February 07, 2023

Peter Hazlehurst, CEO & Co-Founder of Synctera - The Future of Banking as a Service & Lessons From 30 Years of Building Fintech & Tech Companies

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Miguel Armaza sits down with Peter Hazlehurst, CEO & Co-Founder of Synctera, a Banking as a Service platform powering accounts, cards, payments, lending, and more.

Launched back in 2020, Synctera has raised ~$50 million from FinVC, Lightspeed, Portage, Mastercard, Max Levchin, Alexa von Tobel, and a long list of great fintech minds.

Peter has also built and sold several fintech companies over the past 30 years and also held leadership roles at Uber, Google, and Yodlee.

We discuss:

Banking as a Service: past, present, and future. Where the industry is going and why close attention to compliance is more important than ever.
Lessons for fintech builders. Peter launched his first fintech company in the early 90s and has seen it all.
What company leaders should know when building a client onboarding and sales process for fast-growing companies.
Fraud management, fundraising reflections… and a lot more!

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February 07, 2023

Peter Hazlehurst, CEO & Co-Founder of Synctera - The Future of Banking as a Service & Lessons From 30 Years of Building Fintech & Tech Companies

39 minutes

Send us a text

Banking as a Service: past, present, and future. Where the industry is going and why close attention to compliance is more important than ever.
Lessons for fintech builders. Peter launched his first fintech company in the early 90s and has seen it all.
What company leaders should know when building a client onboarding and sales process for fast-growing companies.
Fraud management, fundraising reflections… and a lot more!