Tricia Martinez4 Reasons Why Community Matters for Fintech in 2019My career in fintech started as a misstep. What started out as customer research in the financial inclusion space turned into something…Sep 18, 2019Sep 18, 2019
Tricia MartinezLegacy Systems: Love To Hate Them. Hate To Love Them.The US is one of the most advanced economies in the world, yet our financial services industry still operates in the middle ages. Despite…Sep 11, 2019Sep 11, 2019
Tricia Martinez3 Reasons Fintechs Should Avoid Big Bank Partnerships At All CostsI was recently reminded of the dark days of navigating corporate bank structures and desperately trying to close big partnerships with the…Sep 7, 2019Sep 7, 2019
Tricia Martinez3 Reasons Why Facebook’s Libra Will Crash And BurnThey started as an innovative tech startup and have become one of the biggest and scariest global corporations. Users don’t trust them…Sep 7, 20191Sep 7, 20191
Tricia MartinezNo Pipeline Problem Here: Venture Capital and its Vicious CycleResearch indicates that diversity drives innovation and profitability in companies, so why are we not seeing more diverse entrepreneurs…Aug 22, 2019Aug 22, 2019
Tricia MartinezDiversity — or Lack There of — in EntrepreneurshipEntrepreneurship and technology is not just a bunch of white guys from Stanford so when will we see a better representation of what…Aug 19, 2019Aug 19, 2019
Tricia MartinezDala: Where Things Went WrongThis post lays out the Dala journey and addresses the problems we were up against.Jun 24, 20195Jun 24, 20195
Tricia MartinezinWalaBlockchain Will Set Us FreeStill today, over half the global population operates outside the formal financial system. Why? Because it was never designed to service…Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
Tricia MartinezinWalaDala has been proven as a medium of exchange, where to next?Enabling consumers to earn, save, borrow, and transactJul 19, 2018Jul 19, 2018
Tricia MartinezinWalaDala Cryptocurrency: The First 30 DaysIt has been a crazy ride since the Wala app and Dala cryptocurrency went live in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Consumers are adopting…Jun 19, 20182Jun 19, 20182