Fintech GTM & Regulatory Strategy

I help launch new products and markets in payments, banking, crypto and more.

What I’m up to:

• At Wealthsimple helping launch new products in banking, payments, crypto, and more.
• Venture Advisory:
  • Currently advising Moonarch.
  • Previously advised Ratio, MoneyWorld, and FINNT (YC2022).
• Angel Investing:
  • Rally Cap Ventures, a fund that invests in fintechs building the financial infrastructure for the future in APAC, LATAM and Africa.
  • Hustle Fund Squad, a vetted community of angel investors who get access to Hustle Fund deals.
  • Angel investor in various infra and consumer fintechs in emerging markets such as Vinovest, Grey Finance, Ponto and more.

Press/Media 📰

Sometimes I voice my opinion on various topics in the press or media.

• CBC Radio - Cost of Living (Business and Economics Segment) - Drake & Open Banking
• The Fintech Times - Launch of Open Banking Expo Meet up
• ICTC Digital Think Tank - Open Banking and Fintech in Canada
• Financial Post - What is open banking and why hasn't it come to Canada yet?
• ffiles radio show on CKUT 90.3fm - Fintech and Crypto
• FinCrime Spotlight Podcast on Spotify- Interview with Hanna Zaidi and a deepdive on Narcos (the show) and Financial Crime
• MoneySense - When a bank’s not a bank: How fintech—and neobanks in particular—are transforming banking in Canada
• BetaKit- Payments Canada Appoints Hanna Zaidi to MAC
• The Logic - Wealthsimple Leader Joins Payments Canada Advisory Committee
• The Hill Times - Big Banks, challengers jockey for position as government plans open banking