Tearsheet Podcast: Exploring financial services together

Matt Oppenheimer, co-founder and CEO of Remitly, joins us on the podcast today.  He shares his journey and insights into building a company that transcends borders with trusted financial services. Remitly's vision is audacious: to transform lives by providing reliable financial services across the globe. "We're just getting started," says Oppenheimer, reflecting on the company's growth and future...

On today’s episode, we sit down with Sol Lax, the CEO of Revenued, to dive into the intricacies of small business lending. Lax shares his journey from managing Merchant Cash Advances (MCA) to leading Revenued, a company focused on providing financial solutions for small businesses, particularly those with subprime FICO scores. With a background rich in financial innovation and a keen understanding...

At Tearsheet, we've been following the growth and maturity of neobanks over the past few years and all in, with the billions of dollars invested, products launched, and customers acquired. The path to good unit economics has been elusive for some. Joining me on this podcast today is Stuart Sopp, CEO and co-founder of Current. In this episode Stuart gives a behind-the-scenes look at how Current has...

In this episode of the Tearsheet Podcast, I am joined by Irana Wasti, Chief Product Officer at BILL. Irana has a background in product management and a strong passion for serving SMBs worldwide. Throughout her career, Irana has focused on developing tools to assist SMBs in starting, growing, and thriving. She emphasizes the importance of scalable and user-friendly technology solutions that cater t...

We’re continuing on this exploration of what it takes to build world-class products in financial services. Today, we have a fascinating conversation with Melissa Douros, the Chief Product Officer at Green Dot. Green Dot is an interesting amalgamation – it’s one of the first banking as a service companies. But it’s also a bank. With a configurable platform, Green Dot has carved out a kind of a uniq...

Joining us today is Cory Kampfer, President of Small Business Lending at Enova, which operates the leading small business lending brands OnDeck and Headway Capital. Cory has been immersed in the small business lending space since 2011 when he joined OnDeck. Over his tenure, he's witnessed the evolution of fintech lending and how it has transformed access to capital for Main Street businesses like...

Today, we're diving into the modern CFO stack, including corporate spend management and financial tech with our guest - Ben Gammell, the CFO of Brex. Brex has been shaking up how companies large and small approach spending, providing an integrated platform for everything from corporate cards to spend analytics. It's been quite a journey for Ben, who started at Brex just as the firm was getting off...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. What's up FinTech fam? On today's episode, we're going deep on an innovative new way to tap into your home's equity - without taking on more debt. Our guest is John Green, co-founder and CEO o...

On today's episode, we're going behind the scenes at one of the most successful money apps out there - Cash App. Our special guest is Ryan Budd, the head of financial products at Cash App, and he's giving us an inside look at Cash App's evolution into a financial powerhouse. Cash App started as a simple way to send money to friends, but as Ryan explains, it has become so much more. We're talking f...

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Today I'm joined by Luke Voiles, CEO of Pipe, a high profile revenue-based lender that’s evolving into a platform – we’ll talk a lot about this evolution. Luke has had an extensive career jour...

Welcome to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller Banks and other FIs continue to look for higher engagement with their customers. Logging into an account and refreshing a balance doesn’t create relationships. So, what’s an...

We recently held a LinkedIn Live event, entitled "Card Launch 101," where we dove deep into the strategies, insights, and best practices for launching and growing successful card products in the fintech and banking industries. Featuring industry experts: Scott Johnson, Vice President of Revenue at Galileo Financial Technologies Marc Butterfield, SVP of Innovation and Disruption at FNBO  Jack Rubin...

Welcome to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. In this episode, we'll be diving deep into the world of customer experience (CX) transformation with Vanguard, one of the leading names in investment management. Joining us...

Welcome to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Today, I have the pleasure of sitting down with Dee Choubey, CEO of MoneyLion. In our chat, Dee takes us on a journey through MoneyLion's evolution, from its early days as a...

Welcome to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. I'm thrilled to bring you a special episode today. After doing this for over 10 years, it’s not often I’m on the other side of the mic, being interviewed. But that’s exactly...

Tearsheet Editor-in-Chief Zack Miller hosted a LinkedIn Live session featuring two of our top reporters, Rabab Ahsan and Sara Khairi. It was a chance to go behind the scenes of our reporting and go deeper into what's happening at the intersection of financial services, new models, rising expectations, and evolving technology. We explored the fascinating intersection of finance, Gen Z trends, and i...

Welcome to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Today, I invite you to join us as we uncover the story of Curve, a creative fintech that's a sort of operating system for money, impacting the way people spend, send, see an...

Welcome to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. For the past 18 months, we’ve been exploring what it will take to really deliver financial services and products that resonate with Gen Z. As the biggest generation in histo...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Today, we're joined by Don Relyea, the Chief Innovation Officer at U.S. Bank, and Todder Moning, who leads the bank's applied foresights practice. They've recentl...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. As we explore how financial services is attempting to cater to younger customers, it’s clear – some neobanks and fintechs resonate with Gen Z much more than tradi...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Understanding how a system works is the first step to leveraging it to your advantage. However in an environment where just seven states provide excellent educati...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Next up, we have Eunice Jung, who is helping to encourage climate-smart lifestyles through fintech as Head of Partnerships at Future. Eunice is not your typical f...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. This episode of The Tearsheet Podcast delves into the evolving financial landscape for Gen Z, focusing on their transition from debit to credit usage. Bunita Sawh...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Today we have an insightful conversation for you featuring Trevor Nies, senior vice president and global head of digital at Adyen, a leading financial technology...

Welcome, everyone, to another episode of The Tearsheet Podcast, where we explore financial services together with an eye on technology, innovation, emerging models, and changing expectations. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. Today, I’m thrilled to bring you an exclusive conversation with Terry O'Neil, a payments leader at Citi responsible for spearheading embedded payments and strateg...