Fintech Business Podcast

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
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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 vision for the future of agentic payments
* And more!
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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 and Reddit play for investors
* The growth of “fandoms” of specific corporate executives and companies
* The blurring lines between investing and gambling
* How consumer and B2B marketing have evolved over time
* Why it’s critical for fintechs to build trust and how they can do it
* And much, much more
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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
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In this episode, I had the chance to speak with Wael ElSahhar, cofounder and CEO at MidLyr, and Kirsten Muetzel, founding principal & CPA at KLM Advisory. We discussed:
* The role of AI in compliance in a rapidly changing regulatory environment
* The differences in how fintechs, technology service providers, banks think about risk
* Key lessons from what the industry has seen unfold in banking as a service over the last several years
* How firms are actually using AI in compliance – and what risks AI itself may pose
* And more!
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