For this new episode of FinTeach, meet Pascal Gauthier, CEO of Ledger. Ledger is a French scale-up that designs and markets security solutions to protect crypto-currencies. The company acquired unicorn status in 2021 after raising $380 million. With Pascal, we talk about his journey, how he joined the crypto world and became CEO of Ledger in 2019, the experience that Ledger offers consumers, individuals and businesses, how the Nano S works, as well as Ledger's ambitions for 2022 and the years to come. Pascal's recommendations: Content created by Ledger, including Down the Rabbit Hole, This is how they tell me the world ends, a book that covers all current and future cybersecurity topics. This episode is supported by Mastercard. Mastercard is a partner of choice for fintechs in France and Europe and is committed to supporting their innovations and development, and thus supporting the emergence of new payment experiences that meet consumer expectations. To support new players in the payment market in France and Europe, Mastercard relies on its international network and its consulting, technological and marketing expertise and has the ability to strongly support the implementation of technological innovations for the benefit of customers. fintech through a range of services. Mastercard shares a common vision with the French FinTech: agility, speed, technological innovation, ability to imagine the banking sector of the future and to offer customers innovative financial services. Good listening !

This week, I invite you to meet Jacques-Olivier Schatz, CEO of Pledg. Pledg offers split payment and deferred payment solutions. With Jacques-Olivier, we talked about the evolution of the company since its arrival 1 year ago, the role of Pledg for a more responsible credit, the diversification of the distribution methods of their product and the launch of their securitization mutual fund. This episode is supported by Mastercard. Mastercard is a partner of choice for fintechs in France and Europe and is committed to supporting their innovations and development, and thus supporting the emergence of new payment experiences that meet consumer expectations. To support new players in the payment market in France and Europe, Mastercard relies on its international network and its consulting, technological and marketing expertise and has the ability to strongly support the implementation of technological innovations for the benefit of customers. fintech through a range of services. Mastercard shares a common vision with the French FinTech: agility, speed, technological innovation, ability to imagine the banking sector of the future and to offer customers innovative financial services. Good listening !

For this new episode of FinTeach, meet Michael Diguet, co-founder and CEO of Algoan. Algoan does Credit Decisioning-as-a-Service. Said like that, it's a little scary, but I promise, it's less complicated than it seems. Together, we talked about his career, from the first application he coded and marketed to the creation of Algoan to make credit more accessible, including his association with Paul Peyré, the revolution brought about by the open banking to the world of credit, but also the alignment between the teams, the culture created internally, the evolution of his role as CEO and the shift from sales-led growth to product-led growth. Good listening !

For this new episode of FinTeach, discover the career of Marie Janoviez, co-founder and CMO of Caravel. Caravel is the supplementary pension that makes the difference for the self-employed. During this exchange, we notably mentioned the various entrepreneurial projects that Marie has launched, the changes that Caravel is making for the retirement of the self-employed, the need to be natively sustainable, as well as the glaring differences between men and women on the subject of retirement. Good listening !

For this new episode of FinTeach, I welcome Arbia Smiti, the founder and CEO of Rosaly. Rosaly is at the crossroads of fintech and human resources: the start-up helps companies improve the financial well-being of their employees through downpayments. In this episode, we talk about Arbia's first entrepreneurial experience, the company's societal mission and the way Rosaly changes the lives of employees, her experience as an investor and the changes in the French start-up ecosystem. This episode of FinTeach is brought to you by Bressst - with 3S for Smart, Sciences and Startups - Crédit Mutuel Arkea's sector of excellence dedicated to fintech. BreSSST is convinced that it is possible to reconcile economic profitability and positive impact on society and the environment in financial services. Rosaly's model is proof of this, for example! In terms of resources, Arbia recommends 3 newsletters that she reads daily: TTSO (Time To Sign Off), for global news, Crunchbase, for start-up news around the world, The Hustle, for analyzes and reports on the US start-up ecosystem. Good listening !

