Best Fhlb Podcasts (2024)

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S7 E11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Frich, Constellation, daloopa and Block 48:35

3h ago48:35

48:35

You should never take fintech investment advice from podcasters— and thankfully, Alex and Simon are definitely not giving out fintech investment advice on this week’s podcast. Speaking of things you should never do, comparing yourself to others certainly tops that list. But what if you knew what normal spending looked like amongst your peers? That’…

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S7 E10: Dissecting Federal Preemption Laws, Citibank Dodges Consumer Protections, and Why We Don’t Have a National Fintech Charter 1:08:46

8d ago1:08:46

1:08:46

Summer’s almost here, and Kiah Haslett is braving the swarms of Tennessee cicadas to join Alex for another session of Bank Nerd Corner. First up on the docket, Alex and Kiah tackle the Supreme Court’s decision on Cantero vs. Bank of America. Bank of America contests that they don’t have to pay interest on escrow accounts in accordance with federal …

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S7 E9: Fintech Recap: Synapse vs. the World, Visa Flex Credential, Buy Now Pay Later Reclassified as a Credit Card 51:43

16d ago51:43

51:43

We won’t lie— we’re exhausted. Are you exhausted from keeping up with one of the most tiring stories in financial services? Jason Mikula certainly is, and he’s summoning the strength to join Alex to chat about the current drama between Synapse, Evolve, and Tabapay yet again. Things have devolved on BaaS Island from Lord of the Flies to a straight-u…

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S7 E8: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Kudos, Azimuth, Layer, and Carputty 56:48

22d ago56:48

56:48

Another day, another credit card reward app to unpack. But this time, is it actually possible we’ve found the one reward app to rule them all? Alex and Simon Taylor discuss the promising rewards optimization app, Kudos, which helps users determine which credit card is optimal for maximizing points on purchases. Will Kudos change the rewards space f…

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S7 E7: What Large Language Models Mean for the Future of Fintech, with Rohan Ramanath of Hyperplane 55:17

30d ago55:17

55:17

You can’t read anything these days without seeing something about how Chat GPT and large language models are the future of technology. So if LLMs are the future, what exactly does this mean for fintech? And how is it any different from the AI that’s already been used to make financial decisions for years now? Alex chats with Rohan Ramanath, the co-…

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S7 E6: Bank Nerd Corner: Unpacking Federal Reserve Master Accounts with Julie Hill 1:04:59

1M ago1:04:59

1:04:59

We have a lot of questions when it comes to Fed Master Accounts. And thankfully, Julie Hill, Vice Dean and Alton C. and Cecile Cunningham Craig Professor of Law at the University of Alabama, is here to answer them! In this special edition of Bank Nerd Corner, Julie helps Alex and Kiah unravel the many legal mysteries of the Federal Reserve’s Master…

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S7 E5: Fintech Recap: Tipping is Bullshit, Synapse’s Final Chapter, & Pay By Bank’s Intriguing Future 1:13:14

1M ago1:13:14

1:13:14

The tulips are blooming and the windmills are churning—so where in the world is Jason Mikula this week? Jason calls into the pod live from the beautiful Netherlands to break down the latest in fintech news with Alex. First on the plate? The final chapter in the Synapse bankruptcy saga. After Synapse sold all of its assets to TabaPay for $9.7 millio…

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S7 E4: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Modak Makers, Casap, Silver, Elpha Secure 1:03:39

2M ago1:03:39

1:03:39

Alex is back with the great and powerful Simon Taylor to unpack some of fintech’s most interesting fintech startups. We’re barely beginning the month of May, and it looks like there’s yet another family credit card app to unpack—but this one actually feels different. Can Modak Makers succeed where other family cards have floundered? And how does it…

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News You Can Use: Episode Five 16:44

2M ago16:44

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Join Todd Wacker, Director of Member Strategy, and ShaDonte Butler, Senior Affordable Housing Program Relationship Manager, for the latest episode of News You Can Use, from iLink, an FHLBank Atlanta Podcast. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (Bank) policy. Referenc…

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S7 E3: The WILD Story of PayPal’s Origin, with Author Jimmy Soni 1:04:06

2M ago1:04:06

1:04:06

Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman. What do these powerhouse entrepreneurs all have in common? Hint: They all played a role in the meteoric rise of PayPal. Find out the intricate web behind one of the biggest startups in the world, as Alex chats with the author of "The Founders: The Story of PayPal a…

