Podcasts

Fintech

Podcast Grasshopper Bank’s challenge: Designing apps for people who make apps

The digital-only bank, which is due to launch March 1, is trying to develop an Amazon-like banking experience for the most finicky of clients: tech startup founders, says CEO Mike Butler.

By Penny Crosman

February 14
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Podcast ‘Small banks are disappearing’: FDIC’s Jelena McWilliams

In her last week in office, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. chair discusses why she worries about the dwindling number of community banks and minority-owned banks, why she has made serving low-income communities a priority during her tenure, and what she might do next.

By Penny Crosman

January 31
Digital banking

Podcast The year crypto will become a must-have for banks

Traditional banks could be forced to add cryptocurrency product offerings in 2022 to compete with fintechs that are taking advantage of blockchain innovations, according to Diogo Mónica, co-founder and president of Anchorage.

By Penny Crosman

January 18
Consumer banking

Podcast Where bankers fall short on serving older customers

Banks and credit unions need to do more for (and assume less about) customers who are over 50, says Theo Lau, founder of the advisory firm Unconventional Ventures.

By Penny Crosman

January 4
Podcast Why some banks can’t quit overdraft fees

Regulators have joined the call for banks to change their approach to overdraft. But simply getting rid of the fees is impractical for many banks, according to Leo D'Acierno and Betty Cowell, senior advisors at the strategy and marketing consultancy Simon-Kucher & Partners.

Sponsored by IntraFi
Podcast Banks’ battle against IRS reporting isn’t over

The banking industry has been working to beat back a proposal that would require banks to disclose certain customer account information to the Internal Revenue Service. But even if they succeed, the problem of unreported taxable income isn't going away.

Sponsored by Talkdesk
Podcast Where fintechs will flourish in 2022

Startups focused on embedded banking, small-business finance and health care insurance will prosper in the year ahead, predicts Alex Lazarow, partner at the San Francisco global venture capital fund Cathay Innovation.

Sponsored by IntraFi
Podcast What will it take to get banks back into remittances?

Immigrants transfer billions overseas every year, and that market is dominated by nonbanks, crypto and fintechs. Those services could help banks get more customers in the door, but it’s easier said than done.

Sponsored by Talkdesk
Podcast Countering SEC chair's claim that stablecoins are 'poker chips'

Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire argues that Gary Gensler’s association of stablecoins with gambling doesn’t match how they're used, the way they're regulated or their potential benefit to the financial system.

Sponsored by IntraFi
Podcast Have fintechs cracked the financial inclusion code?

Many fintech companies are offering quality, low-cost services to people who are left out of mainstream banking. But low-income consumers face barriers that technology alone can't solve.

Sponsored by Talkdesk