Peter Renton

News about the world of fintech. There is so much innovation happening today and I share it all here. Co-founder of @fintechnexus (formerly LendIt Fintech)

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

New episode: Leif Abraham, co-CEO of @public, on building the first truly agentic brokerage. We talk AI-powered personalized ETFs, payment for order flow, financial advice & more. @AlexH_Johnson you will like his take on prediction markets: https://t.co/060bV9dqpj

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

Just released: @nubank co-founder Cristina Junqueira has moved to Miami and filed for a US banking charter. After reaching 127M customers across Latin America, they're taking on the world's most competitive market. New episode: https://t.co/0ZJ0iGFiuA

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

The best podcast interview I have listened to all year. @Figure founder @mcagney explains in detail how and why many financial intermediaries' days are numbered. Expertly interviewed by @NikMilanovic: https://t.co/ClhkL9WV23

[Financial Technology Association @fintechassoc]

🚨 The fees these banks seek to charge are exorbitant and prohibitive, serving one purpose: control by the nation’s largest banks.

American consumers, not banks, own their financial data, and big banks are taking advantage of this moment of regulatory uncertainty to crush competition and undermine innovation.

Read more from @PaigeSmithNews and Yizhu Wang in @business ⤵️

https://t.co/gmjULYTWau

[Financial Technology Association @fintechassoc]

Thank you to everyone who attended our FTA CEO Summit: #Fintech as the Catalyst for Innovation! It was inspiring to bring together leaders across the #fintech ecosystem—founders, investors, policymakers, and advocates—to discuss the future of finance.

#Fintech is powering faster, cheaper, and more inclusive financial services for consumers, small businesses, and startups. This innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum and requires policies that keep pace, markets that reward responsibility, and leadership that doesn’t just react to change, but shapes it.

Thank you to all our amazing speakers @immad of @mercury, @ryanking of @Chime, Sarah Levy of @Betterment, Sid Jajodia of @Revolut, @matt_oppy of @Remitly, @Ryan_Caldwell of @MX, @NYDFS Superintendent Adrienne Harris, and @FinancialCmte Chairman French Hill, and excellent emcee @peterrenton.

WATCH the event recap here for more: https://t.co/EgOwZzXp6C

[Financial Technology Association @fintechassoc]

NEW 🎙️ On the latest episode of Fintech One-on-One with @peterrenton, FTA President and CEO @pennyleedc dives into the latest on fintech policy, from upholding consumer data rights to advancing payments modernization and shaping the future of AI regulation.

🗓️ We’ll explore these issues and more at the FTA CEO Summit on June 25 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. ET, a high-impact half-day event featuring leaders from @Chime, @Betterment, @RevolutApp, @mercury, @NYDFS, #Congress, and more.

🔗 Register to attend in person or virtually: https://t.co/XPqWHQG9hD
🎧 Listen to the full episode: https://t.co/myZuomrm7R

#FTACEOSummit2025 #OpenBanking #FintechPolicy #PoweredByFintech

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

Can't wait to speak on-stage at Stablecon, the #1 global stablecoin conference -- where 1,000+ innovators will meet in New York on May 29th.
Join me by registering at https://t.co/AoSwlvqp30
@thestablecon #Stablecon2025

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

This is a must-attend event. It will be one of the highlights of the year I expect.

[Financial Technology Association @fintechassoc]

🚨 Registration is now open for the FTA 2025 CEO Summit: Fintech as the Catalyst for Innovation — the best half-day fintech event you’ll attend all year.

Join us on Wednesday, June 25, for a morning of powerful conversations with FTA member company CEOs, policymakers, and regulators who are shaping the future of finance.

Featured speakers include the following, with more to be announced!

@immad, Co-Founder & CEO, @mercury
Adrienne Harris, Superintendent, @NYDFS
@RepFrenchHill, Chairman, @FinancialCmte

The details:
📍 Ronald Reagan Building, Washington, D.C.
🕘 Wednesday June 25 | 9:00–11:30 AM
🔗 Register now: https://t.co/PXa8mqZd4t

Space is limited. Save your spot to attend in person or tune in via livestream.

