Building fintech products is hard. Real hard.
Not only because building software is difficult.
Not only because mastering the fintech domain takes years.
Not only because navigating compliance is complex.
But also because fintech product design is different. Regulations dictate your design decisions and add friction to critical flows.
Generating revenue isn't straightforward either. It comes from multiple sources (interchange fees, interest spreads, transaction margins, and subscriptions) where fractions of a percent matter at scale.
The real challenge is building profitable fintech products under these constraints.
Here’s what frustrated me
I couldn't find a single site showing how to do this.
Plenty of sites covered individual pieces of the fintech product puzzle. One site explained the fintech domain. Another covered product management. A third focused on compliance.
But none connected the pieces.
Instead, you're left scouring sites, books, and regulatory guides. Stitching everything together and figuring out how it applies to what you’re building.
So I built PMExaminer to connect these pieces and show how fintech products are built in the real world.
But here’s what makes PMExaminer different
Each piece of the fintech product puzzle is deconstructed into small steps that are easy to understand.
Each step connects to the relevant parts of the puzzle (compliance, design, development, or strategy) depending on the stage of product development.
For example, you’ll learn how specific regulations shape decisions across discovery, design, and development.
The site follows a system of tiny increments instead of creating yet another mountain of information that goes nowhere.
It allows you not just to learn, but to retain and apply sound product decisions inside real-world fintech companies.
Why Listen to Me?
I've built successful fintech products at Fortune 500 institutions like TD Bank and Manulife. Product decisions at this scale have real regulatory, customer, and revenue consequences.
For example, at TD Bank, I built a mobile app for high-net-worth clients from scratch. A heavily regulated niche with complex requirements. The app reduced churn and improved revenue.
