The Fintech OG Series: Salman Syed and Hans Morris

In the final episode of The Fintech OGs, hosts Julie VerHage-Greenberg and Lauren Crossett talk with Salman Syed, CEO of Astrada and Hans Morris, Managing Partner at Nyca Partners for a conversation about the highs and lows of life in Fintech. They reflect on fintech’s last decade, from the post-2008 reset in trust and brand to the cloud-driven drop in barriers to entry, and then look at what’s changing again. AI is moving from “feature” to “actor,” and agentic finance raises uncomfortable questions: What controls still work? How does fraud evolve when software can initiate transactions? What new infrastructure layers have to exist so autonomy doesn’t become a new attack surface? Along the way, Salman and Hans share career highs and lows, talk through fintech winners that almost failed, and debate what’s genuinely exciting versus what’s getting oversold. Subscribe for more conversations with operators building the future of financial services. This episode is sponsored by Granola. Try it free for 3 months at granola.ai/thisweekinfintech using code THISWEEKINFINTECH. This episode is also sponsored by Lithic. Connect with the Hosts & Guest Julie VerHage-Greenberg:   / julie-verhage-greenberg-1748801b   Lauren Crossett:   / lauren-crossett-b3752126   Salman Syed:   / salmanhsyed   Hans Morris:   / hansmorris   About The Fintech OGs Former Bloomberg Fintech reporter Julie VerHage-Greenberg leads panels of the people who’ve taken Fintech from a hashtag to an industry through discussions on where we see the industry moving, what it takes to stay on top of the enormous changes that are still gripping the financial services industry, and what they have learned as the best leaders in the field. Listen for the best up-to-date know-how from leaders in banking, payments, venture capital, fintech entrepreneurs, and all of those that have recreated financial services, and are still at it.