On Call with Insignia is back with a new season of conversations with founders, investors, and operators leading the development of Southeast Asia's innovation landscape and digital economy, or as we like to call, ASEANnovation.

What better way to kick off our season four than with Brankas, Southeast Asia's leading and pioneering open finance tech company. We've just welcomed them to the Insignia family officially at the start of 2022 with the announcement of a 20 million series B round which we had the privilege of leading.

To talk about, not just Brankas, but also this whole wave of demand for more robust and scalable fintech infrastructure, we have really an open finance pioneer and an expert here to talk about all of that, none other than the CEO and co-founder of Brankas, Todd Schweitzer.

Join Brankas's remote-first team by checking out open roles on the company’s career page and LinkedIn.

Transcript

Timestamps

(00:28) Paulo introduces Brankas and Todd;

(02:24) Todd talks about how he connected with Insignia;

(03:04) Going from management consulting in the US to starting Brankas in Southeast Asia;

(08:33) Why open finance is compelling and exciting for emerging markets;

(12:25) How Brankas’s API menu approach stands out;

(15:22) Working with regulators and institutions in Southeast Asia;

(19:42) Four use cases for open finance;

(24:18) Approach to regional expansion;

(25:37) How building out a remote-first team has led to finding great engineering talent;

(28:09) Open Finance for DeFi;

(31:09) Rapid Fire Round;

About our guest

Todd Schweitzer is co-founder and CEO at Brankas, the leading Open Banking technology provider in Southeast Asia. Todd has held senior roles in private equity and management consulting, spanning technology, the public sector, and financial services. Todd and co-founder Kenneth Shaw launched Brankas in 2016 to address the technology gaps that hindered fintech-bank partnerships. Launching first in Indonesia, Brankas provides Open Banking technology to banks, insurers, mobile wallets, alternative lenders, and other suppliers and users of financial services APIs. He holds dual Bachelor's degrees with honors in Economics and International Studies from the University of California, Irvine, and a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government with a focus on economic development policy.

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Tags: startup, Southeast Asia, founder, entrepreneurship, business, technology, finance, fintech

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