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Tearsheet Podcast: Exploring Financial Services Together

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Tearsheet Podcast explores financial services together. We're the podcast of record for news and opinion about the finance industry. Weekly, we identify, track, and analyze top trends impacting the business of finance, with an eye on the digital disruption wrought by fintech and new financial technology. Every week, your host, Zack Miller, Tearsheet's founder and editor in chief, interviews thought leaders, senior executives, and entrepreneurs helping to form the next generation of financial services and technologies.

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‘How do financial services need to adapt to the individual?’: Argyle’s Hannah Arnold 24.06.2021 21:46

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with employment data platform Argyle to create a podcast series about the rising importance of employment data and how lenders, banks and fintechs are using this data to make financial products available to more people, solving some of the challenges with today’s financial services. Good fintech solutions address the status quo of who gets...

'Our four prong product strategy is a decade long vision': OppFi's Jared Kaplan 22.06.2021 25:30

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Tearsheet Editor in Chief, Zack Miller. OppFi is a fintech platform offering financial products to most Americans. The business was built on a core small-dollar monthly installment loan product for near prime customers. As it goes public, OppFi is expanding its product set into credit cards and payroll deduction products serving consumers with FICO scores unde...

Tribevest makes it easy, fast and social to form a business and invest with friends and family 16.06.2021 20:42

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. When you look at investment behavior, people are more likely to invest in things family and friends invest in than they are to follow professional advice. That’s why there have been an infinite number of social investment platforms created that allow investors to copy one another. But when it comes to investing in real e...

'We are the railway network that moves data from one site to the next': Argyle's Audrius Zujus 15.06.2021 15:45

T>he following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with employment data platform Argyle to create a podcast series about the rising importance of employment data and how lenders, banks and fintechs are using this data to make financial products available to more people, solving some of the challenges with today’s financial services. A fintech CTO’s job is wide and varied. Building a secur...

'What does it look like when we're not reliant on credit scores anymore?': Argyle's Shmulik Fishman 10.06.2021 23:42

I’m Zack Miller, editor in chief of Tearsheet. The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with employment data platform Argyle to create a podcast series about the rising importance of employment data and how lenders, banks and fintechs are using this data to make financial products available to more people, solving some of the challenges with today’s financial services. The nature...

Better Financial is building a challenger bank to help customers with financial shocks 09.06.2021 22:41

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. This article was sent out to subscribers to EarlyStage, Tearsheet’s newest newsletter. With EarlyStage, we go deeper on some younger companies that point to trends, products and services, and entrepreneurs that should be on your radar screen. Into a sea of sameness, new challenger banks are launching left and right. More...

'Founders use expensive capital to do something repeatable': Behind ClearCo's funding model 24.05.2021 24:43

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Revenue based financing is quickly becoming a popular route for businesses to tap into needed capital. Structured like a loan and not equity, new financing firms are using this new/old type of financing to help all types of businesses to scale. ClearCo brands itself as the world’s largest ecommerce investor. It’s fresh o...

'It's not just about sharing --it's about what consumers can do now': U.S. Bank and Plaid share data 20.05.2021 21:15

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. The journey from screen scraping consumer financial data to API, permissioned access continues. U.S. Bank recently announced a partnership with technology partner, Plaid. Gareth Gaston from U.S, Bank and Ginger Baker from Plaid join us to talk about the recently announced integration between the two around consumer finan...

'Let's evaluate what a company spends and we'll help it spend less': Ramp's Eric Glyman 17.05.2021 24:54

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Corporate credit card firm Ramp is hot off a big fundraising making it one of the youngest firms to reach billion dollar valuation status in history having launched in February 2020. Eric Glyman, Ramp’s co-founder and CEO, joins me on the podcast to talk about how Ramp’s positioning to help its business clients spend les...

"it is so expensive to get 10 first customers': JAM Fintop's new fund has 66 community bank LPs 10.05.2021 27:56

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Money continues to pour into the space. From IPOs to large venture rounds to SPACs, there’s a lot of liquidity sloshing around. And yet, there are still lots of opportunities. JAM FINTOP Banktech is a $150 million investment fund, looking to deploy capital into tech firms serving community banks around the US. What’s rea...

'No one ever said, I can't wait to go banking today': Bank of America's Hari Gopalkrishnan 07.05.2021 24:32

Hari Gopalkrishnan is the Client Facing Platforms Technology executive for Bank of America Merrill. He’s responsible for leading the development of the next generation of integrated technology solutions for the company’s consumer and wealth management client-facing channels. He also manages the bank’s websites and e-commerce initiatives. Hari joins me on the podcast to talk about Erica — the firm’...

How small businesses survived and thrived during the pandemic with BlueVine's Eyal Lifshitz 05.05.2021 25:01

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios in partnership with small business lender BlueVine. It's Small Business Week, and BlueVine really wanted to highlight how it's helping small businesses, particularly around the paycheck protection program. Today, we're happy to have two guests with us: First, Eyal Lifshitz, CEO of BlueVine. Eyal is a third-generation small business entrepreneur who c...

