Fintech Wars

James da Costa is the co-founder and COO of digital bank, Fingo. He is a researcher at Stanford University's Digital Economy Lab and a guest lecturer at the University of Warwick. He is an expert and leading voice in the Fintech space and has been recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 and an MIT Innovator Under 35. He is a Diana Award recipient and is a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Goalkeeper. He is based in San Francisco, USA.

Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Chapter - 01: PayPal vs. No One: The Fintech Unicorn That Spawned a Mafia;
Chapter - 02: Venmo vs. Cash: "Money is Pure Fiction";
Chapter - 03: Alibaba vs. Tencent: Red Envelope Wars and a Two-Horse Race;
Chapter - 04: Nubank vs. Regulatory Extinction: How a Presidential Decree Almost Killed Nubank;
Chapter - 05: SVB vs. the Newcomers: Bank Blowups and Unlikely Beneficiaries;
Chapter - 06: Monzo vs. Status Quo: Crowdfunding £1 Million in 96 Seconds;
Chapter - 07: The Everyman vs. Wall Street: One Million Percent Returns on Robinhood;
Chapter - 08: Crypto vs. the Global Financial System: Missing Billions and $700 Million Pizza;
Chapter - 09: Black Swans vs. the Power Law: Insuring and Betting against Crisis;
Chapter - 10: Unicorns: A Blueprint for Billion-Dollar Growth;