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
S4 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Generative AI & Compliance, Reinventing the ERP, The Case For CDs
Get ready for another episode of Not Fintech Advice with Simon Taylor!
In this episode, Alex and Simon dive into the world of generative AI and its potential as a disruptive innovation. How is AI re…
01:00:24 |
Wed 20 Sep 2023
S4 Ep10: BNC: Why Fintech Can’t Get Charters, Compliance Expectations, Defining Risky Deposits
Get ready for another deep dive into the world of banking and fintech with this month’s “Bank Nerd Corner” with the brilliant Kiah Haslett, the banking and fintech editor at Bank Director.
In this e…
01:17:44 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
S4 Ep9: Fintech Recap: Current’s Credit Building Card, Plaid’s New Partnership, and Niche Neobanks Making It Work
On this week’s Fintech Recap, Alex and Jason unravel the latest industry buzz and breakthroughs in fintech.
And in this episode, they’re diving into neobank Current’s unique credit-building charge ca…
00:50:55 |
Wed 06 Sep 2023
S4 Ep8: Not Fintech Investment Advice: AI’s Fintech Footprint, PayPal’s Bold Stablecoin Move, Making Community Banks Profitable
In this month’s special episode of “Not Fintech Investment Advice,” Alex sits down with fintech guru Simon Taylor to talk through some fintech companies that have recently caught their attention.
The…
00:56:01 |
Wed 30 Aug 2023
S4 Ep7: Fintech Recap: How FedNow is Revolutionizing the Future of Instant Payment
Chief Payments Executive of the Federal Reserve, Mark Gould, stops by the studio for this special episode of Fintech Recap with Alex and Jason to chat about the evolution of instant payment and how F…
00:46:37 |
Wed 23 Aug 2023
S4 Ep6: BNC: Apple is Too Popular, Credit Card Balances Spike, Make CDs Sexy Again
It’s time for another episode of Bank Nerd Corner with America’s favorite banking and fintech editor, Kiah Haslett, and there’s only been one bank failure since she Alex last talked!
This week they’r…
01:10:12 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
S4 Ep5: Fintech Recap: Instant Money Madness, Sam Altman’s Dystopian Future, and a Cannabis Debit Card Kerfuffle
Was Zelle a stupid way of introducing real-time payments? Is OpenAI’s CEO going all in on making Minority Report a reality? And has Alex secretly been a Swifty this whole time?
On this month’s Fintec…
00:51:07 |
Wed 09 Aug 2023
S4 Ep4: The Opportunity to Help Independent Workers in Brazil, with Isaac Matzner
The number of independent workers in Brazil is surging, but still, full employment benefits elude most contract workers. How can this problem be fixed?
In this week’s pod, Alex is taking a deep dive…
00:47:23 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
S4 Ep3: Not Fintech Investment Advice — Noodle.shop, Crux, Vesta, and Tint
In this month’s “Not Fintech Investment Advice” with Simon Taylor, where Alex and Simon dissect the latest and greatest fintech companies on the market, the guys dissect Noodle.shop’s ploy to be the …
00:53:19 |
Wed 26 Jul 2023
S4 Ep2: BNC: MOVEit’s Security Breach, Bank M&A, and the Hidden Risks of Faster Money Movement
It’s time for another round of Bank Nerd Corner with Alex and special guest host Kiah Haslett, and thankfully, only one bank has collapsed since its return.
Kiah and Alex are geeking out on all the l…
01:06:49 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
S4 Ep1: Fintech Recap: Goldman Offloads Apple/the Rise of Data Fraud Consortiums/Monetizing Outrage
Our favorite fintech obsessive is back from parental leave, and he’s ready to tackle all of the latest fintech news you might have missed from the last couple of weeks with fellow obsessive and finte…
00:51:12 |
Wed 12 Jul 2023
S3 Ep6: BNC: Is Apple Card the End of Banks/Refinancing Commercial Mortgages/First Republic Bank
What happens when $270 billion of commercial mortgages expire and mature?
In this week’s Bank Nerd Corner, Alex chats with Managing Editor at Bank Director, Kiah Haslett, about the latest in fintech…
01:00:53 |
Wed 31 May 2023
S3 Ep5: Four of Fintech’s Most Disruptive Companies, with Simon Taylor
On this week’s podcast, Alex is joined by the wise and powerful Simon Taylor, who’s taking a break from the dreary UK weather to break down a few of the most promising fintech startups and banking as…
00:54:47 |
Wed 24 May 2023
Exploring Payroll Connectivity: Emerging Use Cases, with Argyle
In this special, four-part series, Fintech Takes’ Alex Johnson explores payroll connectivity from a variety of perspectives.
In this episode, Argyle GM Justin Stolzenberg and Column Tax co-founder…
00:30:58 |
Tue 16 May 2023
Exploring Payroll Connectivity: Mortgage, with Argyle
In this special, four-part series, Fintech Takes’ Alex Johnson explores payroll connectivity from a variety of perspectives.
In today’s episode, John Hardesty and Kyle Green talk with Alex about ho…
00:45:40 |
Tue 09 May 2023
Exploring Payroll Connectivity: Lending, with Argyle
In this special, four-part series, Fintech Takes’ Alex Johnson explores the wide-reaching implications of programmatic, consumer-permissioned access to payroll data.
In this episode, Alex chats wi…
00:48:45 |
Tue 02 May 2023
S3 Ep4: Fintech Recap— Apple Savings, Bunq’s U.S. expansion, and Plaid RTP
Fintech Business Weekly publisher Jason Mikula joins Alex to discuss the latest news in fintech and banking.
In this week’s episode, they dissect Apple’s high-yield savings account, discuss how the…
00:54:43 |
Wed 26 Apr 2023
Exploring Payroll Connectivity - How Argyle is Redefining Income & Employment Verification, with Shmulik Fishman
In this special, four-part series, Fintech Takes’ Alex Johnson explores payroll connectivity from a lending, mortgage, and emerging technology perspective.
In part one, Alex sits down with Argyle …
00:53:05 |
Tue 25 Apr 2023
S3 Ep3: Fintech’s Biggest Unsolved Problems with Nina Mohanty
Co-founder of Bloom Money, Nina Mohanty, drops by the podcast to discuss just how many unsolved problems remain in fintech and financial services.
She and Alex talk about a few of the most notable …
00:56:22 |
Wed 19 Apr 2023
S3 Ep2: BNC: What Makes a Bank Safe, the Federal Discount Window, and Innovation in Banking
With the benefit of some hindsight (finally), what are the big takeaways from SVB?
Kiah Haslett, managing editor of Bank Director, is in the studio to chat with Alex about why the SVB collapse is r…
01:10:00 |
Wed 12 Apr 2023
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