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S7 E2: BNC: The Relationship Between Stock Prices and Bank Health, Tokenization’s Disruptive Potential, and Lots of FHLB Talk with Steven Kelly. 1:09:02

2M ago1:09:02

1:09:02

In this super special edition of Bank Nerd Corner, Alex and Kiah are joined by Steven Kelly, the Associate Director of Research at the Yale Program on Financial Stability. They dive into the Q1 Bank Earnings, debating exactly how much stock prices matter in determining bank health. Is there too much emphasis placed on the connection between stock p…

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S7 E1: Fintech Recap: Consent Order Madness, Chime Prepares to IPO, and Fintech Twitter Trolls 55:47

3M ago55:47

55:47

Another week, another consent order. Welcome back to BaaS Island, where regulators keep throwing more bodies at the problem, hoping something will work. Fintech Business Weekly’s Jason Mikula chats with Alex about the latest consent orders for Piermont and Sutton, as the duo debate whether or not “direct” has lost all meaning. Is it possible to rea…

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Customer Experience with Leah Douglass and Brittany Strickland 10:45

3M ago10:45

10:45

Joining us for the latest episode of iLink are Brittany Strickland, Director of Marketing, and Leah Douglass, Sales and Trading Operations Manager. Brittany and Leah will be sharing some insight on our Customer Experience efforts and how you can introduce similar programs at your institution. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal inter…

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S6 Ep12: Workshopping Fintech Theses 48:28

3M ago48:28

48:28

This week, Alex is joined by Gabby Cazeau (Partner at Harlem Capital) and Emily Man (Partner at Primary Ventures) to workshop some theories about the future of fintech. With open banking rules for the U.S. being finalized this year, it’s clear that cashflow underwriting is about to have its time in the sun — do we have the necessary infrastructure …

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S6 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Chipp.ai, Whop, Revenew, and NayaOne 49:48

3M ago49:48

49:48

Simon Taylor’s back on the podcast and he’s excited (but oh so exhausted) to be talking about some of fintech’s most promising startups with Alex. First up on the docket, is Chipp.ai the next Shopify for AI? As a platform offering to build custom AI prompts, can Chipp.ai help freelancers productize themselves? Since the rise of AI, freelancers have…

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S6 Ep10: BNC: Unpacking the 1 Year Collapsiversary of SVB, Exploring Banking Deserts, and Is This the End of BaaS Innovation(?) 1:23:20

3M ago1:23:20

1:23:20

Just because Alex is finally leaving Las Vegas, doesn’t mean he’s escaping the banking desert back in Montana. And for that matter, neither are the vast majority of Americans. This week, he and Bank Director Editor Kiah Haslett discuss the growing impact that closing bank branches have had on rural communities— what are these “banking deserts”? And…

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S6 Ep9: Fintech Recap: The Discover/Capital One Merger, Lineage’s Latest Consent Order, Inflation Affects Tooth Fairy Pricing 48:05

4M ago48:05

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On this week’s episode of Fintech Takes, Alex is joined by international man of mystery and publisher of Fintech Business Weekly, Jason Mikula, along with the Ghost of Fintech Future and cruise director of New York Fintech Week, Jon Zanoff. First up, the guys discuss the latest in the Capital One/Discover deal and debate the nature of mergers and a…

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Killing It! The Hidden Toll of Startup Success: Matt Harris on Founder Burnout 54:43

4M ago54:43

54:43

Founding a startup is the thing so many fintech entrepreneurs dream about. So what happens when that dream turns into a nightmare? In this special crossover series with Breaking Bank’s Jason Henrichs, Alex and Jason are joined by Matt Harris, former founder and CEO of Bloom Credit, and founder/executive coach of TwentySeven Nine, to discuss the cha…

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S6 Ep8: Oh, What a Gorgeous Business Model! (A Deep Dive into ServiceTitan, AmEx, and The Bancorp 46:28

4M ago46:28

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Let’s face it—profitability is in vogue in fintech again. So this week, Alex is mixing it up by taking a deep dive into the most reliably profitable business models in financial services. Which models can we glean lessons from? And which, if any, have repeatable processes worth considering? Jared Franklin, fintech consultant and the master of waxin…

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News You Can Use: Episode Four 21:29

4M ago21:29

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Join Scott Brennan, Director of Sales, and Todd Wacker, Director of Member Strategy, as they sit down with Kirk Malmberg, Chief Executive Officer, for the latest episode of News You Can Use from iLink, an FHLBank Atlanta Podcast. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (…

