Yi Luo's guest appearances

Yi Luo

Rebank: Fintech Analysis

Longitude Sound Bytes

Armando Sanchez

Tom Blomfield

Jason Harris

Hiroki Takeuchi

Max Friedrich

Azeem Azhar

Don Scott

Mike Cagney

Michael Sam

Daniel Cohen

Ruth Lopez

Lex Sokolin

Chris Skinner

Martin Häring

Ricky Knox

OwlTail

Linda Jiang

Consumer behavior in China has captivated the West for years, and behavior around fintech and payments is no different. Ant Group’s planned $200 billion upcoming IPO raises more questions than it answers in the minds of many in the West, who like me don't have direct experience with super apps and ubiquitous QR code based payments. We recorded a breakdown of Ant Group’s upcoming IPO last week with Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin, which is under compliance review and will be released soon. Today’s conversation brings unique perspective to the exploration of fintech in China, told through the eyes and anecdotes of two Chinese tech entrepreneurs. Linda Jiang is a deep tech founder and serial entrepreneur. In 2010, she co-founded Umeng, a mobile analytics and developer platform that grew to support 180,000 apps and become the largest platform of its kind in China before selling to Alibaba in 2015. She is now an advisor to Baidu Ventures, an early stage deep tech focused fund backed by Baidu, one of China’s tech giants. Yi Luo is the founding Chief Strategy Officer of FreeUp, a company unlocking daily salary payment for workers. In 2019, FreeUp was  acquired by Greensill, and then rebranded as Earnd, where Yi now leads strategy and expansion. Yi is also a keen angel investor. This conversation was recorded in February 2020, pre-COVID and before I relocated to New York, which may explain some of our references. To subscribe to the Rebank newsletter, including insights, essays and written transcripts of all new episodes, please visit www.bankingthefuture.com. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Linda Jiang and Yi Luo.

Consumer behavior in China has captivated the West for years, and behavior around fintech and payments is no different. Ant Group’s planned $200 billion upcoming IPO raises more questions than it answers in the minds of many in the West, who like me don't have direct experience with super apps and ubiquitous QR code based payments. We recorded a breakdown of Ant Group’s upcoming IPO last week with Max Friedrich and Lex Sokolin, which is under compliance review and will be released soon. Today’s conversation brings unique perspective to the exploration of fintech in China, told through the eyes and anecdotes of two Chinese tech entrepreneurs. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindajiang/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Linda Jiang</a> is a deep tech founder and serial entrepreneur. In 2010, she co-founded <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/11/20/umeng-alibaba/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Umeng</a>, a mobile analytics and developer platform that grew to support 180,000 apps and become the largest platform of its kind in China before selling to Alibaba in 2015. She is now an advisor to <a href="https://bv.ai/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Baidu Ventures</a>, an early stage deep tech focused fund backed by Baidu, one of China’s tech giants. <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/loriluoyi/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Yi Luo</a> is the founding Chief Strategy Officer of FreeUp, a company unlocking daily salary payment for workers. In 2019, FreeUp was <a href="https://www.greensill.com/news/greensill-secures-655-million-follow-on-investment-from-softbank-vision-fund/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> acquired by Greensill</a>, and then rebranded as Earnd, where Yi now leads strategy and expansion. Yi is also a keen angel investor. This conversation was recorded in February 2020, pre-COVID and before I relocated to New York, which may explain some of our references. To subscribe to the Rebank newsletter, including insights, essays and written transcripts of all new episodes, please visit <a href="http://www.bankingthefuture.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.bankingthefuture.com</a>. Thank you very much for joining us today. Please welcome, Linda Jiang and Yi Luo.

Understanding Consumer Fintech in China with Linda Jiang and Yi Luo

Sound byte about how everyone can cultivate creativity from Kerim Miskavi, architect at MAS Architecture Studio, Istanbul, Turkey. Presented by Longitude fellow Yi Luo from Rice University. If you like this episode, please subscribe to Longitude Sound Bytes, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.  You can also write to us at podcast@longitude.site.    This podcast is a production of Longitude.site, directed by Ipek Martinez.  Our music is composed for us and mixed by Molly Turner. Website: https://www.longitude.site/podcast/ Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X9BMEXWATBA42)

Sound byte about how everyone can cultivate creativity from Kerim Miskavi, architect at MAS Architecture Studio, Istanbul, Turkey. Presented by Longitude fellow Yi Luo from Rice University. If you like this episode, please subscribe to Longitude Sound Bytes, rate and review wherever you get your podcasts.  You can also write to us at <a href="mailto:podcast@longitude.site">podcast@longitude.site</a>.  This podcast is a production of Longitude.site, directed by Ipek Martinez. Our music is composed for us and mixed by Molly Turner. Website: <a href="https://www.longitude.site/podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.longitude.site/podcast/</a> <a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X9BMEXWATBA42" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a> (<a href="https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X9BMEXWATBA42" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=X9BMEXWATBA42</a>)

Ep 06: Role of past in creation of new | Kerim Miskavi - by Yi Luo