Fintech Recap: Wrapped. A Look Back at 2025 and Ahead to 2026.

About this episode

The episode reviews major fintech themes from 2025 and offers predictions for 2026.

In this year-end episode, Alex and I took a look back at major themes and stories from 2025 and look ahead to 2026. We had the chance to discuss: * The major shifts in the US banking regulatory landscape * The explosive growth of interest in stablecoins * Open banking’s setbacks * Why everything seems to be gambling now * Fintech IPOs * Our predictions for 2026, such as they are * And, as always, what we 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

• year-end recap
• banking regulation
• stablecoins
• open banking
• fintech IPOs
• predictions for 2026

Keywords

• fintech
• banking
• stablecoins
• open banking
• IPOs
• predictions
• regulation

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: US banking regulatory landscape

Products: stablecoins

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