An assortment of resources from around the web
A compilation of links to pieces other people have written, guides, or just blogs in general if they're a good source of content.
Compilations
Readings
General
- https://www.getfinal.com/company-news/2017/07/20/transaction-processing-flow/
- https://medium.com/@stephenjcho/deciphering-the-payments-stack-efbcb9c8eac4
- https://gendal.me/2014/08/09/a-simple-explanation-of-fees-in-the-payment-card-industry/
- https://moov.io/blog/guides/complete-fintech-dictionary/
- https://kunle.app/august-2021-common-problems-with-bank-partners.html
- https://research-doc.credit-suisse.com/docView?language=ENG&format=PDF&sourceid=csplusresearchcp&document_id=1082106811&serialid=9ItaQaLeKMYkTfzB0rHonfefWNL6W5uABHoXHk5EVRA%3D
- https://www.getfinal.com/company-news/2017/03/30/2017-payment-card-landscape/
- Best practices in bank-fintech partnerships - QED & BCG
- Explainer on The Prepaid Rule for Fintechs - Lithic
- Modern Treasury Learn
Newsletters
- https://bam.kalzumeus.com/
- https://fintechtldr.substack.com/
- https://www.netinterest.co/
- https://fintechbusinessweekly.substack.com/
- https://www.cardsftw.com/
Credit Cards
Cards
Payments / Acquiring
BaaS
- Banks, middlewares, and Unit making sense of banking infrastructure - Unit.co
- https://blog.unit.co/how-to-safely-migrate-to-a-better-banking-infrastructure-in-21-days-or-less/
- https://blog.unit.co/revenues-in-financial-features-a-complete-guide-for-tech-companies/
- https://www.kunle.app/march-2020-vertical-banks.html
Debt
- https://a16z.com/2022/04/15/16-things-to-know-about-raising-debt-for-startups/
- https://mittalrohit.com/lessons-in-raising-debt-capital-for-lending-company-founders-7caececc34c
- https://rohitmittal.substack.com/p/calculating-the-true-cost-of-a-debt
Insurance
KYC/Identity/Fraud
- Mapping the Identity Verification Tech Stack
- KYC and AML: beyond the acronyms
- Fraud Glossary - RizeFS.com
Marketing
Compliance
- Policy Glossary - RizeFS.com
- Basics of Financial Compliance - RizeFS.com
- Fintech Guide to Building U.S. KYC/KYB Operations - Lithic.com
- Fintech Guide to Building a Compliance Program - Lithic.com
- The Complete Guide to Transaction Monitoring - Unit21.ai
Random
- https://ayokunle.substack.com/p/time-to-money
- https://www.kunle.app/feb-2020-permissionless-issuing.html
- https://www.kunle.app/may-2020-API-routing-layers.html
- https://www.kunle.app/august-2020-differentiated-and-sustainable-lending-businesses.html
- https://www.kunle.app/dec-2020-financial-reconciliation.html
- https://a16z.com/2020/10/20/payroll-apis/
Product
Videos
- Payments Opportunities in Software (JMPC) - https://markets.jpmorgan.com/research/email/l42ivjop/mNkRV3AhL-vo86tgAZE8oA/KAL-1-IK898436
Twitter Threads
What teams are building in the customer support side of Banking as a Service? I’m struggling to find good examples.
— Will White (@willwhite003) July 26, 2020
It’s the main operational headache of building a neobank. And everyone needs the same things.
These are 👇
I spent the last month diving into "instant" ACH with four different players (Sardine, Astra, Orum and Plaid) and it's fascinating how much of fintech is being built as I type this message. So damn bullish on this space.
— Aditi Shekar (@aditishekar) April 21, 2022
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking how to best advise and invest into fintech companies, and over time have come up with a few mental frameworks to assist myself. Here’s one of them:
— Aaron (@arfrank) August 24, 2020