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March madness.  While I’m not talking about basketball, this month was a wild ride! From celebrating the great work of women in fintech/financial services to panic working all weekend because of a bank run, it’s been an eventful month.  It’s safe to say that there’s never a dull moment in fintech, and the last four…

On Monday, I published a piece for Forbes diving into how the future of TikTok, whether banned from the U.S. or sold, may impact a generation’s financial literacy. (Read that story here).  The TL;DR is that TikTok played an essential role in increasing financial education for many marginalized communities, including women, people of color, Gen…

Less than 10% of all venture capital deals go to Women, Black, LatinX, and LGBTQ+ founders. To address systemic barriers, Square recently announced it has partnered with Social Change Fund United and entrepreneurs Dwyane Wade, Rosario Dawson, and Ayesha Curry to launch Forward, an accelerator program offering funding, mentorship, and coaching for Black and Latino…

On Tuesday, I wrote a holistic analysis of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse (ICYMI, read that story here).  The critical takeaway: The industry needs diverse perspectives to solve a problem effectively and tackle it from all angles.  What seems like a simple solution is frequently twisted by doom-and-gloom narratives that aren’t based on anything factual but…

The Federal Reserve’s Sunday announcement that all depositors will have access to their funds following the chaos caused by Silicon Valley Bank was met with collective relief. Great, everyone’s getting their money back, but what has the SVB fallout cost us? Much of the conversation around SVB concerns the problems with taking shortcuts among business…