FIS is a Jacksonville, Florida-based multinational corporation offering financial products and services to over 20,000 clients. Founded in 1968, FIS is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The company facilitates approximately $9 trillion in transactions per year. FIS has traditionally operated through three divisions: banking and payments, capital markets, and merchant services. It’s now launched a new division (led by its own president) that focuses on embedded finance, APIs, and platforms.

Onsite at Fintech Meetup, The FR met with Tatyana Kratunova, Head of the FIS Fintech Accelerator Program. Kratunova outlines: 

• What the FIS Accelerator program does, and how it relates to the larger FIS umbrella;

• What the FIS Accelerator is prioritizing in 2024—and the specific use cases of applicant startups;

• Fintechs’ benefits from joining the accelerator program;

• Why FIS will continue looking at regtech solutions as part of its accelerator;

• Why FIS will split the accelerator between Jacksonville and NYC;

• How accelerator participants develop relationships that outlast the accelerator’s formal timespan; and

• How to apply to the accelerator