Recapping last week's Fintech South conference, Glen interviews founders of the three startups selected as Innovation Challenge finalists- Hussain Punjani of Agentix, Nyah Chapman of LUXE AI and John Patton of Street Charity- then asks you to guess which the judges chose for the grand prize. Also- Rich & Regular hosts Julien and Kiersten Saunders get real about everyday finances, and Spirit Airlines' data is worth how much to AI developers?!

Links related to this episode:

Agentix: https://agentixpay.ai/

LUXE AI: https://unlock.luxe/

Street Charity: https://streetcharity.org/

Rich & Regular: https://richandregular.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@richandregular

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A pair of stories about Google's bid to buy Spirit Airlines' data:
https://www.phocuswire.com/news/technology/what-googles-purchase-spirit-airlines-data-signals-travel
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/us-court-delays-hearing-googles-purchase-spirit-airlines-data-union-objects-2026-08-19/

Last week's interview with Fintech Sandbox's Luke Timberlake: https://www.big-fintech.com/the-new-oil-fueling-the-fintech-sandbox/


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