The FinTechnologist

Martin Schilling is an angel investor, startup builder, and scale-up executive. Having co-created and scaled several companies, including a McKinsey subsidiary as well as the neobank N26, he is now...

Much has been written about the FTX scandal, but while this story provides plenty of material for the next Netflix blockbuster, most of the coverage focuses on the immediate events....

Blockchain and Wine A few weeks ago, I attended a hybrid event on Blockchain in the wine industry organized by Geisenheim University. The agenda promise to bring together an interesting...

Matt Fortnow is a true veteran in the tech startup space: Matt cofounded Commissioner.com in 1996, the Internet’s first fantasy sports service. He grew the company, which created fantasy sports...

When we first met a few years ago following the launch of his second book, FinTech Innovation, I looked to summarize Paolo’s achievements as a bestselling FinTech author, global industry...

Tage C. Tracy has helped CFOs and Decision makers at executive level with guidance and support with raising debt and equity capital, completing complex financial analysis, supporting risk management assessments,...

Bitcoin went through the roof and part of this development might be to due the long-anticipated start of two BTC ETFs but inflation fears apparently play a role, too. That’s...

Is it the gold age of FinTech or not? This week it’s all about pro and con and an unexpected driver of innovation. Read on to find out more in...

It’s been a week of mind-boggling numbers in the news: whether you look at the work of professionals working the crypto market or the impact of traditional and not so...

The night is always darkest before the dawn, they say. Is that true for crypto, too? Well, last week the Chinese crack down (again) and for Bitcoin et al the...

Arunkumar Krishnakumar is a successful VC and tech investor focused on emerging markets and social impact with GreenShores Capital and Delphos International. He has invested, advised and mentored startups and...

Sincere apologies for a break but last week so my first proper business travel to the motherland. After Covid had forced most of us to rely on virtual events and...

Wherever you look the authorities seem to be picking a fight, but sometimes it’s not so much about rule breaking but a front for underlying motivations – or so they...

It is all about perspective and there are often (at least) two sides to a story. That’s, of course, true for FinTech news, too, and in the ones we picked...

It’s half-time! Don’t worry, I’m not referring to the European Football Championships, which come to a close last night, but the fact that the first half of this year is...

If there has been one dominant topic in the past week, it has been the talk about new and coming cryptocurrency regulation as the bashing continues. What drives this latest...

Oh my! Bitcoin and friends have taken another dive last week with the price of BTC hitting pre-bull run levels. It comes on the back of some bad news for...

Making a decision can be tricky but not making it yourself doesn’t mean it dosesn’t get decided. Confused? Don’t worry, you’ll soon find out why it’s important to decide for...

Back for good after a brief hiatus and right on for a massive fintech deal! There’s plenty more though of fintech news in this week’s edition of the FinTechnologist Weekly:...

A lot of good news for FinTech, especially in the UK, but also a lot of reading about the regulation of AI in the EU – that’s in a nutshell,...

Another week, another Bitcoin all-time high, this time at approximately $64,829 (depending on who you believe – this number is from the guys at Coindesk), but there’s other interesting stuff...

Unseasonal cold weather across Europe that has led to severe damages for farmers in particular in France and there bad news in the FinTech world, too. Here is the latest...

How was April Fool’s Day? Did you experience anything funny or has the ongoing pandemic drowned all the laughter? If – like me – you could do with a laugh,...

Bitcoin couldn’t keep up the pace and immediately the warning bells ring though the real risks might lie elsewhere. This and a little more in the latest edition of the...

The big news this week is another Bitcoin record, but those were not the only news in the world of finance and technology this week, so here is once more...

After year of Covid pandemic and related restrictions, it’s time to turn a page and open a new chapter. Getting back into FinTech even if never having really left, what...