Banking partnerships
Examines how banks and fintech companies work together, including infrastructure dependencies, operational problems, and the allocation of responsibility.

Perimeter Reading / Fintech
Jason Mikula
Reporting and analysis of banking, fintech, and crypto, with close attention to regulation, bank partnerships, consumer finance, and the business models behind industry developments.
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The publication
Fintech Business Weekly follows financial services through the interaction of technology, regulation, and business models. Jason Mikula's issues combine developments across banking and fintech with detailed discussion of their implications. The archive gives particular attention to bank partnerships, payments, lending, regulatory actions, and the consequences of operational failures. Interviews and podcast conversations extend the written coverage. It is a useful recurring read for people who need to understand how fintech products depend on institutions, infrastructure, and rules behind the interface.
Banking and fintech operators, investors, and policy professionals who need detailed context on partnerships, regulation, payments, and the practical risks of financial services models.
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Examines how banks and fintech companies work together, including infrastructure dependencies, operational problems, and the allocation of responsibility.
Analyzes regulatory actions, bank charters, legal disputes, and proposed standards alongside the commercial developments they may influence.
Follows payments, consumer lending, digital banking, and crypto to assess how financial services businesses develop and compete.
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