web02.fireside.fm Tue, 31 Mar 2026 16:43:25 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Fintech Firsthand - Episodes Tagged with “Ai” https://fintechfirsthand.fireside.fm/tags/ai Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:15:00 -0500 When bankers want to launch or grow BaaS or Fintech projects, they need access to peers – CEOs with firsthand experience – to reduce unknown unknowns. The hard part is finding them, and getting time on the calendar to learn from them. We’ve done that work for you. Erik Skovgard, a community bank CEO who helped launch Square, Acorns, and other prominent fintechs, interviews BaaS bankers to bring you their stories and experiences. en-us episodic A monthly masterclass in BaaS and fintech from fintech experts, fellow bankers, and solution providers. Fintech Firsthand When bankers want to launch or grow BaaS or Fintech projects, they need access to peers – CEOs with firsthand experience – to reduce unknown unknowns. The hard part is finding them, and getting time on the calendar to learn from them. We’ve done that work for you. Erik Skovgard, a community bank CEO who helped launch Square, Acorns, and other prominent fintechs, interviews BaaS bankers to bring you their stories and experiences. no fintech, banking, BaaS, banking technology, Fintech Firsthand matt.doffing@fintechfirsthand.com Bankwell's Ryan Hildebrand: What's Next for Banking as a Service? https://fintechfirsthand.fireside.fm/whatsnextforbankingasaservice 4c3e4b46-137c-4ade-9936-601fd15ccfcb Fri, 21 Jun 2024 16:15:00 -0500 Fintech Firsthand full Fintech Firsthand How do bankers get started in banking as a service or embedded finance? Hear from Ryan Hildebrand, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Bankwell Bank, New Canaan, Conn., about the development of innovation in banking. We also learn about Bankwell's new fintech, Casca (cascading.ai), an AI-assisted loan origination system, and Ryan's perspective on the future of BaaS. 56:26 no In this episode Erik welcomes Ryan Hildebrand, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Bankwell Bank to talk about how he got started in banking as a service, Bankwell's new AI-assisted loan origination platform, and the future of banking as a service. Listen in for his firsthand experience: - Running fintech companies - The history of innovation in banking - Leading a banking-as-a-service division at a bank - Launching an AI-based service for loan origination - What the future of BaaS looks like We're excited to bring you this interesting dialogue on this developing sector of banking that's so critical for the future of the industry. Embedded finance, banking as a service, machine learning, AI, fast-follower, Bankwell, Y Combinator, compliance, Simple, Chime In this episode Erik welcomes Ryan Hildebrand, Executive Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer at Bankwell Bank to talk about how he got started in banking as a service, Bankwell's new AI-assisted loan origination platform, and the future of banking as a service.

Listen in for his firsthand experience:

  • Running fintech companies
  • The history of innovation in banking
  • Leading a banking-as-a-service division at a bank
  • Launching an AI-based service for loan origination
  • What the future of BaaS looks like

We're excited to bring you this interesting dialogue on this developing sector of banking that's so critical for the future of the industry.

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Listen in for his firsthand experience:

  • Running fintech companies
  • The history of innovation in banking
  • Leading a banking-as-a-service division at a bank
  • Launching an AI-based service for loan origination
  • What the future of BaaS looks like

We're excited to bring you this interesting dialogue on this developing sector of banking that's so critical for the future of the industry.

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