'It's more fun battling over 150 basis points than than 10 basis points': Tern's Brion Bonkowski

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. 2022 is here and I’m beginning to meet and talk to a growing number of embedded finance platforms that may be new brands but have deeper, longer roots in the space. Tern is one of those companies. Brion Bonkowski is the founder and CEO of Tern. Tern’s a low code/no code embedded finance platform that provides onboarding, issuing, and payouts solutions. Tern was created to acquire another firm – US Unlocked – which issues virtual cards for people living overseas to buy stuff in the U.S. Tern works with firms like PTOGenius to embed payments and money movement either as an API or used as a white label solution. Brion discusses the growing no-code/low code trend and where he’s seeing growth in that space. We talk about how Tern competes and differentiates itself in a growing field and what Brion and Co have in store for 2022. Brion Bonkowski is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast.