Synctera Blog
Your go-to resource for Banking as a Service insights, guides to building FinTech apps and embedded banking products, and updates from Synctera

Guides
How Embedded Finance is Driving the Next Wave of Payroll Innovation
Embedded finance is enabling payroll providers to offer employees faster access to wages and easier ways to spend.
Changelogs
Changelog: February 2023
A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides
How to Switch Banking as a Service Providers: A Step-by-Step Guide
If you are encountering delays or issues with your current Banking as a Service provider or sponsor bank, learn how Synctera makes it easy to switch
Changelogs
Changelog: January 2023
A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides
9-Step FinTech Compliance Checklist: How to Build a Resilient Risk and Compliance Program Before You Launch
Building a resilient compliance program will set your FinTech product up for success. Our experts have put together a 9-step compliance checklist, giving you a step-by-step guide to building a secure and compliant FinTech product before you launch to your customers.
BaaS
Synctera's 2022 Summary: Climbing the FinTech Mountain
In Synctera's 2022 year-end review, our CEO writes about how we've been helping FinTechs and banks partner together while scaling our platform to support over 2 million consumers.
Changelogs
Changelog: December 2022
A summary of the Banking as a Service product updates we've made over the last month
Guides
How Can FinTech Startups Survive the ‘VC Winter’?
“Oh, my sweet summer child,” the old FinTech startup founder said quietly, “what do you know of fear? Fear is for the winter, my little lord, when the snows fall a hundred feet.”
BaaS
Get Ready: Regulators Will Focus on FinTech <> Sponsor Bank Partnerships in 2023
Regulatory scrutiny of FinTechs isn’t going away. Synctera's CEO, Peter Hazlehurst, talks about his 2023 FinTech prediction about the relationship between FinTechs and their sponsor banks.
Changelogs
Changelog: November 2022
A summary of the Banking as a Service and Embedded Finance product updates we've made over the last month
Product
How to Get Started with Synctera Smart Charge Card
Synctera Smart Charge Card is a new Banking as a Service credit product companies of all sizes can access to build, launch, and issue secured charge cards to their customers via a simple set of APIs. Get the details about our latest product launch and how to get started.
Guides
Friendly Fraud: How Should FinTechs View the Risks?
Trust us - friendly fraud is not friendly at all. Read our best practices on three key areas for how FinTechs can mitigate this risk and protect their partners, brand, and bottom-line.
Product
What Will Determine FinTech’s Success in 2023 and Beyond?
Four words: customer experience and brand. Learn about our our newest Banking as a Service product offering, which can help FinTech developers launch beautiful, delightful mobile banking apps in record time.
Changelogs
Changelog: October 2022
A summary of the big Banking as a Service and Embedded Finance product updates we've made over the last month
Product
Meet Synctera’s Use Case Explorer: The New Blueprint for Building with Banking as a Service
Discover your FinTech use case and make it reality in a few minutes. With the Synctera Use Case Explorer, watch Synctera's APIs come alive and connect with the Synctera Starter App for retail banking - a customizable codebase we’re giving away for free.
Changelogs
Changelog: September 2022
A summary of the big product updates we've made over the last month
Guides
What is Embedded Finance? An Explainer on the New Way Non-Financial Companies Can Help People
Peter Hazlehurst, CEO, shares his definition of embedded finance and provides a brief history from his POV as a FinTech builder. Read Peter's thoughts about: what embedded finance looks like for big companies, a hypothetical use case for a company you may have heard of, and how to start thinking about embedding financial services.
Product
How to Get Started with Synctera Line of Credit
Learn about our newest lending product, its benefits for companies and consumers, and how to start building with it
Changelogs
Changelog: August 2022
A summary of our big product updates we've made over the last month
Product
Ledger as a Service: The Power of Using a Modern Ledger for Your Financial Product
We introduce FinTech builders to modern ledger technology that "rocks." Read on to learn about: What a ledger is; Why ledger technology is important for modern FinTechs; Ledger as a service; Benefits of using ledger as a service
BaaS
How to Create Resilient Banking as a Service Partnerships
FinTechs getting debanked is completely avoidable as long as their relationship with their bank partner is strong. Read our CRO's guide on how FinTechs and banks can both make their BaaS partnership resilient.
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