Fintech Stacks

Fintech stocks are getting wrecked while Big Tech prints money on AI — and today's episode breaks down exactly why. We dig into SoFi's record quarter that somehow still disappointed Wall Street, PayPal's new CEO making the most consequential org move in years, and how Better and Stripe just built a debit card aimed at the largest untapped equity market in America. Buckle up.

Fintech earnings season kicked off with a thud from Robinhood — Q1 revenue missed after analysts had already lowered the bar 10 times. But the real stories are happening off the tape: Mercury just scored a federal bank charter, and Customers Bank is letting OpenAI run its back office. We break down what all three mean for where fintech is actually headed in 2026.

Intuit just embedded TurboTax, QuickBooks, and Credit Karma directly into Claude — and it's bigger than it sounds. Adyen made its first-ever acquisition, dropping $879M on a loyalty platform that could reshape how merchants win at checkout. And LendingClub crushed Q1 with a 340% EPS jump and a 15% after-hours pop. We break down what all three mean for the future of fintech and your portfolio.

Coinbase just listed the first FCA-registered pound-backed stablecoin and launched crypto lending in the UK — all before regulators even finish writing the rules. Western Union badly missed Q1 earnings but dropped a stablecoin roadmap that could actually matter. And the CB Insights Q1 report shows fintech dealmaking at a multi-year low — but the deals that ARE happening are massive. We break down what all three mean for your portfolio heading into the most volatile fintech earnings week of 2026.

Yesterday was a big one. American Express beat earnings estimates by 7%, acquired an AI startup that wants to kill the expense report, and reaffirmed it's going on offense in commercial fintech. Nasdaq quietly posted one of its best quarters ever — and nobody's talking about it. And the federal government just cracked open a 30-year credit scoring monopoly that touches every single American who wants to buy a home. We break all three down, what they mean for investors, and who wins and loses as the dust settles.

Block just dropped managed accounts for kids as young as six, Visa and TikTok launched a creator debit card that's bigger than it looks, and LendingClub officially retired its name for something called Happen Bank. Today we break down what all three have in common: the race to own customers before anyone else does. Buckle up — fintech just went kindergarten.

Three major fintech earnings hit the tape on the same Tuesday — and the results couldn't be more different. Synchrony crushed it with record purchase volume and a $6.5B buyback, Capital One missed estimates while juggling two massive integrations, and Interactive Brokers delivered a 31% account growth quarter the market didn't care about. We break down what each print actually means for the fintech landscape heading into the rest of 2026.

On today's episode, we break down three stories that flew under the radar on a quiet Monday — but probably shouldn't have. Coinbase just launched crypto-backed loans in the UK, and it's starting to look a lot like a bank. Revolut's CEO told the world to wait until 2028 for an IPO — and explained exactly why that's the right call. And we put Plata on the map: the Mexican neobank that just hit a $5 billion valuation in three years flat. Big earnings week coming next week — this is your warm-up.

Big bank earnings week just wrapped and the regionals closed it out strong. We break down Truist's clean EPS beat and $1.8B capital return, what Fifth Third's monster Q1 means for the Comerica integration thesis, and why Ally's 90% earnings jump might be the most underrated story of the week. Numbers, context, zero fluff.

Big bank earnings season just got interesting. Schwab posted its best quarter ever and is about to undercut Coinbase on crypto pricing. U.S. Bank linked up with Amazon to go after the SMB market every fintech startup is obsessed with. And Citizens dropped a 47% EPS jump while deploying AI to slash $100M in costs. We're breaking down what it all means for fintech — and who should actually be worried.