According to Marcus New, InvestX’s Founder and CEO, InvestX was founded because of a burgeoning private market, which compelled venture-backed private companies to stay private longer than they did previously.
Read MoreAccording to Rashid Galadanci, Driver’s CEO and Co-Founder, the company fills a needed niche between competing forces. On the one hand are insurance companies, which have invested heavily in telematics as a way to mitigate risks, reduce costs, and gather data on consumers.
Read MoreChris Fraenza is the Senior Vice President of Sales and Partnerships at SavvyMoney, and is responsible for leading the company’s growth while maximizing success across all customers and strategic partners.
Read MoreMajor changes over the past year have inexorably shaped the fintech landscape—but few departments have been as affected as operations teams, which have had to react to developments and refract those new realities through hiring and strategy decisions.
Read MoreAccording to Robert Michlewicz, CEO of Visual Lease, proprietary survey data suggests 99% of senior finance and accounting professionals at sampled private companies fear misreporting company lease information.
Read MoreAccording to Seth McGuire, Galileo’s CRO, the push into embedded finance is the result of growing digitization as well as a recognized need for more revenue streams. Perhaps counterintuitively, McGuire said, many businesses have looked to launch embedded finance platforms in the face of headwinds.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Drake Star Partner Sam Levy outlined three major themes that defined fintech in 2022, and their effects on investor appetite and sentiment.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Propel CEO and Founder Jimmy Chen explains Propel’s original mission, delineates its expanded scope, and highlights the role of trust in its growing success.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, YuLife CEO and Founder Sammy Rubin explains YuLife’s founding mission, elaborates on the company’s gamification strategy, and dives into YuLife’s launch in the US.
Read MoreAlto’s mission is to unlock access to alternatives for all. The purpose is to improve the lives of millions—hopefully tens of millions—of people by providing a path to financial self-sustainability and independence.
Read MoreAt the dawn of the insurtech age, up-and-coming players saw direct-to-consumer (DTC) channels as not just the way of the future, but the only way of the future.
Read MoreTo Michael Konialian, Modern Life’s Co-Founder and CEO, the company’s mission doubles down on the need to empower the advisors who distribute life insurance every year, not cut them out.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Kelly Fryer, Executive Director of FinTech Sandbox, describes the nonprofit’s goals, proposes a definition for financial inclusion, and outlines three trends in sustainable and inclusive finance.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Cynthia Kleinbaum, MoneyLion’s Chief Customer Officer, describes the launch of MoneyLion University, an inclusion-focused education program teaching financial literacy to MoneyLion’s users.
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, FairPlay AI Founder and CEO Kareem Saleh outlines the company’s mission, describes the potential for “fairness through awareness,” and details the social and financial benefits of fairer lending.
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