Show notes
In this episode of The Fintech Files, I have the pleasure of speaking with Keith Grose. Keith is ex-Google, ex-Bain but still Californian and now Head of International for Plaid, a leading open banking data network that enables companies to build fintech solutions. We’re investigating how Open Banking can revolutionize payments and its long term impact. ABOUT PLAID Plaid is an open finance platform and data network that powers the digital financial ecosystem. Over 4,000 digital financial apps and services including Transferwise, Coinbase, Curve, and Sage, and many of the largest banks use Plaid to make it easy for their customers to connect their accounts at over 11,000 financial institutions across the US, Canada, the UK, and Europe.The company was founded in 2013 by Zach Perret and William Hockey and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA, US. IN THIS EPISODE 00:00 What’s Open Banking? 02:07 Open Banking as a payment rail 03:50 The case for payments with Open Banking 07:30 How far are we in the Open Banking journey 10:30 Examples of Open Banking payments application: SMB, Crypto and more 1200 What goes on behind the scenes at Plaid 15:00 How to start building Fintech solutions with Plaid 18:00 Advice and templates provided to entrepreneurs by Plaid 22:20 The outlook: embedded finance and invisible payments 24:14 Keith’s alternative career path and secret skill LINKS https://plaid.com/ https://twitter.com/kmgrose https://www.linkedin.com/in/keithgrose/ ABOUT THE FINTECH FILES PODCAST The Fintech Files is a podcast dedicated to helping the Fintech industry navigate the threats and opportunities of the 2020s. Each episode features an interview with an executive or thought leader, discussing topics like marketing, growth, sales, culture, career and more. If you’re looking to overcome your growth challenges and discover new ideas to engage with your prospects and clients or learn best practices from B2B Fintech experts, this show is for you. The Fintech Files is brought to you by Orama and hosted by George Aliferis. Newsletter: https://fintechorama.substack.com/ Website https://orama.tv/the-fintech-files/ @fintechorama
