Carolina Fintech Hub Podcast

Fintech Influencer Jim Marous joins the conversations as we just wrapped up ​Carolina Fintech Hub’s marquee annual event–Fintech Generations! Regarded as the biggest fintech conference in the southeast, visitors came from all over the globe to hear from premier fintech thought leaders on topics such as open banking, financial inclusion, APIs, and much, much more. […]

Patrick McHenry, U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s 10th congressional district, joins Tariq for our first conversation recorded in front of a live audience! Congressman McHenry discusses why he became interested in financial services and Fintech, and shares his views on what the future holds with regards to innovation and policy.

Just Released: CFH Podcast Ep. #11 featuring Cathy Bessant, Chief Operations and Technology Officer of Bank of America! Tariq and Cathy discuss demystifying automated intelligence, tapping into nontraditional pipelines of talent, and how Charlotte is emerging as a leading fintech destination. Want to hear conversations just like this LIVE? Join us next Wednesday for Fintech Generations (use promo […]

Episode 10 highlights CFH’s upcoming annual marquee event, Fintech Generations! We kick things off by interviewing Kristin Wallace Senior Director of Payments Products at ConnectYourCare. Kristin has been carefully hand selecting speakers and panelists for the event and is a very active member of the Carolina Fintech Hub community. Next we catch up with Patrick […]

Scott Harkey, Global Payments Practice Lead from Levvel, discusses payments trends. But first, Patrick Rivenbark joins Tariq Bokhari for the MEDICI News Round Up and Aubrey Hawes, Dan Roselli and Chris Hart hop in to the Fintech Mosh Pit.

Mike Praeger, CEO & Co-Founder of AvidXchange, joins Tariq Bokhari for episode 8 of the Carolina Fintech Hub podcast. Then, Tariq covers news with Patrick Rivenbark from MEDICI and the Fintech Mosh Pit tradition continues.

In the seventh episode of the Carolina Fintech Hub podcast, executive director Tariq Bokhari talks to Matt Ribbens from BB&T, gets the Fintech news roundup from Patrick Rivenbark, and catches up with Peter Gwaltney from the North Carolina Bankers Association.

The sixth episode of the Carolina Fintech Hub podcast is packed with commentary and news including: Aubrey Hawes, Senior Director at Oracle and CFH Operating Committee member, joins Tariq to discuss Fintech and Aubrey’s perspective on the community Chris Hart and Dan Roselli discuss the recent announcement that Wells Fargo joined CFH Tariq, Aubrey, Chris […]

Robyn Pugh, President of Queen Associates, Inc., and Vladimir Skoric, Director at DarkTower, join Tariq Bokhari and discuss the role cybersecurity plays in Fintech and recent cybersecurity events affecting the Mecklenburg County government.

We talk with Dan, the founder of QC Fintech and Packard Place, about the County Ransomware attack, the innovation scene in CLT, Bitcoin and much more.

Mayor Jennifer Roberts joins CFH Executive Director Tariq Bokhari for a wide-ranging discussion including where she found her passion, why Fintech is so important to her and to the city of Charlotte, how HB2 affected the city, her future, and much more.

Tom Desmond, the co-founder of TradeKing (acquired by Ally) and now CFO at Ally Invest, joins Tariq Bokhari, the Executive Director of the Carolina Fintech Hub, to discuss his entrepreneurship journey, advice on building teams and companies, and the transition from startup to acquisition. Tariq asks Tom about what sort of jobs Ally Invest is […]

Chris Hart, the co-founder of CLT technology consulting company Levvel, joins Tariq Bokhari, the Executive Director of the Carolina Fintech Hub, to discuss the intersection of all things Charlotte and Fintech. On this podcast, Chris and Tariq discuss the state of Fintech and startups in CLT, access to venture capital, the Amazon HQ2 RFP, the […]