Fintech Takes
Episodes
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 7: Collections Without Borders
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Collections Conversations, a miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software. The series digs into how gene...
Facing Credit: The Credit Score After FICO
22 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I'm Alex Johnson, joined by Rich Franks (a fintech advisor and consultant with 20+ years in credit risk acr...
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 6: Humans in the Fintech Loop
16 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Collections Conversations, a new miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software. The series digs into how ...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: monk, MKIII, Wealth Architect, & CloutScore
15 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we're absolutely not giving in...
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 5: The Missed Payment Is Not the Problem
09 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Collections Conversations, a new miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software – now with a fresh batch of...
The Great Bank-Fintech Partnership Reset
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Jason Henrichs, CEO of Alloy Labs and co-host of the Breaking Banks podcast. ...
Fintech Recap: Bilt Breaks, BaaS Unbundles, and NY Flexes
01 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Recap. I'm Alex Johnson, joined as always by my partner in recapping, Jason Mikula. We kick things off with Bilt 2.0. After...
Fintech Takes x Spinwheel presents Credit Without Constraints Episode 4: Context
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Credit Without Constraints, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, presented with our friends at Spinwheel. The series r...
Facing Credit: Credit Underwriting as a System
25 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Kiran Aware (Chief Consumer Credit Officer at LendingClub) and Michelle Young...
Fintech Takes x Spinwheel presents Credit Without Constraints Episode 3: Acquisition
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Credit Without Constraints, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, presented with our friends at Spinwheel. The series o...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Rhythmic, AgentCard, Rowspace, & Burst
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we’re absolutely not giving ...
Fintech Takes x Spinwheel presents Credit Without Constraints Episode 2: Underwriting
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Credit Without Constraints, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, presented with our friends at Spinwheel. The series o...
Celebrity Fintech, Before MrBeast
11 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I'm Alex Johnson, joined again by Carlos Caro (author of the Free Toaster newsletter and host of the Free Toaster podca...
Fintech Takes x Spinwheel presents Credit Without Constraints Episode 1: The "Yes And" Approach to Credit Data
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Credit Without Constraints, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, presented with our friends at Spinwheel. The series o...
Fintech Recap: Block, Crypto Cards, and Prediction Markets Split the Right
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Recap. I'm Alex Johnson, joined as always by my partner in recapping, Jason Mikula. We kick things off with Block’s move in...
Canada Leapfrogs on Open Banking
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined in this episode by two guests, Steve Boms (Executive Director at FDATA) and Dan ...
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 4: Collections at the Edge
19 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the finale of Collections Conversations, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software. ...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Kairos, Vault, Vennre, & Buy Now Pay Maybe
18 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we’re absolutely not giving ...
Fintech Takes: Super Bowl Edition
11 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast, where I’m welcoming back Jane Barratt, Chief Advocacy Officer at MX, to talk about Super Bowl commerci...
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 2: When Customer Centricity Breaks
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Collections Conversations, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software. The series d...
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 3: The System Behind Collections
05 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Collections Conversations, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software. The series d...
Fintech Recap: Clarity Crumbles, Charters Multiply, and Brex Gets Bought
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Recap. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my partner in recapping, Jason Mikula. Even if we aren’t sailing to BaaS Is...
Inside Net Interest
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Marc Rubinstein, author of the fantastic Net Interest newsletter. In thi...
Fintech Takes x C&R presents Collections Conversations Episode 1: Collections in the Age of AI
22 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Collections Conversations, a new four-part podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at C&R Software. The series d...
Fintech Recap (Bonus): The Rise and Fall of Kontigo
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes for a special bonus episode of Fintech Recap with Jason Mikula; Latin American sanctions evasion expert and author of a ...
Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Presents Cash Flow Conversations Episode 5: Underwriting Was Just the Beginning
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome back to Cash Flow Conversations, a miniseries sponsored by our friends at Nova Credit. If you’ve followed my work, you’ll kn...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Kontigo, Givefront, Beycome, & Cash App
14 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we’re absolutely not giving ...
Fintech Recap: The 2025 Themes That Will Define 2026
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my partner in Fintech Recapping, Jason Mikula. In our first episode of the ne...
