Fintech Brainfood

After speaking to the CEOs of Ramp, Brex, and Mercury, my first instinct is to find other nerds with whom to share my thoughts.Immediately, I thought of Alex, and then I needed to bring some class to proceedings. I called my old friend Cokie (an OG and still my favorite Fintech content writer).This is the most fun, relaxed, and engaging conversation I’ve had about Fintech in a long time.I’m not even going to try and sell it to you.Just take a listen.Who knows if or when I’ll do season 2, but this has been a fun side project.Get in touch if you want to know more about me, my day job at Sardine, or you have any feedback on season 1.Now back to your regular scheduled newslettering.ST.

Discussion with Meow CEO on revolutionizing financial services through high-yield treasury and $125m FDIC insurance. Insights on strategic pivots, efficient execution, and international expansion. Emphasis on building ethical fintech company, customer acquisition, revenue models, and navigating risks in the industry.

Immad, a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, discusses Mercury's innovative approach to fintech, providing a user-centric financial platform. They address challenges faced by growth companies, offering a single dashboard for banking solutions. Mercury's evolution includes features like extended FDIC insurance, corporate credit cards, and financial workflows, emphasizing profitability and customer acquisition strategies. The podcast explores Mercury's unique go-to-market strategy, revenue drivers, autonomous product teams, and fintech expansion plans.

Arc CEO discusses compliance as a competitive advantage in the crowded B2B fintech landscape. They offer a dashboard for startups, venture debt, asset-backed loans, and third-party lending. Their unique approach focuses on product development speed, growth strategies, and building emotional connections with early customers.

Discover how Brex revolutionized the corporate card market, offering a seamless experience without personal guarantees. Dive into their journey from serving startups to becoming a finance operating system for digital companies, with insights on risk management, evolving customer needs, and the immigrant founders' entrepreneurial journey.

Ramp CEO Eric Glyman discusses the success of Ramp's metrics-driven expense cards, facing competition from Brex and Mercury in the Fintech industry. They delve into the evolution of expense management software, growth strategies, continuous improvement in product development, diverse product offerings, global expansion challenges, and the future of Fintech post-SVB world.

Hey Fintech Nerds 👋,Can B2B Fintech rescue us from the banking crisis, or does it make it worse? Fintech Brainfood Interviews is a series of 1:1 conversations with CEOs of Fintech companies. We go deeper, getting into how they're building the product and partnering and how that makes them different. The first five episodes are with Ramp.com, Brex, Arc, Meow, and Modern Treasury. Episode 6 is a bonus after-show with my favorite nerds picking apart the differences.Hit subscribe to make sure you never miss an episode.