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Fintech Brainfood

Simon Taylor

A podcast about and for the people building the future of financial services. The Fintech CEOs, Nerds, VCs and founders who believe that by making finance better, you can make *everything* better.

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  • 8 episodes
  • Avg 38 min
  • English
  • February 18 · 21 min

    Fintech Nerdcon - Interview with Increase CEO Darragh Buckley

    In this episode Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo sits down with Increase CEO, Darragh Buckley to explore long-term infrastructure thinking, compliance as code, stablecoins vs. traditional rails, and what’s actually broken in payments.

  • #6
    Jun 19, 2024 · 34 min

    Meow CEO on Why Financial Services are a Commodity

    Financial services could be much lower cost and much more rewarding if we structurally attacked cost. Meow is attacking this head on. In the fifth interview from the B2B Fintech series, Brandon Arvanaghi, CEO of Meow, covers: Why financial services is a commodity How intentionally driving out cost creates a better deal for customers Operating an ultra-lean business on razor-thin margins The perfect timing of launching “max FDIC” coverage The further an executive is from the customer the worse t

  • #5
    Jun 12, 2024 · 50 min

    Mercury CEO Why Fintech is more complex than software businesses

    Mercury hit 8 Quarters of profit and has more cash on its balance sheet than it has raised. Immad believes the account is the wedge to build a financial platform. In this episode How the account becomes a platform you can build much more from How Fintech is much more complex than a software business Why learning all of the non software stuff (like compliance) is critical to long term viability The importance of owning UX Why customer support tickets should drive your UX roadmap The founder-led

  • #4
    Jun 5, 2024 · 43 min

    Arc CEO on Compliance as a Competitive Advantage

    In a world filled with CFO tools and giants like Ramp, Mercury, and Brex, what would make a new competitor stand out? In the second interview from the B2B Fintech series, Don Muir, CEO of Arc, takes through. Compliance as a competitive advantage What SVB and FRB always did well and their role in the Tech ecosystem The gap they left The power of a debt marketplace Understanding capital markets for growth companies How to compete when you've got bigger competitors What it will take for Arc to w

  • #3
    May 29, 2024 · 49 min

    Brex Co-CEO How Being Vertically Integrated Unlocks Global Scale

    Hey Fintech Nerds 👋, Can owning Fintech Infrastructure help companies scale globally? In this second interview from the B2B Fintech series, Pedro Franchesci, Co-CEO of Brex, gives Fintech operator level depth on 👇 🧠 Why being Vertically Integrated is a structural advantage 🧠 Why Quarterly releases > Incremental updates 🧠 How Brex goes global 🧠 How Brex can compete

  • #2
    May 21, 2024 · 51 min

    Ramp CEO Eric Glyman: The equation for Hypergrowth

    Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp, explains how they became the ultimate growth Fintech company How Ramp leverages partners The Ramp philosophy on shipping fast Figuring out the company equation Why B2B Fintech is hot What it will take for Ramp to win

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