This week, I bring you special episodes of FinTeach. These special episodes were recorded during the AI ​​for Finance conference. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Startup Inside, the event organizer, for inviting me to lead two round tables and an interview. It is the recording of these three interventions that you will hear. We are of course talking about artificial intelligence, applied to finance. In this episode, I interview Erwän Keräudy, the co-founder and CEO of CybelAngel, to discuss cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. Spoiler: This episode is in English. 😉 Happy listening!

This week, I bring you special episodes of FinTeach. These special episodes were recorded during the AI ​​for Finance conference. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Startup Inside, the organizer of the event, for inviting me to lead two round tables and an interview. It is the recording of these three interventions that you will hear. We are of course talking about artificial intelligence, applied to finance. In this episode, the topic discussed is "KYC: the challenges of artificial intelligence in a context of hypergrowth", with Riadh Alimi, CEO of Frinfrog and Augustin de Pelleport, Enterprise Account Executive - SEMEA at Onfido. Good listening !

This week, I bring you special episodes of FinTeach. These special episodes were recorded during the AI ​​for Finance conference. I would like to take this opportunity to thank Startup Inside, the organizer of the event, for inviting me to lead two round tables and an interview. It is the recording of these three interventions that you will hear. We are of course talking about artificial intelligence, applied to finance. In this episode, the subject discussed is "Artificial intelligence at the service of customer onboarding", with Luc Barnaud, Chief Data Officer of Groupe BPCE, Laila Bendiab, VP Products & Services of Vialink and Christèle Biganzoli, CEO of Ritchee. Good listening !

If you've ever made a real estate purchase and looked to compare the rates offered by the banks, your path has probably crossed that of my guest of the week. This is of course Meilleurtaux. I had the pleasure of welcoming Guillaume Autier, his CEO, to brush up on many subjects: his career before taking the head of the company 1 year ago, the strong growth of Meilleurtaux, the company's convictions regarding financial education and its presence in the French Tech 120 ranking among others. This episode is supported by a company that you surely all know: Salesforce. Salesforce supports a large number of companies in their growth. To develop, start-ups need to align their teams around the customer, throughout the contact cycle. So imagine, when they are in hypergrowth, the structuring of their activities becomes essential! This is exactly what Salesforce does with its integrated CRM platform. From sales to marketing to customer service, it delivers a seamless end-to-end experience. This is also why some of our nuggets have chosen Salesforce to support their teams. To learn more about their solutions, visit salesforce.com/en/products/. In terms of resources, Guillaume recommends Marc Fiorentino's newsletter, to train online thanks to the many MOOCs available, on OpenClassrooms for example or Coursera, and to listen to FinTeach and Finscale to keep busy during sport and energize yourself . 😉 Among French fintech entrepreneurs, he is particularly inspired by Olivier Goy, co-founder of October (episode # 14), and by Geoffroy Guigou and Charles Egly, the co-founders of Younited Credit (episode # 13). Olivier and Geoffroy are both members of the France FinTech office and have been on FinTeach, do not hesitate to go and listen to them! Good listening !

This week, I invite you to talk about a subject in full swing - and which touches me particularly -: the development of freelancing. One of the major problems for many freelancers is the delay in paying their invoices. My guest of the week plays a role in this payment chain since his company promises its clients to attract, recruit and retain the best freelancers by paying them within 24 hours. I present to you Clément Carrier, the co-founder and CEO of Aria. Together, we discussed the genesis of the company and the pivot in its activity, the importance of corporate culture and how they put it in place at Aria, as well as the rise of freelancing and the impacts on companies. . In terms of resources, Clément recommends the book by Jean-Charles Samuelian, Healthy Business: Corporate Culture, Bien-être, Excellence and Louis Chatriot's interventions on corporate culture (Louis was my guest in episode 9 of FinTeach, we had just mentioned Alma's culture in detail). On the podcast side, he listens to Generation Do It Yourself in addition to FinTeach. Good listening !