The 2016 Fintech Finance 35: Hans Morris

The 30-plus companies in Nyca Partners’ portfolio range alphabetically from Abra, a money transfer app, to mobile bank Zero. Right around the middle is Lending Club, which caused some unexpected disruption this year for Nyca managing partnerHans Morris并通过Fintech社区发送冲击波。5月，旧金山的同行对等贷款领导者的雷伯德拉潘，兼首席执行官，辞职后，一些文件和披露不透明。自2013年2月以来，莫里斯是一名贷款俱乐部董事 - 在他创立NYCA之前一年半 - 介入执行主席的作用。随着一些快速的笔画，包括斯科特桑德总统向首席执行官的海拔，这艘船稳定;莫里斯现在只是主席。他指出，“我已经了解了如何管理我们可以向我们的其他投资组合公司申请的风险的课程。“这不是我们所有人都想要的经验类型，但这是一个学习经历。”莫里斯毕业于达特茅斯学院（1980年政府，1980年政府，1980年）和新罕布什尔州学校道德学院的恩人，花旗集团花了27年，并将这样的职位担任投资银行和机构企业首席财务官的职位。最近，他是签证总统和大西洋总经理。尼卡的总部位于纽约，但该公司的名字象征着大苹果和加州硅谷之间的桥梁。 Eyeing insurance as an emerging fintech frontier, Nyca has invested in online providers Embroker and Ladder, and in Zendrive, which collects and analyzes sensor data from smart phones to improve risk management and lower insurance costs for auto fleets. The firm also has a position in online financial adviser SigFig. “I’m a big believer in disrupting what we call personal advice — brokers, intermediaries,” says Morris, 57. For people with $100,000 to $200,000 in assets, “an algorithm will give you a better investment and with less compliance risk,” he adds. “A machine will outperform a human: There is better technology, better user experience, and much lower costs.”