Fintech Takes
Fintech moves fast. But here at Fintech Takes, Alex Johnson and his rotating panel of guests move faster so that you can stay on top of the latest and greatest news in the industry without breaking a sweat.
Welcome to Fintech Takes—the place where fintech’s biggest nerds come to sit back, relax, and completely geek out.
Join Alex and a lineup of fintech’s brightest minds as they dissect what’s happening in fintech and banking.
Each week, Alex and his guests recap the most interesting developments in fintech and explore the industry’s most pressing questions, diving headfirst into the intricate workings of some of the industry’s most ground-breaking business models and unpacking the emerging players that promise to shape fintech’s future.
From riveting conversations with fintech’s most relevant operators to comprehensive recaps of the month's most compelling news stories and in-depth analyses of the latest regulatory developments, Fintech Takes is your one-stop-shop for navigating the fintech universe.
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 160
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
S9 E2: Bank Nerd Corner: Compliance, Complexity, and the Gray Areas of Fintech
Welcome back to Bank Nerd Corner, featuring yours truly and #1 among all bank nerds, Kiah Haslett, Banking and Fintech Editor at Bank Director.
First up, we’re breaking down the FDIC’s latest propose…
01:18:02 |
Wed 09 Oct 2024
What Customers Want: Navigating the Tension Between Innovation and Regulation
Welcome back What Customers Want, a limited 4-part series from the Fintech Takes podcast, hosted by me and Corey Besaw, President of APAC and co-founder of Ubiquity.
In Episode 3, Corey and I are joi…
01:03:11 |
Thu 03 Oct 2024
S9 E1: Fintech Recap: The New FDIC Rule, Visa's Antitrust Fight, and Open Banking's Next Steps
Alex teams up with Jason Mikula, now Head of Industry Strategy for Banking & Fintech at Taktile (ooh la la!) to unpack the latest in fintech.
The FDIC has proposed a new rule on custodial deposits—th…
00:51:38 |
Wed 02 Oct 2024
What Customers Want: Scaling Fintech Customer Service
Welcome to What Customers Want, a limited 4-part series from the Fintech Takes podcast, hosted by me and Corey Besaw, President of APAC and co-founder of Ubiquity.
In Episode 2, Corey and I venture b…
00:44:25 |
Thu 26 Sep 2024
S8 E12: The Future of Loan Servicing (Live from the Salt Flats)
Welcome to a special edition of the Fintech Takes podcast. I'm Alex Johnson, here with Colton Pond, Chief Marketing Officer at LoanPro.
We’re recording live from the Salt Flats outside of Salt Lake C…
01:36:20 |
Wed 25 Sep 2024
What Customers Want: Fintech’s Complicated Relationship with Customer Service
Welcome to What Customers Want, a limited series from the Fintech Takes podcast, hosted by yours truly.
In this 4-part series, I’ll be cracking open one of fintech’s most puzzling topics: customer se…
00:57:55 |
Thu 19 Sep 2024
S8 E11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: 1: Agree, Revenew, Barq, and in Loving Memory of Tally
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I spotlight new and exciting fintechs, minus the stock tips.
First up is Agree. If DocuSign and Stripe had a Gen AI-powered baby,…
00:59:05 |
Wed 18 Sep 2024
S8 E10: Bank Nerd Corner: Why "FBO" is Out & Fintech Custody Accounts Are In, Rate Cut Buzz, and the FDIC’s New Rule
Welcome back to Bank Nerd Corner, featuring yours truly and the brilliant Kiah Haslett, Banking and Fintech Editor at Bank Director.
First up: Kiah breaks down why "FBO" accounts need a rebrand as "F…
01:27:20 |
Wed 11 Sep 2024
S8 E9: Fintech Recap: Klarna’s “Balance” vs. Banking, Affirm's Resilience, and Niche Neobanks Refuse to Die
In this week’s episode of Fintech Recap, Alex is joined by Jason Mikula to dive into the latest on fintech.
With BaaS Island quiet, the guys head over to BNPL for some fresh juice.
First up, Klarna’s…
00:57:05 |
Wed 04 Sep 2024
S8 E8: Money Talks: What do Gen Z and Boomers Hear?
Alex catches up with fintech storyteller Mary Wisniewski, Editor-at-Large at Cornerstone Advisors and host of the podcast Money Isn't Everything.
In this episode, they dive into Mary’s latest resear…
00:52:49 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
S8 E7: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Revenir, Summer, Jeff, and Axle
In this episode of Not Fintech Investment Advice, Alex and Simon spotlight the latest up and comers solving cool problems in fintech.
First up is Revenir, which helps travelers and businesses recove…
01:05:45 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Examining the Vicious Lifecycle of Fintech (ft. The Consumer Finance Podcast)
On this super special bonus ep from The Consumer Finance Podcast, Alex joins Chris Willis and Jesse Silverman at Troutman Pepper to dissect fintech’s volatile lifecycle and its effects on bank-fintec…
00:36:02 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
S8 E6: Bank Nerd Corner: What is the BSCA and What Can It Do?
This week on Bank Nerd Corner, special guest and partner at Arnold & Porter, Jim Bergin joins the pod. Having worked for the Federal Reserve for 18 years, Kiah and Alex pry into his legal expertise t…
01:04:56 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
S8 E5: Fintech Recap: The BaaS Multiverse of Madness, the CFPB’s New Earned Wage Access Rule, and a Brief Conversation on Brokered Deposits
In this week’s episode of Fintech Recap, Alex is joined by Jason Mikula to discuss the latest news and trends in the fintech industry.
What if BaaS Island wasn’t really an island at all, but the gate…
01:16:17 |
Wed 07 Aug 2024
S8 E4: Fintech F*cks Around and Finds Out
Can you tell me how to get to FAFO Street?
Jason Henrichs (CEO of Alloy Labs and host of the Breaking Banks podcast) certainly can, and he’s pointing the finger at, well, everyone. He and Alex have a…
00:56:24 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
S8 E3: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Niva, OatFi, Tapi, and Aven
Simon Taylor’s back in action and ready to break down some of the hottest up and comers in the fintech world with Alex.
First, he and Alex discuss Niva, the global business identity platform using …
00:53:39 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
S8 E2: Bank Nerd Corner: What Are Shadow Banks?
What is shadow banking? It sounds nefarious… right? But what does it really mean?
Alex is joined by Kiah Haslett and special guest, Todd Phillips, the assistant professor at the Robinson College of …
01:06:04 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
S8 E1: Fintech Recap: Evolve’s Massive Data Breach, Apple’s Bizarre Announcement, and Klarna Replaces Its Staff with AI
He’s been wise. He’s been powerful. But guess what? It’s the first episode we can officially call Jason Mikula an author! Jason chats about his new book, “Banking as a Service: Opportunities, Challen…
01:03:40 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
BONUS EPISODE: Terry Angelos on Visa’s Latest Announcements and the Future of Payments
In this special end-of-season bonus episode, Terry Angelos, former SVP and Global Head of Fintech for Visa joins Alex to break down what Visa’s recent string of announcements might mean for the futur…
00:44:56 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
S7 E12: How Payment Insurance Enhances Consumer Financial Health
Alex is joined by Danielle Sesko, Director of Product Management and Innovation at TruStage, to delve into the crucial role of embedded payment insurance in lending and its potential to enhance consu…
00:58:24 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
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