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10-Q, Member Exclusive

What’s Left in the Shadows: How 90-year-old Webster Bank punches above its weight by combining purpose with profitability

• Not your typical regional bank, Webster combines serving local consumers and SMBs with a strategic move into healthcare finance.
• In today’s 10Q edition: What’s Left in the Shadows, we shine a light on the less-talked-about publicly traded names in the industry that do their own thing but remain integral to the banking ecosystem.

Designing new products, Member Exclusive, The Customer Effect

Gen Z’s new financial playbook: Not just digital, but guided

• The old financial services formula of early capture, single-product selling, and assumed lifetime loyalty is beginning to crack.
• This shift is giving rise to a new form of financial trust among Gen Z, combining digital ease with real-world guidance.

Podcasts

Why venture capital infrastructure is finally getting automated

• The manual processes that used to require lawyers, fund administrators, and accountants to set up private investment vehicles can now be handled by software in days instead of months.
• Sydecar's founder explains how standardizing legal documents unlocked automation across the entire investment lifecycle, and why major banks are now acquiring platforms to bring private market access to retail investors.

Banking

Side hustles, mental health, and mobility: Banking for a new generation

• Gen Z's banking priorities diverge from tradition, requiring banks to rethink how they assess creditworthiness, structure products, and communicate value.
• We explore how a major regional player is strategizing to support Gen Z throughout their lifetime and analyze where banks can do more.

10-Q, Member Exclusive

Klarna’s American drive and SoFi’s crypto comeback

• Klarna and SoFi may be landing different kinds of blows, yet both remain firmly in the fight for meaningful growth.
• Their trajectories reveal broader lessons for fintechs and banks.