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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Steal From the Rich and Live Off the Interest
3 Fintech News Stories #1: Steal From the Rich and Live Off the Interest What happened? Robinhood is starting to…
Potential Winners and Losers in a Rising Rate Environment
This happened about a month ago: The Federal Reserve continued a sprint to reverse its easy-money policies by approving another…
Quietly Hedging
3 Fintech News Stories #1: Where Will Corporate Banking Go Next? What happened? Rho announced the addition of expense management…
Fintech is Breaking the Credit Bureaus
Editor’s note – Today’s essay was co-authored with Kevin Moss. Kevin is the former Chief Risk Officer for SoFi, a…
It Always Feels Worse When It Happens to You
3 Fintech News Stories #1: It Always Feels Worse When It Happens to You What happened? Digit, a fintech company…
A PFM App by Any Other Name
Grab your fedora and bullwhip; we’re going to be starting with some fintech archeology today. Journey back with me to…
Play Now, Pay Later
3 Fintech News Stories #1: Flexible Benefits What happened? Ben, an employee benefits platform, raised a $16 million Series A…
Fintech is Making Credit Cards Weirder
If you gave a bank executive a blank canvas and asked them to paint you something, they might come up…
Trying Something New
3 Fintech News Stories #1: P2P Lending … for Real Estate? What happened? A fintech company called Nada, which is…
An Apple Bank Account?
Benedict Evans asked: Simon Taylor suggested: And so, I shall oblige (recognizing that I’m far from the first person to…
