Introducing Fintech: Under the Hood (formally Fintech R&R)

Official rebrand of Fintech R&R

Hey Fintechers and Fintech Newbies,

I know it’s Friday morning and you’re expecting a deep dive but this is a little note to say Fintech R&R is rebranding to…

As well as the new title, with a bit of fun pixelation, there’s also a new logo where the magnifying glass I’ve featured in previous editions is more prominent, visualising the process of going deeper on a topic.

The new title and logo is a throwback to one of my first deep dives from back in 2019 and then reposted in 2020, when I went ‘Under the Hood’ of the card payments process. It went ‘semi-viral’ as you can see below.

Since then, I’ve formally gone Under the Hood of a range of topics from Open Banking and SME Lending, to GooglePay and ApplePay, as well as the deep profiles on PayPal, Stripe, Plaid, Marqeta, with many more to come, including my next one on Checkout.com next week 👀

The new name also represents the in-depth writing style and unique perspective I bring as a former engineer and with 16+ years in financial services as a product professional, not just writing from the sidelines.

Nothing else is changing.

I’ll still bring the same level of detailed write ups on what is going on in the industry, how specific technologies work (I have a few lined up), fintech company deep dives through a product lens, and different fintech trends.

And I will be back to the regularly fortnightly friday morning slot.

Now that I have a permanent title, I’ve also been thinking about the possibility of a short podcast series with some interesting fintech product professions 👀

Let me know what you think about that, the new logo and newsletter name by dropping a like and comment below.

And see you next week with the inaugural edition of the newly named newsletter!

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