John Waupsh

John Waupsh is co-founder and CEO of Nerve. Nerve is the business banking app built for creators with FDIC-insured debit, savings, and other money-management tools. Nerve also offers APIs, that provide embedded banking solutions and instant payouts for companies serving the creator economy.

Prior to founding Nerve, John spent nearly 20 years leading product management, R&D and user experience at Kasasa, a fintech company serving more than 800 banks and credit unions and millions of consumers nationwide. John is a keynote speaker, founder of two record labels discovering and releasing lost music, and a fintech consultant to several banks and credit unions. His book, Bankruption: How Community Banking Can Survive Fintech, is available on Amazon. He enjoys spending time with his kids in his hometown of Austin.