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Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Nigel Verdon - Railsr - Why Fintech is dead and the Great Bitcoin Experiment

Jimmy's Jobs of the Future

Boxlight Creative Studio

Careers, Business, Technology

5.01K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Recorded in October, this week’s episode is with Nigel Verdon- Founder of Railsr (formerly known as Railsbank) who are pioneering something called ‘Embedded finance’ - best described as the financial layer of the internet. Founding a startup is stressful, difficult and often painful at times - one of the most important skills of a founder, as many previous guests have said, is resilience. And after going through it once, you would understand if someone never wanted to go through it all again… Nigel, however, has started not one, not two but three businesses - giving him an expert view on the challenges entrepreneurs face at different stages on their journey. We’ll talk in this episode about why you need to hire different types of people at different times, the difference between builders and operators & why Fintech may disappear.  The topics we discuss in this episode are: Why Nigel rebranded from Railsbank to Railsr What is embedded finance? What is the future of FinTech? The future of currency and crypto - the great experiment of Bitcoin. How curiosity drove him to start a THIRD startup. The access to fast finance that embedded finance will power and how it's driving new experiences in sports. Nigel’s advice to new entrepreneurs. Nigel’s advice to himself aged 25 - don’t fail your A-Levels! Deciding to break into FinTech.  Jobs of the Future- the biggest learnings on hirings through 3 huge companies. The thesis of Builders and Operators. Giving back to the FinTech ecosystem. Subscribe so you don't miss any new episodes, releasing every Wednesday.You can sign up to Jimmy's Substack here for weekly content on the future of work, technology, and politicsFor more information on partnering with us please visit our partnerships page here.Also make sure you subscribe to The Shift, you can find it here on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Jimmy's Jobs. Founding a startup is stressful, difficult and often painful

0:12.8

at times. One of the most important skills we've found as many previous guests have said

0:17.6

is resilience. So after going through it all works, you would understand if someone

0:21.7

never wanted to go through it all again. Today's guest is Nigel Verdon, who has started

0:26.2

not one, not two, but three successful businesses. His current venture is Razer, formerly known

0:33.0

as RazBank, and is pioneering something called embedded finance. Best described is the financial

0:38.8

layer of the internet. We'll talk in this episode about why you need to hide different

0:43.0

types of people at different times, the difference between builders and operators, and why

0:48.4

FinTech made this appear. This show is made possible by the fantastic support of our various

0:54.4

partners, and I wanted to thank the octopus group. The octopus group is a collection of eight

1:00.4

entrepreneurial-minded businesses across financial services and energy. All founded on the

1:06.2

one simple belief that people and the planet deserve better. They are intent on building

1:11.8

a better tomorrow for future generations and are a certified beaker. Demonstrating

1:17.1

make hair as much about the impact of their investments as the returns they generate.

1:21.6

I am proud that octopus have backed this show since the second series, and they are the

1:25.8

reason why we are now able to put such a professional show together. To hear more about what they

1:31.6

do, it is worth checking out previous episodes with the founder's Chris Hewlett, Simon Rodgerson,

1:37.8

or the CEO of their investment arm, Ruth Hancock. If you want to see how you can partner

1:42.9

with us, go to our website at www.jobsofthefuture.co, and now onto today's episode.

1:51.6

Nigel, welcome to Jimmy's Jobs of the Future. Thank you for the invitation. It's wonderful

2:00.6

to be on the show. One of the first questions we ask is what's in a name, and your story

2:06.0

about Rails Bank is really interesting, because you changed names to Rails R, and I just

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