From Wall Street to Fintech with MoneyLion CEO & Founder Dee Choubey
December 4, 2024
Dan Nathan and Guy Adami interview Dee Choubey, CEO and founder of MoneyLion. Dee shares his journey from being a banker on Wall Street to starting MoneyLion in 2013, driven by the lessons learned from the global financial crisis. He emphasizes the importance of using alternative data to provide financial services to underserved populations and discusses how the fintech landscape evolved post-2008 financial crisis. Dee also describes MoneyLion's transformation from a lender to a comprehensive financial platform offering credit, investment services, and more. The conversation touches on the impact of rising interest rates, their strategic pivot to a marketplace model, and the company's plans to scale operations by leveraging AI and data assets. The hosts also explore regulatory challenges and the company's strategic marketing and product expansion.
