Fintech Layer Cake

By Lithic

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Episodes: 82

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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.


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