Podcasts
- Max Branzburg reveals how Coinbase's Bitcoin-backed loans represent a pivotal shift in financial services moving on-chain, enabling liquidity without selling crypto.
- He explains why connecting users to decentralized protocols creates innovation that traditional banks can't match with their lengthy development cycles.
Zack Miller | March 19, 2025
Building a platform,
Designing new products,
Finance Everywhere,
Member Exclusive
- Leading fintechs Brex, Ramp, and Plaid signal an industry pivot as they transform from hyper-growth toward sustainable value creation and precision.
- Their aligned focus on core offerings, hands-on leadership, and trust-centric metrics reveals fintech's new success playbook.
Zack Miller | March 18, 2025
10-Q,
Member Exclusive
- Fintechs — and now banks — are moving more deeply into stablecoins, but their playbooks differ based on their respective strengths and constraints.
- Stablecoins bring with them both immediate and far-off opportunities and risks, and how the financial industry navigates these will determine their long-term impact.
Sara Khairi | March 17, 2025
Building a platform,
Designing new products,
Payments
- Brex entered its 3.0 phase in 2024, rebuilding its internal structure — reshaping its operating model, execution, and leadership approach.
- We dive into why this pivot was a make-or-break moment for Brex. Over a year into Brex 3.0, its effects are coming into focus — we analyze what’s working and what needs work.
Sara Khairi | March 13, 2025
Podcasts
- Steve Wood explains Stirlingshire's 100% payout model and "advice on demand" service that only charges clients when recommendations generate profits.
- Explore how tech-enabled compliance and AI tools are driving efficiency as Stirlingshire aims to recruit 5,000 advisors to transform the industry
Zack Miller | March 12, 2025