Nathaniel Harley, CEO and Co-Founder of MANTL -- Expanding Access to Financial Services

Published: June 28, 2021, 5 a.m.

Gabriela Ariana Campoverde sits down with Nathaniel Harley, CEO and Co-Founder of MANTL, a software platform specializing in online account opening and deposit growth strategies for community banks and credit unions. \n\nFounded in 2016, MANTL has helped banks raise more than $1 billion in core deposits -- with the highest performing account opening solution on the market. This past spring, this fintech raised $40MM in a Series B round. MANTL is on a mission to expand access to financial services by challenging the cost structures of traditional banks with its robust APIs, conversion best practices, and seamless user experience. \n\nIn this episode we discuss:\n- How MANTL\u2019s platform serves thousands of Americans today\n- The negative impact legacy infrastructure has on the user experience for account holders, banks and credit unions\n- Why community banks and credit unions matter\n- Lessons learned from Nathaniel\u2019s career at Spoon University\n- What\u2019s next in the pipeline for MANTL\n- And much more!\n\nAbout Nathaniel Harley:\n\nNathaniel Harley is the CEO and Co-Founder of MANTL.\n\nPrior to founding MANTL, Nathaniel served as COO of Spoon University, a food publication by and for college students. This was the first start-up which he joined and was backed by Techstars. MANTL is his second company with the accelerator. Before joining the start-up world, Nathaniel was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs. He is a graduate of Northwestern University, where he studied Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences.\n\nNathaniel is passionate about building products that will help people. To follow him on Twitter visit twitter.com/nathanielharley.\n\nAbout MANTL:\n\nMANTL helps banks and credit unions grow deposits and streamline back-office tasks with an omni-channel account opening platform that integrates with their cores. For additional information on MANTL, please visit www.mantl.com | Twitter: twitter.com/mantl_tech\n\nFor more FinTech insights, follow us below:\n\nMedium: medium.com/wharton-fintech\n\nWFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech\n\nGabriela\u2019s Twitter: twitter.com/byGabyC\n\nGabriela\u2019s LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gcampoverde