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Killing It! – Leaving the Hero Complex of Foundership Behind, with Shamir Karkal, CEO of Sila 40:44

4M ago40:44

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What happens when entrepreneurs have to face down the most difficult decision there is — knowing when it’s time to sell, shut down, or exit? In this special crossover series, Alex joins Breaking Banks’ Jason Henrichs for candid conversations with fintech leaders who have experienced the loss of their company. This week, Alex and Jason talk with Sha…

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Killing It! –Fintech’s Biggest Disrupters on Startups, Success, and All the Hard Lessons In Between 35:12

4M ago35:12

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Things in life rarely go as planned. But things in fintech? Well… They almost never go as planned. So how do you put yourself and your ideas into the fintech world when failure is almost certainly inevitable? What happens when grinding isn’t enough to keep your company afloat? And how do you cope with the potential loss of the idea (and identity) y…

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S6 Ep7: Bank Nerd Corner: New York Community Bank, Panacea Financial, the BSCA, and the State of Auto Lending 1:22:13

4M ago1:22:13

1:22:13

America’s favorite banking and fintech Editor, Kiah Haslett, drops by to unpack the latest, craziest, and hottest news in the banking world for another round of Bank Nerd Corner with Alex, and this week they’re weighing in on whether the fuss about New York Community Bank is warranted, if car dealers are conspiring to increase prices, and the unusu…

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S6 Ep6: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Tip Top, Lucite, Rove, and Prosper AI 55:46

4M ago55:46

55:46

Simon Taylor’s back and fresh off writing his latest in-depth Q1 fintech report to chat with Alex about more potential fintech companies on the rise, including the instant cash electronic trade-in company offering a liquid market at your fingertips, an AI startup seeking to replace investment bank analysts, and the first travel card for Gen Z. Meet…

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S6 Ep5: Fintech Recap: Regulators Crack Down on BaaS, Buy Now Pay Later’s Newest Offerings, Paypal (Kind Of) Shocks the World 55:52

5M ago55:52

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Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. That started from this banking port aboard this tiny… okay, so we promise to give up on this BaaS island analogy eventually, but in the meantime, our cruise tickets over to BaaS island are non-refundable, so let’s dive into the latest happenings. With Blue Ridge Bank strapped wit…

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S6 Ep4: The Nuances in Credit Underwriting that Most People Miss with Frank Rotman 1:31:18

5M ago1:31:18

1:31:18

Frank Rotman, Chief Investment Officer at QED Investors, makes his triumphant return to the podcast to share his wisdom on all things lending. As the first Chief Credit Officer at Capital One (before this role officially existed), Frank has an incredibly rich and nuanced perspective on topics like cashflow underwriting, the value of traditional cre…

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S6 Ep3: Banks Gaming the Fed, The Fight Over ILCs Ramps Back Up, and Frequent Flyer Mile Madness 1:35:18

5M ago1:35:18

1:35:18

We’ve all barely recovered from the frosty Arctic blast this past week, but that balmy -37-degree Montana weather isn’t slowing down our favorite fintech obsessive one bit. Alex joins banking and fintech editor at Bank Director, Kiah Haslett to discuss the latest and greatest news happening in the banking world. Kiah and Alex cover the potential ch…

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S6 Ep2: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Foyer, Claim, Crew, and Brico AI 55:37

5M ago55:37

55:37

In this episode of Not Fintech Investment Advice, Alex is joined by the man, the myth, the legend, Simon Taylor, to discuss some of the latest, greatest fintech companies you should definitely not, but also maybe consider investing in. Homeownership feels like a pipe dream for young people everywhere, and with so much pessimism and hopelessness sur…

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S6 Ep1: Fintech Recap: Revolut Cries Wolf, Tomo Boost’s Continued Craziness, and Tales from BaaS Island 58:32

6M ago58:32

58:32

Alex and Jason are back at it again for the first time this year, and can we just say that it’s way too early for fintech to be doing so many crazy things already? On the bright side, the UK is cracking down to improve authorized push payments fraud. So, there’s that… And then there’s Revolut, who’s yet again floating stories in the media about get…

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Fintech Predictions for the Not-So-Distant Future, with Frank Rotman 31:55

6M ago31:55

31:55

We know, we know… Prediction episodes are so cliché. And somehow, experts have an incredible way of dramatically overestimating what we, as an industry, can accomplish in the next year while also dramatically underestimating what we can do in the next ten. So, let’s reframe the way we do predictions; how about that? Frank Rotman, the Chief Investme…

