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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.
Episodes
14 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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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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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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Prediction Markets with Alex Johnson
I am obsessed with prediction markets! But maybe not for the same reasons as you. I am obsessed with how quickly they have grown, how they seem to be on track to disrupt the gambling industry entirely in no short order, ...
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Episode 10
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Understanding Credit Cards with Susan Ehrlich
Do you know who Frank McNamara is?Well done if you knew that he invented the credit card!On this week’s episode of In Control, I was lucky enough to speak to Susan Ehrlich, and to learn all about credit cards. Susan ra...
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Episode 9
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Name, Image, Likeness with Richard Scioli
Name. Image. Likeness. How student-athletes are able to receive compensation for endorsements, social media, and appearances. Or, how student-athletes are paid to play?On the latest episode of In Control, Richard Scioli of An...
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Episode 8
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Securing Payments and Agentic Commerce with Colin Luce
Whenever my mum comes to the US and we go to a restaurant, she never lets her credit card out of her sight - insisting on following the waiter all the way to the register.They always look baffled, but she might actually be onto something...
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Episode 7
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Returning Your Lost Money with Allen Osgood
What do you think Delaware's third largest source of revenue is?Props to you if you knew it was escheatment. This is the craziest area of financial compliance I’ve learnt about in a long time, and my head is still reeling fro...
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Episode 6
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Can we Actually Ever Reduce Fraud? with Yuliya Kazakevich
Consumer losses from fraud jumped from $3.4B to $12.5B between 2020-2024. That's a 270% increase! Should we be worried about what lies ahead?Back when I was Head of Financial Crime at Monzo, I watched fraudsters pump tens of thousands of...
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Episode 5
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Who Wins When Banks Merge? with Joe Mancini, Banking & Fintech Leader
Half of all US banks could be gone in the next decade. That's Joe Mancini's prediction - and he would know. He's been through three bank M&A deals, most recently as COO at BankProv when it was acquired by Needham Bank.I've been talki...
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Episode 4
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How To Move Money with Will Messina, CEO & Co-Founder of Grailpay
I hadn't written a check (or cheque if you’re British/ Canadian) since I was 12… and then I moved to America.Two years in, I use a modern fintech bank but I still can't send money to anyone without using a third-party app. Why do I need...
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Episode 3
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At The Core of Banking with Stacy Bishop, Bank/Fintech Partnership Broker
When I was at Monzo, we didn’t buy an external core banking system - we just built our own and it ended up supporting 12 million customers.So when I started working with US banks, I was baffled. Why is there a never ending list of syste...
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Episode 2
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Why would anyone build a bank? with David Jarvis, CEO & Founder at Griffin
Starting a bank seems like one of the hardest things you could possibly do. David Jarvis, CEO of Griffin, did exactly that and walks me through the WHY and HOW of building a bank from scratch.Getting a banking license is no joke! I thou...
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Episode 1
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Welcome to In Control with Natasha Vernier - Here's What's To Come
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, Founder of Cable, as she sits down with leaders, innovators, and expe...
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