The Future of Finance: Exploring the World of Fintech with Kiet Tran | S2 EP10

Mangtas Nation

English - January 16, 2023 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Previous Episode: Tech's Undeniable Role in the Global Economy with Paul McCarthy | S2 E9

Next Episode: Transforming Financial Services with Real-Time Regulatory Risk Management with Chris Puype | S2 EP11

Kiet Tran shares his heartening career story and learning experience from his stint as a bartender to working as a financial adviser and now becoming the CEO of his own startup. In this episode, he also tackles the importance of building skillsets, growing in your career, and prioritizing work-life balance. Apart from this, he gave us substantial insights about the future of Fintech as well as tips on building a startup.

With more than 17 years of experience, Kiet has become a prominent personality in the Fintech industry. His current startup embraces the phrase “data is the new oil.”

In this episode, we particularly talk about:

00:00 - Mangtas Nation

01:48 - Journey to the US

03:47 - Kiet Tran’s career story

06:25 – It's not too late to go back to school

08:07 – College journey

10:51 - “Everything happens because of Finance.”

12:04 – Kiet's experience with BlackRock

13:44 – Failure makes you learn.

16:00 - “Building skillsets is the most important thing.”

16:33 - Exerting effort to learn and up-skill yourself

18:46 - 17 years of work to prepare for the bigger picture - Starting a company of his own

19:50 - Onto the next move: Building a Business

21:22 - Getting the drive to keep going: Focusing on family and health

22:47 - Getting the drive to keep going: Spending time on things you care about

23:53 - How your drive can get you to launch a Startup

24:15 - Embracing “data is the new oil”

25:10 - Building the team for his startup

25:57 - “Data is the underlying core of anything and everything”

28:39 - “Powerful data sets position properly on top of AI.”

31:25 - Fintech’s Future

34:15 - How banks serve as storage of data and trust in Fintech

36:37 - Decentralized world of finance

39:20 - Credit model of banks

40:59 - Keeping a life-work balance

45:47 - “Make sure you’re building the right ‘Money Tree’ for yourself, and then build on a lottery ticket”

47:35 - Build financial options so you can focus on your startup

48:20 - The state of the financial market

*view show notes*

Mangtas Nation is hosted by Mangtas CEO Wouter Delbaere and CMO Jacki Demuynck.

Jacki and Wouter are also the co-founders of Mangtas – a curated marketplace where businesses can meet their remote staffing needs – reliably.

Connect with Kiet: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kietttran/

Connect with Wouter: www.linkedin.com/in/wouter-delbaere

Connect with Jaclyn: www.linkedin.com/in/jackidemuynck/

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