Nilesh Nanavati and John Clark of OPCO Advisory explain why fintech maturity, AI pressure and scarce infrastructure assets drove a high-stakes reset in capital markets M&A in 2025.
Read MoreTomás Campos of Spinwheel argues that growing debt and lagging credit data require a real-time, unified way to assess consumer risk.
Read MoreMatt Ober of Social Leverage writes that markets are becoming data-native as finance, consumer culture and AI converge around richer, more valuable data.
Read MoreAlex Lazarow of Fluent Ventures paints a picture of an industry undergoing a fundamental shift beyond the usual cycle of new products or distribution models.
Read MoreAvinash Chidambaram of Cybrid says stablecoins are quickly becoming a core payments tool that will give early adopters an efficiency edge.
Read MoreCarey Ransom president of Operate and managing director of BankTech Ventures, dives into the impact AI could have on community banks.
Read MoreXimena Aleman of Prometeo writes that LATAM is ready to shape the rise of agentic banking.
Read MoreElizabeth McCluskey of TruStage Ventures argues fintech is missing veterans whose service mindset could help them connect with customers.
Read MoreMichael Dirla, VP at Edison Partners, argues discipline, not hype, will drive fintech’s future.
Read MoreExtend CTO Jonathan Bailey makes the case for why fintech companies can’t afford to sit out the open-source AI movement — and what’s at stake if they do.
Read MoreSarvesh Baveja, VP and chief risk officer at Fundbox, explains why fragmented data is blocking SMB lending and how cash flow underwriting and alternate data can unlock capital access.
Read MoreGalileo VP Ritesh Rihani says the real barrier to banking innovation isn’t infrastructure — it’s inertia.
Read MoreAmber Buker, chief research officer at the Travilian Group, revisits the partner bank boom — its rise, collapse, and the regulatory crackdown that reshaped banking-as-a-service.
Read MoreTilman Ehrbeck, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Flourish Ventures, weighs in on Chime’s success, its recent IPO, and what’s next.
Read MoreJessica Cheney, VP of strategic solutions at Bottomline, writes about how a new generation of users is driving demand for instant, embedded payments.
Read MoreThe Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.
