It's our final episode of the FinTech OG series season one. We're closing it out with two of my favorite women in the space. We have Maia Bittner, who is now at Chime, and Saira Rahman, who is at Fundrise. Both of them have incredible experiences, whether that be in an investment banking background and working for large banks, or selling not one, but two companies before the age of 30.

These women inspire me each and every day and I cannot wait for you to listen to this conversation. I can't think of a better way to close it out.

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Before we have FinTech OG Season 2, we will have a payment series that I am hosting with Matthew Goldman. We'll be diving into everything from business payments to global payments.

Lastly, special thanks to Canopy for sponsoring this week’s episode. Head over to Canopyservicing.com to learn more about how they’re powering some of the world’s leading fintechs’ and digital banks’ commercial loan programs.

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Julie: I'm just gonna hit recording here, so we're good. Do you know if it's a boy or a girl, or did you

Maia: It's a girl.

Julie: Awww.

Saira: Congrats

Julie: So cute. And your first one's name is Ro? Ro, that's what Laura's new baby's name is. Yeah, Laura, I interviewed her for the podcast yesterday. With Aaron Frank, and

Maia: new baby.

Julie: She, the same thing with me.

I like sent her an email asking her if she could come on the show and she's yeah, I just had a baby, but let's try to make it work. And I was like, wait, I didn't even know you were

Maia: Right, right. I'm excited to do this with you guys.

Maia: Yeah. What is it that we're doing?

Julie: So it's essentially just like FinTech OGs. I love that question. So it's a bunch of people that have been in this space for a while and essentially just asking them [00:03:00] like, , how did you get into FinTech? Why have you stayed in FinTech? What are the cool things you've seen while you've been here?

Just like doing a fun recap, so with that, I will, I'll kick things off with Saira and then Maia, I'd love you to answer the same question, but How did you guys get into fintech and since we've all been in it for a while? Why the heck have we all stayed in fintech?