About this episode
Jason Mikula interviews Knot CEO Rory O'Reilly about the company's growth and innovations in the fintech space.
In this episode, I had the chance to chat with merchant connectivity platform Knot’s cofounder and CEO Rory O’Reilly . Rory and I had the chance to discuss: * Rory dropping out of Harvard to start his first company * How Knot became the industry’s go-to solution for card switching * Expanding from its initial card switching product to building the merchant connnectivity layer, and how Knot complements other core fintech infrastructure * Hitting a 100 million API call per month milestone * Knot’s international expansion to Canada and Latin America * And much more! Get full access to Fintech Business Weekly at fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/subscribe
People in this episode
Host: Jason Mikula
Guest: Rory O'Reilly
Topics covered
- merchant connectivity
- card switching
- fintech infrastructure
- API calls
- international expansion
Keywords
- Knot
- Rory O'Reilly
- card switching
- merchant connectivity
- API calls
- fintech
- international expansion
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Knot, Harvard
Places: Canada, Latin America
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