Fintech Takes
Fintech Takes is a twice-weekly newsletter by Alex Johnson, a former credit expert who quit his job to document the future of Fintech.
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Apple Needs to Clean Out its Wallet
What’s the difference between a wallet and a passbook? We all know what a wallet is – a place to…
Did Robinhood Get a Good Deal?
#1: Did Robinhood Get a Good Deal? What happened? Robinhood made an acquisition: Robinhood announced on Thursday that it was…
A Review of Fintech Takes’ Theories
I’m coming up on four years of writing Fintech Takes, and, in that time, I’ve come up with a lot…
We (Don’t) Want Your Business!
3 Fintech News Stories #1: One-Click ID Verification What happened? Plaid introduced a new feature within its ID verification product:…
The Only Way to Win is to Not Play
In 1995, Jim Barksdale was pitching Netscape to a room full of investment bankers. The company was in the final…
A Fintech x Franchises Crossover!
I am incredibly lucky to get to work with the Wolf of Franchises, an industry insider who has spent his…
The OCC Knows What BaaS Is
In September of last year, I wrote an essay in my newsletter titled – Does the OCC Know What BaaS…
PIVOT!
#1: PIVOT! What happened? Kasisto, maker of banking chatbots, is launching its own large language model: Kasisto today announced the…
Birkin or House?
I’m going to start by sharing the first three paragraphs of an article from Vice – Young People Are Moving…
A Fintech Takes’ (Aspirational) Reading List
The last time I went out on paternity leave, my final newsletter was a Summer Reading List, aggregated from the…
