Jeff Forkan

The Headless Banking Podcast

Business EN ↓ 31 episodes

Traditional banks and how we interact with banking services will be obfuscated by software, crypto, & technology platforms in the next 5 to 10 years. Our children will wonder why we ever visited a bank branch or logged into an online banking portal. headlessbanking.substack.com

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Jeff Forkan

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Building Embedded X-Border Payments with Currencycloud 26.10.2021 33:39

I loved having my old colleague Chris D’Antuono on the podcast. We cover the changes in the x-border landscape, US embedded banking market, and how potential inflation in the US could impact x-border money movement & FX. There are a few sponsors banks & BaaS platforms that will patch a fintech into Currencycloud’s platform. Listen to the episode to learn which banks are x-border friendly. BONUS -...

Launching a Wallet in the Middle East 11.10.2021 22:37

We branch out in this episode and learn how to launch a digital wallet in EMEA. I really enjoyed speaking with, Jon Edward Santillan , CEO of Denarii , and gaining insight into how fintech works in the Middle East & Asia. Denarii Cash enables money transfer using a mobile wallet to help overseas workers to send money home with zero fees. Jon built Denarii Cash in the UAE. He quickly realized he wa...

Launching on a Highnote! 05.10.2021 26:17

In this episode, I speak with Deb Bardhan , Chief Business Officer at Highnote. Highnote just emerged from stealth and announced a mind-blowing $54m Series A with a super ambitious goal of taking on Marqeta in card issuing infrastructure. Deb is a veteran of the fintech, banking, crypto, and VC space. Deb previously worked at Synapse as Head of Revenue and before that he was Entrepreneur in Reside...

Sponsor Bank Matchmaking for Fintech 29.09.2021 20:10

In this episode, I speak with Danny Cepin who is Director of Sales at Treasury Prime . Treasury Prime removes many of the compliance & bank partnership difficulties that create barriers for embedding financial services so fintech’s can focus on their product and go to market rapidly. We discuss how Treasury Prime leverages a network of sponsor banks to become a “fintech matchmaker” pairing fintech...

Fintech Fund Raising Gone Wild 22.09.2021 23:49

In this episode, I speak with Nikil Konduru from Lithic . Lithic is a payment platform that focuses on card issuance to make payments easier. Lithic was formerly privacy.com and you can read the back story on the shift to Lithic. Lithic is flying, raising Series B & Series C in the last few months with a valuation of $800m. We cover a lot of ground including how wild the current fintech market is,...

Powering Consumer Remittances & How Dodd Frank Applies with Asaad Faquir 13.09.2021 29:38

Assad and I unpack the Dodd-Frank regulations as they pertain to consumer remittances specifically and what a fintech firm should know. We also go into Sponsor Bank models and how US Fintech regulation may continue to evolve. Here's our Dodd Frank article which is a great reference for all the details we cover. Find Assad on Linkedin This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this...