In Control with Natasha Vernier
The In Control podcast explores the finance of everything, through conversations with people who’ve done it, built it, or experienced it firsthand. Join host Natasha Vernier as she sits down with leaders, innovators, and experts across the financial industry to explore how it all really works. The focus is on learning aloud and making complex topics accessible.
Podcasting since 2026 • 14 episodes
In Control with Natasha Vernier
Latest Episodes
Is Embedded the Future of Banking? with Renata Caine
In this episode I sat down with Renata Caine, who leads Embedded Finance for Green Dot. How does Starbucks offer it's reward card? How does Amazon provide a credit card? All these "embedded finance" programs have banks behind them w...
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Episode 13
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39:15
Where Politics and Banking Collide with Peter Piatetsky
Sanctions started in ancient Greece and now touch every bank and fintech on the planet, but most people in finance have never really examined how they work. In this episode, I talked to Peter Piatetsky, former US Army intelligence a...
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Episode 12
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39:34
The Hidden Revenue in Bank Data with Oban MacTavish
Spade has raised a $40m Series B, and I was lucky enough to sit down with Oban MacTavish, CEO and co-founder, to learn about how Spade makes merchant data usable, and to hear all about their fundraise. The data your bank gets when y...
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Episode 11
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55:48