tell.talks

tell.talks is a fintech interview series about the infrastructure that makes modern financial services work. It stays close to payments, embedded finance, verification, core banking, and the trust problems that sit underneath everyday money movement. The show’s guests speak from the middle of product launches, partnerships, regulatory expectations, legacy migrations, and commercial strategy. Kevin McAdam’s episode follows Andaria’s shift from payment accounts into a broader embedded finance proposition, including card infrastructure and principal memberships. It is a practical conversation. Partnerships are treated as growth engines, but also as value-alignment problems that determine whether a product can actually succeed. Erica Katsambis brings a career shaped by early telecom launches, marketing, sales, partnerships, and a move into fintech. Her episode connects embedded finance to non-financial institutions, where the opportunity is less about another neobank and more about putting financial capability into new contexts. Nelson Wootton’s conversation takes on core banking change with unusual clarity. Banks are not starting from a blank sheet, so the show spends time on coexistence, legacy systems, board-level risk, and the difficulty of replacing essential software while the business keeps running. Anu Raman’s episode gives Confirmation of Payee similar treatment. It looks at launch realities, COVID-era rollout, name verification, richer data, open banking, interoperability, and how better assurance can reduce customer losses. The series also returns to leadership. Guests talk about taking risks, empowering teams, learning from mistakes, and following innovation without turning the discussion into generic advice. The pacing is steady and professional. Questions tend to lead from company context into sharper points about infrastructure, adoption, and what comes next. It is not a consumer finance show. It is better understood as a compact record of how fintech practitioners think through the systems, partnerships, and trust layers behind payments.