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Weekly insights on payments, banking, AI and blockchain deals

Your weekly debrief of the deals that matter. How they were structured, what they are worth, and my honest take on what I would do about them, plus the deals worth knowing.

Intro to Deal is a community of founders, operators and decision makers in fintech. A few quick questions keep the room valuable and help me connect you to the right partnership opportunities.

Latest issue · 01
2 October 2026

Chime bought the bank it rented for seven years. Why it matters if you are building.

The most honest deal of the year is a lesson in partner dependency, and what to do before a partner becomes the one thing that can sink you.

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inside every issue

Practical, opinionated and signed

01
The big deals

The week's biggest partnerships broken down, from structure to what happens after the launch.

02
Deals worth knowing

The week's partnerships and raises, each with a one-line take.

03
Founder stories

How companies got built, told through the deals behind them.

04
The reader question

One real question a month, with the combined answer published.

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