In a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks back at his time at Omidyar Network and sets the record straight on the effects and ethics of impact investing.
Read MoreTaking a look at publicly listed tech companies’ payments-focused strategies suggest that payments will remain a cash cow and focus of investment this year across fundraising fora—not just VCs and private markets.
Read MoreIntroverts or not, consumers continue to approach in-person commerce as a productive, social, and non-fungible practice.
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Barry McCarthy, CEO & President of Deluxe.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Marqeta CEO Simon Khalaf highlights Marqeta’s recent data on holiday BNPL spending, justifies expanded use of BNPL in the face of consumer debt and hardship, and outlines Marqeta’s growth and product strategies.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Fluent Ventures’s Alex Lazarow looks at the trends and debates shaping fintech in the coming year.
Read MoreHow to capture the good and mitigate the bad
Read MoreOnsite at Money20/20, The FR sat down with Sheri Chin, CMO at Galileo, discussing how and why fintech may see advancements in gender equality now.
Read MoreArtificial 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.
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