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Economics

How to Read a Fintech S-1: What the IPO Filing Actually Tells You

25 Feb 2026 10 min read
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Economics

How Fintech Companies Get Valued: Revenue Multiples and What Investors Look For

25 Feb 2026 10 min read
Economics

How Fintech Partnerships Actually Work: Banks, BaaS, and Distribution

Chime has 22 million customers. It offers checking accounts, savings accounts, a debit card, and direct deposit. It looks like a bank. It markets like a

25 Feb 2026 9 min read
Risk & Regulation

PCI DSS Compliance Explained: What Every Product Team Needs to Know

In December 2013, attackers installed malware on Target's point-of-sale systems and stole 40 million credit card numbers over 19 days. The breach cost Target

25 Feb 2026 9 min read
Risk & Regulation

RegTech Explained: How Technology Is Automating Financial Compliance

Compliance Is Eating Financial Services The global financial services industry spends over $270 billion annually on compliance. That figure, from LexisNexis Risk Solutions and corroborated by

25 Feb 2026 12 min read
Risk & Regulation

KYC and Identity Verification: The Technology Behind Know Your Customer

Every Financial Relationship Starts With a Question: Who Are You? Before a bank opens your account, before a fintech issues your card, before a payment processor

25 Feb 2026 11 min read
Risk & Regulation

Anti-Money Laundering for Executives: What You Actually Need to Know

The Most Expensive Compliance Problem in Financial Services Anti-money laundering compliance is, by a wide margin, the largest regulatory cost burden in global financial services. LexisNexis

25 Feb 2026 11 min read
payments

Embedded Finance Explained: Why Every Company Wants to Be a Bank

The Premise Is Simple. The Implications Are Not. Shopify lends money to its merchants. Uber issues debit cards to its drivers. Amazon extends credit to its

25 Feb 2026 10 min read
PREMIUM
Economics

Market Microstructure: How Stock Exchanges Actually Work

25 Feb 2026 9 min read
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payments

The Economics of Payment Networks: Why Visa's Margins Exceed 50%

25 Feb 2026 7 min read
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Product & Decision Frameworks

Fintech Interview Prep: 50 Questions You'll Actually Get Asked

25 Feb 2026 16 min read
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ai

How AI Agents Will Transform Financial Services in 2026

25 Feb 2026 13 min read
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