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Fintech Takes
Fintech Takes
Alex Johnson

Fintech moves fast. But here at Fintech Takes, Alex Johnson and his rotating panel of guests move faster so that you can... more

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Episodes

S7 Ep6: Bank Nerd Corner: Unpacking Federal Reserve Master Accounts with Julie Hill

We have a lot of questions when it comes to Fed Master Accounts. And thankfully, Julie Hill, Vice Dean and... more

15 May 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
S7 E5: Fintech Recap: Tipping is Bullshit, Synapse’s Final Chapter, & Pay By Bank’s Intriguing Future

The tulips are blooming and the windmills are churning—so where in the world is Jason Mikula this week? Jason calls... more

08 May 2024 · 1 hour, 13 minutes
S7 E4: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Modak Makers, Casap, Silver, Elpha Secure

Alex is back with the great and powerful Simon Taylor to unpack some of fintech’s most interesting fintech startups. We’re barely... more

01 May 2024 · 1 hour, 3 minutes
S7 Ep3: The WILD Story of PayPal’s Origin, with Author Jimmy Soni

Elon Musk, Amy Rowe Klement, Peter Thiel, Julie Anderson, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman.  What do these powerhouse entrepreneurs all have in... more

24 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 4 minutes
S7 Ep2: BNC: The Relationship Between Stock Prices and Bank Health, Tokenization’s Disruptive Potential, and Lots of FHLB Talk with Steven Kelly.

In this super special edition of Bank Nerd Corner, Alex and Kiah are joined by Steven Kelly, the Associate Director... more

17 Apr 2024 · 1 hour, 9 minutes
S7 Ep1: Fintech Recap: Consent Order Madness, Chime Prepares to IPO, and Fintech Twitter Trolls

Another week, another consent order.   Welcome back to BaaS Island, where regulators keep throwing more bodies at the problem, hoping something... more

10 Apr 2024 · 55 minutes
S6 Ep12: Workshopping Fintech Theses

This week, Alex is joined by Gabby Cazeau (Partner at Harlem Capital) and Emily Man (Partner at Primary Ventures) to... more

27 Mar 2024 · 48 minutes
S6 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Chipp.ai, Whop, Revenew, and NayaOne

Simon Taylor’s back on the podcast and he’s excited (but oh so exhausted) to be talking about some of fintech’s... more

20 Mar 2024 · 49 minutes
S6 Ep10: BNC: Unpacking the 1 Year Collapsiversary of SVB, Exploring Banking Deserts, and Is This the End of BaaS Innovation(?)

Just because Alex is finally leaving Las Vegas, doesn’t mean he’s escaping the banking desert back in Montana. And for... more

13 Mar 2024 · 1 hour, 23 minutes
S6 Ep9: Fintech Recap: The Discover/Capital One Merger, Lineage’s Latest Consent Order, Inflation Affects Tooth Fairy Pricing

On this week’s episode of Fintech Takes, Alex is joined by international man of mystery and publisher of Fintech Business... more

06 Mar 2024 · 48 minutes
Killing It! The Hidden Toll of Startup Success: Matt Harris on Founder Burnout

Founding a startup is the thing so many fintech entrepreneurs dream about. So what happens when that dream turns into... more

29 Feb 2024 · 54 minutes
S6 Ep8: Oh, What a Gorgeous Business Model! (A Deep Dive into ServiceTitan, AmEx, and The Bancorp

Let’s face it—profitability is in vogue in fintech again.  So this week, Alex is mixing it up by taking a deep... more

28 Feb 2024 · 46 minutes
Killing It! – Leaving the Hero Complex of Foundership Behind, with Shamir Karkal, CEO of Sila

What happens when entrepreneurs have to face down the most difficult decision there is — knowing when it’s time to... more

23 Feb 2024 · 40 minutes
Killing It! –Fintech’s Biggest Disrupters on Startups, Success, and All the Hard Lessons In Between

Things in life rarely go as planned. But things in fintech? Well…  They almost never go as planned.  So how do you... more

