bank's Hockey-Stick Moment, with Edy Bruinooge | FG x Money20/20

Why 2026 Is Pay by Bank's Hockey-Stick Moment, with Edy Bruinooge | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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MoneyGram's Stablecoin & Where TradFi Meets DeFi, with Dhanum Nursigadoo | FG x Money20/20

MoneyGram's Stablecoin & Where TradFi Meets DeFi, with Dhanum Nursigadoo | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Compliance: Cost Center or Accelerator? Louise Beaumont on Open Finance Risk | FG x Money20/20

Compliance: Cost Center or Accelerator? Louise Beaumont on Open Finance Risk | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Don't Get Stuck as a Utility: The Payments Reshuffle, with Sulabh Agarwal | FG x Money20/20

Don't Get Stuck as a Utility: The Payments Reshuffle, with Sulabh Agarwal | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Stablecoins as the New Dollar Hegemony, and Where Europe Fits, with Marieke Flament |FG x Money20/20

Stablecoins as the New Dollar Hegemony, and Where Europe Fits, with Marieke Flament |FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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The Money20/20 Moment Made Me Quit & Start a Company, with Michelle Beyo | FG x Money20/20

The Money20/20 Moment Made Me Quit & Start a Company, with Michelle Beyo | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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What MENA gets right about open finance, with Dr. Samer Soliman | FG Podcast 160

What MENA gets right about open finance, with Dr. Samer Soliman | FG Podcast 160 Fintech Garden

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Who's Training the Juniors? Fintech Hiring in the AI Era, with Nadia Edwards-Dashti |FG x Money20/20

Who's Training the Juniors? Fintech Hiring in the AI Era, with Nadia Edwards-Dashti |FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Ramp hits $44B, UK banks build sovereign AI & Wallester lands UK EMI licence | Weekly Harvest

Ramp hits $44B, UK banks build sovereign AI & Wallester lands UK EMI licence | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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When Criminals Get AI, and How Agentic Payments Break AML, with Garima Chaudhary | FG x Money20/20

When Criminals Get AI, and How Agentic Payments Break AML, with Garima Chaudhary | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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From Big-Bank Exec to Fintech Founder & Board Director, with Clare Pearson | FG x Money20/20

From Big-Bank Exec to Fintech Founder & Board Director, with Clare Pearson | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Why Payments Still Fail, and How AI Recovers Them, with BridgerPay | FG x Money20/20

Why Payments Still Fail, and How AI Recovers Them, with BridgerPay | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Where Pay by Bank Wins 80% and PSD3's Real Job, with Todd Clyde | FG x Money20/20

Where Pay by Bank Wins 80% and PSD3's Real Job, with Todd Clyde | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Banking's Heaviest Legacy Isn't Technology — It's Human, with Leda Glyptis | FG x Money20/20

Banking's Heaviest Legacy Isn't Technology — It's Human, with Leda Glyptis | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Why Every Business Is Becoming a Fintech, with Svitlanka Sergiichuk | FG x Money20/20

Why Every Business Is Becoming a Fintech, with Svitlanka Sergiichuk | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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80% of organised crime hides in corporate structures, with Adam McLaughlin | FG Podcast 159

80% of organised crime hides in corporate structures, with Adam McLaughlin | FG Podcast 159 Fintech Garden

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Know Your Agent: Identity, Stablecoins & the AI Payments Future, with David Birch | FG x Money20/20

Know Your Agent: Identity, Stablecoins & the AI Payments Future, with David Birch | FG x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Banks, AI & Governance: Stop Optimizing for the Latest Trend, with Dan Toma |FG POdcast x Money20/20

Banks, AI & Governance: Stop Optimizing for the Latest Trend, with Dan Toma |FG POdcast x Money20/20 Fintech Garden

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Revolut's co-founder steps down, €710M Romanian bank fine & Wise shares crash on AML probe | Harvest

Revolut's co-founder steps down, €710M Romanian bank fine & Wise shares crash on AML probe | Harvest Fintech Garden

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Stablecoins for the Corridors Swift Can't Fix, with Jordan Lawrence | FG Podcast x Money20/20 Europe

Stablecoins for the Corridors Swift Can't Fix, with Jordan Lawrence | FG Podcast x Money20/20 Europe Fintech Garden

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Why Stablecoins Won't Replace Visa or Swift, with Eric Barbier | FG Podcast x Money20/20 Europe

Why Stablecoins Won't Replace Visa or Swift, with Eric Barbier | FG Podcast x Money20/20 Europe Fintech Garden

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Are banks becoming irrelevant in the AI era? With Theodora Lau | Fintech Garden Podcast 158

Are banks becoming irrelevant in the AI era? With Theodora Lau | Fintech Garden Podcast 158 Fintech Garden

