Propagate Fintech Podcast

Is BaaS a Preview of Where Banking Is Headed?

With AI reshaping financial services, banking as a service is having a major moment. Roland Howard sits down with Jared Robinson of Legend Bank, a 140-year-old community

Why Do You Forget Everything After a Fintech Conference? You won't at Fintech Meetup

You ever leave a conference totally inspired, only to forget everything a few days later? Too much of what gets said on stage is theoretical. It's heavy on vision an

Death Throes of the Store Credit Card? Conversation with Grace Broadbent from EMARKETER

Private label credit cards are losing ground, and Buy Now Pay Later is a big reason why. Grace Broadbent, payments analyst at eMarketer, joins the show to unpack why stor

Why Aren't Product, Marketing, and Sales Talking to Each Other?

Steve Shaw spent ten years at Fiserv working across product, marketing, and go to market before helping build out SRM's AI-powered consulting practice. In this episo

Inside a Community Bank's Marketing Ops, with Jeffrey Wright

Most banks think they've solved personalization because a customer's first name shows up in an email. Jeffrey Wright, Digital Communications and Strategy Manage

Going to Finovate Fall? Listen to This First, With Greg Palmer

Greg Palmer has coached thousands of fintech founders through Finovate's seven minute, no slides, live demo format. In this episode, he breaks down what separates a

Synthetic Identity Fraud, AI Risk, and the Future of Lending Compliance

Lending technology is still running on infrastructure nobody would build from scratch today. I sat down with Mike Dunleavey and Gino Angeli from LASER Credit Access this

Game Over for the Fed?

For decades the Federal Reserve operated like it sat on its own island: insulated, untouchable, above the political fray. Two Supreme Court rulings, Trump v. Slaughter an

Could Humor Be the Most Wide Open Lane in Fintech Marketing?

Most fintech brands play it safe with their marketing. Static image, motion graphic, list your differentiators, call it a day. Nobody gets in trouble for that. But safe d

What To Expect With New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh?

Powell's out. Kevin Warsh is in. And it's not just a new name at the podium, it's a completely different communication philosophy for the Federal Reserve.

What Happens When Snowflake Meets Claude Inside a Community Bank?

This episode is really a Snowflake and Anthropic story. Roland Howard and Lee Easton trace how Identify became one of Snowflake's early banking partners back in 2022

Is Sterilizing Your Brand Voice Killing Your Credibility with Credit Unions?

What does it take to actually break through in the credit union market? Kristin Marie has spent over a decade finding out. Kristin most recently served at Curql, a mega

Can Fintech Fix What's Broken in Community Lending?

CDFIs don't get nearly enough credit in the fintech conversation. They're filling a gap the traditional financial system either can't fill or won't, a

Are Community Banks Too Late to the BNPL Party? A fintech marketing conversation with Jazzy Zhu, SVP of Marketing at Equipifi

EPISODE OVERVIEW Roland sits down with Jazzy Zhu, CMO of Equipifi, to dig into why community banks and credit unions are still leaving BNPL on the table, how Equipifi is

The $124 Trillion Wealth Transfer Banks Aren't Ready For

The $124 Trillion Opportunity Banks Are Sleeping On $124 trillion is transferring from Baby Boomers to the next generation by 2048. And most banks and credit unions have

The silent executive problem: how fintech brands are losing trust before the first sales call

Most fintech brands are pouring budget into pipeline — but their executives are completely absent from the places buyers are actually paying attention. Roland breaks down

Fintech PR Demystified: Costs, Relationships, and the AI Trap

PR is one of the most misunderstood and most expensive lines on a fintech marketing budget. In this episode of the Propagate Fintech Podcast, host Roland Howard pulls bac

Elizabeth Warren Is Watching MrBeast's Step Acquisition | Cornerstone's Elizabeth Gujral

MrBeast just acquired Step. Cash App is going after 6-year-olds. The creator economy is colliding with regulated banking — and Senator Elizabeth Warren is putting the who

How Community Banks Can Beat Big Banks Right Now

Christian Ruppe joins the show to break down his transition from community banking into his new role as Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at ImpactFi Advisors. We cover

The Marketing Play That Got Millions to Finally Write a Will

Why Humor Is the Secret Weapon in Fintech Marketing... What if the most effective way to get people to do the thing they have been avoiding is to make them laugh first?