Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller.

One of the most exciting stories of this generation of fintech firms is Galileo. Recently acquired by SoFi for $1.2 billion, Galileo now provides the payments and banking backbone via APIs to many of the top names in the game — Chime, TransferWise, Robinhood and Bluevine. Firms like these use Galileo to open accounts and issue cards.

Clay Wilkes founded Galileo 20 years ago and continues to lead the company today. He joins us on the podcast today to talk about why his firm is seeing so much interest from companies across industries that want to launch financial products. Clay describes the genesis story behind Galileo and what the early opportunities were for the problems he was attempting to solve. He describes the evolution of the platform, as financial services have matured. Clay dives into the use cases for his customers and lastly, he talks about the product and corporate strategy pipeline he’s got lined up for the near future.

Clay Wilkes is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast