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11/14/2021
10 : 54

FTT+: The Big Interviews You Might Have Missed

​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Going to do a little shameless self promotion here, so bear with me. Early in 2021, Josh Kaplan from Morning Brew (and now founder of SmoothOps) started doing some consulting
11/12/2021
21 : 44

FTT Update: Miami Mayor Tells NYC Mayor to Hold His Beer

​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. It's Friday again! And there are only 7 of them left in 2021. Still plenty of time for fintech news and billion dollar Series A rounds. Also plenty of time for more podcasts
11/11/2021
21 : 54

FTT+: Christmas.eth Came Early This Year

​ ​ Hey everyone, Jordan here. Over the past 5-6 months, many of you avid Twitter users have probably noticed more and more people with a .eth address in their display name. I did too and fortunately,
11/10/2021
21 : 4

FTT Update: The Next Big Token

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. I know a number of you took part in NFT NYC recently. If that was you, or you have no idea what I'm talking about, you should check out Parker's recap of it for us on
11/8/2021
20 : 34

FTT Update: Biden Should Tax Unrealized Gas Fees

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. I had so much fun tracking friends running the NY Marathon yesterday. I think it was the first time since I've left that I've had major FOMO about not being in the
11/5/2021
18 : 4

FTT Update: Opendoor Is Not Zillow

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Happy Friday! I was all thrown off this week with Momma VerHage staying until Tuesday so I was half working half hanging with her. Side note: the conversations you start
11/4/2021
17 : 4

FTT+ Expert Jenny Johnston: Breaking Down Nubank’s IPO Filing

​ ​ Hey team, Jenny here. I missed you! Please forgive my absence - it has not been for a lack of longing for your fintech fam companionship nor stuff going down in Latam fintech. Speaking of which, I
11/3/2021
20 : 34

FTT Update: A Conversation With the FDIC

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Plaid's John Pitts and I interviewed FDIC Chairwoman Jelena McWilliams for our podcast recently, and the episode is now out! She's going to continue to be one of the
11/2/2021
13 : 34

FTT Guest Post: Jareau Wade On Square and the Holy Grail of Payments

​ ​ Hi all! I'm Jareau and I've been building e-commerce and payments platforms for over a decade. Currently, I'm Chief Growth Officer at Finix, a payments management platform for SaaS
11/1/2021
20 : 14

FTT Update: Trainwreck Waiting to Happen

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. On the day after Halloween, the news flow is eerily quiet. It's also Momma VerHage's last day in Texas, so I appreciate that y'all made my job easy today. Before
10/29/2021
20 : 4

FTT Update: Shorting Crypto

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Momma VerHage is visiting for the next few days, so we'll keep this intro short. 1: I hope you read John Collin's piece for us yesterday on Rohit Chopra. 2: I hope you
10/28/2021
20 : 4

FTT+ Expert John Collins: Rohit Me Baby One More Time

​ ​ Hi fintech friends, John here. If you haven't already, you should be a good person and subscribe to Crypto Tonight, hosted by Parker Jay-Pachirat. I'm now in a text thread with her and
10/27/2021
20 : 54

FTT Update: "Prepare As NFT"

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Congrats to everyone that survived Money 20/20! You made it, and I am proud of you. I still need to ask the BTV team where they get their never ending energy from. Relentless.
10/25/2021
20 : 54

FTT Update: The Biggest Announcement At Money 2020

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. To those of you that went to Diplo last night and are over the age of 30 like myself, I salute you. I literally woke up the same time Jordan was getting back to his hotel room
10/22/2021
19 : 4

FTT Update: Hailey Bieber Just Invested In Fintech

​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Excited to hang out with some fintech folks in Austin tonight at Point72 Ventures' happy hour! Jordan is stoked to meet more of you at Money2020 in a few days too. I'm
10/21/2021
19 : 4

FTT+ Expert Charley Ma: Lending - The OG Fintech Wedge

​ ​ ​Hi everyone, Charley here. As y'all might have heard, I helped my company Alloy launch our new credit underwriting decision engine yesterday! A big reason why I joined the team earlier this
10/20/2021
20 : 34

FTT Update: This Newsletter Will Not Be Changing Its Name

​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Our first Crypto Tonight newsletter went out (twice) yesterday thanks to my fat fingers lol. Sign up here if you haven't yet, and I promise I won't make a habit of
10/18/2021
20 : 44

FTT Update: You Sure That's Redacted?

​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Our first Crypto Tonight newsletter comes out tomorrow! Sign up here if you haven't yet. In non crypto news, we have a new podcast out with Masterworks founder Scott Lynn! I
10/15/2021
20 : 24

FTT Update: Tell Me You Believe In Web 3 Without Telling Me You Believe In Web 3

​ ​ ​ Hi all, Julie here. Wow, so much to put in the intro today. First, while we cover crypto news here, it's not enough. That's why we're launching a sister publication, Crypto Tonight!
10/15/2021
13 : 4

FTT: Introducing Crypto Tonight 🚀

​ ​ Hi everyone! Ian here, it's been a minute. I'm really excited to announce our first sub brand at Fintech Today—Crypto Tonight, a new weekly publication focused on the intersection of Crypto