About this episode

The episode discusses Bilt's transition from Wells Fargo to Column and Cardless, along with related banking issues.

In this episode, Alex and I had the chance to discuss: * Rent rewards and neighborhood loyalty startup Bilt’s rocky transition from Wells Fargo to Column and Cardless * The “graduation problem” in banking-as-a-service * The New York legislature’s decision to * And, as always, what Alex and I just can’t let go of Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Host: Jason Mikula

Guest: Alex

Topics covered

• Bilt transition
• banking-as-a-service
• New York legislature
• rent rewards
• neighborhood loyalty

Keywords

• Bilt
• Wells Fargo
• Column
• Cardless
• banking-as-a-service
• New York legislature
• rent rewards
• neighborhood loyalty

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bilt, Wells Fargo, Column, Cardless

Places: New York

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