Podcast Conversation: Varo's $240M and Marqeta's $150M Rounds, Should Digital Banks Lend? and Fintech Gets Meta

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Hi Fintech Architects,

Welcome back to the Fintech Blueprint / Rebank podcast series hosted by Will Beeson and Lex Sokolin.

Today, we talk through a few recent events that are indicative of what’s important in fintech right now.

  • Varo raised $241 million in preparation to start operating under its own banking license  later this year. Is a banking license an asset or a liability if you’re a digital bank? 

  • Marqeta is reportedly now valued at $4.3 billion, as banking-as-a-service continues its mature.

  • And LA-based fintech Stackin’ raised $13 million to scale its messaging-based offering designed to help Gen Z find the right fintech. What should we make of this?

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