LendIt FinTech USA Preview with Plaid, Mouro Capital (ex Santander InnoVentures) and OakNorth

<p>Ahead of LendIt FinTech USA, we talk to representatives of companies participating in this virtual event: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithgrose/">Keith Grose</a>, Head of UK and International at <a href="https://plaid.com/company/">Plaid</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jilliancohn/">Jillian Cohn</a>, Partner at <a href="https://www.mourocapital.com/">Mouro Capital</a> (formerly Santander Innoventures), and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-hunter-548358b/">Sean Hunter</a>, CIO of <a href="https://www.oaknorth.com/">OakNorth</a>.</p><p>With Keith, we talk about:</p><ul> <li>Plaid's growth ambitions and plans, including the US</li> <li>Recap of the key use cases and target customers for Plaid</li> <li>Out of these, key products and services that Plaid focuses on when expanding internationally.</li> <li>Plaid's role in driving the evolution from open banking to open finance and how they see that playing out  </li> <li>The best way to find out what Plaid can do for a prospective client - demos, contacts, etc.</li> </ul><p>Jillian explains:</p><ul> <li>The rationale for the recent spin-off of Santander Innoventures and rebranding as Mouro Capital</li> <li>Santander Innoventures and now Mouro Capital's investment philosophy and approach</li> <li>What Jilian likes most about her current role as Partner of Mouro Capital and why</li> <li>Jillian will be on the jury for the Lendit Awards - find out more how it works. Also, Jillian's colleague, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmgottschalk/">Chris Gottschalk</a>, will interview CEO and co-founder of the US alternative lender <a href="https://www.upgrade.com/">Upgrade</a>, Mouro Capital's portfolio company from San Francisco, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/renaudlaplanche/">Renaud Laplanche</a> </li> <li>Success stories from their portfolio: <a href="https://www.izettle.com/">iZettle</a> (Swedish payments company for SMEs acquired by <a href="https://www.paypal.com/ch/webapps/mpp/merchant">PayPal</a>) and <a href="https://www