Finovate Podcast host Greg Palmer showcases the winners of Better of Present from FinovateSpring 2026 in his newest sequence of podcast conversations.
The 5 firms that gained Better of Present characterize most of the high developments in fintech as we speak, from embedded finance and stablecoin-powered funds to mainframe modernization and AI-enabled personalization. In these interviews, we be taught concerning the inspiration behind the founding of those progressive firms and the issues they’re fixing for banks, credit score unions, different monetary establishments, and their prospects.
Finovate podcast host Greg Palmer talks with Caitlyn Truong, CEO and Co-Founding father of Zengines.
Palmer and Truong talk about how Zengines addresses the problem of managing legacy core banking purposes written in older programming languages like COBOL, RPG, and PL1. Truong explains how her firm is modernizing legacy mainframe purposes with out dropping important logic, satisfying auditors sooner, and making legacy programs searchable so transformation and compliance don’t stall.
EP 299: Caitlyn Truong, Zengines
Juan Jurado-Blanco and Armando Quintana, CEO and Chief Income Officer of Clockout, respectively, sit down with Greg Palmer on this Finovate podcast dialog.
The trio talk about the advantages of earned wage entry as an providing for neighborhood banks and credit score unions. Clockout’s know-how permits customers to entry their earned wages the identical day they work, slightly than ready for conventional biweekly and even month-to-month pay cycles. The answer embeds seamlessly into current financial institution experiences.
EP 298: Juan Jurado-Blanco and Armando Quintana, Clockout
Oren Buskila, CEO and Co-Founding father of Cobalt, talks with Finovate podcast host Greg Palmer concerning the problem of monetary establishment system dependencies.
Cobalt gives a know-how that robotically maps actual system dependencies throughout complicated banking environments, enabling agentic AI, real-time visibility, safer modifications, lowered threat, and assured operations. Cobalt permits technical groups to anticipate the implications of modifications earlier than implementation, stopping failures and making certain safer deployments.
EP 297: Oren Buskila, Cobalt
Podcast host Greg Palmer catches up with Craig McLaughlin (CEO) and Baron Conway (Chief Technique Officer) of Finalytics.AI within the wake of the corporate’s second consecutive Better of Present win at FinovateSpring (2025 and 2026).
Palmer, McLaughlin, and Conway talk about how Finalytics.AI permits neighborhood monetary establishments to ship customized, high-touch experiences via digital channels whereas leveraging the wealth of buyer information these banks and credit score unions possess.
EP 296: Craig McLaughlin and Baron Conway, Finalytics.AI
Host Greg Palmer interviews Crebit co-founders Jensen Coonradt (CEO) and Simmi Sen (Chief Product Officer).
On this podcast dialog, Coonradt and Sen clarify how their firm is modernizing worldwide cash transfers by leveraging stablecoin know-how to ship cash throughout borders as simply as sending a textual content message. Crebit’s “stablecoin sandwich” method permits customers to on-ramp funds utilizing native fee strategies earlier than settling into nearly any forex worldwide in minutes.
EP 295: Jensen Coonradt and Simmi Sen, Crebit
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