Cris Schmude - SolarisBank, fundraising and role of BaaS players in FinTech industry Pearson Scoop: The IESE FinTech Podcast

I am excited to release my conversation on the IESE FinTech podcast with Cris Schmude who is currently a Key Account Manager at SolarisBank in Germany.

Solarisbank is Europe's leading Banking-as-a-Service platform. As a technology company with a full German banking license, Solarisbank enables other companies to offer their own financial services. Via APIs, partners integrate Solarisbank's modular banking services directly into their own product offering. The platform offers digital bank accounts and payment cards, identification and lending services, digital asset custody as well as services provided by integrated third-party providers. 

In this episode with Cris, I discuss:

1. His Pre-MBA Journey

2. What does SolarisBank do and the core banking platform migration

3. SolarisBank recent $224M fundraise 

4. What do BaaS companies do and what helps SolarisBank differentiate itself

5. What does Key Account Manager role revolve around and the importance of stakeholder management


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