Fintech One-On-One

The neobank space has really heated up the last couple of years. The leaders are getting real traction with millions of customers now and the rapid growth showing no signs of slowing down. These fintech companies have really changed consumer expectations now and we are seeing banks react to these new dynamics. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Jason Wilk, the CEO and Co-Founder o...

The biggest #fintech stories of the week featured Jack Dorsey. Square, Capital One, New York Community Bank, Figure, David Marcus, SoFi, Thought Machine, Fundbox and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

As finance went digital in 2020 the identity verification space became hot. Suddenly every bank needed to onboard customers online and they had to verify the identity of these customers. So, established companies that could provide a simple way to do this were in hot demand. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Laura Spiekerman, the co-founder and Chief Revenue Officer of Alloy . Al...

The use of income and employment data in lending has become much more widespread in recent years. For any fintech-enabled lender, access to this data instantly via API is critical to their ability to provide a seamless borrower experience. And of course, they want coverage of as much of the working population as possible. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Joel Rickman of Equifax...

Another action-packed fintech news show today with Todd Anderson and special guest Kabir Kumar. We hit on all the big news stories of the week discussing VanEck, N26, Upgrade, Inc., Amazon, Visa, Oportun, Digit, BlockFi, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Plaid, Crypto.com and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-o...

More than any other vertical, the business lending space has gone through a transformation these past couple of years. And those companies providing digital lending solutions have seen interest in their services skyrocket. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Dan O'Malley, the CEO and Co-Founder of Numerated . They have been one of the real beneficiaries of this seismic shift i...

We are focusing on Latin America again this week in the lead-up to LendIt Fintech LatAm . This week we get the view of a native Bolivian, someone who has become a real thought leader not just in Latin American fintech but U.S. fintech as well. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Miguel Armaza, the co-founder and managing partner at Gilgamesh Ventures . But many of you will know him...

Another great news show this week with Todd Anderson and special guest Dan Quan. We discussed the top #fintech stories of the week including news from Amazon, Venmo, Robinhood, Socure, Coinbase, Affirm, SoFi, Upstart, #stablecoins and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

We have a problem in this country. For the most part, money moves around slowly, at much the same speed as when we had a paper-based payments system decades ago. This makes no sense in today's world but we have a very complex system today that is going to take years, or more likely decades, to truly move to instant money movement. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Stephany K...

Another great news show today with Todd Anderson and Timothy Li where we discussed the biggest #fintech stories of the week. We talked about Nubank, COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference, Klarna, Kakaopay, Commonwealth Bank, Gemini, Chainalysis Inc., #DeFi, #vcfunding, #stablecoins and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One...

It is easy to forget that the Washington we read about or see on television is quite different from the Washington where our industry is conversing with regulators. This is where trade associations engage with regulators on substantive issues and get their voices heard. Six years ago fintech had no real trade association at all. Today, we have a vibrant trade association that is lobbying on our be...

One the weekly news show today we discuss important news from Nubank, Chime, Stripe, Klarna, Visa, Mastercard, Bakkt, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Robinhood, LendingClub, and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

We are going to back to Latin America today as we do a deep dive into the payments space there. With dozens of countries in the region all with their own currency, their own payments infrastructure, it has not been easy to expand into new geographies, but it certainly is possible. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Wagner Ruiz, the Chief Risk Officer and Co-Founder of EBANX . EBAN...

Until recently virtually no fintech companies were interested in a bank charter. It was just back in 2016 that SoFi ran a Superbowl ad with the "Don't Bank. SoFi" tagline. Now, they are looking to become a bank. Square and LendingClub have joined SoFi as approved banks (via different routes) and there are many applications that are still pending. So, I thought it was time to talk ba...

Another engaging news show today where we discussed a very busy week of news in fintech. There was big news from Plaid, the SEC, Facebook, PayPal, New York State Attorney General, PIMCO, FTX, N26 and more. Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Connect with me on LinkedIn Find previous Fintech One-on-One episodes

One of the true pioneers of the fintech space joins us for the show today. This is someone who has become a giant of the fintech space, taking two companies from an idea to unicorn status in just a few short years. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Renaud Laplanche, the CEO and Co-Founder of Upgrade . He is back on the show for the third time (here are the first and second times)...

This week we cover the following news stories: Coinbase is launching its own NFT platform to take on OpenSea NerdWallet IPO Filing Shows 21M Unique Visitors Per Month Crypto Lender Celsius Network Raises $400M in Bid to Reassure Regulators Tala grabs $145M to offer more financial services in emerging markets Crypto could cause 2008-level meltdown, Bank of England official warns Oportun pulls bank...

I have said many times that Latin America is the hottest region for fintech on the planet. The digital banks and lenders get most of the attention it seems but the payments space is where companies are actually profitable as they scale. One of the payments leaders in Latin America is Stone Co. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Augusto Lins, the President of Stone Co. Stone is a p...

We are talking about open banking again this week and we have one of the fintech pioneers on the show sharing his experience over the long evolution of open banking. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Steve Smith, the CEO and co-founder of Finicity . Finicity has been a real pioneer in the open banking space, or as Steve likes to call it an open financial data network, which is pr...

This week we cover the following fintech news stories: Google kills the Goolge Plex The postal banking pilot How card issuers helped fuel the BNPL boom When Facebook went down so did Novi US Bank launches a bitcoin custody service SEC Chairman Gary Gensler testifies before Congress Fintech's explosive growth has regulators scrambling Connect with Fintech One-on-One: Tweet me @PeterRenton Conn...

Open banking is not a new concept. More than a decade ago companies like Yodlee were allowing their 30 million users to connect to online banking. But it has certainly come of age in the last two to three years as consumers demand more and better access to their financial data. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Justin Jackson, the VP of Product Management at Fiserv . Fiserv is a...

Using artificial intelligence in lending decisions has gone from a curiosity to, I would argue, the mainstream over the last five years. Most lenders have either started a pilot program or are considering it seriously and some, led by fintech lenders like Upstart, have made it core to their business. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Shri Santhanam. He is the EVP and GM of Global...

Embedded finance is a relatively new term in fintech but it getting set to revolutionize finance. Today it is relatively easy to add finance functionality either within a financial or non-financial firm. And we are beginning to see large brands embrace financial services as a way to increase engagement with their customers. I think this is a trend that is unstoppable. Our next guest on the Fintech...

The payments space was really the first sector within fintech to really get going. And while the payments pioneers like PayPal, Square and Marqeta (all more than a decade old) have brought us tremendous innovations there is a new wave of developments that will be reshaping the payments industry. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is Kevin Olsen, also known as the Payments Professor ....

There are still more than 5,000 credit unions in this country and the vast majority of them are small. Few have large technology budgets but that doesn't mean they can't be at the forefront of technology innovation. Being small can make it easier for them to partner with fintech companies. Our next guest on the Fintech One-on-One podcast is David Tuyo, the CEO and President of University...