Recorded live from the Fintech Penthouse at Money 2020 in Las Vegas, this special edition of Humans of Fintech honors the past, confronts the present, and reimagines the future of financial systems. Host Nicole Casperson opens the night by grounding the room in a powerful truth. Women have been shaping fintech long before fintech had a name, from Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper to Maggie Lena Walker. And today’s builders are continuing that legacy with intention, grit, and a vision for real financial inclusion.

Nicole is joined by industry leaders moving the world forward in meaningful ways:

• Alexander Matjanec, Founder and CEO, Wysh

• Edwin Endlich, President and Chair of the Board, NAFLI

• Kseniya Zaslavskaya, Business Development Operations, Wysh

• Erica Woods, Head of US State and Local Public Policy, Stripe

• Shanthi Shanmugam, Co-founder and CEO, Casap

• Shilpi Nayak, Co-founder and CTO, Goodfin

Together, they deliver a candid, energetic, and deeply insightful conversation about what it means to build in this historic in-between era: a moment when the old financial systems are breaking and the new ones are being written in real time.

These live sessions capture the urgency, hope, and fire of a community committed to designing a financial system that works for all of us. It is fintech for good in action.

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Live from a buzzing room in NYC, this special Humans of Fintech episode brings two dynamic leaders to the stage: Nicole Mitchell, Partner at Aprio, and Tiffany Haynes, investor, advisor, and former COO of Fingercheck.

Nicole shares how she’s spent nearly 30 years as a connector, guiding founders to see the bigger picture and helping businesses grow beyond the numbers. From her bold beginnings to becoming a trusted advisor across industries, she unpacks the value of foresight and why she calls herself a “travel guide” for entrepreneurs.

Tiffany reflects on her move from corporate to fintech, where she scaled a bootstrapped company to a $150M exit. She discusses the strategies that kept her teams engaged, why timing matters more than speed, and how to make growth sustainable.

Together, they unpack how to “connect the dots” in leadership, scale, culture, and why the future of fintech belongs to leaders who see people first.

🎧 Hit play to hear Nicole and Tiffany’s playbooks for building businesses that last.

Live from a packed room in NYC, this special Humans of Fintech episode brings two powerhouse voices to the stage: Nina Chmura, Partner at Withum and creator of its Outsourced Accounting Systems & Solutions practice (OASyS), and Amanda Estiverne-Colas, Board Member at the National Alliance for Financial Literacy and Inclusion and long-time champion of innovation, access, and equity in finance.

Nina shares the bold pivot that took her from the partner track to building a “scrappy startup” inside a 2,500-person firm and why she believes relationships, not revenue targets, are the real foundation for growth. Amanda reflects on her career inflection points, from traditional banking to fintech strategy, and the leadership lessons she’s carried into her work in financial inclusion.

Together, they unpack what it means to lead with ambition and humanity, the challenges of building resilient teams in an AI-driven world, and why “there’s no such thing as a simple business” when people are at the center.

Plus: their hardest leadership lessons, the future of innovation in finance, and the one takeaway they hope will stick with you long after the conversation ends.

🎧 Hit play to hear how Nina and Amanda are rewriting the rules of leadership, one bold move at a time.