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Colleen Wilson, Fintech Advisor and Product Executive

Mastering Product Leadership: Balancing Strategy, Management, and Humanity

Technology, your customer base, your business—these things are constantly changing, and in order to be a good product manager, understanding each piece of the puzzle is essential. In this episode, Colleen Wilson, Fintech Advisor and Product Executive breaks down how you can be a strong product leader by effectively managing both product management and product strategy to bring humanity back to [product] leadership and grow business.

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Three podcast guests: Laura Wildenborg, VP of Strategic Lending, Sunrise Banks; Jay Rajaratnam, Co-Founder, Kaleidescope; Adam Bradley Jonas, Co-Founder, Kaleidoscope and Architect, A W A K E N Architecture

Blueprints for Change: Lessening Your Climate Change Impact Through Net Zero Banking

Big banks in U.S. banks allocate up to 30% of their investments to carbon-intensive industries, inadvertently fueling climate change. Many people are unaware that their bank accounts could be significant contributors to carbon emissions. In this episode, we delve into the story of Firefly, a pioneering sustainable apartment building on Grand Avenue in South Minneapolis. Architect Adam Bradley Jonas and developer Jay Rajaratnam share their insights on overcoming unique challenges in creating net zero buildings. They discuss their collaboration with Sunrise Banks and its innovative Net Zero Banking Program. Laura Wildenborg, VP of Strategic Lending at Sunrise Banks, explains how Net Zero Banking can effectively reduce emissions and drive climate action, empowering both organizations and individuals to kickstart sustainability initiatives.

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Kirsten Muetzel, Principal, KLM Advisory

Balancing Innovation and Regulation: Navigating New Frameworks in Fintech

As financial systems innovate to offer new products and address problems facing our communities, they may be subject to new processes like novel activities exams. In this episode, we delve into the complexities of regulatory frameworks with Kirsten Muetzel, Principal at KLM Advisory. Tune in to understand how fintechs and bank partners are adapting to innovative activities and what it means for safety, soundness, and consumer protection in the ever-evolving financial ecosystem.

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Paul Brady, SVP of Risk, SELF Financial

Revolutionizing Credit Building: How Self Financial is Leading the Way

Traditionally, to get credit, you needed credit. It’s a catch-22, and a system that is set up against many of us. Joined by Paul Brady, Senior Vice President of Risk at Self Financial, this episode delves into how Self is pioneering innovative solutions to empower individuals in their journey toward financial stability. From the inception of the Credit Builder Account to the recent acquisition of their Rent and Bills Reporting services, Self is reshaping the landscape of credit building by meeting customers where they are and providing them with the tools and education needed to thrive.

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Wole Coaxum, Founder & CEO of Mobility Capital Finance, Inc. (MoCaFi)

Innovation for Inclusion: MoCaFi’s Vision with CEO Wole Coaxum

In this episode of Social Currency, we sit down with Wole Coaxum, CEO and Founder of Mobility Capital Finance (MoCaFi,) to explore his journey from financial services to social entrepreneurship. Discover how MoCaFi is expanding access to financial resources for underbanked individuals via a cost-effective technology pilot program in New York City distributing pre-paid immediate response cards to asylum seekers. Learn how Wole envisions scaling similar programs to help the unbanked and underbanked while creating efficiencies for other local economies.

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Eric Schurr's headshot and title: Sunrise Banks Chief Strategy Officer, National Products

Ahead of the Curve: Strategic Foresight with Eric Schurr

As a certified practitioner in strategic foresight, Eric unravels how organizations can solve market opportunity challenges using provocative questions to help anticipate and better prepare for change. By re-imagining opportunities for our organizations, strategic foresight can give us the tools to become future-looking. If adopted, the language of foresight begins to infiltrate the language of projects and everyday work.

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