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Shawn Du, CEO, Revenir

Shawn Du is CEO of Revenir, a fintech that partners with banks and financial institutions to simplify VAT reclamation for international purchases. With a background in consulting, investment banking, and three prior startups, Du leads the company focused on removing friction from cross-border...

Incumbents at Parity?

Incumbents at Parity?

An observer of fintech trends notes that incumbent banks have achieved feature parity with neobanks through regular mobile app updates, challenging assumptions that younger generations automatically prefer digital-first banking alternatives.

Ivan Maryasin, CEO, Monite

Ivan Maryasin is CEO of Monite, a financial automation platform offering embedded accounts payable, receivable, and B2B payment solutions to neobanks, payment providers, and vertical SaaS platforms serving SMBs.

Mark Burges Watson, CEO, Kaldi

Mark Burges Watson is CEO and co-founder of Kaldi Financial Technology, a fintech app that transforms savings habits for Gen Z and Millennials by auto-investing cashback from high street retailers into low-cost equity index funds at checkout.

Lisa Ashford, CEO, Ethex

Lisa Ashford is CEO of Ethex, a UK platform for ethical investment opportunities. With a background in energy policy, carbon markets, and financial strategy from Said Business School, Ashford discusses how she founded Ethex over a decade ago to use finance for positive social and environmental...

Stelios Constantinidis, Director, AI and AI Products, MQube

Stelios Constantinidis is Director of AI & AI Products at MQube, where he oversees AI capabilities and commercialisation. He discusses how MQube uses transformer-based AI models to reduce mortgage approval from 11 days to 15 seconds, leveraging his background in electrical engineering, computer...

Krishna Subramanyan, CEO, Bruc Bond

Krishna Subramanians is CEO of Bruc Bond, a corporate cross-border payment provider. He brings extensive experience in financial services compliance, risk management, and banking across major institutions including Citibank, Macquarie Bank, and Scotia Bank, before joining the fintech startup.

Peter Curk, CEO, ICONOMI

Peter Curk is CEO of ICONOMI, a crypto investment platform founded in 2016 to simplify digital asset access for non-experts. He discusses the company's regulatory-first approach, its target demographic of non-crypto natives aged 35-60, and his vision for blockchain to streamline B2B settlement...

Royden Greaves, CEO & Founder, Jarvis

Royden Greaves is CEO and Founder of Jarvis, a pension fintech that empowers employees to actively manage their retirement planning through an intuitive platform.

Meri Williams, CTO, Pleo

Meri Williams is Chief Technology Officer at Pleo, a European fintech company offering smart company cards and spend management solutions. She discusses her career spanning P&G, the UK Government Digital Service, and various startups, her role leading Pleo's tech strategy and engineering teams,...

Barclays suggests foodbanks for customers struggling with outage

Barclays suggests foodbanks for customers struggling with outage

This article discusses Barclays UK's controversial response to a technical outage, where the bank allegedly suggested struggling customers visit local foodbanks—a suggestion critics argue is inappropriate for a multi-billion pound institution that should prioritize operational resilience.

Dr. Erin B. Taylor, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Finthropology

Dr. Erin B. Taylor is Managing Director and Co-Founder of Finthropology, a company that uses anthropological research to help organizations understand clients' financial behavior and innovate customer-centric products.