What Fintech Missed in the Real Economy

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Argues fintech built for customers with world‑class rails while 99% of the world stitches together obscure local banks, stablecoin wallets, FX platforms, manual checks and separate debit cards for one payment; shows 90% of stablecoin adoption is overseas and lists missing primitives—invoices and ISO memos attached to payments, FX conversion to local currencies, local bank delivery, 30‑day payment terms and credit. Describes Flex Global’s stack: local currency accounts in 100+ countries, invoicing, treasury, FX, native credit and stablecoins as augmentation, illustrated by a Singapore manufacturer stuck on HSBC.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:12Interactive Audience Poll
3. 0:38The One Transaction Nightmare
4. 1:18How Fintech Missed the Real Economy
5. 1:47Why the US Has World Class Infrastructure
6. 2:12How Things Break Outside the US
7. 2:34The Luxury of Using the US Dollar
8. 3:02Why Even Crypto Foundations Couldn't Bank
9. 3:32Who Fintech Has Been Building For
10. 3:54Building for Large Deposit Holders
11. 4:18The Neo Bank Cluster Chasing Crypto Treasuries
12. 4:39Why Regular Businesses Dwarf Crypto
13. 5:02Serving Crypto After SVB at Mercury
14. 5:24Why No Compliance Is a Death Sentence
15. 5:45How Banks Made Money on FX and Fees
16. 6:10Why the Fastest Money Movement Is Not Moving It
17. 6:43Why We Keep Building for the Same Customers
18. 7:00Why 90% of Stablecoin Adoption Is Overseas
19. 7:35What Is Missing From Stablecoin Payments
20. 7:54Why Credit Doesn't Exist Outside the US
21. 8:42Why Real Businesses Have Amplified Needs
22. 9:09Local Currency and Everyday Bills
23. 9:45The Singapore Manufacturer on HSBC
24. 10:04Trade Finance and Borrowing Against Receivables
25. 10:22Why Real Compliance Must Understand Industries
26. 10:42Why Neo Banks Lack Banking DNA
27. 11:18Why the Full Stack Is Hard to Build
28. 11:44Understanding Invoicing and User Permissioning
29. 12:04Why Business Payments Need Approval Layers
30. 12:30Serving the Customers Everyone Ignores
31. 12:55What Flex Global Is Building
32. 13:25Stablecoins as Augmentation, Not a Product
33. 13:50Serving the Customers Actually Moving Money
34. 14:17Local Accounts, Credit, and Native Rails
35. 14:46Talking to Design Partners
36. 15:09Building for People Who See This as Luxury
37. 15:32Closing

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