The Free Toaster
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Episodes: 69
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Insights and interviews at the intersection of consumer lending, marketing, and technology. Hosted by Carlos Caro, co-founder at The Free Toaster and Managing Partner at New Market Growth, a growth agency for consumer lenders.
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News Pod #19 - With the New Plaid Integration, ChatGPT is Now a Distribution Channel for Personal Finance
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May 22, 2026 |
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E050 - Jeff Keltner on AI for Business Development, NerdWallet's Drop, and the Future of Affiliate Channels
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May 22, 2026 |
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News Pod #18 - NerdWallet's Q1 '26 Earnings: Why Is The Stock Down 30%?
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May 15, 2026 |
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News Pod #17 - SoFi's Q1 2026 Earnings Report - With Special Guest Rachel Lauren, Co-Founder and COO at Debbie
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May 08, 2026 |
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E049 - Deep Dive With Zak Ali, General Manager of Finder's US Business
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May 06, 2026 |
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E048 - Q&A on Application Friction - Nick interviews Carlos
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May 04, 2026 |
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News Pod #16 - OnePay, Credit One x Bright Money, and Aven's BTC Play
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May 01, 2026 |
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News Pod #15 - OpenAI Acquires Hiro Finance
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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News Pod #14 - Wells Fargo Books 631,000 New Credit Card Accounts in Q1 2026 - How Did They Do It?
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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E047 - Eliminating Friction in the Lending Funnel, with Rachael Olson, Former Head Of Product Strategy at Discover
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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News Pod #13 - Experian No Ding Decline, American + Citi CoBrand, and Cash App P2P News
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Apr 11, 2026 |
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E046 - Affiliate Marketing For Deposit Accounts - With Alana Levine, CRO at Fintel Connect
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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News Pod #12 - Upgrade's Launch of Boost Money with John Doppke, VP of Product at Upgrade
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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E045 - Rakesh Patel, EVP of the Experian Marketplace
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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E044 - Direct Mail in Consumer Lending With Dennis Fish and John Minalga of the ICS Corporation
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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News Pod #11 - Are Credit Card Balances At A Record High Or Flat Over The Last 10 Years?
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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E043 - Carlos' Appearance on the LendAPI Podcast With Tim Li
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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E042 - Celebrity Fintech, Before Mr. Beast, Hosted By Alex Johnson (Reposted From Fintech Takes)
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Mar 17, 2026 |
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E041 - Tim Li, CEO of LendAPI: In-Store BNPL, Indirect Auto Lending & Building Through Content
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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News Pod #10 - Dave's Q4 2025 Earnings Report
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Mar 14, 2026 |
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News Pod #9 - NerdWallet's Q4 2025 Earnings Report
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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News Pod #8 - Apple Just Put BNPL Into 65 Million Apple Pay Wallets
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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E040 - Mr. Beast Buys Fintech App Step: A Bold Bet or a Disaster in the Making?
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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News Pod #7 - TU's $56MM Purchase of Monevo - How's It Going?
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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E039 - Is My Application Experience Broken?
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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News Pod #6 - Guest Pod w/ Prithvi Prabhu + Mr. Beast's Fintech Acquisition
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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News Pod #5 - Fiserv & Affirm Join Forces To Bring BNPL To Debit Cards
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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E038 - 7 Must-Have Traits for Your VP of Partnerships
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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News Pod #4 - Affirm's FDIC application and Credit Card Growth
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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News Pod #3 - Cash App's "Invisible" Consumer Lending Business
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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News Pod #2 - Jenius Bank's Exit From Affiliate Marketplaces
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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News Pod #1 - Apple & Chase Cobrand Deal
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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E037 - Spinwheel's Network Token with Tomás Campos, CEO at Spinwheel
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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E036 - Behind The Scenes - Nick Madrid, Co-Founder at The Free Toaster
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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E035 - Facing Credit: When AI Broke the Marketing Machine (Reposted from Fintech Takes)
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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E034 - Media Arbitrage vs. Brand Arbitrage
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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E033 - Compliance in Affiliate Marketing, The 6 Blind Spots - With Alana Levine, CRO at Fintel Connect
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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E032 - Organic traffic to affiliate publishers is getting smashed
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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E031 - The AI Finfluencers Are Coming
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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E030 - Launching Affiliate Marketing Programs With Alana Levine, CRO at Fintel Connect
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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E029 - Income Verification, With Kirill Klokov, CEO at Truv
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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E028 - 10 Direct Mail Pitfalls That Kill Programs (with Rich Walker)
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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E027 - The State of Compliance In Lead Gen, With John Henson, Founder at Henson Legal
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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E026 - Positive & Negative Select (Think Like A Recruiter)
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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E025 - Marketplace Madness (Success in one affiliate doesn't guarantee success in another)
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May 16, 2025 |
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E024 - Playing The Game In Reverse
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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E023 - Colin Gardiner, General Partner at Yonder Ventures
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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E022 - Jason Steele, Credit Card and Award Travel Expert
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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E021 - Tim Li, CEO at LendAPI
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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E020 - Guru Sethupathy, Founder & CEO at FairNow
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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E019 - Greg Cox, Group CEO at Quint Group (Monevo)
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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E018 - Rich Walker, Direct Mail Deep Dive
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Feb 11, 2025 |
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E017 - Congruence
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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E016 - Kevin Bennett, CEO at Further
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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E015 - Tomas Campos, CEO at Spinwheel
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E014 - David Nohe - Unpacking the CFPB's Rule 1033 on Open Banking
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E013 - Personalization - The Case For Building Hyper-Niche Products
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E012 - Tim Hong, CPO at MoneyLion
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E011 - Cash Flow Underwriting
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E010 - New Market Growth
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E009 - Measurement [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E008 - Common Struggles [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E007 - Operational Maturity Pt 2 [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E006 - Operational Maturity [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E005 - Levers [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E004 - Where To Play & Host Models [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E003 - Why Play [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E002 - The Game [Affiliate marketing]
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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E001 - How New Balance's CMO Turned Around A 15-Year Decline
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Jan 06, 2025 |