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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How Fintech VCs Can Actually Be Helpful
“Let me know how I can be helpful.” This is a sentence that has been so frequently written by VCs,…
Liquid Yield
3 Fintech News Stories #1: July 1, 2023: The Day Debit Interchange-only Business Models Die What happened? The Federal Reserve…
BNPL’s Biggest Problem …
… is that it’s unpredictable. Now, let’s pause here and cup a hand around our ear and listen for the…
A Small Step in the Right Direction
3 Fintech News Stories #1: Good Timing What happened? Yet more product innovation in the business banking and corporate spend…
The Fintech Factor
Here’s my working theory for today’s essay: The best thing about building fintech products 10-15 years ago was the complete…
A Noble (but challenging) Goal
3 News Stories #1: The Most Comprehensive Corporate Spend Management Platform What happened? I guess I’m just going to keep…
Three Years of Takes
226,929. That’s the number of words I’ve written in this newsletter since I started it, just over three years ago….
The Great Convergence Continues
3 Fintech News Stories #1: The Great Convergence Continues What happened? Product roadmaps continue to converge in the corporate card…
10 Observations from Finovate
Over the last 15 years or so, I have observed a phenomenon that I like to call the fintech event…
Stacking the Curriculum
3 Fintech News Stories #1: A Rocketship for Credit Unions? What happened? An interesting partnership was announced (and didn’t get…
