Arjun Vir Singh
@Arjun_Vir_Singh
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Curious about the future of finance and technology, Management Consultant, Podcast Host, Angel Investor, Opinionated Foodie, Art Collector, Father of daughters
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Joined March 2012
💥 Banks have capital. Fintechs have execution. So why is SME lending still broken?.Validus CEO, Nikhilesh Goel, joins us on #Couchonomics to unpack a model that has already deployed $5B+, with 1% NPLs. 🎧 Now streaming everywhere!. #SMELending #Fintech #Validus
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💥 Surviving SME lending is rare. Nikhilesh Goel, CEO of Validus, built a $5B platform across SEA — without the burn. ✔ Bank-backed capital. ✔ Anchor-led model. ✔ Real unit economics. Full #Couchonomics episode now live. #Fintech #Validus #DigitalBanking #SMELending
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Fintech x Bank ≠ threat. It’s the multiplier effect. Amith Rajan breaks it down on this week’s Couchonomics. Full episode out now!. #CouchonomicsWithArjun #Fintech #BankingTransformation #Mashreq
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🔄 AI isn’t a campaign. It’s a core banking reset. Amith Rajan, CEO of Neo Ventures + Head of Digital Wholesale Banking at @MashreqTweets, joined me on #CouchonomicsWithArjun to break down:.⚙️ AI with purpose. 🏗️ Tokenized infra. 🧠 Real culture change.🎧 Full episode out now.
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📉 Core banking can’t win the AI arms race with a spreadsheet. Tomorrow on #CouchonomicsWithArjun: Amith Rajan, CEO of Neo Ventures & Head of Digital Wholesale Banking at @MashreqTweets, on what it takes to build AI-native banking in the GCC. #DigitalBanking #AIinBanking
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🤖 AI’s moving fast. Your bank’s infra? Not so much. On this week’s #CouchonomicsWithArjun, Myles Bertrand (CEO, Tuum) and I talk:. ⚙️ Real-time infra. 🧠 AI-ready cores. 📉 Why legacy stacks are the bottleneck.🎧 Full episode out now everywhere! #AIinBanking #DigitalBanking
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Banks don’t need lipstick. They need orchestration. This week on #CouchonomicsWithArjun- with Myles Bertrand, CEO of Tuum:.🧩 Composable infrastructure.🤖 Real AI, not hype.🌍 Scaling core into GCC.🎧 Episode now live. #Fintech #DigitalBanking #CoreBanking #Tuum
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🏦Core banking that actually works. Tomorrow on #CouchonomicsWithArjun — with Myles Bertrand, CEO of Tuum. 🧩 Composable infrastructure.🌍 Scaling to MENA.🎧 Episode drops tomorrow. #Fintech #CoreBanking #Tuum #GCCStartups
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“Every VC says they’re more than money. Most aren’t.”.@timlevene (CEO, @AugmentumF) on what happens when VCs overstep — and why operator insight matters more than capital alone. 🎧 New #Couchonomics episode now streaming everywhere!. #FintechVC #VentureCapital #DigitalBanking
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VCs are still chasing exits. On this week’s #CouchonomicsWithArjun, the CEO of @AugmentumF, @timlevene, joins me to unpack:.✔ Going public as a VC. ✔ Betting on infra, not hype. ✔ The GCC’s next fintech wave.Now LIVE everywhere! 🎧. #FintechVC #PublicMarkets #DigitalBanking
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📈 What happens when a VC fund goes public?.@timlevene, CEO of @AugmentumF, joins me on #Couchonomics to unpack what "permanent capital" means for fintech founders & why he's eyeing the GCC next. 🎧 Episode drops tomorrow. Stay tuned. #VentureCapital #Fintech
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Most digital banks burn cash. Engine builds ones that don’t. Nick Drewett (CCO Engine by Starling) joined me to break down:. ⚙️ Building profitable banks. 🌍 Localising core infra. 📉 Cost-to-serve as strategy. Now live everywhere!. #CouchonomicsWithArjun #DigitalBanking #Fintech
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Why Most Digital Banks Don’t Make It 👀.Nick Drewett from Engine by Starling joins me to talk:. ⚙️ Composable banking. 🌍 Scaling to the GCC. 🤖 AI with purpose.🎧 Episode now live. #CouchonomicsWithArjun #DigitalBanking #Fintech
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❗️Less than 5% of digital banks are profitable. 🏦 Starling is the first to do it. Now they're helping others crack the model. 🛋️New episode drops TOMORROW with Nick Drewett from The Engine by Starling. #CouchonomicsWithArjun #Fintech #DigitalBanking #BankingTech
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Most SME lenders pitch for headlines. Craig Moore built Beehive to lend. 🐝 First P2P lending platform in the GCC. 💸 Now backed by Goldman, e&, family offices. 🧠 Built for scale, not slides. Full episode here 👉️ #Fintech #CouchonomicsWithArjun
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Everyone says they’re solving SME lending. Most are running the same tired playbook. 🛋️ In this episode, Craig Moore (Founder & CEO, @Beehivefintech) talks lending models that actually work. 🎧 Out now everywhere! . #Fintech #SMELending #Couchonomics #MiddleEastFintech
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Too much capital, too little conviction. In our latest chat, Devin Kohli (Outward VC) explains why the correction was brutal - and why MENA founders are built differently. 🎧 Listen now: . #VC #Startups #Couchonomics #AI #MENAtech #Fintech #Tokenisation
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On the new episode of #CouchonomicsWithArjun, I chat with Devin Kohli (Outward VC) on:.🧠 Conviction in noisy markets. 🤖 Vertical AI > AI hype. 📍 London, MENA, SE Asia: new VC hubs. 🎧 Watch/listen: YouTube | Spotify | Apple. #VC #Fintech #Tokenisation #Startups
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The hype faded. Now real conviction matters. New #Couchonomics episode drops tomorrow with Devin Kohli, Co-founder & General Partner at @OutwardVC.🌍 From London to MENA to SE Asia — we talk VC dynamics, tokenisation, AI use cases, and more. 🎧 Stay tuned #VC #Startups #Fintech
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📍Banking isn’t about apps — it’s about context. In this #CouchonomicsWithArjun episode, Tyme CEO Coen Jonker shares:. 🔸 Why partnerships = survival. 🔸 What most banks get wrong. Full episode is LIVE :. #DigitalBanking #Fintech #embededfinance
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