The latest episode of Couchonomics with Arjun is here. This one is a real treat! Our guest is Ronit Ghose, the Global Head of Banking, FinTech & Digital Assets for Citi Global Insights. He joined us on Couchonomics to give us a sneak preview of Citi's amazing new report: Metaverse and Money: Decrypting the Future. We discussed Metaverse and how will it i ... Show More
Sep 1
How Alan Built an €840 Million Health Insurance Business From Scratch
Health insurance is one of the few products people pay for while hoping they never have to use it. Alan is trying to change that.In this episode, Jean-Charles Samuelian, Co-founder and CEO of Alan, shares how the company built a full-stack health insurance platform designed aroun ... Show More
46m 6s
Aug 25
How Creditas Built a $3.3 Billion Fintech by Taking on the Hard Loans
Latin America has a massive consumer credit market, but high interest rates and short loan maturities continue to put pressure on borrowers.In this episode, Sergio Furio, Founder and CEO of Creditas, shares how the company built an asset-backed lending model around cars and homes ... Show More
41m 36s
Aug 18
Why Islamic Fintech Is Still Being Underestimated
Islamic finance is growing globally, but the companies pushing it forward are not always the ones talking about it the loudest.In this episode of Couchonomics with Arjun, Abdullo Kurbanov, CEO and Co-founder of Ayan Capital, shares how he helped build Alif from a $200,000 start i ... Show More
52m 55s
Apr 2022
Money in the Metaverse (with Citi’s Ronit Ghose)
<p>What is the metaverse, how will we use it and why might the financial innovations of Web3 and blockchain technology be crucial to its success? Citi’s Ronit Ghose, one of the world’s foremost analysts of technology’s influence on financial innovation, returns to the podcast to ... Show More
39m 27s
Sep 2025
LIVE from Rare Evo: How Citi is Bridging The Gap Between Web2 and Web3
Ryan Rugg, Global Head of Digital Assets for Citibank's Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS), discusses their approach to integrating Web 2.0 and 3.0. She shares insights on Citi Token Service, a new solution designed to provide 24/7 liquidity and borderless transactions, and expla ... Show More
18m 22s
Nov 2023
199. Insights: Real world assets on-chain: changing the future of ownership
gm. Mauricio Magaldi and Catherine Gu are back this week, talking about real world assets. On today's episode they dive into real world assets, or RWAs for short. They explain what they are, discuss some of the use cases of tokenized RWA we’re seeing today, the pros and cons of b ... Show More
44m 53s
Dec 2021
Web 3 and the Metaverse Are Not the Same
On today's show, Annie Zhang, host of the "Hello Metaverse" podcast where she explores the cultural and societal implications of its developments, takes a look beyond the NFT hype to examine how the Metaverse is revolutionizing our world.
Read the story here.
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6m 43s
May 2024
Ep 1. The future of money and banking with Ronit Ghose
Send us Fan MailIntroducing the inaugural episode of "Money Majlis," the first-of-its-kind podcast dedicated to exploring the dynamic intersection of money, banking, and technology in the Middle East and beyond. In the first episode of Money Majlis, Suvo Sarkar interviews Ronit G ... Show More
1h 4m
Dec 2022
The Metaverse is Here and It's Mind-blowing
Description - Are you ready to see the future of the internet? Well, grab your beverage of choice and settle in for a transformative interview. Eric Pulier, Founder and CEO of Vatom, joins Raoul for a wide-ranging conversation about his journey from Web 1.0 to the depths of the m ... Show More
1h 14m