About Mary
About Mary
Fintech journalist. Editor at large. Panel and podcast host.
Fintech journalist. Editor at large. Panel and podcast host.
The cliff notes:
The cliff notes:
I'm a fintech writer, editor and speaker based in Los Angeles. I write and talk about
reinvention—for banks, fintech and myself—from a city that runs on it.
I'm a fintech writer, editor and speaker based in Los Angeles. I write and talk about
reinvention—for banks, fintech and myself—from a city that runs on it.
How I got here
How I got here
I grew up in a small town in Michigan, spending afternoons jumping on a trampoline in the backyard with my older brothers. Tom Petty sometimes played. Whitney Houston at other times. In high school, I wrote a column for the local newspaper that explored high school life. I went to college at Pepperdine University to study journalism and to get to know Malibu, the setting of my favorite movie, Gidget. Back then, I dreamed of moving to New York to report on anything. After college, I did. I moved to New York City and took a job covering jewelry fashion trends for a business audience (after interviewing at Playgirl and a finance pub). From reviewing watches and jewelry in Switzerland, I moved on to cover the technologies debt collectors use to collect debt, and eventually, fintech for American Banker and Bankrate. Along the way, I started doing panels and going on podcasts. Then, I made another leap: I ditched the cubicle, moved to Los Angeles, got a Maltipoo and named him Benedict.
I grew up in a small town in Michigan, spending afternoons jumping on a trampoline in the backyard with my older brothers. Tom Petty sometimes played. Whitney Houston at other times. In high school, I wrote a column for the local newspaper that explored high school life. I went to college at Pepperdine University to study journalism and to get to know Malibu, the setting of my favorite movie, Gidget. Back then, I dreamed of moving to New York to report on anything. After college, I did. I moved to New York City and took a job covering jewelry fashion trends for a business audience (after interviewing at Playgirl and a finance pub). From reviewing watches and jewelry in Switzerland, I moved on to cover the technologies debt collectors use to collect debt, and eventually, fintech for American Banker and Bankrate. Along the way, I started doing panels and going on podcasts. Then, I made another leap: I ditched the cubicle, moved to Los Angeles, got a Maltipoo and named him Benedict.
I grew up in a small town in Michigan, spending afternoons jumping on a trampoline in the backyard with my older brothers. Tom Petty sometimes played. Whitney Houston at other times. In high school, I wrote a column for the local newspaper that explored high school life. I went to college at Pepperdine University to study journalism and to get to know Malibu, the setting of my favorite movie, Gidget. Back then, I dreamed of moving to New York to report on anything. After college, I did. I moved to New York City and took a job covering jewelry fashion trends for a business audience (after interviewing at Playgirl and a finance pub). From reviewing watches and jewelry in Switzerland, I moved on to cover the technologies debt collectors use to collect debt, and eventually, fintech for American Banker and Bankrate. Along the way, I started doing panels and going on podcasts. Then, I made another leap: I ditched the cubicle, moved to Los Angeles, got a Maltipoo and named him Benedict.
These days, I write about fintech, speak on panels at conferences like AFT and Fintech Meetup and pen a monthly LinkedIn editor's note called Finteching with Mary. I am the head of content at Atomic and write a fintech column and host the Yours in Finance questionnaire there.
These days, I write about fintech, speak on panels at conferences like AFT and Fintech Meetup and pen a monthly LinkedIn editor's note called Finteching with Mary. I am the head of content at Atomic and write a fintech column and host the Yours in Finance questionnaire there.
These days, I write about fintech, speak on panels at conferences like AFT and Fintech Meetup and pen a monthly LinkedIn editor's note called Finteching with Mary. I am the head of content at Atomic and write a fintech column and host the Yours in Finance questionnaire there.
Also, this is Ben.
Also, this is Ben.
Benedict—named after Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing—is my bestie. We met at a rescue shop after I got back from a wedding in China, where my mom was my date. He had just been returned for "male aggression."
In a city of dreamers, we created shared ones: I toss a ball. He wags his tail. I buy the strawberries. We both eat them. Once, we got kicked off a plane.
Benedict—named after Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing—is my bestie. We met at a rescue shop after I got back from a wedding in China, where my mom was my date. He had just been returned for "male aggression."
In a city of dreamers, we created shared ones: I toss a ball. He wags his tail. I buy the strawberries. We both eat them. Once, we got kicked off a plane.
Benedict—named after Benedick from Much Ado About Nothing—is my bestie. We met at a rescue shop after I got back from a wedding in China, where my mom was my date. He had just been returned for "male aggression."
In a city of dreamers, we created shared ones: I toss a ball. He wags his tail. I buy the strawberries. We both eat them. Once, we got kicked off a plane.