I had the pleasure of chatting with fintech entrepreneur – and more importantly fellow Arizona State University alum – Jason Gardner on this weeks episode of Panic with Friends. Jason and I were originally introduced through our mutual friend and former Panic guest Ryan Gilbert. While it was fun to reminisce about our time at ASU on this episode, it was even more fun to talk about fintech and Jason’s insights on this booming sector.

Jason is at the center of all things fintech. His unicorn company Marqeta, Inc. is “the world’s first open API modern card issuing platform,” which basically means his company makes your payments a whole lot easier. You probably already use Marqeta without even realizing it, with clients such as Uber, Instacart and DoorDash to name a few. In this episode, Jason and I talk about how he got interested in fintech, Marqeta’s origin and success story, open APIs, building capital, neobanks, China, Bitcoin and more.

You can listen to the episode here on Spotify or Apple.

PS…We’ve had some great guests in the past who know a lot about fintech. Here’s three episodes I recommend checking out in case you missed them:

Alpaca Founder Yoshi Yokokawa Explains Their Commission Free Stock Trading API

Patrick O’Shaughnessy, O’Shaughnessy Asset Management CEO and Host of Invest Like the Best, on Fintech, Investing in Founders and More

PARTech ($PAR) CEO Savneet Singh on the Accelerating Software Industry and How to Keep Up with It