Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. I'm Natasha

Masquerinas and this is our Wednesday show where we niche down to a

single topic, think about a question and

unpack the rest. This week we're asking after a multi-year fundraising boom what is the

current health of the FinTech startup market and as always I am joined by the wonderful Alex Wilhelm to get

through that big one. So Alex hello it is so good to be back how are you?

I'm feeling great for a number of reasons first which is that you're back, thank God, I have missed you, and the show is missed you,

I presume everyone out there with us today has missed you, I also am wearing my dress tank top for this particular recording, so that's how much I care.

Okay yes I was waiting for us to start recording for me to compliment it.

It is badass and where is it from because I want to get one for my people?

Oh well I was on I was on Twitter and someone in my life was gently

mocking me for wearing very casual male attire and I said, well, you know, fine,

where's the where's the dress tank top? And then someone sent me this Amazon link to a button up tank top and then it

actually has I believe it's called a Nauru collar on it.

Yeah I love these collars like I feel I feel both worldly and debonair.

So yeah, feeling good.

I mean, it's perfect.

And I also missed you.

I am so happy to be back.

I was able to tune out of most news over the past two weeks,

but there were two items that broke through and it's

actually fitting for this episode. One was that Apple is getting into the buy now

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