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Welcome to Fintech Layer Cake. A podcast where we slice big Financial Technology topics into bite-sized pieces for everybody to easily digest. Our goal is to make fintech a piece of cake for everyone. Fintech Layer Cake is powered by Lithic — the fastest and most flexible way to launch a card program.
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What to Look for in Your First Hire, and Why the Perfect Candidate Is a Trap with Lithic's Shirley Zhang
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Aug 25, 2026 |
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How a $7B Bank Out-Loaned Chase, and What Fintech Policy Needs Now, with AFC’s Phil Goldfeder
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Webinar: How Fundbox Launched a Loan-to-Card Program in 7 Weeks
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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Nobody Loves SWIFT: Payments Inertia and Invisible Crypto Rails with Davi Strazza from Lightspark
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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A Former Prosecutor on How Fintechs Become Targets, with Laurel Loomis Rimon from Jenner & Block
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Jul 14, 2026 |
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Payments at Square, Etsy, and the Agentic Era, with Drew Edmond, Partner at Glenbrook Partners
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Jul 07, 2026 |
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From Fannie Mae's first PM to Pathward Innovation with Suhas Reddy
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Escheatment Primer + Innovation with Eisen CEO Allen Osgood
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May 28, 2026 |
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Why Credit Cards Are Hard with Scott Bass from Ensemblex
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May 14, 2026 |
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The Future of Payments is Agentic and Tokenized, with Basis Theory CEO Colin Luce and CTO James Armstead
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Building the Modern Tax Engine with Gavin Nachbar, Column Tax co-founder and Aiwyn CPO
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Simon Taylor on Where Agentic Spend is Going
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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A Primer on US Fintech Expansion with Klaros' Andy Kampf
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Middesk CEO Kyle Mack on AI, Good Data, and Business Onboarding in 2026
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Reducing Oversight Costs for Fintechs and Banks with Narrative CEO Gokul Dhingra
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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2025 Cards Year in Review with Matthew Goldman
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Sarah Wilson, Circle's General Counsel, on the IPO Process, GENIUS Act, and More
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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AI Adoption Survey and Fintech Trends with Jas Randhawa
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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MTLs and Money Transmission Primer with Evan Minsberg
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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Imprint CTO Will Larson on Fintech Engineering Strategy
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Fixing SMB Cash Flow with Ariel Blum, Founder of Receive
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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The Future of Agentic Financial Crime Work with Greenlite Cofounder Will Lawrence
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Bank Data Crash Course with Lee Easton of iDENTIFY
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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Taktile Cofounder Max Eber on LLMs and Risk Infrastructure
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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Taktile’s Journey with CEO Maik Wehmeyer
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Vertical SaaS & Fintech Opportunities, Founder Lessons, and More with Matt Brown
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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New Fintech Bank Charter Opportunities with Michele Alt from Klaros Group
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May 22, 2025 |
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Simon Taylor on Agentic Payments and Opportunities
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May 07, 2025 |
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Card Processor 101 with Braulio Lam from EQ Bank
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Lessons from Loop, Canada’s #1 Business Banking Platform with Cato Pastoll and Nik Nampalli
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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LoanPro’s Scott Johnson on launching credit cards, lessons from Galileo, and more
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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FTA's Penny Lee on Federal Fintech Developments and Open Banking
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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Lead's Journey and Tips for Fintech with co-founder Erica Khalili
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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FS Vector on Election Fintech Implications with Ashwin Vasan and Peter Freeman
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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State of the Card Union: 2024 Trends, AI, and Secured Cards with Matthew Goldman
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Canadian Fintech Primer with Tal Schwartz
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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Money 20/20
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Crash Course in Sponsor Bank MSAs with Andrew Grant
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Discover and Google Lessons, and Recent Compliance Trends with Zarik Khan
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Navigating Net Interest Margins and Fintech Partnerships with Saira Rahman
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The Ghost of Fintech Future: Fraud, UK Fintech Lessons, and Sardine Insights with Simon Taylor of Sardine
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Climate Fintech with Atmos co-founder Ravi Mikkelsen
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Legal Ops and RegTech Lessons with Faraz Rana, former CLO of Bread
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Lithic’s 10-Year Anniversary Episode: Insights from the Co-Founders
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Contrarian Takes on Visa Flex, Fintech VC, and more with Lithic's Nikil Konduru
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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Building Strong Fintech Partnerships with Nick Rasines of Column
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Earned Wage Access and Fintech Policy Primer with Ben LaRocco of EarnIn
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May 30, 2024 |
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Bank Earnings Takeaways with American Banker Reporter Polo Rocha
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May 16, 2024 |
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Fleet Card Masterclass with Coast Founder Daniel Simon
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May 02, 2024 |
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Compliance 3.0, the Future of Bank Sponsorship, and Lessons from Monzo with Cable CEO Natasha Vernier
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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The Future of Ecommerce Payments with Tandym CTO Sairam Rangachari
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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The Bank Sponsor Crackdown, and Lessons from Stripe and Airwallex with Jas Randhawa
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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The Bank Sponsor’s POV with Coastal’s Chris Rigoni
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Cards, Real Time Payments, and Credit Trends with Matthew Goldman
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Public’s COO Stephen Sikes Talks Rising Rate Effects and New Products
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Breaking Down the Open Banking Rules with Matt Janiga
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Alloy’s State of Compliance Report with CEO Tommy Nicholas
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Unraveling the Complex World of Buy Now Pay Later with Paul Kesserwani
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Building M1, Growing Consumer Wealth, and Buying a Bank with Brian Barnes
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Payroll Payments with Gusto's Jeff Forkan
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Digital Wallet Innovation and Adyen Lessons with Sophia Goldberg
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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AI and Chatbots in Fintech featuring Ron Shevlin and Alan Kaplinsky
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Modern Fraud and Compliance Needs with Soups Ranjan
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Exploring Debt Collection Innovation with Ohad Samet
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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The “New” Bank-Fintech Risk Guidance with Jonah Crane
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Exploring Spend Management with Thejo Kote
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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Exploring FDIC and Bank Failures
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Inside Plaid and Open Finance with CEO Zach Perret
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Card Network Dynamics and Utah Fintech
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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2023 Fintech Trends with Alex Johnson and Jason Mikula
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Fraud & AML Functions with Trisha Kothari
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Fintech Lending Capital Market Primer
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Sanctions with Former OFAC Head John Smith
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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What Bank Partners Want from Fintechs
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Ron Shevlin Snarks Up the Cake: Apple Checking, Super Apps and Teen Spirit
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Selecting a Bank Partner
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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An Insider View of the CFPB (with Manatt)
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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CFPB Primer
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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History of Platform Payments
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Fintech State Regulators
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Pain Points in Crypto Infrastructure
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Compliance 101
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Jun 06, 2022 |