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Why your next banker will be an AI, with Brett King | FG Podcast 157

Why your next banker will be an AI, with Brett King | FG Podcast 157 Fintech Garden

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Trump opens the Fed to fintechs, $757M in deals & Mastercard's NY BitLicense | Weekly Harvest

Trump opens the Fed to fintechs, $757M in deals & Mastercard's NY BitLicense | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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cVRP explained: open banking's challenge to cards and direct debit, with David Parker|FG Podcast 156

cVRP explained: open banking's challenge to cards and direct debit, with David Parker|FG Podcast 156 Fintech Garden

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Monzo lands in Spain, Qivalis euro stablecoin gets 37 banks & Mercury hits $5.2B | Weekly Harvest

Monzo lands in Spain, Qivalis euro stablecoin gets 37 banks & Mercury hits $5.2B | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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CBDC: What you need you know? | Fintech Garden Podcast 155

CBDC: What you need you know? | Fintech Garden Podcast 155 Fintech Garden

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The fintech exodus: Wise to Nasdaq, Lendable to America, Chase to Germany | Weekly Harvest

The fintech exodus: Wise to Nasdaq, Lendable to America, Chase to Germany | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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European payments enter execution mode: PSD3, Wero, DORA, with Andréa Toucinho | FG Podcast 154

European payments enter execution mode: PSD3, Wero, DORA, with Andréa Toucinho | FG Podcast 154 Fintech Garden

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FCA's new safeguarding rules, Adyen buys Talon.One & Monzo lands in Spain | Weekly Harvest

FCA's new safeguarding rules, Adyen buys Talon.One & Monzo lands in Spain | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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Payments hype vs real value, with Arnaud Crouzet | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

Payments hype vs real value, with Arnaud Crouzet | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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Why behavioral science is the missing layer in fintech, with Anna Nyvelt & Noemi Molnar | FG Pod 153

Why behavioral science is the missing layer in fintech, with Anna Nyvelt & Noemi Molnar | FG Pod 153 Fintech Garden

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Wise's 26% Growth Surge, ECB's Digital Euro Push & Revolut Goes Physical | Weekly Harvest

Wise's 26% Growth Surge, ECB's Digital Euro Push & Revolut Goes Physical | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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The payment metric everyone gets wrong, with Nick Dobson | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

The payment metric everyone gets wrong, with Nick Dobson | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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What it takes to lead in fintech today, with Julia Streets | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

What it takes to lead in fintech today, with Julia Streets | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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Product vs Engineering: The Hidden Bottleneck in Fintech Teams | Fintech Garden Podcast 152

Product vs Engineering: The Hidden Bottleneck in Fintech Teams | Fintech Garden Podcast 152 Fintech Garden

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AI agents are changing payment security, with Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

AI agents are changing payment security, with Dr. Ruth Wandhöfer | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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UK Crypto Rules Shift, OpenAI’s Financial Move & FCA Crackdown | Weekly Harvest

UK Crypto Rules Shift, OpenAI’s Financial Move & FCA Crackdown | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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Stop chasing trends, merchants want this, with Geoffrey Barraclough | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

Stop chasing trends, merchants want this, with Geoffrey Barraclough | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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Quantum risk is already here, with Rebecca Krauthamer | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

Quantum risk is already here, with Rebecca Krauthamer | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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Agentic payments explained: the next fintech shift already started | Fintech Garden Podcast 151

Agentic payments explained: the next fintech shift already started | Fintech Garden Podcast 151 Fintech Garden

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Pick a partner that knows the local market, with Praful Morar | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

Pick a partner that knows the local market, with Praful Morar | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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Deutsche Börse Backs Kraken, FCA Maps Open Banking & Fintech Funding Shifts | Weekly Harvest

Deutsche Börse Backs Kraken, FCA Maps Open Banking & Fintech Funding Shifts | Weekly Harvest Fintech Garden

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Biggest mistake in payments, with Viktoria Soltesz | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

Biggest mistake in payments, with Viktoria Soltesz | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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No One Asked Us For a Fintech Solution, with Thorsten Seeger | FG Podcast x MoneyLive 2026

No One Asked Us For a Fintech Solution, with Thorsten Seeger | FG Podcast x MoneyLive 2026 Fintech Garden

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Why BNPL in Europe needs orchestration, with Cihan Duezguen | FG Podcast x MPE 2026

Why BNPL in Europe needs orchestration, with Cihan Duezguen | FG Podcast x MPE 2026 Fintech Garden

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The fintech shift nobody's talking about, with Ezequiel Canestrari | Fintech Garden Podcast 150

The fintech shift nobody's talking about, with Ezequiel Canestrari | Fintech Garden Podcast 150 Fintech Garden

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