Fostering Financial Wellness Through Fintech with Ahmed Siddiqui

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The pandemic is like an advertisement for the Boy Scout motto: Always be prepared.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Yet, financially, few Americans are. Most have less than $500 in savings!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">They need to follow the Boy Scout credo. And they need Fintech to do it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And my guest today,</span> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/siddiquiahmed/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ahmed Siddiqui</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, Head of Product at</span> <a href= "https://branch.io/"></a><a href= "https://www.branchapp.com/">Branch</a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, is trying to help get American workers merit badges in financial wellness. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Branch is a challenger bank making financial tools for the American worker to unshackle them from the two-week payment cycle limiting their financial success. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What we talked about:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-Why Branch pivoted to payments</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-How they are keeping the service free for employers and employees</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">-What the future holds for Fintech</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">To ensure that you never miss an episode of Payments Innovation,</span> <a href= "https://apple.co/2Hlc1h3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">subscribe on Apple Podcasts</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, or</span> <a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/6i142vdbj7K4lhAgDCub7E"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Spotify</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, or</span> <a href= "https://www.currencycloud.com/payments-innovation-podcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Until next time!</span></p>