Michal Cieplinski

Founder and CEO

Michal Cieplinski, founder and CEO at CapStack, is also a co-founder at Pipe and a member of the founding team at Fundbox.

Strategic planning

Banks must look past their zero-sum mindset and embrace collaboration

Strategic alliances are a viable avenue leading to risk reduction and higher profits — provided that bankers can learn to embrace them.

By Michal Cieplinski

February 22

TRENDING

Consumer lending

FDIC sides with Colorado in court tussle over high-cost loans

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is arguing that Colorado has the right to establish an interest rate cap that all state-chartered banks must follow. Three industry groups are suing the state in an effort to stop its attempted crackdown.

By Kevin Wack

7h ago
Failures

Republic First fails; Fulton Bank acquires assets, branches

The Philadelphia-based bank's parent company, Republic First Bancshares, had been roiled by a yearslong proxy battle involving activist investors groups and its former CEO.

By Kyle Campbell

April 26
Politics and policy

Custodia to appeal ruling in Fed lawsuit

The Wyoming-based digital asset bank filed paperwork to challenge last month's district court ruling, which affirmed the Federal Reserve's view about its discretion over master account applications.

By Kyle Campbell

April 26