Diving Deep with Max Levchin
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. Today’s episode kicks off a new long-form interview format I’m calling Diving Deep. And in this epis...
A Very Die Hard Christmas
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Kiah Haslett, Jason Mikula, and Jason Henrichs. Four people. Two Jasons. It’...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Trudenty, Tidalwave, Kaaj, & FinReach Solutions
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we’re absolutely not giving ...
Facing Credit: Pressure Points
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Dave Wasik (Partner at 2nd Order Solutions) for our new series, Facing Credit...
Fintech Recap: Open Banking, Digital IDs, and Green Dot’s Split
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my Jason Mikula, my partner in recapping — who I’ve been lucky to see a l...
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering the SMB Capital Stack Episode 4: The Role of Banks (with Jackie Reses at Lead)
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our Engineering the SMB Capital Stack, sponsored by our friends at Fundbox. In this four-part series, we’re exploring small busin...
Facing Credit: When AI Broke the Marketing Machine
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Carlos Caro (author of the Free Toaster newsletter and host of the Free Toast...
The Future of Issuing with Marqeta’s CEO
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Mike Milotich, CEO of Marqeta (who stepped into the role after serving as CFO...
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering the SMB Capital Stack Episode 3: Data & Underwriting with Bernardo Martinez (SoFi)
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our Engineering the SMB Capital Stack, sponsored by our friends at Fundbox. In this four-part series, we’re exploring small busin...
The $455B Reality of Financial Health
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Jennifer Tescher, founder and CEO of the Financial Health Network (who’s sp...
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering the SMB Capital Stack Episode 2: Distribution (with Tanay Jaeel at Stripe)
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our Engineering the SMB Capital Stack, sponsored by our friends at Fundbox. In this four-part series, we’re exploring small busin...
Fintech Recap: AI, Stablecoins, and Live Money20/20 Energy!
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my Jason Mikula, my partner in recapping, but this time we recorded live from...
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering the SMB Capital Stack Episode 1: The State of SMB Lending
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new miniseries, Engineering the SMB Capital Stack, sponsored by our friends at Fundbox. This four-part series digs into small busine...
Risk, Rules, and the Gaps in Open Banking
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined in this episode by three guests — Steve Smith (Co-founder and CEO of Invela; f...
Fintech Takes x Pipe Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts Episode 6: Scaling Up
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the finale of our new miniseries, Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts (sponsored by our friends at Pipe), we confront the biggest ...
The Launch of Facing Credit
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Kevin Moss (Senior Advisor at Baselayer, former CRO) to help launch Facing Cr...
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts Episode 5: Go To Market
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our new miniseries Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. In episode 5, hosts Alex...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: EtherFi, Lunos AI, Circuit & Chisel, & Figure
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I do what we do best: talk about fintech startups we’re absolutely not giving ...
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts Episode 4: Build, Buy, or Partner?
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our new miniseries Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. In episode 4, we attempt...
Fintech Takes: Gambling is the Biggest Threat to Consumers’ Financial Health
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. Listeners may remember my first audiobook experiment…well, we’re back, by popular demand! In our second ever F...
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts Episode 3: Fintech Strategy
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our new miniseries Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. In episode 3, we dig ...
Fintech Recap: Plaid Pays Chase, FBI Circles BaaS, and FICO Tries AI
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my partner-in-recapping, Jason Mikula. First up: the uneasy détente in ...
FT x Nova Credit Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Presents Cash Flow Conversations Episode 4: The Cash Flow Bureau of the Future
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and thanks for joining us for the fourth and final episode of Cash Flow Conversations, a new miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. In episode...
Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Presents Cash Flow Conversations Episode 3: Saying “Yes” to More Underserved Consumers
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome back to Cash Flow Conversations, a new miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. Episode 3 is my conversation with Matt Zalubowski, C...
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts Episode 2: Customer Centricity
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to our new miniseries, Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. Vertical SaaS platforms...
Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Presents Cash Flow Conversations Episode 2: Experimenting With (and Scaling Up the Use of) Cash Flow Data
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome back to Cash Flow Conversations, a new podcast miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. We’re exploring how cash flow data moves f...
Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Presents Cash Flow Conversations Episode 1: How Do Credit Risk Executives Think About Cash Flow Data?
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome to Cash Flow Conversations, a new podcast miniseries sponsored by Nova Credit. If you’ve followed my work, you’ll know that ...
Startup Truths and Reality Checks
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by David Roos, Partner at Core Innovation Capital — an early-stage fintech inv...
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts Episode 1: A Crash Course in vSaaS
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new miniseries, Vertical SaaS: Fintech Disruption by a Thousand Cuts, sponsored by our friends at Pipe. This six-part miniseries exp...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Welcome Tech, Bumper, Scalar Field, & Structify
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I riff about fintech companies we’re absolutely not giving investment advice o...
Fintech Takes x SOLO Presents Source of Truth Episode 4: Wave a Magic Wand
12 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re at the finish line of Source of Truth, the new podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at SOLO. And much like in a ...
Fintech Takes x SOLO Presents Source of Truth Episode 3: Hard Lessons Learned from the Trenches
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome back to Source of Truth, a new miniseries sponsored by our friends at SOLO. This series is about information asymmetry; the enemy o...
Bank Nerd Corner: OCC vs. States, NBA Moneyball, and Tokenized Deposits
10 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Bank Nerd Corner featuring Kiah Haslett (whose inaugural Fintech Takes Banking newsletter is officially live – subscribe here to sta...
Fintech Recap: Open Banking, BaaS Island, and GENIUS Act Updates
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my partner-in-recapping, Jason Mikula. First up, the open banking saga c...
Fintech Takes x SOLO Presents Source of Truth Episode 2: Context is King
29 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome back to Source of Truth, the new podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at SOLO. This series is about i...
Fintech Takes x SOLO Presents Source of Truth. Ep 1: Is Truth Enough to Unlock Trust?
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hello, and welcome to Source of Truth, a new podcast miniseries from Fintech Takes, sponsored by our friends at SOLO. This series is about informat...
Bank Nerd Corner: CFPB’s Flip, Crypto’s Endgame, and The Erebor Backdoor
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bank Nerd Corner is back with Kiah Haslett returning … not just as co-host, but as an official member of Fintech Takes! That’s right, big new...
Inside Open Banking’s Rule, Reversal, and Reset
20 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Dan Murphy — Founder of Sunset Park Advisors and former CFPB official who h...
Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders E6: Crystal Ball – The Future of Financial Regulation
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the finale of Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders (a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with...
Why Is This Happening? The CFPB’s 14-Year Culture War
13 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, and today we’re trying something different: a little audiobook experiment. I’m turnin...
Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders Title: Episode 5: AI Agents in Financial Services: What Happens When Robots Make the Calls?
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with ...
Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: Ep 4: Customer Acquisition in the Age of AI
11 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with ...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Alix, Narrative, Ogment AI, & SOLO
06 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I riff about fintech companies we're absolutely not giving investment advice on ...
Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens Ep 3: Compliance Officers in the Age of AI: Creating Second Line 2.0
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with ...
Fintech Recap: Chase vs. Data, Congress vs. Crypto
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) by my partner-in-recapping, Jason Mikula. Usually, we sift through a grab bag...
Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens Ep 2: Credit Risk Analytics in the Age of AI
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with ...
Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: Into the CFPB Void: Regulatory Free-for-All in Financial Services
28 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with Fair...
Fintech Takes: Chase Leads, the CFPB Retreats, and There’s Still No Throughline
23 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Evan Weinberger, Bloomberg Law reporter and bank regulation whisperer (and th...
Fintech Takes: Cards, Rent, and Crypto
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Matthew Goldman — Totavi founder, serial fintech builder (Wallaby, Vertical...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Polar, Multiply Mortgage, OpenTrade, & Spinwheel
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I talk about fintech companies that we're definitely not giving investment advic...
Fintech Recap: BNPL’s Black Box, Synapse’s Maybe-Bailout, and Crypto Dreams
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined (as always) with my partner-in-fintech-recapping, Jason Mikula. Let’s get into it. Firs...