22 Feb 2024 · 35 minutes
S6 Ep7: Bank Nerd Corner: New York Community Bank, Panacea Financial, the BSCA, and the State of Auto Lending

America’s favorite banking and fintech Editor, Kiah Haslett, drops by to unpack the latest, craziest, and hottest news in the... more

21 Feb 2024 · 1 hour, 22 minutes
S6 Ep6: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Tip Top, Lucite, Rove, and Prosper AI

Simon Taylor’s back and fresh off writing his latest in-depth Q1 fintech report to chat with Alex about more potential... more

14 Feb 2024 · 55 minutes
S6 Ep5: Fintech Recap: Regulators Crack Down on BaaS, Buy Now Pay Later’s Newest Offerings, Paypal (Kind Of) Shocks the World

Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip. That started from this banking... more

07 Feb 2024 · 55 minutes
S6 Ep4: The Nuances in Credit Underwriting that Most People Miss with Frank Rotman

Frank Rotman, Chief Investment Officer at QED Investors, makes his triumphant return to the podcast to share his wisdom on... more

31 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 31 minutes
S6 Ep3: Banks Gaming the Fed, The Fight Over ILCs Ramps Back Up, and Frequent Flyer Mile Madness

We’ve all barely recovered from the frosty Arctic blast this past week, but that balmy -37-degree Montana weather isn’t slowing... more

24 Jan 2024 · 1 hour, 35 minutes
S6 Ep2: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Foyer, Claim, Crew, and Brico AI

In this episode of Not Fintech Investment Advice, Alex is joined by the man, the myth, the legend, Simon Taylor,... more

17 Jan 2024 · 55 minutes
S6 Ep1: Fintech Recap: Revolut Cries Wolf, Tomo Boost’s Continued Craziness, and Tales from BaaS Island

Alex and Jason are back at it again for the first time this year, and can we just say that... more

10 Jan 2024 · 58 minutes
Fintech Predictions for the Not-So-Distant Future, with Frank Rotman

We know, we know… Prediction episodes are so cliché. And somehow, experts have an incredible way of dramatically overestimating what... more

03 Jan 2024 · 31 minutes
S5 Ep12: 2023’s Most Compelling Fintech Stories

With the New Year quickly approaching, we’re finding it next to impossible to recall the sheer insanity that’s happened in... more

20 Dec 2023 · 57 minutes
S5 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Wellahead, Increase, Ribbon, Conduiit

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... more

13 Dec 2023 · 51 minutes
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

Alex is joined by the one and only, Kiah Haslett to break down another month of bank and fintech news. They... more

06 Dec 2023 · 1 hour, 15 minutes
S5 Ep9: Fintech Recap: Fintech’s Reckoning, the Predatory Nature of Credit Building Products, and the Fyre Festival of NFTs

Thanksgiving’s over and Christmas is almost here… so you know what that means! We’re checking our credit account once, checking... more

29 Nov 2023 · 58 minutes
S5 Ep8: Dadonomics: Mastering the Art of Fintech with Tom and Alex Johnson

With the smell of turkey, thanks, and pumpkin spice filling the air, what better way to celebrate the holiday season... more

22 Nov 2023 · 53 minutes
S5 Ep7: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Spreadsheets Never Say Die, HiFi Unifies Music’s Fractured Income Stream, and Subscription-Based Climate Tech

Sure Clippy may have died over a decade ago (RIP, little buddy), but some things in Microsoft Office just can’t... more

15 Nov 2023 · 56 minutes
S5 Ep6: BNC: The Debit Interchange Cap is Being Lowered Because … Reasons, Check Fraud, and the Implications of 1033

This week we’re back with the fabulous Kiah Haslett for another round of Bank Nerd Corner. Alex and Kiah catch up... more

08 Nov 2023 · 1 hour, 17 minutes
S5 Ep5: Live From Money 20/20

Live from Money 20/20 in Las Vegas, Alex is joined by co-host Jason Mikula for a special episode of Fintech... more

01 Nov 2023 · 27 minutes
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Sure Clippy may have died over a decade ago (RIP, little buddy), but some things in Microsoft Office just can’t seem to... more