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The rise of AI Agents in Financial Services

Sep 15, 2024

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25 min read

The rise of AI Agents in Financial Services

While 99% of companies are talking a good game, a small few are winning. Ignore the hyperbole; there's a platform shift happening, but not with co-pilots.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
The next cross border rail will be 10x more efficient

Sep 8, 2024

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29 min read

The next cross border rail will be 10x more efficient

International Wires, local clearing all have a last mile problem. There's a third rail now finally, getting traction. Stablecoins.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
The future of Underwriting with Generative AI and Transformers

Sep 1, 2024

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24 min read

The future of Underwriting with Generative AI and Transformers

A more efficient algorithim will always be an edge; if you have enough data and experience to exploit it

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
🧠 Why doesn't the USA have a Nubank scale Digital Bank?

Aug 25, 2024

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28 min read

🧠 Why doesn't the USA have a Nubank scale Digital Bank?

The USA doesn't have a digital-only bank at the 100m+ user scale. Regulation, competition and fragmentation make this hard, but not impossible.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
🧠 What the heck is a brokered deposit anyway?

Aug 18, 2024

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23 min read

🧠 What the heck is a brokered deposit anyway?

The Proposed FDIC Brokered Deposit rule wouldn't solve SVB or Evolve/Synapse, but it would make small banks less safe and sound

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
🧠 Fed Enforcement on Customers Bank + The role of private credit in Fintech

Aug 11, 2024

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24 min read

🧠 Fed Enforcement on Customers Bank + The role of private credit in Fintech

Is the fed action operation chokepoint or a nothing burger?

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
How to spot the next big thing in Fintech: A framework.

Aug 4, 2024

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21 min read

How to spot the next big thing in Fintech: A framework.

What do mobile banking, BNPL, and embedded finance have in common? They were all once "too small to matter."

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
UX isn't given enough credit as a Fintech Superpower

Jul 28, 2024

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28 min read

UX isn't given enough credit as a Fintech Superpower

Great UX reduces CAC, Cost to Serve and increases cross sell. Plus, my take on the Mercury / Choice / De-risking Saga.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
f/acc

Jul 14, 2024

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20 min read

f/acc

f/acc. Finance accelerated. It's about embracing fintech's potential while responsibly managing risks.

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
🧠 Fintech is 3% done

Jul 7, 2024

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19 min read

🧠 Fintech is 3% done

Fintech's current revenues of $320 billion represent just 3% of financial services, and they're predicted to balloon to $1.5 trillion by 2030

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
🧠 Rates didn't save the banks, but they unleashed Fintech companies

Jun 30, 2024

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23 min read

🧠 Rates didn't save the banks, but they unleashed Fintech companies

Plus: The fallout from the Evolve hack as Affirm, Stripe and more potentially impacted

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
🧠 The CFO Stack: Who wins, Ramp, Brex, Mercury?

Jun 23, 2024

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19 min read

🧠 The CFO Stack: Who wins, Ramp, Brex, Mercury?

The entire category if company is winning because incumbent solutions are poor, and new companies demand solutions that are 100x more efficient

Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor
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