#74 - Building the Netflix of finance: Pierpaolo Barbieri, Ualá

<p>Making history in LatAm&apos;s fintech industry is very on brand for today&apos;s guest.</p><p>Born and raised in Buenos Aires, <b>Pierpaolo Barbieri </b>left Argentina to study in the US as a young adult. He returned 12 years later with a Harvard University degree and a career as an economic historian and published author, but you may know him from being the founder and CEO of <b>Ualá</b>.</p><p>Ualá&apos;s complete financial ecosystem was created with the ambition of unifying all financial services into one app and, with <b>3.5 million cards issued</b> in the 4 years since, I&apos;d say they&apos;re on track to meet their goals. With a <b>$350 million </b>Series D led by <b>SoftBank</b> and a $2.45 billion valuation, they&apos;re now locked and loaded to expand across all of Latin America.</p><p>Join Pier and I for a chat about:</p><ul><li>Making financial services accessible</li><li>The role of fintech in promoting social mobility</li><li>What challenger banks can and should do differently</li></ul><p>Building something new? Apply for the <b>Latitud Fellowship</b> at <a href='https://apply.latitud.com/'>apply.latitud.com</a></p>