Creating the neobank and embedded finance industry, with Sila CEO and Simple Co-Founder Shamir Karkal

In this conversation, we chat with Shamir Karkal, CEO and
Co-Founder of Sila - a banking and payment platform for software
teams building the next generation of financial products &
services in regulated and unregulated industries. A true FinTech
pioneer, Shamir played a crucial part in building the
infrastructure that would pave the way for online banking. In 2009,
he co-founded Simple, the first bank of its kind in the United
States, and later headed the Open Platform at BBVA. Shamir was
drawn to serve smaller companies, co-founding Sila in 2018 with the
goal of empowering financial innovations. Shamir studied physics
and computer science at Bangalore University and is a graduate of
Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business. He lives with his
family in Portland, Oregon, and enjoys jiu-jitsu, long-range target
shooting, and studying history whenever possible.Disclaimer here —
this newsletter does not provide investment advice and represents
solely the views and opinions of FINTECH BLUEPRINT LTD.
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