Hey all, Jason here.

Alex Johnson, creator of the Fintech Takes newsletter, and I are back! Congrats to Alex on the new addition to his family.

We’re happy to bring you the latest episode of our monthly(ish) podcast, Fintech Recap, where we unpack some of the biggest stories in fintech, banking, and crypto.

This month, we had the chance to talk about:

* Goldman’s shrinking consumer ambitions, amid rumors it is in talks with American Express to take over its Apple partnership

* Fraud consortiums are SO on trend right now: Plaid’s Beacon, Unit21’s Fraud DAO & SardineX

* Fintech M&A: X1 and Robinhood, FIS and Bond, and others

* and, as always, what Alex and Jason just can’t let go of

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