

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. Subscribe now to join fintech’s nerdiest podcast around!
Episodes


Fintech in 2025: Where the Industry Goes Next - BNPL 2.0

S9 E9: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Paydock, Bluespine, Astrada, and Rise

Fintech in 2025: Where the Industry Goes Next - The State of Credit in 2025

S9 E8: Special Solo Recap on Deregulation, Marqeta, and Crypto’s Paradox

Fintech in 2025: Where the Industry Goes Next - The Optimists' Case for Fintech in 2025

S9 E7: Bank Nerd Corner: CFPB, All Day, Every Day

S9 E6: Money20/20, 2024: BaaS and Open Banking and AI (Oh My!)

S9 E5: The CFPB, Cash + Culture Party Podcast (Live from MX's Money Experience Summit)

S9 E4: Trust is a Two-way Street

S9 E3: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Kato, FlowX, Mesa, and Cavela—AI is Devouring Fintech

What Customers Want: The AI Concierge Revolution & What’s Next for Fintech CX

S9 E2: Bank Nerd Corner: Compliance, Complexity, and the Gray Areas of Fintech

What Customers Want: Navigating the Tension Between Innovation and Regulation

S9 E1: Fintech Recap: The New FDIC Rule, Visa's Antitrust Fight, and Open Banking's Next Steps
The FDIC’s proposed rule for custodial deposit accounts with transactional features aims to establish a mandatory regulatory floor for record-keeping and reconciliation, a necessary response to systemic failures observed in recent banking-as-a-service crises. While this rule may increase operational costs and further c...

What Customers Want: Scaling Fintech Customer Service

S8 E12: The Future of Loan Servicing (Live from the Salt Flats)

What Customers Want: Fintech’s Complicated Relationship with Customer Service

S8 E11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: 1: Agree, Revenew, Barq, and in Loving Memory of Tally

S8 E10: Bank Nerd Corner: Why "FBO" is Out & Fintech Custody Accounts Are In, Rate Cut Buzz, and the FDIC’s New Rule
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