Tearsheet Podcast: Exploring financial services together

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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. With APIs and embedded finance, it’s getting easier for software firms to integrate financial products into their offerings. So,...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. As a pioneer in personal financial management, Mint was a star. But after getting acquired by Intuit, Mint kind of dropped out of the public eye. Years passed and so many new PFM apps and challenger banks have entered the market. But Mint is back with a new ethos for addressing the challenge of helping consumers with t...

New entrants continue to launch into teen banking. Greenlight is an early entrant into the space, focusing on the financial interactions parents have with their kids. Greenlight has now extended its offering into investing. Greenlight Max is a fractional brokerage integrated into the app that allows kids, along with their parents, to make investments in stocks and ETFs. CEO Tim Sheehan joins me on...

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. It’s really hard running a small business -- owners have to wear many hats. Frequently, they’re taking care of sales, operations,...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. The best marketing and advertisements stay with you. They speak to the zeitgeist in the world at a specific time with the right words, the right imagery, the right message. Creative agency StrawberryFrog has worked with Truist, the combined BB&T and SunTrust bank, on its rebranding. When Covid hit early in 2020, the team...

Welcome to Tearsheet’s Outlier Briefing. This subscriber-only content is exclusive for our Outlier members. We go deeper with subject matter experts, to take actionable steps that can impact your business and practice. With all the new entrants to banking and financial services, there’s a sea of sameness around certain parts of the industry. Branding can take a product surrounded by competition an...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. A few years back, there was a race to embed payments into the browser. It makes sense, too. Most people who access the web through their computers use a browser to shop and bank. While the noise has died down, the Opera browser has continued to work on integrating financial services. Opera has 380 million users globall...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller, Tearsheet’s editor in chief. A lot is going on the issuing side. New players are entering, competition is crossing borders, and existing players are expanding into new products. Marqeta is making perhaps the biggest expansion of its platform since it’s launched. I’m joined by Chief Product Officer Kevin Doerr to talk about the firm’s new credit ca...

In 2015, Bank of Georgia launched a mobile bank. Ever since, it’s been ramping up its digital transformation program. By all accounts, the bank is on to something -- it’s converting customers over to digital channels. Two years ago, Bank of Georgia began its journey toward agile development. It created crossfunctional teams to develop banking products and to design the digital channels The followi...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Simon Black, PPRO’s CEO, is my guest today on the show. The company is off a big fundraising which comes after a 2020, where the local payment company doubled its Q4 transaction volumes year over year. PPRO has also grown its team 60% in the past 12 months, as it expands globally. Simon talks about what why payment compa...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. This past year acted as an external shock to financial customers and employees of FIs. As branches shut and employees turned to working from home, workflows were disrupted and redesigned. Enter ServiceNow — it’s a software company that serves digital workflows for enterprises. My guest on today’s podcast is Lauren Robbin...

The world of personal financial management is undergoing a change. Stand alone applications are incorporating more banking functionality, getting into money movement and not just advice to have a bigger impact. Banks and financial institutions are being more thoughtful about launching their own tools to help their customers. That’s where Sensibill comes in. It works with firms like JPMorgan Chase...

Craft Bank is the first de novo inside the Atlanta perimeter in over a decade. The bank offers a fully digital experience including faster payments and lending in addition to personal relationships. Craft launched in October of 2020 and I caught up with Ross Mynatt, president and CEO of Craft Bank, to talk about his firm’s process developing tools and experiences for today’s customers. Joining us...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. Klarna is such an interesting company as part of our coverage universe. As one of the major buy now, pay later competitors, the firm is gearing up to IPO after hitting 15 million customers in the U.S., more than doubling over a year ago. But the company’s vision is way broader. Today’s guest is Klarna’s David Sykes, the...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet editor in chief, Zack Miller. It’s not just banking products that bear the fruit of new technology. Banks and other financial institutions are using popular tools like communications platform Slack to collaborate more efficiently internally and in increasing numbers to communicate with customers. Slack works with financial services organizations like...