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Podcast: Wharton FinTech Podcast
Episode: Shamir Karkal, Co-Founder/CEO of Sila – Pioneering and Reimagining Financial Innovation
Description: Miguel Armaza sits down with Shamir Karkal, Co-Founder and CEO of Sila, a banking and payments platform that aims to break open the Financial System and make it easy for any company to offer out-of-the-box financial services.
Shamir is also a true FinTech pioneer and legend, having played a crucial part in building the infrastructure that would pave the way for online banking. In 2009, he co-founded Simple, the first digital bank of its kind in the US, and later headed the Open Platform group at BBVA.
In this episode, we discuss
- Shamir’s fascinating background and how in fact he...