Listen "Ben Verschuere, Co-Founder & CIO of Treasure Financial - Transforming business cash into revenue"
Episode Synopsis
Tarang Gupta has a conversation with Ben Verschuere, Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Treasure Financial, a cash management platform designed to help businesses transform idle cash into revenue.
In this episode you will hear about:
- What motivated Ben to launch a fintech startup
- How good treasury management can help companies become more profitable
- Why banks are disincentivized to offer attractive yields on deposits
- His opinion on the next revolution in banking
About Ben Verschuere
Ben has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, starting his career with Morgan Stanley followed by 10 years at Peter Thiel’s hedge fund and family office, after which he co-founded Treasure. Ben earned a BS in Economics and a MS in Finance from UCL(Belgium), a MS in Statistics from the University of Chicago and was a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto.
About Treasure Financial
Founded in 2018, Treasure is a platform offering treasury as a service. With the Treasure Reserve account businesses can allocate funds between Treasure Cash and Treasure High Yield based on the cashflow needs, earning up to 100x more revenue on idle cash and turning their finance department into a revenue generator.
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In this episode you will hear about:
- What motivated Ben to launch a fintech startup
- How good treasury management can help companies become more profitable
- Why banks are disincentivized to offer attractive yields on deposits
- His opinion on the next revolution in banking
About Ben Verschuere
Ben has more than 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, starting his career with Morgan Stanley followed by 10 years at Peter Thiel’s hedge fund and family office, after which he co-founded Treasure. Ben earned a BS in Economics and a MS in Finance from UCL(Belgium), a MS in Statistics from the University of Chicago and was a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto.
About Treasure Financial
Founded in 2018, Treasure is a platform offering treasury as a service. With the Treasure Reserve account businesses can allocate funds between Treasure Cash and Treasure High Yield based on the cashflow needs, earning up to 100x more revenue on idle cash and turning their finance department into a revenue generator.
For more FinTech insights, follow us below:
WFT Medium: medium.com/wharton-fintech
WFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech
WFT Instagram: instagram.com/whartonfintech
Tarang’s Twitter: twitter.com/tg_tarang
Tarang’s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/taranggupta100
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