Fintech Brainfood

Episod

• Fintech Nerdcon - Interview with Increase CEO Darragh Buckley 18.02.2026 21min

  In this episode Simon Taylor, GTM @ Tempo sits down with Increase CEO, Darragh Buckley to explore long-term infrastructure thinking, compliance as code, stablecoins vs. traditional rails, and what’s actually broken in payments.
• S1 Recap: Alex Johnson and Cokie Hasiotis Review the B2B Fintech CEOs 26.06.2024 56min

  Bake Off has Extra Slice, Brainfood has extra nerdiness. We walk through each CEO and compare and contrast the B2B Fintech companies, and their CEOs as founders.
• Meow CEO on Why Financial Services are a Commodity 19.06.2024 34min

  Financial services could be much lower cost and much more rewarding if we structurally attacked cost. Meow is attacking this head on. In the fifth interview from the B2B Fintech series, Brandon Arvanaghi, CEO of Meow, covers: Why financial services is a commodity How intentionally driving out cost creates a better deal for customers Operating an ultra-lean business on razor-thin margins The perfect timing of launching “max FDIC” coverage The further an executive is from the customer the worse the product is One of the GOAT pivots from selling DeFi yield to selling Treasuries
• Mercury CEO Why Fintech is more complex than software businesses 12.06.2024 50min

  Mercury hit 8 Quarters of profit and has more cash on its balance sheet than it has raised. Immad believes the account is the wedge to build a financial platform. In this episode How the account becomes a platform you can build much more from How Fintech is much more complex than a software business Why learning all of the non software stuff (like compliance) is critical to long term viability The importance of owning UX Why customer support tickets should drive your UX roadmap The founder-led Go-To-Market What it will take for Mercury to win
• Arc CEO on Compliance as a Competitive Advantage 05.06.2024 43min

  In a world filled with CFO tools and giants like Ramp, Mercury, and Brex, what would make a new competitor stand out? In the second interview from the B2B Fintech series, Don Muir, CEO of Arc, takes through. Compliance as a competitive advantage What SVB and FRB always did well and their role in the Tech ecosystem The gap they left The power of a debt marketplace Understanding capital markets for growth companies How to compete when you've got bigger competitors What it will take for Arc to win
• Brex Co-CEO How Being Vertically Integrated Unlocks Global Scale 29.05.2024 49min

  Hey Fintech Nerds 👋, Can owning Fintech Infrastructure help companies scale globally? In this second interview from the B2B Fintech series, Pedro Franchesci, Co-CEO of Brex, gives Fintech operator level depth on 👇 🧠 Why being Vertically Integrated is a structural advantage 🧠 Why Quarterly releases > Incremental updates 🧠 How Brex goes global 🧠 How Brex can compete
• Ramp CEO Eric Glyman: The equation for Hypergrowth 21.05.2024 51min

  Eric Glyman, CEO of Ramp, explains how they became the ultimate growth Fintech company How Ramp leverages partners The Ramp philosophy on shipping fast Figuring out the company equation Why B2B Fintech is hot What it will take for Ramp to win
• Introducing: Fintech Brainfood Interviews 14.04.2024 2min

  Fintech Brainfood. A podcast about building fintech companies, and making finance better with technology.