Tearsheet Podcast: The Business Of Finance

Welcome to episode 18 of Tearsheet’s Banking Podcast). Zack Miller, Tearsheet’s editor in chief, and Josh Liggett, investment team principal at OurCrowd, are your hosts. In this episode, we’ll discuss: How a bad market might impact fintechs: Stock prices are down massively, for both newly minted public fintechs and for those operating in the market for years. Zack posits that the rebundling trend – that had monoline operators expand into adjacent markets and products – would end and companies would return to their roots.  Revenue potential for banks moving into BaaS: BaaS platforms are increasingly working with multiple banking partners. Fintechs continue to look for licensed banks as partners to launch banking products and services. A recent report looks at the business model and revenue potential for banks to move into fintech partnerships. Josh is suspect that the market can support a sizable number of new partner banks.  Regulation is coming for BNPL: As consumer debt grows, the various agencies activ