Fintech Business Podcast
A monthly(ish) podcast featuring fintech news recaps, with Alex Johnson of Fintech Takes, and interviews with leaders in fintech, banking & crypto. fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com
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Are Fintech Standards Fit For Purpose? (opens the original)
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Hey all, Jason here. Something the banking industry has been struggling with since the emergence of fintech is how to evaluate, onboard, and manage fintech partners, particularly those that are early stage, often unprofitable startups. As bank-fintech partnerships multiplied, so did the problems, eventually gaining mindshare with regulators, leading to more than a dozen fintech-related consent orders in recent years. A variety of proposals for how to simplify and improve bank-fintech partnership
Fintech Recap: What Can We Learn From Coastal’s Earnings Miss? (opens the original)
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In this episode, Alex and I had the chance to discuss: * How a fintech lending partner drove Coastal Community Bank’s Q2 earnings miss, and what we can learn from it * The reports that the FDIC is working with bank and fintech trade associations to create a “standard setting organization” * A quick update on the bank charter pipeline, including the OCC’s rejection of Wise’s and bunq’s applications * And, as always, what Alex and I can’t let go of A reminder, if you’re enjoying this show, please
Interview: Agentic Finance, Partnering with Visa Direct & More with zerohash's Edward Woodford (opens the original)
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Hey all, Jason here. In this episode, I had the chance to talk with Edward Woodford , founder and CEO at crypto, stablecoin, and tokenization infrastructure platform zerohash . Edward and I had the chance to discuss the company’s many recent announcements, including: * Partnering with Visa Direct to enable prefunding and stablecoin payouts * Working with card issuer Marqeta to enable stablecoin-powered spend cards * zerohash’s role powering tokenized Treasury trading * Edward and zerohash’s visi
Interview: Katie Perry, Author of Ticker Shock (opens the original)
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In this episode, I had the chance to chat with Katie Perry about her recently published book, Ticker Shock . Katie currently serves as chief marketing officer at crypto and tokenization infrastructure platform zerohash and previously led marketing and partnership for brokerage Public.com. Katie and I had a wide-ranging conversation, discussing: * How corporate communications and investor relations have changed with the rise in importance of retail investors * The role communities on sites like X
Fintech Recap: ALT5 Sigma, Increase & Fed Master Accounts (opens the original)
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In this episode, Alex and I had the chance to discuss: * The convoluted tale of ALT5 Sigma, MSwipe, Stradacarte and “no KYC” cards * Middleware provider Increase announcing it is launching a bank * The weirdness of Fed master accounts, which are back in the headlines * And, as always, what Alex and I just can’t let go of And a reminder, if you’re enjoying this show, please follow, rate & review on your preferred podcast platform, as it really helps others to find the show. And if you want to hel
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