Customizing the automated back office with Pilot

Customizing the automated back office with Pilot

To Waseem Daher, CEO and Co-Founder of Pilot, what makes the company unique is how it combines its employee-driven services with technology.

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Fintech's new frontiers in retail sales

Fintech's new frontiers in retail sales

Few markets in the US present as promising a cash cow as retail. With an estimated value of $4.55 trillion—and growing more than 3% annually—the sector is potentially lucrative, but also volatile.

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How fintechs can revolutionize retail operations

How fintechs can revolutionize retail operations

Though it channels innovative potential—reacting quickly to, and even shaping, consumer tastes—the retail sector’s operational culture remains largely unchanged from what it was decades ago.

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Explaining comprehensive solutions with Q2

Explaining comprehensive solutions with Q2

According to Dean Jenkins, VP of Product Marketing at Q2, the company has built out a comprehensive suite of commercial banking solutions since it committed to that vertical more than seven years ago—but that expansiveness is a double-edged sword.

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What events will look like in 2023 with OpenExchange

What events will look like in 2023 with OpenExchange

Six months after an informative interview on the state of fintech events, OpenExchange CEO Mark Loehr sat down once more with The Financial Revolutionist to decipher event trends in 2022, outline the limits of "revenge travel," and explain what the next year has in store for event schedules and budgets.

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The future of fintech: 2023 and beyond

The future of fintech: 2023 and beyond

Chris 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.

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What 2022 meant for fintech operations

What 2022 meant for fintech operations

Major 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. 

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A pitch for alternative investments with Alto

A pitch for alternative investments with Alto

Alto’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.

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Incubating inclusion with FinTech Sandbox

Incubating inclusion with FinTech Sandbox

In 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.

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Closing financial gaps through content with MoneyLion

Closing financial gaps through content with MoneyLion

In 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.

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Pitching digital retail with Swiftly

Pitching digital retail with Swiftly

According to Sean Turner, Swiftly’s Chief Technology Officer, Swiftly effectively markets itself by demonstrating how e-commerce giants have become engineering-forward companies.

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Regulation and the path to green finance

Regulation and the path to green finance

Despite its promise, if not its necessity, the green fintech space is still just a fraction of the larger banking and financial ecosystem. This partially stems from the need to innovate and market an entirely new kind of finance, but it’s also the result of government inaction—and, sometimes, deliberate sabotage.

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A green challenge: Marketing climate-oriented fintech products

A green challenge: Marketing climate-oriented fintech products

Climate-focused fintechs have seen investment and interest in their products scale significantly over the past ten years. This subsector raised more than $1.2B in 2021—and, despite medium-term headwinds, will no doubt continue to grow.

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Three fintech innovations for fighting climate change

Three fintech innovations for fighting climate change

In anticipation of political assistance to meet decarbonization goals, three fintech products are establishing their place in the market, and demonstrating the potential for products that solve for wealth and ecology.

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Three partnerships that could change the future of finance

Three partnerships that could change the future of finance

Across fintech, major players are committing to tie-ups that could drastically alter power dynamics and product offerings. But regulators are paying attention, and may scrutinize—or even void—major deals before they’re executed.

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