Fintech Takes: Credit Scores, Cash Flow, and the Coming Trust Collapse
25 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m your host, Alex Johnson, joined by Martin Kleinbard; advisor at Granular, ex-CFPB, and author of the ...
Fintech Takes: Are Stablecoins a Threat…or Just Better Infrastructure?
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, and today we’re lucky enough to dig into stablecoins (again!) with James Wester, co-head of payme...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Nekuda, Vontive, Atticus, & Affiniti
11 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I talk about fintech companies that we're definitely not giving investment advic...
Fintech Recap: Chime’s Rorschach Test, Fintech vs. Sand, and Crypto’s Legislative Makeover
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s episode of Fintech Recap, Jason Mikula and I break down a surprisingly busy run of headlines. The IPO window is open after all: eToro...
Fintech Takes: Gambling, Finance, and the Fallout
28 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m your host, Alex Johnson, and today we’re digging into one of the most urgent (and underdiscussed) f...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Cardamon, Sprive, Figg, & Glide
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, the podcast where Simon Taylor and I (Alex Johnson) talk through fintech companies we’re intrigued by...
Fintech Takes: What the Hell’s Going On (Bank Regulation, Stablecoins, and Credit)
14 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m your host, Alex Johnson, and joining me for his second spin on the podcast merry-go-round is Rob Blackwell (Chief...
Fintech Recap: BaaS Breakdown, Super App Déjà Vu, and the Tomo Trainwreck
07 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, joined by Jason Mikula, and we are once again unable to resist the siren call of Bass Island. Tour ...
Fintech Takes: The Prodigal Return of Frank Rotman; On Financial Nihilism and Rebuilding The Game
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m your host, Alex Johnson, and today, one of our favorite guests is making a triumphant return visit—...
Bank Nerd Corner: Trust, Charters, and the Cost of Uncertainty
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Bank Nerd Corner, featuring yours truly and—plot twist—not Kiah Haslett. Today we’re flying without our usual co-pilot, but in h...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Ubyx, Codex, Agent AV, & Experian
16 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I talk about fintech companies that we're definitely not giving investment advic...
Fintech Recap: Klarna Goes Public, Mercury Splits, and Lending…Can Hurt
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, and as always, I’m joined by my partner-in-crime, Jason Mikula. Today, we’re unpack...
Fintech Takes: Will Stablecoins Disrupt Retail…or Just Disappear?
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Fintech Takes! I’m Alex Johnson, and today we’re unpacking stablecoins with James Wester, co-head of payments research at Javelin ...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Payma, Shiboleth, Stablecore, and Astrada
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice! I’m Alex Johnson, creator of Fintech Takes, recording live (!) at Fintech Meetup with my co-host, Sim...
Bank Nerd Corner: The "Would You Rather?" of Fintech Regulation
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Bank Nerd Corner, Kiah and Alex welcome a special guest (arguably the MOST special?), former Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Michael ...
Fintech Recap: Regulator Shuffle, Varo's Struggles, and BNPL's Dark Side
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to the Fintech Takes podcast. I’m Alex Johnson, and as always, I’m joined by my partner-in-crime, Jason Mikula. Today, we’re unpack...
Fintech Takes: Regulatory Roulette on Capital Hill
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Fintech Takes! I’m Alex Johnson, and today we’re heading straight into the belly of the beast—Washington, D.C.—where regulators, ba...
Bank Nerd Corner: CFPB, De Novos, and The Crypto-BaaS Reckoning
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Bank Nerd Corner, featuring yours truly and #1 among all bank nerds, Kiah Haslett, Banking and Fintech Editor at Bank Director. By the...
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Rail, Anchor, Sencillo, and ClosingLock
12 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where instead of doling out investment advice (we’re not doing that), we spotlight interesting, new f...
Fintech Recap: The Fallout from Synapse, the Ramp Revolution, and the CFPB’s Latest Play
05 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to a special live edition of Fintech Recap! For the first time in 2025, your host Alex Johnson is joined IRL by Jason Mikula (Fintech Business...
Navigating the Shifting Currents of Cash Flow Underwriting
29 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Alex chats with Tim Bates, Principal at Efficient Frontier Risk Strategies, about his groundbreaking (forthcoming) report on cash flo...