Just because Alex is finally leaving Las Vegas, doesn’t mean he’s escaping the banking desert back in Montana. And for that matter, neither are the vast majority of Americans. This week, he and Bank Director Editor Kiah Haslett discuss the growing impact that closing bank branches have had on rural communities— what are these “banking deserts”? And what really happens when online banks are all that’s left in a town?
Also… Did you forget whose anniversary it is today? Happy 1st SVB collapsiversary! Alex and Kiah reflect upon the landmark news story that brought “Fintech Takes” into the limelight. How have things in banking changed since SVB first announced its failure? More importantly—have they changed since its collapse?
Plus, with BaaS regulators cracking down, what happens when people with new ideas can’t meet the minimum barriers to entry in BaaS anymore? Are we witnessing the death of BaaS innovation? Alex and Kiah discuss what tighter regulations could mean for the future of the BaaS market.
And stay tuned as later Kiah and Alex tackle the convenience store in North Dakota who claims the Durbin Amendment is harming them and Kiah unleashes some harsh truths that Congressional leaders need to hear.
Don’t forget to download Kiah’s report on Generative AI here!
00:04:35 - Kiah’s Bank Director Report on Generative AI
00:06:52 - Happy SVB Failure Day!
00:21:51 - BaaS’s Evolution
00:39:20 - Capital One vs. Discover Quick Take
00:41:00 - Corner Post vs. the Federal Reserve Board
00:45:41 - An Unanswerable Question
01:14:44 - Go Off Kiah!
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S7 Ep3: The WILD Story of PayPal’s Origin, with Author Jimmy Soni
S7 Ep2: BNC: The Relationship Between Stock Prices and Bank Health, Tokenization’s Disruptive Potential, and Lots of FHLB Talk with Steven Kelly.
S7 Ep1: Fintech Recap: Consent Order Madness, Chime Prepares to IPO, and Fintech Twitter Trolls
S6 Ep12: Workshopping Fintech Theses
S6 Ep11: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Chipp.ai, Whop, Revenew, and NayaOne
S6 Ep9: Fintech Recap: The Discover/Capital One Merger, Lineage’s Latest Consent Order, Inflation Affects Tooth Fairy Pricing
Killing It! The Hidden Toll of Startup Success: Matt Harris on Founder Burnout
S6 Ep8: Oh, What a Gorgeous Business Model! (A Deep Dive into ServiceTitan, AmEx, and The Bancorp
Killing It! – Leaving the Hero Complex of Foundership Behind, with Shamir Karkal, CEO of Sila
Killing It! –Fintech’s Biggest Disrupters on Startups, Success, and All the Hard Lessons In Between
S6 Ep7: Bank Nerd Corner: New York Community Bank, Panacea Financial, the BSCA, and the State of Auto Lending
S6 Ep6: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Tip Top, Lucite, Rove, and Prosper AI
S6 Ep5: Fintech Recap: Regulators Crack Down on BaaS, Buy Now Pay Later’s Newest Offerings, Paypal (Kind Of) Shocks the World
S6 Ep4: The Nuances in Credit Underwriting that Most People Miss with Frank Rotman
S6 Ep3: Banks Gaming the Fed, The Fight Over ILCs Ramps Back Up, and Frequent Flyer Mile Madness
S6 Ep2: Not Fintech Investment Advice: Foyer, Claim, Crew, and Brico AI
S6 Ep1: Fintech Recap: Revolut Cries Wolf, Tomo Boost’s Continued Craziness, and Tales from BaaS Island
Fintech Predictions for the Not-So-Distant Future, with Frank Rotman
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