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Fintech Business Podcast

Jason Mikula
Fintech
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Buy Now, Pay Later
Banking As a Service
Open Banking
Stable Coins
Compliance
Stablecoins
Evolve
CFPB
Visa
Moov
Evolve Bank
Regulatory Environment
Credit Cards
Embedded Finance
Pipe
Customer Experience
Bank Charters
Consumer Credit

A monthly(ish) podcast featuring fintech news recaps, with Alex Johnson of Fintech Takes, and interviews with leaders in fintech, banking & crypto. fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com

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In this episode, I had the chance to speak with Wael ElSahhar, cofounder and CEO at MidLyr, and Kirsten Muetzel, founding principal & CPA at KLM Advisory. We discussed:

* The role of AI in compliance in a rapidly changing regulatory environment

* T... more

In this episode, I had the chance to speak Brian Reshefsky, founder and CEO of EDGE, the cashflow bureau helping lenders use bank transaction data across the consumer credit lifecycle, and Zuben Matthews, cofounder and CEO of consumer financial manag... more

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Hey all, Jason here.

In this episode, I had the chance to speak with Maple cofounder and executive chairman Joe Flanagan. We had the chance to discuss:

* Building in the crypto space over seven year... more

In this episode, I had the chance to speak with Cross River Bank’s chief AI officer, Pravesh Rijal, following the bank’s announcement earlier this week of its expanded partnership with Stripe to support agentic commerce. Pravesh and I had the chance ... more

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Recent Guests

Brian Reshefsky
Founder and CEO of Edge
Edge
Episode: Taking Cashflow Analytics Beyond the Underwriting Decision
Zuben Matthews
Co-founder and CEO of Brigit
Brigit
Episode: Taking Cashflow Analytics Beyond the Underwriting Decision
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Chief AI Officer at Cross River Bank
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Episode: Interview: Cross River's Chief AI Officer Pravesh Rijal [Exclusive]
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Founder and CEO of ZeroHash
ZeroHash
Episode: Interview: zerohash's Founder & CEO Edward Woodford
Rory O'Reilly
CEO and co-founder of Knot (Not)
Knot
Episode: Interview: Knot CEO Rory O'Reilly
Tyler Allen
COO of Unit21, former founding software engineer
Unit21
Episode: Interview: Tyler Allen, Unit21's Chief Operating Officer
Wije Wijegoonaratna
Co-founder and CEO of Aliya Financial Technologies
Aliya Financial Technologies
Episode: Interview: Aliya’s CEO and Co-Founder, SP “Wije” Wijegoonaratna
Matt Marcus
Co-founder and CEO of Modern Treasury
Modern Treasury
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Matt Janiga
Lead Counsel at Modern Treasury with experience in financial services.
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Episode: Interview: Modern Treasury's Matt Marcus & Matt Janiga

Hosts

Alex Johnson
Host across multiple fintech-focused programs, including Fintech Business Weekly, Fintech Takes, and Fintech Recap.
Jason Mikula
Co-host and long-time host, frequently discussing fintech trends and industry developments.

Reviews

4.2 out of 5 stars from 9 ratings
  • Excellent Source of Fintech News

    These guys are on the ball! Very informative podcast for all things fintech.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    jski94
    United States6 months ago
  • Amazing podcast

    Must listen!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    fintech guy 007
    United States4 years ago

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Excellent Source of Fintech News and updates.
Must listen for anyone following fintech innovations.
Very informative for fintech professionals.

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Taking Cashflow Analytics Beyond the Underwriting Decision
Q: Gentlemen, to set the context, could you provide a quick overview of who you are and what your company does?
Edge focuses on bank transaction data to power lending decisions and lifecycle management, while Brigit is a consumer financial health app that uses cash flow data to help users manage money between paychecks and build credit without relying solely on traditional scores.
Interview: Cross River's Chief AI Officer Pravesh Rijal [Exclusive]
Q: How does this address some of the risks and challenges we've talked through around agentic commerce?
By segregating agent-initiated payments with a dedicated bin, applying tailored risk models, and enforcing hard boundaries on what agents can do, it reduces false declines and ensures accountability, while preserving consumer protection and regulatory compliance.
Interview: Cross River's Chief AI Officer Pravesh Rijal [Exclusive]
Q: Earlier this week Cross River announced an expansion of its partnership with Stripe. Can you tell me a little bit about that announcement?
The key development is enabling AI agents to make secure and compliant payments within defined user mandates, supported by a dedicated bin for agentic transactions and identity/credential frameworks that help recognize and regulate agent-initiated payments.
Interview: Knot CEO Rory O'Reilly
Q: What is the strategic rationale for Knot positioning as a merchant-connectivity layer, and how does that relate to other rails like Plaid or Finicity?
Knot is complementary to bank-account connections and payment rails. It occupies the merchant-connection side, enabling richer data flows and use cases that unlock a broader ecosystem. By sitting atop networks and account rails, Knot makes merchant relationships more valuable and onboarding more efficient, without directly competing with existing data connectors or network rails.
Interview: Knot CEO Rory O'Reilly
Q: Can you describe the behind-the-scenes engineering approach that enables rapid merchant integrations at scale?
The core is the Atlantis system, which uses AI tooling to understand merchant APIs and automatically generate integrations. This dramatically reduces engineering hours and time to test, shrinking the timeline from days to hours for onboarding a new merchant, while maintaining reliability and governance.

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This show focuses on fintech news, trends, and interviews with leaders across fintech, banking, and crypto. Recurring threads include payments infrastructure, AI and agentic tech in finance, regulatory and compliance dynamics, open banking, and risk management. Guests are often founders, executives, and legal/compliance experts sharing practical lessons, real-world implementations, and visions for the next generation of fintech. The format blends deep-dive conversations with timely industry analysis, making it a valuable resource for professionals evaluating partnerships, product strategy, and regulatory implications in fintech ecosystems.

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