Steve Bishop publishes Inside The Vault, a weekly newsletter read by more than 30,000 sponsor bank and fintech professionals who want a straight answer on who's gaining control in embedded finance and who's losing it. Each issue breaks down the deals, charter moves, and enforcement actions shaping Banking as a Service economics, with a focus on what sponsor banks and their partners should do about it.

He's the author of Know Your Agent, a governance framework for AI in financial services, and he works directly with banks on their AI strategy: where to start, what to govern, and what to leave alone.

Steve co-founded amBaaSsador, an education company for Banking as a Service and embedded finance. His career spans Jack Henry, Citi, and community banks. A frequent keynote speaker, he lives in Shell Knob, Missouri, on Table Rock Lake.