Your Broker Has 18 Months | The Week Finance Changed
In the age of AI, stock trading is still writing cheques. That changed this week.On March 9, 2026, Nasdaq partnered with crypto exchange Kraken to build the Equities Transformation Gateway — tokenized...
11 Mar 13min
PayPal's Last Stand: The Rise, The Coup & The $300 Billion Fall of Fintech's OG
In September 2000, Elon Musk boarded a plane for his honeymoon. By the time he landed in Sydney, he was no longer CEO. His co-founders, Peter Thiel and Max Levchin, had staged a midnight coup, scrappe...
2 Mar 29min
The Last Family Portrait: Schroders, Nuveen & the Death of Mid-Sized Active Management | £9.9bn Deal Autopsy
The Schroder family survived Napoleon, two World Wars, the fall of merchant banking, and the rise of passive investing. On February 12, 2026, they said "cash me out" — agreeing to sell their 222-year-...
15 Feb 29min
Healthy Money: How to Build a "Moat of Convenience" in Modern Banking
Ever wondered if banks are just giant dodos stuck in legacy land, or could they actually get hip and healthy? Well, Alastair Campbell is here to dish out the secrets of making money healthy again, min...
11 Feb 48min
NuBank’s US License: The Purple Revolution Arrives
The US banking fortress just got a new neighbor. NuBank—the Latin American titan with 127M+ customers—has officially announced its US National Bank License.In this minisode, Aman and Zubin break down ...
2 Feb 9min
Capital One Acquires Brex: The $5.15B Exit Analysis
In this A2Z Fintech minisode / hot take, we break down the shockwave acquisition of Brex by Capital One for $5.15 billion. Is this just a bank buying a startup, or is it the "Original Disruptor" remin...
25 Jan 3min
S2 E2: NRF 2026 – The Agentic Afterparty
The "Buy Button" is moving from the screen to the conversation. > In this episode of A to Z Fintech, Aman Narain and Zubin Vandrevala report from NRF 2026. We move beyond the hype to the "Next Now"—th...
21 Jan 13min
CES 2026: Top 10 Gadgets & The Physical AI Era (S02 E01)
Welcome back to Season 2 of A to Z Fintech! Aman and Zubin are back from the holidays, but their brains are still in Vegas. This isn't just a gadget review; it’s a look at the "Re-Materialization" of ...
13 Jan 17min
