Artificial intelligence has arguably existed for decades. But AI’s branding—in addition to the complexity of technologies that fall under its umbrella—has been profoundly dynamic over that same time period.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks at the misconceptions surrounding down-rounds—and fundraising writ large.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Social Leverage’s Matt Ober looks at the drama unfolding at OpenAI.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Social Leverage’s Matt Ober asks: Will we ever see a new entrant that can disrupt the powerhouse index providers?
Read MoreFrom Alex Lazarow: In 2020, I was convinced that the gospel of Silicon Valley—for startups to grow at any cost—was incompatible with the reality of the rest of the world. At the time, this flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Today, it has become best practice.
Read MoreS&P = Markit + IHS. Does someone make a move to compete? S&P is a data & information services powerhouse and has no competition.
Read MoreAn ecosystem of regulating bodies and compliance frameworks is designed to bolster the relationship between consumers and financial institutions.
Read MoreBuilding out privacy-focused payments solutions requires a holistic and long-term approach to development, operations, and regulatory interfacing.
Read MoreTeams highlighting the following three variables can help push payments into more privacy- and security-oriented directions.
Read MoreFintech products have helped make moving money more seamless and social—but they have also raised questions about how user data is collected, stored, and shared.
Read MoreSeeing an opportunity to chip away at the issue, loan-focused fintechs have built a suite of HR-focused products and operational solutions.
Read MoreAccording to Mick MacLaverty, Co-Founder & CEO of Highway Benefits, student loan repayment as a benefit is an effective and efficient piece of compensation that creates multiple stakeholders.
Read MoreAccording to Laurel Taylor, Founder, CEO & Chairwoman of Candidly, a core part of Candidly’s mission is to enable an ecosystem of solutions to help employees maximize their savings, both through debt-repayment solutions as well as partners’ products.
Read MoreAccording to Lissele Pratt, Co-Founder & Chief Growth Officer of Capitalixe, the firm is able to innovate from a business strategy perspective because of its internal operations and makeup.
Read MorePolicies and regulations undergird investment trends, and can materially affect the kinds of projects and populations that end up seeing fintech-focused investment.
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.
