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Malka: AI will connect to money via blockchain smart contracts
“I think it's going to be that intersection between probably what blockchains will do and AI will do, because you will need to have intelligent smart contracts that will do stuff on your behalf”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 14:37 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
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Malka: Founder-led fintechs like Stripe and Nubank will win AI race
“I think it comes from them. Because first, they're still founder-led, or Revolut, also. They're still founder-led. Those founders are pushing the boundaries of all of this. They are at an age, and they are at a place, and if you talk to them, they're still as …”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 17:14 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
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Malka: AI remains largely disconnected from money and financial flows
“Like, today, token factories don't touch money that much. Money's been outside of AI, and we're on year four or five. It's funny, because money's supposed to be one of the first, most fungible things that should be playing the game, and it's not.”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 13:32 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
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Malka: OnePay powers all mobile payments and credit products at Walmart
“If you want to pay with your phone today, the only way to pay at Walmart is with OnePay. If you want to have a debit card, it's the only way you want to loan from Klarna. It goes through OnePay. If you want an installment loan, you want a credit card, it goes …”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 48:45 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
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Malka: All future information will need to be machine-readable
“We're going to a world where every single piece of information needs to be readable by a machine. And that's how the world will go to the next generation.”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 20:56 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
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Malka: Revolut CEO Nikolay Storonsky maintains 20 direct reports
“He still has 20 people direct report to him.”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 39:57 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
Assertion Supported
Malka: Lemon Bank scaled to 7,000 Brazil locations serving 15 million customers
“We had, at peak, we had 7000 of these physical spaces all over Brazil. We were serving fifteen million customers. Half of Brazil back then was unbanked.”
Micky Malka Aug 2, 2026 ▶ 53:55 Lessons From Backing The Best Founders In Fintech | Micky Malka
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