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Xiaochen Zhang, new Ambassador of Finnovating in the USA “Joining Finnovating is an exciting opportunity to bridge the gap between pioneering tech startups and forward-thinking corporations. By fostering a collaborative ecosystem, we aim to drive strategic partnerships and innovation in the dynamic landscape of emerging technologies, making a lasting impact in the world of finance and beyond. The synergies between FinTech4Good and Finnovating will undoubtedly accelerate our collective mission to drive positive change through partnership and ecosystem building”, said Xiaochen Zhang, Finnovating Ambassador in the USA. https://lnkd.in/e_T7RUqW Rodrigo Garcia de la Cruz Andrea Sánchez Martín Nick Cabrera #FFNews #Fintech #FintechMagazine #FintechFinance #Paytech #PaytechMagazine #Insurtech #InsurtechMagazine #KYC #Lendtech #Regtech

Next week we are going to be on the #WorldlineIEC #ePaymentsChallenge 2023 in #Paris. Lemonero and our CTO, Tomas Widlak will have the unique chance to explore cutting-edge topics, tackle real-life challenges from Worldline partners, and leverage their expertise to optimize services, design experiences, and ensure financial sustainability and trust. We are looking forward to all participants (Stabiliti Ltd, ShareP - Sustainable Parking Management, Conversation24 - conversational commerce platform, Minima, Troc Circle, IQPay (Pty) Ltd, Meelo, ReceiptHero, Video Window, Trudenty, ZYNYO, billiv, Myver, Dotsha, Authologic, Trust1Team, Fyre, Pi-xcels, SignCatch, Keewe, MyDutyCollect, Card-Dynamics, MoveYou, Noticia) #EmbeddedFinance #FintechRevolution #DigitalTransformation #finance #financialinstitutions #embeddedfinance #laas #FinanceInnovation #TechRevolution #LendTech #Lemonero #innovation #banking #Saas #SMEfinancing #PSP #strategy #fintech #fintechinnovation #fintechrevolution #market #potential #smes #sme #smbs #smb #financing #financeinnovation #finance #epayments

🤡 after an event is before an event. 💪 pumped for London Tech Drinks next wednesday. 🥂London Tech Drinks created by Mark Shepherd brings people together for a monthly founder and operator event to foster the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the capital. it's pretty cool to bring that many driven people in one room and hear their stories and (big) plans. 💸 Airwallex does payments. banking. move money in and out, cross-border or domestically. card processing. mass payouts. expense management. card issuing. enable hyper-growth businesses to expand into new markets quickly. make the finance life of startups a bit brighter. see how that fits together? 💃 🕺 if you're a founder, if you're in london next wednesday, and if you like to meet like-minded people, might as well sign up. #londontechdrinks #startupecosystem #startups #networking #payments for good measure

I met with 30 startups and about 10 VCs at Finovate NYC. My colleague Rudy Yang and I summarize our key takeaways for fintechs, VCs, and banks in the research note below. You can download it here - https://lnkd.in/gDhiKNza My favorite startups by far were SAVVI AI and eSelf.ai.

What a Day 🚀 First Ageras and then Lunar - #nordic fintech is on 🔥 Two huge rounds in one day. Talking about AI, 'health and wealth', embedded finance, the drop in investments we saw in 2023, why we see change now and the new program for Nordic and Baltic early stage (pre-seed) fintech founders we launched in collaboration with our close friends in Switzerland, Tenity - 'New Nordic Challengers'. Such a vibrant fintech region. Article in #danish. Thank you team Bootstrapping.dk 🙏 🇫🇮🇮🇸🇳🇴🇩🇰🇸🇪 https://lnkd.in/dtWTZQQ5

Accend (YC S23) raises $3.2 million to reinvent fintech operations and compliance workflows #Accend, a startup revolutionizing compliance and onboarding processes for #fintechs and banks, has raised $3.2 million in seed funding. This round was led by Adverb Ventures, with significant contributions from Y Combinator, General Catalyst, 645 Ventures, and angel investors from Brex, Stripe, and Carta. Accend, co-founded by Pranjal Daga, Yutong Pei, and Joseph Tianshi Zhou, is poised to disrupt the traditional Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) landscape dominated by giants like Accenture. By leveraging AI, Accend aims to streamline the complex, repetitive, and error-prone processes associated with business onboarding and compliance. The platform accelerates these workflows by automating research into business products, services, and beneficial owners, providing industry risk insights, and efficiently extracting data from financial documents. Accend’s innovative approach has already attracted marquee customers in the US and Europe, including Slope, Pleo, Rho, and Pliant. By integrating Accend’s AI-driven solutions, these companies have seen significant reductions in manual effort and improved customer experiences. For instance, Slope reported an 80% reduction in manual effort required for onboarding, highlighting the time savings and enhanced user satisfaction provided by Accend. Jessica Verrilli, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Adverb Ventures, praised the Accend team’s deep expertise in automating compliance workflows, a sector ripe for disruption. With a strong foundation and proven successes, Accend is now expanding into accelerating underwriting processes, further partnering with fast-growing fintechs to bring these innovations to market. I personally met with Josep and Pranjal in Berlin a couple of weeks ago, trying to help with European expansion, and I can tell they are among the most driven and focused founders I've ever met. Keep building guys! The article on Axis in the first comment. Want to stay up to date with the market? Here my newsletter: - Linkedin: https://lnkd.in/d4h8zqKA  - Substack: https://lnkd.in/dzfGJzmW

