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In this episode of Money Code, hosts Chuk Okpalugo and Raj Parekh sit down with Manuel Godoy, co-founder and CEO of Felix, the WhatsApp-native remittance company that has processed north of $6B across Latin America.
They unpack how Felix turned an existing WhatsApp receipt-sharing habit into a remittance product, why stablecoins gave a small startup "economies of scale," and what it takes to build a broader financial companion for Latino immigrants in the US.
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Chapters
00:00 Felix starts with trust, not rails
02:49 Why remittance still starts in cash stores
05:08 WhatsApp was already in the flow
06:17 The first Felix product ideas failed
09:03 Why senders trust recipients with the money
11:28 Leticia: from hesitant user to ambassador
13:21 Scaling trust beyond founder selling
17:40 The ugly TikTok video that unlocked growth
20:48 Felix passes $6B across Latin America
23:16 Why Felix is becoming more than remittances
31:44 Stablecoins as small-startup scale
38:18 What breaks in weak-liquidity corridors
41:42 WhatsApp as the product platform
45:58 The financial companion opportunity
Connect with the Hosts & Guest
Chuk Okpalugo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chuk-okpalugo/ | https://x.com/chuk_xyz/ | https://stablecoinblueprint.com
Raj Parekh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rajparekh7/ | https://x.com/rajparekh | http://monad.xyz
Manuel Godoy: https://x.com/manueljgodoym
Felix: https://felixpago.com | https://x.com/Felixpago
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