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Hosted by Roland Howard · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 25 episodes
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Propagate Fintech is a podcast exploring how financial services actually evolve. Hosted by Roland Howard, the show features in-depth conversations with fintech founders, bank and credit union leaders, operators, and industry voices shaping lending, deposits, payments, account origination, and go-to-market strategy. Each episode cuts through hype to focus on real-world execution: how products get adopted, why institutions struggle to modernize, where growth stalls, and what works when fintechs and regulated financial institutions intersect. The podcast is produced by Propagate Fintech , an end-to-end marketing and PR agency serving the banking and fintech industry. Propagate partners with fintechs, banks, and credit unions to clarify positioning, build credibility, and drive growth through brand strategy, content, PR, and go-to-market execution.
Roland Howard hosts Propagate Fintech Podcast, a business show with 25 episodes published.
Greg Palmer has coached thousands of fintech founders through Finovate's seven minute, no slides, live demo format. In this episode, he breaks down what separates a demo that lands from one that dies on stage, why saying
Lending technology is still running on infrastructure nobody would build from scratch today. I sat down with Mike Dunleavey and Gino Angeli from LASER Credit Access this week. About twenty minutes in, Mike described the
For decades the Federal Reserve operated like it sat on its own island: insulated, untouchable, above the political fray. Two Supreme Court rulings, Trump v. Slaughter and Trump v. Cook, just rewrote the rules on whether
Most fintech brands play it safe with their marketing. Static image, motion graphic, list your differentiators, call it a day. Nobody gets in trouble for that. But safe doesn't fail loud, it fails quiet, and quiet is the
Powell's out. Kevin Warsh is in. And it's not just a new name at the podium, it's a completely different communication philosophy for the Federal Reserve. Kyle Campbell, who covers the Fed for American Banker, joins the
This episode is really a Snowflake and Anthropic story. Roland Howard and Lee Easton trace how Identify became one of Snowflake's early banking partners back in 2022, years before the rest of the industry trusted the clo
What does it take to actually break through in the credit union market? Kristin Marie has spent over a decade finding out. Kristin most recently served at Curql, a mega fund that raised $360 million from credit unions to
CDFIs don't get nearly enough credit in the fintech conversation. They're filling a gap the traditional financial system either can't fill or won't, and they're doing it with cobbled-together technology that was never bu
EPISODE OVERVIEW Roland sits down with Jazzy Zhu, CMO of Equipifi, to dig into why community banks and credit unions are still leaving BNPL on the table, how Equipifi is helping them reclaim those dollars flowing to thir
Send us Fan Mail The $124 Trillion Opportunity Banks Are Sleeping On $124 trillion is transferring from Baby Boomers to the next generation by 2048. And most banks and credit unions have no seat at that table. I sat down
Send us Fan Mail Most fintech brands are pouring budget into pipeline — but their executives are completely absent from the places buyers are actually paying attention. Roland breaks down why executive thought leadership
Send us Fan Mail PR is one of the most misunderstood and most expensive lines on a fintech marketing budget. In this episode of the Propagate Fintech Podcast, host Roland Howard pulls back the curtain on why PR costs wha
Send us Fan Mail MrBeast just acquired Step. Cash App is going after 6-year-olds. The creator economy is colliding with regulated banking — and Senator Elizabeth Warren is putting the whole space on notice. In this episo
Send us Fan Mail Christian Ruppe joins the show to break down his transition from community banking into his new role as Partner and Chief Strategy Officer at ImpactFi Advisors. We cover where banks are actually winning,
Send us Fan Mail Why Humor Is the Secret Weapon in Fintech Marketing... What if the most effective way to get people to do the thing they have been avoiding is to make them laugh first? In this episode, Roland sits down
Send us Fan Mail Why Fintech Leaders Need to Start Creating Video Content NOW In a world dominated by short-form video, fintech leaders can’t afford to sit on the sidelines. This video breaks down why video content is no
Send us Fan Mail Episode Overview In this episode, Roland Howard sits down with John Kingma of Old Glory Bank to explore what it takes to build a digital-first bank in a rapidly consolidating financial industry. As tradi
Send us Fan Mail Nearly 40% of Americans can’t cover a $400 emergency expense. That statistic alone explains why financial stress has become one of the biggest hidden issues in the workforce today. In this episode of the
Send us Fan Mail What actually drives digital transformation in banking ? In this episode of the Propagate Fintech Podcast , Roland Howard sits down with Justin Dunmyer of ICBA to unpack what community banks, fintech fou
Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Propagate Fintech Podcast, Roland Howard sits down with Elizabeth McCluskey to unpack her journey from investment banking and wealth management to impact investing and now venture
Rachel Fox
President of Noy Media · Sunny Day Fund
1 appearance on this show
Mike Dunleavey
LASER Credit Access
1 appearance on this show
Kyle Campbell
American Banker
1 appearance on this show
Tobias Salinger
Financial Planning
1 appearance on this show
Elizabeth Gujral
Cornerstone Advisors
1 appearance on this show
Cody Barbo
Trust & Will
1 appearance on this show
John Kingma
Old Glory Bank
1 appearance on this show
Justin Dunmyer
ICBA
1 appearance on this show
Elizabeth McCluskey
TruStage
1 appearance on this show
Melinda Huspen
American Banker
1 appearance on this show
Tyler Brantley
Vertice AI
1 appearance on this show
Glenn Bolstad
Vikar Technologies
1 appearance on this show
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