📰 News: 📰 --- 🚀 BucksApp Nails $1M Investment to Power Data-Driven Solutions in LatAm 🎉 Exciting news from the world of FinTech! BucksApp, a dynamic B2B startup hailing from Paraguay and Bolivia, has just secured a whopping $1 million in a pre-seed funding round. This achievement is a game-changer for data solutions in Latin America. The round was spearheaded by iThink VC and BuenTrip Ventures, with additional backing from Escalatec and multiple angel investors. Here’s why this matters: - 🌐 BucksApp turns raw data into gold, helping banks, digital wallets, supermarkets, and pharmacies elevate their sales strategies. - 💡 Harnessing this fresh funding, BucksApp aims to revolutionize markets in Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador by enhancing their tech and expanding their team. - 🤖 The company will bolster its infrastructure with cutting-edge AI and machine learning, providing real-time, actionable insights through their advanced APIs and SDKs. Sebastián Romero, CEO of BucksApp, states: “With this funding round, we are prepared to take significant steps forward. Our mission is to help our clients revolutionize the way they understand their customers’ transactional behavior to drive sales." We’d love to hear your thoughts on this exciting development! Drop a comment below and make sure to follow Bernier Group for more updates on transformative FinTech trends. 🌟 #AIDriven #Digital #AI #Data #SMB #SME #Strategy #Innovation #Business #ArtificialIntelligence #AnniQ https://lnkd.in/eiDzy62Q

GR Capital portfolio companies Alma, Attest, and PlanRadar have been included in the "Top 100 Next Unicorns" by VivaTech. Each year, VivaTech publishes its "Top 100 Next Unicorns", a list of the 100 most promising scaleups in Europe. Those named are fast-growing tech companies with the potential to reach a valuation of $1 billion or more in the near future. So far, a third of the companies on VivaTech's top list for 2019 to 2023 have already become unicorns. As venture capitalists deeply entrenched in the innovation market, we've noted key sector-related trends: - Enterprise SaaS: cloud-based solutions are in high demand, with 43 leading companies driving scalability and transformative impacts on business operations. - Digital Media and Big Data/AI: both sectors, with 16 companies each, are revolutionizing decision-making processes and content consumption with data-driven approaches. - Fintech: with 14 innovative companies, fintech is reshaping traditional financial services to be more accessible and user-friendly. - Marketplaces: represented by 11 companies, these models are shifting towards direct, platform-based transactions, becoming vital in the digital economy. Also, it was nice to see two Ukrainian companies (Preply.com and Headway EdTech) on the list. Go Ukraine!

“Today, 1 in every 3 startups in the U.S. uses us,” says Pedro Franceschi co-CEO of Brex. Congrats to our partners at Brex ( Co-Founders Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras ) for being featured on CNBC's 12th annual Disruptor 50 list! ➡ Brex is the AI-powered spend platform. Brex provides corporate cards, business accounts, and global payments, plus intuitive software for travel and expenses, that make it easy to plan and track all company spend in one place, in real time. ➡ Tens of thousands of companies from startups to global enterprises — including DoorDash, Flexport, and Compass — use Brex to proactively control spend, reduce costs, and increase efficiency on a global scale. CNBC's Morgan L Brennan catches up with Brex Co-Founder Pedro Franceschi: https://lnkd.in/eAx_e3Y7

NDRC Masterclass: Innovating in Regulated Industries 📍PorterShed a Dó, 15 Market St | Virtually 📆Thursday, 14th March from 9:00 AM 🔭This masterclass aims to provide you with an overview of how startups can effectively innovate within heavily regulated industries. 👂Additionally, you will have the opportunity to hear firsthand from startups that have navigated the challenges of these regulated industries and the hurdles they faced in reaching the market, with a specific focus on FinTech. ✏️Sign up to join us in person in PorterShed a Dó or join virtually https://lnkd.in/d4rb6Tjk