Podcast transcripts - Embedded Finance Review

Patrick O'Donnell of Phorest on payments, embedded capital and payroll for salon software. Full podcast transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 23 Oct 2026

Phoebe Wallis of Griffin on e-money versus bank licences and what a brand gives up in between. Full podcast transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 1 Oct 2026

Cancan Liu of allO on why payments and lending make up most of the restaurant platform's revenue. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 17 Sep 2026

Aurimas Bakas of Copla on DORA, selling compliance versus core banking, and why AI alone does not solve it. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 3 Sep 2026

Patrick Liptak of MYLE on when to call a lawyer, where compliance money gets wasted and lawyers on the cap table. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 20 Aug 2026

Julius Danek of Stripe on Connect, grey label versus white label, and when platforms should add issuing and capital. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 11 Jun 2026

Mark Holleman of Thred on embedded accounting, agent-run bookkeeping and who ends up owning the SME relationship. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 28 May 2026

Tom Sellin of Airwallex on the German Hausbank culture, minimum viable localisation and modular embedded finance. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 7 May 2026

Jane Podbelskaya of Charge Forward on the North American investor view of embedded finance, verticalisation and AI. Full transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 29 Apr 2026

Ismael Belkhayat on building Morocco's first licensed BaaS at Chari: why the banks could not help, building the whole stack in-house, and Bolt.

By Lars Markull

/ 19 Mar 2026

Matteo Benedetti on embedding debt collection into vertical SaaS, how the handover works, the platform revenue cut and building a profitable fintech.

By Lars Markull

/ 5 Mar 2026

Christin Burmeister on why Otto built a 250-person licensed payments company for its marketplace. Full podcast transcript.

By Lars Markull

/ 19 Feb 2026