Pay them what you owe them

Bilt to Last

Why are we so afraid of helicopters?

Despite them being safe and value optimized, we don't like them

The Economics of Monetizing Attention

Accessing Earned Wage Access (EWA)

The DOGE Dividend won't even be worth it

DOGE wanted to save Americans $2T. That number might now be less than $25B. Is the juice worth the squeeze?

Is the US government actually inefficient?

Measuring government efficiency with tech firm metrics

A Tale of Two Multiples

What metrics from CashApp (consumer) and Ramp (SMB) could mean for Chime's valuation

Robinhood's big AI secret

The biggest product launch they really want to surprise us with is right around the corner

Overbanked

Patch Perfect

The unit economics of fintech jersey patch sponsorships

A Clash of Checkouts

The Business of Free

A Game of Take Rates

Chime's biggest Deal is in its execution and it has more to do

It's time for BaaS providers to simplify billing, not just banking

The punishing power of disputes on neobank unit economics

Why Robinhood's acquisition of X1 was a total no-brainer

The deal economics behind the $95M acquisition prove it

Explaining the confusing money movement for AFTs and OCTs

The power of BaaS scale

The fresh furry framework on contract negotiation

Why don't joint credit cards exist?

Why fintech transaction volumes don't matter unless you also know the net take rates

Why the Durbin Amendment isn't as scary for fintechs as you might think

Originally published December 18, 2021

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