FintechTalks

FintechTalks LIVE: Dave Birch

In this episode of Fintech Talks, Sanjib Kalita sits down with Dave Birch, author, advisor, and commentator on digital financial services, live from Fintech Meetup. They discuss the biggest forces reshaping fintech today: AI, payment system resilience, and digital identity. Dave shares why the future of finance may be driven less by banks using AI internally and more by customers using AI agents to act on their behalf. The conversation also explores stablecoins, sovereign payment rails, fraud, and why solving identity will be critical to building safer, more resilient financial infrastructure.

FintechTalks LIVE: Grace Keith Rodriguez

In this episode of FintechTalks, recorded live from the floor at Fintech Meetup, Sanjib Kalita sits down with Grace Keith Rodriguez, CEO of Caliber Corporate Advisors, to explore what it takes for fintech companies and leaders to stand out in an increasingly crowded market. Grace shares how Caliber helps fintech brands sharpen their messaging, find their “white space,” and communicate with authenticity — especially in a world where everyone is talking about AI, innovation, and transformation. She explains why clear storytelling matters, how companies can avoid sounding like their competitors, and why proof points are essential when making big claims. Plus, Grace reflects on creativity, relationships, and the value of in-person conversations at Fintech Meetup.

FintechTalks LIVE: Rhim Shah

In this episode of FintechTalks, host Sanjib Kalita sits down with Rhim Shah, Co-Founder and CEO of Arva AI, live at Fintech Meetup. Arva AI is using agentic AI to automate financial crime compliance operations across banks and financial institutions, including BSA/AML workflows, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, onboarding reviews, and investigations. Rhim shares how his background in machine learning and experience leading financial crime product at Revolut shaped the idea for Arva AI, why compliance operations are still heavily manual, and how AI can help reduce false positives while maintaining the accuracy, explainability, and trust required in highly regulated environments.

FintechTalks LIVE: Amanda Estiverne

Live from Fintech Meetup, Sanjib Kalita sits down with Amanda Estiverne-Colas of Perficient to explore the future of payments, financial education, loyalty, and digital assets. Drawing on more than 20 years in financial services, Amanda shares why fintech products need to do more than enable transactions. In an increasingly cashless world, they also need to help consumers better understand money. The conversation also dives into human-centered design, programmable payments, digital identity, and the opportunities blockchain could create for financial services. Amanda also shares her perspective on loyalty innovation, consumer adoption, and the trends shaping the next generation of financial products.

Rodger Desai

In this episode of FintechTalks, Sanjib Kalita sits down with Rodger Desai, CEO of Prove, to explore how mobile phones became one of the most powerful tools in digital identity. Roger shares Prove’s founding insight: the phone network already solves the tradeoff between security, convenience, and privacy — and that same cryptographic foundation can transform how we verify and authenticate people online. From winning 19 of the top 20 U.S. banks to expanding globally across 80+ countries, Prove has evolved from startup challenger to core identity infrastructure. They also dive into AI-driven fraud, the rise of bots, and why the future of commerce — human and agentic — depends on stronger, tokenized identity.