2020 Year In Review with Jason Pereira | E154

Jason reviews the biggest stories and trends of the year.

In this 154th episode of Fintech Impact, Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, and host is interviewed by Guy Anderson about what has been going on for the last 12 months!

Episode Highlights:

  • 0:57 – Guy and Jason touch on Jason’s podcast rankings and success in 2020.

  • 2:40 – There are many subcategories in the Fintech industry.

  • 3:24 – What episodes did people like the most this year?

  • 5:48 – Are there any past guests that have made changes that Jason wants to have back on?

  • 7:12 – What are some exciting new technologies in the Fintech space?

  • 9:20 – Jason breaks down Cinchy’s strategies for connecting data with bilateral communication.

  • 10:37 – What is Jason looking forward to in 2021?

  • 11:40 – Jason dives into no-code platforms that are changing tech.

  • 14:28 – Would you spend $120/year for software that would save you 1 minute every day?

  • 17:25 – Jason discusses how automated software is benefiting businesses everywhere.

  • 19:48 – Guy and Jason talk about the painful process that used to be required to sign up for financial software.

  • 20:42 – What does the future relationship look like between the stock exchange and blockchain technology?

  • 21:57 – Is there anything coming down the pipe for the podcast that excites Jason? 

3 Key Points

  1. In 2020, Fintech Impact has become #2 on Apple and #1 on Spotify for podcasts in the Fintech category.

  2. Crypto and blockchain technologies have gone from speculation and hype to large applications that have begun to deliver.

  3. Automated software provides the opportunity for exponential gains by saving users time.

Tweetable Quotes:

  • “Each day is the same...This is the year of groundhog days.” – Guy Anderson

  • “Now we’re starting to see real applications of blockchain, and it’s exciting to actually start to see this stuff that had so much promise actually start to deliver.” – Jason Pereira

  • “Once you wrap around what you can do, the number of problems in your life you can start to solve with these platforms is just nuts.” – Jason Pereira

  • “The stuff that used to take a team of 5 can now probably be done by 2 in the same amount of time.” – Jason Pereira


Resources Mentioned:

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