Fintech Takes

Fintech moves fast. But here at Fintech Takes, Alex Johnson and his rotating panel of guests move faster so that you can stay on top of the latest and greatest news in the industry without breaking a sweat. 


Welcome to Fintech Takes—the place where fintech’s biggest nerds come to sit back, relax, and completely geek out.


Join Alex and a lineup of fintech’s brightest minds as they dissect what’s happening in fintech and banking. 

Each week, Alex and his guests recap the most interesting developments in fintech and explore the industry’s most pressing questions, diving headfirst into the intricate workings of some of the industry’s most ground-breaking business models and unpacking the emerging players that promise to shape fintech’s future.

From riveting conversations with fintech’s most relevant operators to comprehensive recaps of the month's most compelling news stories and in-depth analyses of the latest regulatory developments, Fintech Takes is your one-stop-shop for navigating the fintech universe.

Subscribe now to join fintech’s nerdiest podcast around!

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Not Fintech Investment Advice: Kontigo, Givefro...
55 min
2
Fintech Recap: The 2025 Themes That Will Define...
100 min
3
Diving Deep with Max Levchin
109 min
4
A Very Die Hard Christmas
69 min
5
Not Fintech Investment Advice: Trudenty, Tidalw...
55 min
6
Facing Credit: Pressure Points
62 min
7
Fintech Recap: Open Banking, Digital IDs, and G...
64 min
8
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering th...
49 min
9
Facing Credit: When AI Broke the Marketing Machine
72 min
10
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering th...
33 min
11
The Future of Issuing with Marqeta’s CEO
29 min
12
The $455B Reality of Financial Health
50 min
13
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering th...
46 min
14
Fintech Recap: AI, Stablecoins, and Live Money2...
26 min
15
Fintech Takes x Fundbox presents Engineering th...
56 min
16
Risk, Rules, and the Gaps in Open Banking
54 min
17
Fintech Takes x Pipe Vertical SaaS: Fintech Dis...
43 min
18
The Launch of Facing Credit
68 min
19
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fi...
41 min
20
Not Fintech Investment Advice: EtherFi, Lunos A...
57 min
21
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fi...
48 min
22
Fintech Takes: Gambling is the Biggest Threat t...
32 min
23
Fintech Takes x Pipe presents Vertical SaaS: Fi...
56 min
24
Fintech Recap: Plaid Pays Chase, FBI Circles Ba...
63 min
25
FT x Nova Credit Fintech Takes x Nova Credit Pr...
44 min