Archive - Fintech FWD

Launch Legends: Ben Shen on building Cash App from P2P payments to a financial ‘super app’

When Ben Shen joined Cash App in 2016, it was still known as Square Cash — a slick new peer-to-peer payments app.

Apr 23 •

January 2025

Launch Legends: Subham Agarwal's Approach to Ramp's Second Act

As investors, we often struggle to underwrite the value of “Act 2” and “Act 3”.

Jan 29 •

October 2024

Primary x Pathlight: 2024/2025 Request for Fintech Startups

Looking for the Next Generation of Winners Emerging From Fintech’s Cold Snap

Oct 27, 2024 •

September 2024

Fintech Goes Global: On M&A-led International Expansion through M&A with Eric Rosenthal, Chief Strategy Officer at Rapyd

Why it can make sense to “buy” rather than “partner” to really own the end-to-end product experience

Sep 17, 2024 •

August 2024

Fintech Goes Global: How Marco Mahrus Has Reshaped Global Payments Three Times Over

The Head of Revenue at Bridge reflects on reinventing global payments schemes 3x at Uber, Brex, and now Bridge

Aug 20, 2024 •

July 2024

Fintech Goes Global: The Playbook on Rapid International Expansion With Dan Westgarth, COO at Deel

Dan Westgarth unpacks the operational and organizational structure that has taken Deel from v1.0 to 150+ countries

Jul 24, 2024 •

June 2024

Fintech Goes Global: What It Takes To Build Products and Teams That Scale Beyond Borders With Erica Dorfman at Brex

As EVP of Global Financial Products at Brex, Erica took Brex global into 100+ countries. We sat down with her to unpack the work that went on behind the…

Jun 13, 2024 •

May 2024

Navigating the Hype and Realities of Bringing Gen AI to Financial Services

Executive appetite is real but it's still early days. Major takeaways from a tactical conversation with a group of industry experts on what’s real and…

May 21, 2024 •

March 2024

What’s Next in Embedded Payments

Now that vertical software platforms own cash inflows, the race is on to own cash outflows too

Mar 6, 2024 •

January 2024

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts