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Fintech Firsthand
When bankers want to launch or grow BaaS or Fintech projects, they need access to peers – CEOs with firsthand experience – to reduce unknown unknowns. The hard part is finding them, and getting time on the calendar to learn from them. We’ve done that work for you. Erik Skovgard,…
Overview
Fintech Firsthand podcast overview
About Fintech Firsthand
When bankers want to launch or grow BaaS or Fintech projects, they need access to peers – CEOs with firsthand experience – to reduce unknown unknowns. The hard part is finding them, and getting time on the calendar to learn from them. We’ve done that work for you. Erik Skovgard, a community bank CEO who helped launch Square, Acorns, and other prominent fintechs, interviews BaaS bankers to bring you their stories and experiences.
Why Upseed includes it
The podcast focuses on fintech projects and includes interviews with CEOs who have firsthand experience in launching and growing fintech startups.
Who may find it useful
Founders, Investors, Operators may find this series useful. Its recurring topics include Fintech, Startup Building, Baas.
Operational profile
Series profile
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- Series type
- Episodic
- Content type
- Audio
- Published by
- Fintech Firsthand
- Language
- English
- Geographic focus
- Global
- Last reviewed
- March 11, 2026
- Published episodes
- 3
- publisher-supplied series count
- Recent episodes linked
- 3
- admitted official episode destinations
- Series first published
- March 1, 2024
- publisher-supplied publication metadata
- Latest episode
- June 21, 2024
- latest official destination found
Publication metadata and latest official episode destinations · Independent Upseed startup-relevance assessment · March 11, 2026
Latest episodes
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Source basis
Public podcast distribution metadata, publisher-supplied destinations, and structured Upseed relevance research.
Last reviewed
March 11, 2026
Known limits
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