Episode 60 | Request Finance on an Enterprise Accounting Software for Crypto & Fiat

The Accountant Quits Podcast

A finance technology stack is the set of tools that a business uses to streamline and optimize its financial and accounting processes.

These tools and software typically fall into categories like payments, payroll, spend & expense management, accounting & reporting, financial planning, and analysis.

Until now, web3 teams have had a fragmented finance stack, thereby increasing the manual workload of running their finance and accounting processes.

Request Finance the web3 industry leader for invoicing, payroll & expenses, with a payment processing volume of more than $700m under its belt understood & capitalized on the pain points most web3 CFOs & accountants face.

Recently Request Finance acquired Consola Finance, a crypto sub ledger to offer an all-in-one finance stack for both crypto payments & accounting.

With more businesses adopting stablecoins as a means of payment, I spoke with Christophe Lassuyt, the CEO of Request Finance, and Christophe Fonteneau, their Head of Partnerships & Strategy.

Topics covered:

• Episode intro (00:48)
• Learnings driving stablecoins adoption (2:47)
• What is Request Finance (7:08)
• Scaling product growth (8:57)
• Launching Crypto-to-fiat payments (14:58)
• Difference with Fiat-to-Crypto payments (17:11)
• Why Request Finance acquired Consola Finance (19:40)
• Thanks to our sponsor Web3CFO Club (22:52)
• Loyalty for crypto sub-ledgers (24:34)
• Is Request Finance now competing with other sub-ledgers? (27:40)
• The success of the subscription pricing model (31:02)
• The story behind the Web3CFO Club (35:46)
• Vision for the Web3CFO Club (38:00)
• Paid partners of the Club (40:01)
• Roadmap & corporate cards (41:27)
• ROI between side events & conference booths (43:41)
• Advice for being an entrepreneur (46:37)

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