Samantha Fisher

Vice president

Samantha Fisher is vice president at Itemize

Gender issues

Fintech's growth is leaving out half the population

Until the gender gap of the technology, banking and payment industries change, innovation will continue to be impacted, says Itemize's Samantha Fisher.

By Samantha Fisher

January 28

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SBA

SBA's push to revive an old idea

Isabel Casillas Guzman, administrator of the Small Business Administration, wants the agency to get involved in direct lending, a practice that was discontinued during the Clinton administration. Congress has not embraced the idea, to put it mildly.

By John Reosti

1h ago
Risk management

Yes, your bank has a supply chain, and it's fraught with risk

Extensive partnerships with third-party service providers, fintechs and other partners are the banking equivalent of a supply chain, and bankers need to be clear-eyed about assessing the risk associated with them.

By Samantha Regan

1h ago
Payments

Meet the bank that's replacing every debit card with wood

GLS had already stopped issuing first-use plastic as of 2018, but it wasn't enough for the eco-minded German bank. Fake plastic still looks and feels like plastic.

By Daniel Wolfe

1h ago