On the evolution of Square Banking with Christina Riechers

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. On our podcast, we interview some of the top minds at work building the next generation of financial services. In its work with small businesses and consumer payments, Square is definitely one of the companies that matters. Christina Riechers heads up Square Banking which serves about 1 million small business owners with checking, savings, and loans. She leads engineering, product, design, product marketing, operations & policy, and data science. For Christina, helping solve liquidity issues runs deeper than just a job. She co-founded and led Evidence Action, a non-profit that addresses health concerns for 200M+ children annually and provides 4M+ East Africans with access to safe water. This work has a direct economic impact on their lives. Christina’s work doing good informs her professional life and the way she looks at finance. But it also works in reverse – her experiences building at scale have proven helpful in her work building efficient charity organizations, too. It’s clear for her that providing the right tools and opportunities can make a huge difference. Christina Riechers is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast.