Inside Mercury’s Next Act With CEO Immad Akhund
This Week in Fintech · Nov 10, 2026 · 36:10
This Week in Fintech · Nov 10, 2026 · 36:10
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Mercury has grown into one of the biggest names in business banking, with more than 450,000 customers and over $1 billion in revenue. Now, the company is expanding well beyond its original startup banking product.
This week, Sasha Pilch sits down with Mercury co-founder and CEO Immad Akhund to talk about the company’s next phase of growth.
They discuss Mercury Books and Payroll, why the company is building a broader financial operating system for businesses, and how AI is changing the way financial products get built and used.
Immad also explains Mercury’s approach to agentic banking, including new controls that let businesses see which AI agents are connected to their accounts, track what those agents are doing, and keep a human in the loop before money actually moves.
They also get into Mercury’s expansion beyond startups, what is driving its recent growth, and why the company is working toward launching its own bank after receiving conditional approval from the OCC and FDIC.
Plus, Sasha speaks with This Week in Fintech contributor Suman Bhattacharyya about Synctera’s latest $24.5 million raise, renewed interest from community banks in fintech partnerships, and what Synctera Labs could mean for early-stage fintech founders.
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