Back office banking infrastructure needs updating; fintech companies and banks want to work with companies that can provide a customizable, API-driven system that allows them to add new functionality quickly and easily; Synapse is a new kind of banking platform that helps fintech companies and banks create new products in this modular way. CEO Sankaet Pathak has no banking background which gives him unique advantages (as well as some disadvantages) in building the next generation banking platform. Lend Academy