Thank you to our sponsors Banking Circle Group, @Chime, @mercury, @stripe

#FTACEOSummit #Fintech #Innovation

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

I was delighted to interview the inimitable @sytaylor on the podcast last week to talk about the whitepaper released today from @sardine on a new framework for AI agents. Have a listen here: https://t.co/788huFnrMN

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

I have been helping the @fintechassoc with their annual CEO summit and let me tell you, this is going to be a must-attend event. So block off your calendar now for June 25 in Washington DC.

[Financial Technology Association @fintechassoc]

🗓️ Save the Date for the FTA CEO Summit on June 25 in Washington, DC!

🚀This fast-paced, impactful live event will showcase the strength and innovation of the fintech industry and explore how policy and regulation should be modernized to meet today’s digital reality. Hear from FTA Founders and CEOs and congressional and regulatory leaders about the state of fintech and their work to shape the future of finance.

Here are the details:

📍 Where: Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center

⏰ When: June 25th, 2025 9:00 - 11:30 am ET

📡 Live-stream available

Thank you to our leadership sponsors, @BankingCircle Group, @Chime, @Mercury, and @Stripe!

Stay tuned for more information in the coming weeks 👀

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

There is no one who has been following the Banking-as-a-Service space more closely than @mikulaja. He has literally written the book on the subject. So, I was delighted he agreed to come on the show for a BaaS deep dive: https://t.co/gmrHKGM7gg

[Jason Mikula @mikulaja]

This is where the magic happens folks! @peterrenton @AlexH_Johnson @jasonhenrichs

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

Want to go deep on cash flow underwriting? Then listen to my latest podcast with @AlexH_Johnson and Kevin Moss as we discuss why cfu is a game changer and what it will take for it to go truly mainstream: https://t.co/0RyaVCOo9h

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

Creating a #fintech lender from scratch in Mexico is not for the faint of heart. Building all the underwriting and tech themselves @Baubapmx has achieved both scale and profitability in a very short time. Listen to my interview with CEO Roberto Salcedo: https://t.co/1FXmlYX1yO

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

What a treat it was to interview Gilles Gade, the CEO and Founder of @crossriverbank for episode number 500 of the podcast. BaaS is the most important topic in @fintech in 2024 and Cross River is the market leader.

Listen to the full episode here: https://t.co/2UAaZCcfsc

[Nik @NikMilanovic]

I'm excited in October to join the first-ever AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference, on the invite of my friend and long-time fintech community-builder @peterrenton.

The @springlabs team were nice enough to extend a 20% discount to @twifintech readers, using code ThisWeekInFintechSubscriber.

🎫 You can register here: https://t.co/j2kLpIXH5R

What AI x Fintech topics would you like to see included in the programming? What are your most burning questions?

Some details: On October 7th, 2024, in Salt Lake City, UT, the conference will highlight proven AI use cases in the fintech and financial services sectors, offering tangible examples of success. Leaders from regulatory, technological, and financial backgrounds will better understand how AI can be effectively and ethically implemented.

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

This is such a travesty. I think if you worked at Synapse, or were an investor, you have a moral obligation to do everything you can to make it right. You should be spending nights & weekends working with the trustee until every person has received every single dollar back.

[Jason Mikula @mikulaja]

"It feels like I'm getting robbed, and there's nothing I can do," "The federal government has absolutely failed us"

The Synapse bankruptcy docket has a new entry apart from the status report: an end user collected impact statements from 99 users, mostly of Yotta & Juno, and they are heart breaking.

Users who are trying to escape abusive relationships, are worried about being able to pay for healthcare, laid off & can't access their emergency savings, can't pay their other debts and seeing their credit history/scores negatively impacted, or have had to cash out 401ks.

In the most extreme stories, users report resorting to selling plasma or bone marrow to make rent, being evicted and having vehicles repossessed, and even considering suicide.

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

@NikMilanovic The more time you can spend with @sytaylor and @LexSokolin the smarter you will become.

[GDS Link @GDSLink]

Check out the latest episode of the Lending Link podcast, where host Rich Alterman sits down with Peter Renton, CEO of Renton and Co. and co-founder of Fintech Nexus.

📖 Read more here: https://t.co/zu7P20GGVs

#fintech #podcast

[Peter Renton @peterrenton]

During this whole Synapse debacle, one thing I have not heard mentioned is the OCC Fintech Charter proposed in 2016/17. Finally, I heard @regulatorynerd talk about this on the latest Breaking Banks podcast. It could have been a real benefit to have that in place.