Wave's Kirk Simpson on what it takes for SaaS firms to offer banking products 04.05.2021 20:34

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with Wave, a financial software company for entrepreneurs and small businesses, to create a three part podcast series on what micro businesses and solopreneurs really need now from their banks, financial service providers, and financial software. Personal finance app Mint inspired a lot of things. As an early fintech, it showed users the p...

Jack Henry's Tede Forman on the connection between the gig economy and real time payments 29.04.2021 28:11

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Smaller community banks and credit unions have an opportunity to differentiate and compete in payments. Unfortunately, many smaller FIs haven’t formulated a succinct strategy. It’s a good time to do it — there are technologies and tools out there to help them service their customers better. Tede Forman is Jack Henry’s he...

Q2's Ahon Sarkar on how banking as a service changes the economics of serving the underbanked 25.04.2021 30:14

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with Q2, a digital banking software company, to create a four part podcast series on how embedded finance and banking as a service is changing the definition of who is a bank, where customers turn for banking products and services, and how it is helping some of the weakest players in the economy get access to the modern financial industry....

'Small business powers our communities': How Wave empowers entrepreneurs to start up new businesses 23.04.2021 20:12

I’m Zack Miller, editor in chief of Tearsheet. The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with Wave, a financial software company for entrepreneurs and small businesses, to create a three part podcast series on what micro businesses and solopreneurs really need now from their banks, financial service providers, and financial software. It’s never a simple time for small business own...

Wave's Kirk Simpson on the founding and exiting of Wave, a fintech startup 18.04.2021 23:59

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with Wave, a financial software company for entrepreneurs and small businesses, to create a three part podcast series on what micro businesses and solopreneurs really need now from their banks, financial service providers, and financial software. One of the things that’s got me really interested in fintech was hearing founders’ own stories...

'We connect banks, businesses and partners in a collaborative ecosystem': Bottomline's Norm DeLuca 14.04.2021 25:55

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. As banks increasingly work with modern technology providers, ecosystems are forming around them and the businesses they serve. Norm DeLuca is the general manager of digital banking solutions at Bottomline Technologies. He knows something about ecosystems and something about banking — spending 20 years in the industry....

Behind the creation of the Q2 Marketplace with Greg Varnell 08.04.2021 18:48

I’m Zack Miller, editor in chief of Tearsheet. The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with fintech software provider Autobooks to create a four part podcast series on the evolution of business banking and how banks can better service SMBs through a changing mindset, partnerships and integrations. We’ve moved beyond the paradigm of banks versus fintechs. Banks are partnering wit...

'It's a no brainer to add a virtual card into the travel product': TripActions' Michael Sindicich 07.04.2021 20:24

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Embedded finance is a recurring theme in our coverage on Tearsheet on here, on the podcast. With APIs and banking as a service platforms, firms in all kinds of industries are getting into finance. That’s the story line here. TripActions is an innovate business travel & expense platform that continues to evolve to serve...

'You're best having a cannabis banking program, not a project': The ins and outs of banking cannabis 05.04.2021 24:59

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller. Even as more states legalize marijuana, banking cannabis customers is still a major undertaking. Regent Bank is a small bank with 5 branches in Oklahoma and Springfield, MO. As Regent sensed an opportunity to work with cannabis customers in its communities, it tapped Keri Cain to build out its program. Keri has a background in retail and moved to...

How nbkc gets more out of the fintech partner selection process 02.04.2021 20:23

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with fintech software providerAutobooks to create a four part podcast series on the evolution of business banking and how banks can better service SMBs through a changing mindset, partnerships and integrations. The old paradigm of banks versus fintechs is getting tired. The truth is, both sides of the industry have been partnering successf...

With Direct Payouts, Visa can push payments to cards and accounts cross border 30.03.2021 14:43

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Push payments are the reverse of how we think credit cards work. Instead of pulling customer funds to pay a merchant, push payments have merchants sending money out to the cardholder. Visa Direct is a major player in the space and the payment firm is now announcing Visa Direct Payouts, which allows Visa clients and partn...

Behind the Marqeta partnership with Deserve's Kalpesh Kapadia 25.03.2021 22:25

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I'm Zack Miller. It’s been a while since we caught up with Deserve, the credit card as a service pureplay. Over the past year, the company has grown and last month, signed a partnership with modern issuer Marqeta. Kalpesh Kapadia joins me on the podcast to talk about where Deserve has come from and where' it's headed. We discuss how the tie up with Marqeta can unl...

Behind Temenos' new push in the US with Jacqueline White, president of the Americas 23.03.2021 25:41

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Banking software firm Temenos continues to invest and commit to the US market. The firm recently hired Jaqueline White to lead the charge in the Americas . Jacqueline has a strong background in financial services, software and services and joins me on the podcast today to talk about her mandate in leading Temenos and the...