Fintech Firsthand
A monthly masterclass in BaaS and fintech from fintech experts, fellow bankers, and solution providers.
Displaying all 2 Episode of Fintech Firsthand with the tag “financial institution”.
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Bankwell's Ryan Hildebrand: What's Next for Banking as a Service?
June 21st, 2024 | 56 mins 26 secs
ai, baas, bank, compliance, credit union, embedded finance, financial institution, small business
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.
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The Future of Core Banking and Embedded Finance
May 3rd, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
baas, compliance, core banking, embedded finance, financial institution, unit
In this episode, we talk with Itai Damti, CEO of Unit, about the history and future of embedded finance. In their early days, banking-fintech relationships required multifaceted innovation. Fintech products and services were already novel in some way, and then a bank and fintech would innovate again—through partnership—to bring those novel services to market. Itai and Erik talk about how technology is addressing what can become a friction-filled and clunky relationship. What does it mean for the future embedded finance or BaaS?