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In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Manuel Godoy, co-founder and CEO of Felix, the WhatsApp-native remittance company that has processed north of $6B across Latin America.

They unpack how Felix turned an existing WhatsApp receipt-sharing habit into a remittance product, why stablecoins gave a small startup "economies of scale," and what it takes to build a broader financial companion for Latino immigrants in the US.

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Chapters

00:00 Felix starts with trust, not rails

02:49 Why remittance still starts in cash stores

05:08 WhatsApp was already in the flow

06:17 The first Felix product ideas failed

09:03 Why senders trust recipients with the money

11:28 Leticia: from hesitant user to ambassador

13:21 Scaling trust beyond founder selling

17:40 The ugly TikTok video that unlocked growth

20:48 Felix passes $6B across Latin America

23:16 Why Felix is becoming more than remittances

31:44 Stablecoins as small-startup scale

38:18 What breaks in weak-liquidity corridors

41:42 WhatsApp as the product platform

45:58 The financial companion opportunity

Connect with the Hosts & Guest

Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | https://stablecoinblueprint.com

Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz

Manuel Godoy: https://x.com/manueljgodoym

Felix: https://felixpago.com | https://x.com/Felixpago

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