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FinTech Forum launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main with a single mission: identify the most promising early-stage (European) FinTech startups, and help them scale in partnership with investors and corporates. Recognised as one of the 40 Innovators Shaping the Future of Finance by WSJ/ Financial News, our 22 events have brought together 360+ startups, 1800+ investors and corporate innovators. Many more have been featured in our Q&As, while our newsletter and social media reaches a network of 20k+ and growing.

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Q&A with Jason Halstead of Uome- the Super-app for Small Businesses

by Samarth Shekhar

1. Tell us a bit about yourself With 25 years of experience as a financial technologist at leading investment banks, I've developed a keen eye for innovative solutions to complex business problems. My extensive work in Prime Brokerage, which provides comprehensive services to hedge funds, gave me unique insights into the power of integrated financial ecosystems. This background led me to recognise a critical gap…

2. October 2024

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Q&A with Jamie Hamer of BoltCover: embedded insurance revenue engine for retailers

by Samarth Shekhar

1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder(s) I am a commercial entrepreneur with a significant exit (React News, now Europe's largest paid commercial real estate news service). Tori Hutchinson worked with me there as an operational lead, and Richie Smith came onboard as a tech supplier who chose to invest into the business, work with us full-time and offer us engineering (and…

5. September 2024

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Q&A with Riccardo Conti of Fume: Compliant, On-Chain Fund Administration

by Samarth Shekhar

1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder: Riccardo Conti (CEO): Riccardo has a strong technical and business background with a degree in Computer Science and a master’s in Management, Finance & Entrepreneurship from EPFL. He has experience in entrepreneurship, having previously founded a move-to-earn startup, raised capital, managed a team, and launched a product that reached 30k active users. He also launched…

29. August 2024

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Q&A with Brian & Zbi of Finteum: enabling interbank lending for hours at a time

by Samarth Shekhar

1. Tell us a bit about yourself / your co-founder Hi, we are Brian from Ireland and Zbi from Poland, both living in London. Together we have worked for 20 years in banking and in building technology solutions for enterprise. Brian was a director for UBS in Treasury in Zürich and New York in liquidity management, and before that in Bank of Ireland. Zbi has…

14. August 2024

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