Fintech Business Podcast

In this episode, Alex and I had the chance to discuss:
* Rent rewards and neighborhood loyalty startup Bilt’s rocky transition from Wells Fargo to Column and Cardless
* The “graduation problem” in banking-as-a-service
* The New York legislature’s decision to
* 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 chat with Tyler Allen, the chief operating offier at Unit21. We had the chance to discuss:
* How fintech, financial crimes compliance, and software engineering have evolved since Tyler joined Unit21 back in 2019
* The limitations of addressing compliance challenges by throwing bodies at them
* How regulators are thinking about agentic AI
* What an AI-first approach to compliance looks like
* And much more!


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In this episode, I had the chance to chat with S.P. “Wije” Wijegoonaratna, the cofounder and CEO of Aliya Financial Technologies. We had the chance to discuss:
* The challenges different segments of consumer lenders are facing today
* How AI-powered infrastructure is fundamentally reshaping how financial institutions think about making decisions
* How Aliya is thinking about its go-to-market approach
* How Aliya can help banks improve their returns
* What folks who have never worked in lending through a true credit cycle/recession should know
* And much more!


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In this episode, Alex and I had the chance to discuss:
* Block’s plan to sell access to its proprietary Cash App credit score
* So-called “no KYC” crypto cards
* Stablecoin infrastructure firm Bridge’s apparent derisking
* The brewing internecine fights over regulating prediction markets
* 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 chat with Modern Treasury cofounder and CEO Matt Marcus, as well as the company’s recently joined lead counsel, Matt Janiga. We had the chance to discuss:
* Modern Treasury’s newly launched payment service provider offering
* What kinds of companies can benefit from payment orchestration
* Use cases driving the explosive growth of stablecoins
* How Modern Treasury thinks about building in the rapidly evolving stablecoin space
* And much more!
Those wanting to learn more about the payments orchestration space, including stablecoins, can find the Modern Treasury Journal, which Matt Janiga mentions in the episode, here.


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