Embedded custody services and crypto IRAs using fintech APIs, with Prime Trust CEO Tom Pageler
In this conversation, we chat with Tom Pageler, the CEO at Prime Trust. Prime Trust is a one-stop-shop for API-based financial infrastructure for fintech and digital asset innovators. Previously Tom worked as CSO and COO at crypto-custodian BitGo, as well as CRO and CSO at Neustar. Additionally, Tom has held senior risk and security positions at DocuSign, JP Morgan Chase, and Visa over the course of 15 years. Additionally, Pageler served as a Special Agent with the U.S. Secret Service, where he established the San Francisco Electronic Crimes Task Force, in which he was responsible for identifying, apprehending and successfully extraditing leaders of a large organized crime ring in the Eastern Bloc. Tom has also provided physical security for the President of the United States, the Vice President, their families and foreign heads of state.
The Fintech Blueprint · Lex Sokolin, Tom Pageler
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Show Notes
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1’24”: From the US Secret Service to fraud control at Visa - what kickstarted this journey?
3’58”: Transitioning from the public to the private sector and building an electronic crimes task force
6’15”: The goals of payment network VISA relative to the e-commerce in which it participated
9’15”: Dispelling the myths around risk in e-commerce and how these narratives evolved into crypto
14’15”: The definition of a security engineer and how hackathons are used to counter vulnerabilities
16’16”: DocuSign and how it compares to the fundamental structure of a blockchain, as well as, how it works
20’07”: Joining crypto-custodian BitGo and how that lead to joining Prime Trust
21’47”: Prime Trust – what it is and how it has grown over the years
24’01”: The differences between a trust company or a trust custodian versus a depository institution like a bank versus a brokerage custodian like BNY Mellon
29’18”: The archetypes of the customers and clients of Prime Trust
31’27”: Prime Trust’s go-to-market strategy and how APIs as a product feature and distribution mechanism are used
34’53”: The vision and mechanisms for growth for Prime Trust over the next year, given the current market state
38’17”: The view on where American regulation will land with regards to the crypto industry
40’29”: Channels to use to connect with Tom and/or to learn more about Prime Trust
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