Questions around Renaud Laplanche influence over time

[Calvin Turner]

I agree, and I would go further. As someone who was actually operating in lending during that period, I do not see those founders as untouchable pioneers. I see them as part of an experiment that worked in some ways and failed in others.

Low key feels like fintech lore more than fintech lessons sometimes. Like people quote names without asking why. Not saying it is bad, just feels outdated.

 

[Anna Kowalska]

Yeah I read the old interviews and the tone feels wild compared to now. Very move fast energy. Hard to imagine that flying today.

 

[Hans Müller]

One thing I do think gets missed is how much institutional learning came from that era. A lot of today’s compliance frameworks exist because things went sideways before. Even skeptical takes should acknowledge that the industry matured through those failures, not despite them.