This episode features Tal Sharon, Managing Partner, Equitech, a fin-tech consulting organization based in Tel Aviv, Israel. Tal has been leading dozens of engagements between fin-tech companies and global financial institutions, consulting regulators and government bodies in fin-tech transformation and market education, and supporting the growth of these companies.  In this episode, we first look at the broad trends of the year 2021 in fin-tech, the year marking a huge funding appetite for startups and investors. The second segment of the podcast takes a quick dip into various sub-segments of fin-tech: digital banking, lending, payments (B2B and B2C) and wealth management. Equitech's YouTube channel has in-depth sessions on each of these sub-segments and more that you can refer to.