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Tearsheet Podcast: Exploring Financial Services Together

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May 15, 2022 • 26min

Banking Podcast Ep. 18: Will financial super-apps-in-the-making revert to what they’re good at?

Welcome to episode 18 of Tearsheet’s Banking Podcast). Zack Miller, Tearsheet’s editor in chief, and Josh Liggett, investment team principal at OurCrowd, are your hosts. In this episode, we’ll discuss: How a bad market might impact fintechs: Stock prices are down massively, for both newly minted public fintechs and for those operating in the market for years. Zack posits that the rebundling trend – that had monoline operators expand into adjacent markets and products – would end and companies would return to their roots.  Revenue potential for banks moving into BaaS: BaaS platforms are increasingly working with multiple banking partners. Fintechs continue to look for licensed banks as partners to launch banking products and services. A recent report looks at the business model and revenue potential for banks to move into fintech partnerships. Josh is suspect that the market can support a sizable number of new partner banks.  Regulation is coming for BNPL: As consumer debt grows, the various agencies active in consumer finance are interested in providing new rules and regulations for BNPL companies. Josh feels this is necessary light shone on shadow debt markets that aren’t connected to the traditional credit reporting system. Crypto-backed mortgages are here and more options are on the way:  Crypto mortgages can be useful for those who are crypto-rich and cash-poor and have a lot of their wealth invested in cryptocurrency. These types of loans are still very new and Bitcoin's fluctuating value makes crypto mortgages a risky option for homebuyers. Zack can’t see himself leveraging up to buy land in the metaverse. Josh thinks mortgages tied to volatile currencies is just a bad idea.
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May 11, 2022 • 27min

The challenges and opportunities for stablecoins in traditional finance with Paxos’ Mike Coscetta

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Tearsheet’s editor in chief, Zack Miller. As the industry looks at what’s happening in crypto, there’s emerged an idea that the way the financial industry bridges the old world with the new one is via stablecoins – crypto tied to the US dollar, for example. Is that true? To explore this idea i sat with Mike Coscetta, head of revenue at Paxos. As an infrastructure player, his firm works with many of the top brands with crypto offerings, like PayPal, for example. I wanted to know more about stablecoins and some of the trends at play. The following is my conversation with head of revenue at Paxos, Mike Coscetta.
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May 10, 2022 • 24min

Acquire Podcast Ep8: Billboards, donuts, and QR codes: Flexbase is building awareness

In today's episode, I'm joined by Flexbase’s Zaid Rahman, founder and CEO, and Joey Randazzo, head of growth. Flexbase is a payments platform for construction companies. We’ll be diving into their standout approach to brand awareness – from blanketing one city at a time, putting up billboards off highways, and shipping mysterious donut boxes to roll out the Flexbase card, a credit card that meets the unique needs of the construction industry.
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May 5, 2022 • 13min

Power of Payments Ep6: Quontic's payment ring, Visa and NFTs, and the new Square Stand

Welcome back to Power of Payments. I’m your host Ismail Umar, and in today’s episode, we discuss why Quontic Bank decided to launch a contactless payment ring, what Visa’s Creator Program tells us about its interest in NFTs, and what Block offers merchants with its upgraded Square Stand point of sale system.
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Apr 28, 2022 • 12min

Identity proofing in the Metaverse and Web3: David Milligan

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with consulting firm Ulysses Partners to create a four-part series on identity proofing and the importance of user experience in its emerging landscape. The series is based on our co-created guide, The Identity Proofing Guide: A practical hands-on review of user experience in leading solutions (https://bit.ly/3EUU3NR). In this fourth and final session we’re joined by David Milligan, managing partner at Ulysses Partners. We’ll be talking about why we need identity proofing the Metaverse and Web3 and the future of identity and doing business online. Read it on our site: https://bit.ly/3xXmwBe
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Apr 26, 2022 • 31min

Acquire Podcast Ep7: ‘Founders not meeting with customers are doing it wrong': Conduit's CEO

In today's episode, I'm speaking with Kirill Gertman, co-founder and CEO of Conduit -- a B2B fintech providing infrastructure for DeFi payments -- about building one API for DeFi, going to market in unlikely geographies, crafting a reliable, trustworthy brand that stands out in the sci-fi aesthetic of the crypto world, and much more.
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Apr 21, 2022 • 22min

Power of Payments Ep5: Extend's CEO on virtual cards and spend management

Welcome back to Power of Payments. I’m your host Ismail Umar, and in today’s episode, I’m joined by Andrew Jamison, co-founder and CEO of Extend. Extend provides digital payment infrastructure for financial firms and allows them to modernize their payment experiences through the use of virtual cards. The firm’s offerings include virtual card APIs, a digital corporate card app, and a card tokenization service. Extend has partnered and integrated with major card networks including Mastercard, Visa, and Amex, as well as banks like Silicon Valley Bank and City National Bank. Andrew is here to talk to me about why he founded Extend, what need it serves in the industry, and where he sees virtual cards and corporate payments headed in the coming years.
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Apr 20, 2022 • 40min

‘We don't care about being the first, we care about being the best’: Helix’s Ahon Sarkar

Q2’s rebranded its platform business earlier this year as part of revisioning embedded finance. Helix’s GM Ahon Sarkar joins us on the Tearsheet Podcast to discuss what he’s learned servicing big brand clients and millions of users. We talk about the deep rooted aspiration to ‘make finance human', the changing face of the fintech space and specifically Banking as a Service over time , what’s next for embedded finance: deeper focus, simplification, and better automation, and much more.
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Apr 14, 2022 • 21min

The digital ID verification landscape and why biometrics are crucial: David Milligan & Graham Seel

The following was produced by Tearsheet Studios. We worked with consulting firm Ulysses Partners to create a four-part series on identity proofing and the importance of user experience in its emerging landscape. The series is based on our co-created guide, The Identity Proofing Guide: A practical hands-on review of user experience in leading solutions (https://bit.ly/3EUU3NR). In this session we’re joined by David Milligan, managing partner at Ulysses Partners, and Graham Seel, strategic advisor to community banks and credit unions. We’ll be talking about the current biometrics and verification landscape, the concept of data sharing consortia, and how different geographies around the world, from the US to India, are tackling the need to prove and verify identities. Read it on our site: https://bit.ly/38rh1jo
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Apr 12, 2022 • 20min

Acquire Podcast Ep6: Ice cream, puppies, and financial ease with Intuit Mint’s brand campaign

Welcome to Acquire, Tearsheet’s Marketing Podcast. I’m your host, Rebecca Cohen, Head of Tearsheet Studios. On today's episode, I'll be speaking with Jack Rubin, VP of Marketing, Partnerships & Advertising Operations at Intuit Mint, who most recently spearheaded their latest major brand campaign, It's Time to Mint.

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