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Fintech Layer Cake — 78 episodes

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A Former Prosecutor on How Fintechs Become Targets, with Laurel Loomis Rimon from Jenner & Block

2

Payments at Square, Etsy, and the Agentic Era, with Drew Edmond, Partner at Glenbrook Partners

3

From Fannie Mae's first PM to Pathward Innovation with Suhas Reddy

4

Escheatment Primer + Innovation with Eisen CEO Allen Osgood

5

Why Credit Cards Are Hard with Scott Bass from Ensemblex

6

The Future of Payments is Agentic and Tokenized, with Basis Theory CEO Colin Luce and CTO James Armstead

7

Building the Modern Tax Engine with Gavin Nachbar, Column Tax co-founder and Aiwyn CPO

8

Simon Taylor on Where Agentic Spend is Going

9

A Primer on US Fintech Expansion with Klaros' Andy Kampf

10

Middesk CEO Kyle Mack on AI, Good Data, and Business Onboarding in 2026

11

Reducing Oversight Costs for Fintechs and Banks with Narrative CEO Gokul Dhingra

12

2025 Cards Year in Review with Matthew Goldman

13

Sarah Wilson, Circle's General Counsel, on the IPO Process, GENIUS Act, and More

14

AI Adoption Survey and Fintech Trends with Jas Randhawa

15

MTLs and Money Transmission Primer with Evan Minsberg

16

Imprint CTO Will Larson on Fintech Engineering Strategy

17

Fixing SMB Cash Flow with Ariel Blum, Founder of Receive

18

The Future of Agentic Financial Crime Work with Greenlite Cofounder Will Lawrence

19

Bank Data Crash Course with Lee Easton of iDENTIFY

20

Taktile Cofounder Max Eber on LLMs and Risk Infrastructure

21

Taktile’s Journey with CEO Maik Wehmeyer

22

Vertical SaaS & Fintech Opportunities, Founder Lessons, and More with Matt Brown

23

New Fintech Bank Charter Opportunities with Michele Alt from Klaros Group

24

Simon Taylor on Agentic Payments and Opportunities

25

Card Processor 101 with Braulio Lam from EQ Bank

26

Lessons from Loop, Canada’s #1 Business Banking Platform with Cato Pastoll and Nik Nampalli

27

LoanPro’s Scott Johnson on launching credit cards, lessons from Galileo, and more

28

FTA's Penny Lee on Federal Fintech Developments and Open Banking

29

Lead's Journey and Tips for Fintech with co-founder Erica Khalili

30

FS Vector on Election Fintech Implications with Ashwin Vasan and Peter Freeman

31

State of the Card Union: 2024 Trends, AI, and Secured Cards with Matthew Goldman

32

Canadian Fintech Primer with Tal Schwartz

33

Money 20/20

34

Crash Course in Sponsor Bank MSAs with Andrew Grant

35

Discover and Google Lessons, and Recent Compliance Trends with Zarik Khan

36

Navigating Net Interest Margins and Fintech Partnerships with Saira Rahman

37

The Ghost of Fintech Future: Fraud, UK Fintech Lessons, and Sardine Insights with Simon Taylor of Sardine

38

Climate Fintech with Atmos co-founder Ravi Mikkelsen

39

Legal Ops and RegTech Lessons with Faraz Rana, former CLO of Bread

40

Lithic’s 10-Year Anniversary Episode: Insights from the Co-Founders

41

Contrarian Takes on Visa Flex, Fintech VC, and more with Lithic's Nikil Konduru

42

Building Strong Fintech Partnerships with Nick Rasines of Column

43

Earned Wage Access and Fintech Policy Primer with Ben LaRocco of EarnIn

44

Bank Earnings Takeaways with American Banker Reporter Polo Rocha

45

Fleet Card Masterclass with Coast Founder Daniel Simon

46

Compliance 3.0, the Future of Bank Sponsorship, and Lessons from Monzo with Cable CEO Natasha Vernier

47

The Future of Ecommerce Payments with Tandym CTO Sairam Rangachari

48

The Bank Sponsor Crackdown, and Lessons from Stripe and Airwallex with Jas Randhawa

49

The Bank Sponsor’s POV with Coastal’s Chris Rigoni

50

Cards, Real Time Payments, and Credit Trends with Matthew Goldman

51

Public’s COO Stephen Sikes Talks Rising Rate Effects and New Products

52

Breaking Down the Open Banking Rules with Matt Janiga

53

Alloy’s State of Compliance Report with CEO Tommy Nicholas

54

Unraveling the Complex World of Buy Now Pay Later with Paul Kesserwani

55

Building M1, Growing Consumer Wealth, and Buying a Bank with Brian Barnes

56

Payroll Payments with Gusto's Jeff Forkan

57

Digital Wallet Innovation and Adyen Lessons with Sophia Goldberg

58

AI and Chatbots in Fintech featuring Ron Shevlin and Alan Kaplinsky

59

Modern Fraud and Compliance Needs with Soups Ranjan

60

Exploring Debt Collection Innovation with Ohad Samet

61

The “New” Bank-Fintech Risk Guidance with Jonah Crane

62

Exploring Spend Management with Thejo Kote

63

Exploring FDIC and Bank Failures

64

Inside Plaid and Open Finance with CEO Zach Perret

65

Card Network Dynamics and Utah Fintech

66

2023 Fintech Trends with Alex Johnson and Jason Mikula

67

Fraud & AML Functions with Trisha Kothari

68

Fintech Lending Capital Market Primer

69

Sanctions with Former OFAC Head John Smith

70

What Bank Partners Want from Fintechs

71

Ron Shevlin Snarks Up the Cake: Apple Checking, Super Apps and Teen Spirit

72

Selecting a Bank Partner

73

An Insider View of the CFPB (with Manatt)

74

CFPB Primer

75

History of Platform Payments

76

Fintech State Regulators

77

Pain Points in Crypto Infrastructure

78

Compliance 101