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News You Can Use: Episode Three 31:10

6M ago31:10

31:10

Join Scott Brennan, Director of Sales, and Todd Wacker, Director of Member Strategy, as they sit down with Kamal Hosein, Managing Director at Stifel, for the latest episode of News You Can Use from iLink, an FHLBank Atlanta Podcast. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlant…

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S5 Ep12: 2023’s Most Compelling Fintech Stories 57:58

6M ago57:58

57:58

With the New Year quickly approaching, we’re finding it next to impossible to recall the sheer insanity that’s happened in the wild world of fintech over the past year… and trust us when we say, there’s been a lot that’s gone down. So we’ve brought Mary Ann Azevedo, a senior reporter at TechCrunch, onto the pod to help refresh your memory on everyt…

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News You Can Use: Episode Two 7:32

6M ago7:32

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Join Scott Brennan, Director of Sales, and Todd Wacker, Director of Member Strategy, for the latest episode of News You Can Use, from iLink, an FHLBank Atlanta Podcast. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (Bank) policy. Reference to any specific product or entity doe…

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S5 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Wellahead, Increase, Ribbon, Conduiit 51:51

6M ago51:51

51:51

Simon’s out on paternity leave (don’t worry—it’s not like he’s catching up on any lost sleep), but thankfully, we’ve found an awesome substitute — the man, the myth, the early-stage investor extraordinaire, Jared Franklin, who’s helping Alex to break down some interesting fintech startups. First up, they explore Wellahead (https://www.wellahead.co/…

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S5 Ep10: BNC: If SoFi Looks Like a Bank and Quacks Like a Bank…, the CFPB’s New Oversight Rules, Fintech’s Savior Complex Problem 1:15:30

7M ago1:15:30

1:15:30

Alex is joined by the one and only, Kiah Haslett to break down another month of bank and fintech news. They discuss when, if ever, SoFi will finally be forced to report their earnings like a bank and dissect the weird sub-cult of SoFi bros who are willing to defend the company to the ends of the Twitter universe and back. And later, with the CFPB’s…

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S5 Ep9: Fintech Recap: Fintech’s Reckoning, the Predatory Nature of Credit Building Products, and the Fyre Festival of NFTs 58:10

7M ago58:10

58:10

Thanksgiving’s over and Christmas is almost here… so you know what that means! We’re checking our credit account once, checking it twice, and we’re gonna find out if Alex can stand to talk about credit building nice. In this week’s fintech recap, our favorite breaker of fintech news, Jason Mikula, is back in the studio to break down the important t…

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S5 Ep8: Dadonomics: Mastering the Art of Fintech with Tom and Alex Johnson 53:31

7M ago53:31

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With the smell of turkey, thanks, and pumpkin spice filling the air, what better way to celebrate the holiday season than having a candid sit-down conversation with the one man responsible for sparking Alex’s journey to fintech fanaticism? That’s right—meet doting dad and OG fintech obsessive himself, Tom Johnson. A fintech maestro with 30 years of…

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S5 Ep7: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Spreadsheets Never Say Die, HiFi Unifies Music’s Fractured Income Stream, and Subscription-Based Climate Tech 56:28

7M ago56:28

56:28

Sure Clippy may have died over a decade ago (RIP, little buddy), but some things in Microsoft Office just can’t seem to be killed off, no matter how hard fintech tries (*cough* Excel *cough*). Are spreadsheets simply too sticky to die? And who’s the new fintech company trying to make them marketable again? It’s time for another round of “Not Fintec…

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News You Can Use: Episode One 13:11

8M ago13:11

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Join Scott Brennan, Director of Sales, and Todd Wacker, Director of Member Strategy, for the first episode of News You Can Use, from iLink, an FHLBank Atlanta Podcast. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal interpretation nor a statement of Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta (Bank) policy. Reference to any specific product or entity does…

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S5 Ep6: BNC: The Debit Interchange Cap is Being Lowered Because … Reasons, Check Fraud, and the Implications of 1033 1:17:42

8M ago1:17:42

1:17:42

This week we’re back with the fabulous Kiah Haslett for another round of Bank Nerd Corner. Alex and Kiah catch up on their recent conference experiences (pickup basketball! Bank nerd celebrity sightings!) before diving into the proposed changes from the Fed to the debit interchange cap. With the new interchange fee going from 24 cents to 17 cents p…

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S5 Ep5: Live From Money 20/20 27:28

8M ago27:28

27:28

Live from Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, Alex is joined by co-host Jason Mikula for a special episode of Fintech Recap. They discuss the latest trends and developments in the fintech industry, including compliance and regulation, generative AI, and the impact of government regulations on banking and fintech. They also share their impressions of the even…

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S5 Ep4: Unpacking the Post-Pandemic Era’s Most Interesting Financial Health Trends, with Scott Sanborn 45:36

8M ago45:36

45:36

This week, Alex chats with Scott Sanborn, the CEO of Lending Club, to discuss the ever-evolving relationship between banks and consumers. Why are over half of Americans still paying off credit card debt? Does higher income lead to lower debt? With so many Americans living paycheck to paycheck, and with inflation outpacing wage growth for higher ear…

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S5 Ep3: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Layup Gamifies Savings, Series Set to Compete with Major ERPs, Can We Please Stop Focusing on LLMs 52:34

8M ago52:34

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It’s time for another episode of “Not Fintech Advice” with the inestimable, Simon Taylor! Or errr…. Whatever, that word actually means. Alex and Simon break down the latest in fintech news starting with Galleon, an off-market real estate platform that allows sellers to scope out the market and exert a greater degree of control over their pricing. I…

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S5 Ep2: The Role of Supervisors/Adverse Action Notices/Building a Better PFM 1:18:43

9M ago1:18:43

1:18:43

Conference season is here and Kiah Haslett is here to break down all the latest news and events in banking and fintech, including all the hot conference goss and Alex’s big plans for coming out of an early retirement to play one last game of pickup basketball at Money 20/20. Then, Alex and Kiah dive into the intricacies of the OCC’s 2024 Bank Super…

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Bank On It: 6 Ways to Stand Out in a Crowded Field 28:02

9M ago28:02

28:02

On our most recent episode, Brittany Strickland, Director of Marketing, sits down with Randall Kirsch, Partner at Jackson Spalding, an award-winning PR and marketing agency, to discuss the 6 ways your institution can stand out in a crowded field. Please click here for our companion piece. Podcast Disclaimer This podcast is neither a legal interpret…

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S5 Ep1: Fintech Recap: The Challenges of BaaS/The Drama of Interchange/The Final Death of NFTs 52:57

9M ago52:57

52:57

Matthew Goldman (founder of Totavi and author of CardsFTW) joins Alex and Jason to talk through the never-ending challenges of banking-as-a-service, why Evolve hasn’t managed to earn itself a consent order yet, and the growing complexity of BaaS thanks to middleware platforms. The trio then talk about the eternal struggle over interchange fees and …

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S4 Ep12: Breaking Down the Five Waves of Fintech, with Charles Birnbaum 52:56

9M ago52:56

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You can’t disrupt fintech unless you fully understand its storied history. So what are the biggest lessons we can take away from the past? Join Alex for a fascinating conversation with Charles Birnbaum, Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners and author of the article “The Five Waves of Fintech,” as they dive into the five major phases of disruption i…

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S4 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Generative AI & Compliance, Reinventing the ERP, The Case For CDs 1:01:24

9M ago1:01:24

1:01:24

Get ready for another episode of Not Fintech Advice with Simon Taylor! In this episode, Alex and Simon dive into the world of generative AI and its potential as a disruptive innovation. How is AI revolutionizing middle and back-office processes? Alex and Simon also divulge their thoughts on the corporate spend management space and the broader world…

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S4 Ep10: BNC: Why Fintech Can’t Get Charters, Compliance Expectations, Defining Risky Deposits 1:18:44

10M ago1:18:44

1:18:44

Get ready for another deep dive into the world of banking and fintech with this month’s “Bank Nerd Corner” with the brilliant Kiah Haslett, the banking and fintech editor at Bank Director. In this episode, Kiah and Alex are diving into the challenges of defining unsecured deposits before tackling Alloy’s latest benchmark report, which revealed the …

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S4 Ep9: Fintech Recap: Current’s Credit Building Card, Plaid’s New Partnership, and Niche Neobanks Making It Work 51:55

10M ago51:55

51:55

On this week’s Fintech Recap, Alex and Jason unravel the latest industry buzz and breakthroughs in fintech. And in this episode, they’re diving into neobank Current’s unique credit-building charge card— how is it reshaping spending dynamics, and how will regulators manage to prevent losses? Plus, discover the intricacies of Plaid's partnerships wit…

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