Today's show is our special 500th episode of the Fintech One-on-One podcast. Rather than do a retrospective or a look back at some highlights from the last 11 years of interviews what I decided was to do my regular interview but with a fintech pioneer. I wanted a big name so I was delighted when the CEO and Founder of Cross River Bank, Gilles Gade, decided to join me.

I first interviewed Gilles (along with Adam Goller) on the show way back in Episode 32 in March 2015. A lot has changed since then as Cross River Bank has become a market leader in Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) and they have expanded way beyond their initial focus on marketplace lending.

A lot has happened in the BaaS space over the last year and we discuss this in depth as Gilles shares his thoughts on the past, present and future of bank-fintech partnerships. And much more.

Enjoy episode 500!

In this podcast you will learn:

The origin story of Cross River Bank.
How Cross River has been able to stay as a leader in the fintech lending space for over a decade.
The staggering numbers of loans that have flowed through Cross River.
How they expanded beyond the lending space.
How they developed their payments capabilities.
Why they moved away from the core providers to develop their own banking core.
The points he was making in his recent American Banker op-ed.
The lessons learned from the recent challenges in the BaaS space.
Gilles' thoughts on the higher bar now required to work with a BaaS bank.
What was behind their decision to start an investment bank earlier this year.
The scale that Cross River Bank is at today.

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