Knot

A few months ago, I joined my friends Rory O'Reilly and Kieran O'Reilly at Knot on their mission to build the first merchant connectivity platform. It's been a thrilling experience thus far to say the least. At Knot, we're building something that has never been done before and these days in fintech, early stage companies doing something truly new are hard to come by. This is one of the many things I love about Knot. We are seeing extreme momentum with our flagship CardSwitcher product and have big plans for future products 👀 Although we are hiring across product, engineering, and sales, I want to highlight a few critical engineering roles on our team: Senior Fullstack Engineer: This person will work directly with me to build and scale our CardSwitcher product, as well as a new product we have in the works. Tech Lead Manager, Core Products: This person will also work directly with me to lead one of our most critical product engineering teams building all existing and new consumer-facing product experiences. Tech Lead Manager, Platform: This person will lead and own our core merchant connectivity platform made up of hundreds of merchant integrations. This platform is the backbone for all products developed at Knot and has some of the hardest technical challenges at the company. Head of Engineering: This person will partner with Kieran to lead the entire engineering function at Knot. Plain and simple. If you or a friend are interested in joining Knot in any of these roles (or others you see on our website), please reach out. We would love to chat! Link to our full list of open roles in the comments. #fintech #payment #startups #hiring #tech #techjobs #engineeringjobs

Excited to see Knot on the homepage of the Bilt Rewards app! Having Knot on high-intent screens is crucial for card issuers looking to increase spend and retention. More and more often our prospects are running into Knot in the wild. Being able to say, "Yes, that's us!" is incredibly rewarding. Thank you to the Bilt Rewards team for their incredibly hard work to make this partnership successful.

Absolutely thrilled to share that our friend and advisor, Ian Chan, placed 2nd in the World Series of Poker Event #56! I wasn't just impressed by Ian's incredible performance but also by his stylish choice to wear Knot swag! Ian, thank you so much for representing Knot by sporting our shirt and logo at the event. Congratulations on this fantastic achievement, and here's to many more deep runs in the future!

Thrilled and honored to be interviewed by Peter Renton for Fintech Nexus's podcast! Dive into Knot's journey and hear our story. Link to the podcast is in the comments 👇

As banks and fintechs continue to release new debit and credit cards there remains the perennial problem: how to get people using these new cards. Until now, there has not been an easy way to solve this problem. But Rory O'Reilly, the CEO and Co-Founder of Knot, came across this problem in his previous company and decided to do something about. Now card issuers can connect their users seamlessly to hundreds of major merchants through the Knot API. Listen to my full interview with Rory here: https://lnkd.in/gY8DFA7g

Exciting news! Knot has teamed up with Plaid, a Knot investor, as a preferred referral partner for card-on-file switching. With Knot's CardSwitcher™, users can set their credit or debit cards as the default payment across 100+ online merchants with just a few taps. Plaid customers can now import transaction history into Knot's SDK for even more seamless card switching ✨. This partnership aligns perfectly with our mission to create a user-centric financial ecosystem. Plaid's Transaction History, combined with Knot's CardSwitcher™, offers solutions for card issuers, merchants, and consumers. 🏦 Card Issuers: Achieve quick and efficient top-of-wallet placement 🏪 Merchants: Reduce transaction declines and improve customer retention by preventing involuntary churn 🏡 Consumers: Gain control over where cards are stored and how payment information is shared Thanks to Plaid for believing in our vision. Link in the comments for the full press release. If you want to utilize Plaid's Transaction Data with Knot, feel free to reach out!

What if you could compress the typical 15-day debit card activation slog down to just 1-2 days? Thanks to powerful APIs from Astra, Pinwheel, and Knot, a friction-free onboarding is now possible for banking customers. These solutions provide: 💨  Super-fast debit funding  🔑 Seamless direct deposit switching  🔄 Automatic card updating across sites The end result? Happier customers who start using their new account right away and stick around for the long haul. Check out our new post to learn more about these tools. Link in comments!

Tomorrow, I have the privilege of moderating a Mastercard panel featuring Adam Boyd, Ginger Siegel, and Fonta Gilliam. The topic is "Partnering With Financial Institutions." It should be a lot of fun, and I'd love to see you there. Link in the comments! Thank you to Bruno de Roquefeuil and Carlos Arango, CFA, CAIA, for organizing!

Knot is growing faster than ever, and we're hiring! Join our 40+ person team and be part of Knot's exciting journey. Explore our open roles via the link in the comments, and please 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐭—you'll be helping us and potentially doing your friends a favor! To our friends—come visit our office in Flatiron!

We are proud to announce that Knot is the 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 external company to undergo a dogfooding program with Mastercard. In just 24 business days, Mastercard's team implemented Knot's API live in production with real credentials, all while thoroughly testing & optimizing every detail of our integration and flow. It's no surprise that Knot performed exceptionally well. With years of iteration and solving hundreds of edge cases, Knot is built to handle complex scenarios securely, seamlessly, and at scale. Thank you to Jason Candee, Ryan Stern, and David Rooney for helping with dogfooding and the entire Mastercard team (Jess Turner, Sherri Haymond, Sabrina Tharani Libby, Sarah Carrion, Bruno de Roquefeuil, and more) for your incredible support and for welcoming Knot into the Start Path program. Stay tuned for more exciting updates soon!