FINTECH TAKES

Welcome to Fintech Takes—the place where fintech’s biggest nerds come to sit back, relax, and completely geek out.

Inside Open Banking’s Rule, Reversal, and Reset

Latest episodes

Sort by:

August 14, 2025

Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders Title: E6: Crystal Ball – The Future of Financial Regulation

In the finale of Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders (a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with FairPlay), we confront the biggest questions yet: What does financial regulation look like in the age of AI (when the very concept of governance is under strain)? And in a world […]

August 13, 2025

Why Is This Happening? The CFPB’s 14-Year Culture War

Welcome back to Fintech Takes. I’m Alex Johnson, and today we’re trying something different: a little audiobook experiment. I’m turning my recent deep dive, “Why Is This Happening? An Exhaustive Review of the History and Nascent Culture of the CFPB,” into a podcast episode for your listening pleasure(s) anytime, anywhere. It’s a sweeping, inside-the-agency history […]

August 12, 2025

Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders Title: Episode 5: AI Agents in Financial Services: What Happens When Robots Make the Calls?

Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with FairPlay. In some ways, this is the episode everything has been building toward. We’ve explored AI in customer acquisition, underwriting, and compliance — but we haven’t gone deep on the buzziest, most […]

August 11, 2025

Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens: Ep 4: Customer Acquisition in the Age of AI

Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with FairPlay. In Episode 4, we’re turning the spotlight on a part of lending that rarely gets the AI treatment: customer acquisition and marketing. With Kareem Saleh (Founder & CEO of FairPlay) riding […]

August 6, 2025

Not Fintech Investment Advice: Alix, Narrative, Ogment AI, & SOLO

Welcome back to Not Fintech Investment Advice, where Simon Taylor and I riff about fintech companies we’re absolutely not giving investment advice on (though this one may test our willpower). We kick things off with Alix, which tackles one of the most bureaucratically brutal processes most people will ever face: settling a loved one’s estate. […]

July 31, 2025

Fintech Takes x FairPlay Presents Model Citizens Ep 3: Compliance Officers in the Age of AI: Creating Second Line 2.0

Welcome back to Model Citizens: AI Compliance for Banks and Fintech Lenders, a six-part miniseries from the Fintech Takes podcast in partnership with FairPlay. With FairPlay’s Kareem Saleh (Founder & CEO) at my side, we unpack: how can banks and fintechs build fair, compliant lending systems in a time of regulatory uncertainty? In episode 3, […]

Pages: 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526