Fintech Takes
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Fintech Takes is a community-led space for the most curious people in finance and fintech. It’s where expert analysis meets open conversation.
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Meet Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, a media brand focused on the intersection of financial services, technology, and public policy. In his 2x weekly newsletter and weekly podcast, Alex explores the ideas and companies changing the way that money works, with plenty of analogies and pop culture references along the way!
Prior to founding Fintech Takes, Alex spent 20+ years in various marketing, strategy, and market research roles at companies, including Cornerstone Advisors, FICO, Mercator Advisory Group, and Zoot Enterprises. He is a recognized expert in fintech and his analysis has been featured in American Banker, The Wall Street Journal, and NBC Nightly News.
Alex Lives in Montana and spends his spare time hiking and chasing his young children around.
Meet Kiah Lau Haslett
Kiah Lau Haslett is the creator behind Fintech Takes Banking, which explores the biggest challenges and opportunities in banking from a refreshingly honest point of view.
Her nerdy areas of focus include accounting, transactions, balance sheet management and how technology is changing banks. She spent six years at Bank Director, first as managing editor and then as their banking & fintech editor overseeing the FinXTech platform, and eight years as a financial institutions reporter at S&P Global Market Intelligence.
Kiah has a bachelor’s in journalism from the University of Nebraska. When she’s not writing, she’s either reading or refereeing soccer games.
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Fintech Takes: Builders Summit
November 12-13 | Bozeman, MT
The Fintech Takes: Builders Summit is an invite-only, 2-day event for 50 of the best builders in fintech. The event will be held under the Chatham House Rule in the mountains outside of Bozeman, MT.
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Tune into Fintech Takes — the show where fintech’s biggest nerds come to sit back, relax, and completely geek out. Join Alex Johnson and a lineup of fintech’s brightest minds as they dissect what’s happening in fintech and banking. From riveting conversations with fintech’s most relevant operators to comprehensive recaps of the month’s most compelling news stories and in-depth analyses of the latest regulatory developments, Fintech Takes is your one-stop-shop for navigating the fintech universe.
