The Fintech
One-on-One Podcast
Hosted by Peter Renton since 2013 — the longest-running fintech podcast on record. Weekly, in-depth conversations with the executives building the future of financial technology.
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Fintech Revealed: Deep Dive on Vertical Fintech with Increase and Tekion
Inside the car dealership sits a trillion-dollar money-movement problem, and the two executives building embedded banking for it explain why vertical fintech is the answer.
ListenHow Edge Focus is Bringing Quant Trading Precision to Consumer Lending, With CEO Elliott Lorenz
Edge Focus CEO Elliott Lorenz on how a quant-built credit engine expands lenders' credit boxes, updates models in a day, and brings technology and capital to private credit together.
ListenWhat’s Finally Changing to Help Catch More Financial Crime With Andrew Davies of ComplyAdvantage
Andrew Davies of ComplyAdvantage on why the industry catches less than 2% of money laundered globally, how AI is finally changing that, and why data sharing consortiums are the next inflection point.
ListenWhy Embedded Payments is a Retention Strategy for Vertical SaaS with Joshua Silver, CEO of Rainforest
Joshua Silver of Rainforest makes the case that embedded payments is a retention strategy, not just a revenue line, and explains why the payfac economics have shifted dramatically.
ListenHow Figure Is Cutting Mortgage Costs from $12,000 to $1,000, with CEO Michael Tannenbaum
Figure CEO Michael Tannenbaum explains how blockchain is cutting mortgage costs from $12,000 to $1,000 and why Figure competes directly with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
ListenFixing the Broken Appraisal Model in Asset-Backed Lending With Thomas Galbraith, CEO of Barkr
Thomas Galbraith explains how Barkr pairs AI valuation with a contractual warranty to solve the accountability gap that has always plagued asset-backed lending.
ListenBuilding the Bank-Grade Ledger That Payments Infrastructure Was Missing With Patricia Montesi, CEO of Qolo
Patricia Montesi built Qolo's bank-grade ledger, money movement, and card issuing stack from scratch, and KeyBank became both a client and a strategic investor.
ListenThe Case for AI as a Revenue Driver in Financial Infrastructure with Chris Walters, CEO of Finastra
Chris Walters, CEO of Finastra, explains why his company is treating AI as a growth accelerant, not a cost-cutting tool, and what it will take to modernize the community bank core.
ListenBuilding a Profitable Neobank by Doing Everything the Hard Way With Ali Niknam, CEO of bunq
Ali Niknam, founder and CEO of Bunq, on how a paid-from-day-one model, a greenfield banking license, and €85M in profit set the stage for a US market entry.
ListenNo Code Infrastructure and the Future of Lending with Timothy Li, CEO of LendAPI
Timothy Li's LendAPI is turning lending product launches into a drag-and-drop experience, and Sunglass Hut is already in production.
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