Michal Smida's guest appearances

Michal Smida

Startup Milestones – European Start Up Podcast

Banking on Air

Francisco Webber

Paul Taylor

Nick Kerigan

Donald Hawkins

Nektarios Liolios

Peter Murray

Hampus Jakobsson

David Kofoed

Simon Lyons

Matias Dalsgaard

Martin Koppel

Juho Makkonen

Martin McCann

Sampo Hietanen

Luca Boschin

OwlTail

In this episode, we talked about Buy now, pay later service which has a big potential in CEE region. Also, Michal shared history and challenges of Twisto as well as his predictions for future. Here is a rundown of the episode, if you want to jump ahead: 0:45 what is Twisto 4:00 How are they mitigating risk at Twisto? 3:30 how was Twisto name and 7:45 how did they come up with Twisto name &amp; whole business idea 9:15 reasoning behind buy now, pay later service 14:45 benefits of buy now, pay later for customers 16:15 future of buy now, pay later service 19:30  selling NIkita &amp; collaboartion with other companies 21:15 Twisto collaboration with Va cuumlabs 25:00 challenges of first half of 2020 27:00 Fintech in 10 years 33:00  challenges Twisto is facing and goals for the near future  Useful links from episode:  Michal on LinkedIn Twisto on LinkedIn Twisto website   - - - Michal is the founder and CEO of CEE based FinTech Twisto and a member of Forbes 30 under 30. He lived 11 years abroad in Russia, UK and the US. He began his career in London where he joined Barclays investment bank after graduating from King’s College. When he returned to the Czech Republic in 2013, he founded Twisto – the first “buy now, pay later service” in the CEE region which evolved into daily finance provider partnering with MasterCard and Marqeta. Twisto has more than 120 employees and is backed by leading investors such as ING Ventures, UNIQA Ventures, Velocity Capital, Finch Capital and ENERN. - - - War stories episodes in Banking in Air podcast explores the lives and journeys of founders and technology leaders as they work to overcome challenges while building products in an ever-changing world. Hosted by Marcel Klimo of Vacuumlabs.

In this episode, we talked about Buy now, pay later service which has a big potential in CEE region. Also, Michal shared history and challenges of Twisto as well as his predictions for future. Here is a rundown of the episode, if you want to jump ahead: 0:45 what is Twisto 4:00 How are they mitigating risk at Twisto? 3:30 how was Twisto name and 7:45 how did they come up with Twisto name &amp; whole business idea 9:15 reasoning behind buy now, pay later service 14:45 benefits of buy now, pay later for customers 16:15 future of buy now, pay later service 19:30  selling NIkita &amp; collaboartion with other companies 21:15 Twisto collaboration with Va cuumlabs 25:00 challenges of first half of 2020 27:00 Fintech in 10 years 33:00  challenges Twisto is facing and goals for the near future Useful links from episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michal-smida-05ba5117/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michal on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/twisto-cz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twisto on LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twistopay.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twisto website</a><a href="https://hu.linkedin.com/company/fintech-inc?trk=public_profile_experience-item_result-card_subtitle-click" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> </a></li> </ul> - - - Michal is the founder and CEO of CEE based FinTech Twisto and a member of Forbes 30 under 30. He lived 11 years abroad in Russia, UK and the US. He began his career in London where he joined Barclays investment bank after graduating from King’s College. When he returned to the Czech Republic in 2013, he founded Twisto – the first “buy now, pay later service” in the CEE region which evolved into daily finance provider partnering with MasterCard and Marqeta. Twisto has more than 120 employees and is backed by leading investors such as ING Ventures, UNIQA Ventures, Velocity Capital, Finch Capital and ENERN. - - - War stories episodes in Banking in Air podcast explores the lives and journeys of founders and technology leaders as they work to overcome challenges while building products in an ever-changing world. Hosted by<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelklimo/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"> Marcel Klimo</a> of <a href="https://vacuumlabs.com/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Vacuumlabs</a>.

#09 Buy now, pay later with Michal Smida (Twisto)

Download the special podcast bonus pack www.startupmilestones.eu/bonus  Michal talks about: building a Fintec from Prague, the need for patient capital, challenges of a two-sided business model, and why focussing on the smaller markets in Europe is a competitive advantage.

Download the special podcast bonus pack <a href="http://www.startupmilestones.eu/bonus" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.startupmilestones.eu/bonus</a> Michal talks about: building a Fintec from Prague, the need for patient capital, challenges of a two-sided business model, and why focussing on the smaller markets in Europe is a competitive advantage.

Focus on small markets as an advantage, need for patient capital, challenges of a two-sided business model - with Michal Smida, Twisto Payments Founder&CEO, Prague