About this episode:
Moving countries has never been easier. But what happens when your financial identity doesn’t move with you?
Host Benjamin Ensor is joined by Merusha Naidu, Global Head of Partnerships at Paymentology, Ibrahim Oladele, Founder of Maxim, and Valerie Kontor, Founder of Black in Fintech, to explore why financial lives still stop at national borders, how portable financial identity could change that, and what it will take for diaspora banking to move beyond remittances.
This episode is produced in partnership with Paymentology.
This week's guests:
Merusha Naidu - Global Head of Partnerships at Paymentology
Ibrahim B. Oladele - Founder of Maxim
Valerie Kontor - Founder of Black in Fintech
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