The longest running one-on-one interview show in all of fintech, since 2013
The longest running one-on-one interview show in all of fintech, since 2013
The longest running one-on-one interview show in all of fintech, since 2013
We have seen this stat so many times. If you add up all the community banks and credit unions in the United States their scale would make them a top-five bank. Sure, but that really doesn’t make much sense because all these community institutions are separate companies. But what if you could combine some of the marketing and product offerings and streamline it across hundreds or even thousands of institutions? Then you might see some real advantages.
Banking is at an interesting inflection point. There is better technology available today than ever before that can really help banks run more efficiently as their customers are demanding faster and more user-friendly services. At the same time, looming over the horizon is blockchain technology, DeFi, stablecoins and more that could make some of today’s cutting-edge technology obsolete.
More than any other vertical, the business lending space has gone through a transformation these past couple of years. And those companies providing digital lending solutions have seen interest in their services skyrocket.
The CEO and Co-Founder of Upgrade talks credit cards, neobanks, credit health, lessons learned, raising capital, future fintech trends and more
The freelance market in the U.S. is huge and it continues to grow. During the pandemic as millions of people were displaced from their regular job, many decided to supplement or replace their income with freelance work. These people have unique needs when it comes to banking, they are not quite a consumer and not really a small business. They are a bit of both.
I have been following Citizens Bank for many years as they built this robust online lending operation across multiple verticals. They have also launched an in-house digital bank called Citizens Access and they have a groundbreaking partnership with Apple which has, in many ways, changed the iPhone buying experience. They are a top 25 bank that has the mindset of a fintech.
There has been a great deal of innovation in digital banking for consumers with dozens of fintech companies providing digital bank (or bank-like) accounts that are so much better than what was available five or ten years ago. But the same cannot be said for small business bank accounts where there are very few offerings.
In fintech today many companies are expanding beyond their core product as they seek to serve their target market with more and better products. What we are seeing is companies embracing all forms of digital banking as they expand their focus.
In fintech today there is one company powering payments behind the scenes that few people had heard of until this past year. But they are the backbone behind 95% of digital banking activity today in this country.