Category: People in fintech

Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, a widely read fintech newsletter and podcast; he is active on X as @AlexH_Johnson.

Alexandre Prot is co-founder and CEO of Qonto, the Paris-based European business neobank.

Ali Niknam is founder and CEO of Bunq, the Amsterdam-based licensed Dutch neobank.

Anne Boden MBE founded Starling Bank and was the first woman to found a British bank.

Bradley Leimer is a fintech advisor and former digital banking executive; active on X as @leimer.

Brett King is a banking futurist, author of Bank 2.0/Bank 4.0 and host of Breaking Banks; active on X as @BrettKing.

Brian Armstrong is co-founder and CEO of Coinbase, the publicly listed U.S. cryptocurrency exchange.

Cameron Conrad is founder and CEO of Torque, the self-custodial Money OS and wallet company.

Chris Britt is co-founder and CEO of Chime, one of the largest U.S. neobanks by customers.

Chris Skinner is a British fintech author and commentator, founder of The Finanser blog, active on X as @chris_skinner.

Colin Walsh founded Varo and steered it to one of the first U.S. consumer fintech national bank charters.

Cristina Junqueira is co-founder of Nubank and a prominent Latin American fintech executive.

David Vélez is co-founder and CEO of Nubank (Nu Holdings), one of the world's largest digital banks by customers.

Duena Blomstrom is a banking culture and digital transformation author (Emotional Banking); active on X covering bank UX and change.

Elon Musk acquired Twitter, rebranded it to X, and launched X Money; he earlier founded X.com, which merged into PayPal.

Eric Glyman is co-founder and CEO of Ramp, the U.S. corporate spend and card platform.

George Bevis founded Tide, the UK business neobank for freelancers and SMEs.

Henrique Dubugras is co-founder of Brex, the U.S. corporate-card and business-banking fintech.

Immad Akhund is co-founder and CEO of Mercury, the U.S. startup-focused business neobank.

Ingrid Lunden is a TechCrunch editor and reporter covering fintech, startups and European tech; active on X as @ingridlunden.

Jack Dorsey co-founded Block, Inc. (Cash App / Square) and Twitter (now X).

Jason Mikula is a fintech analyst and the author of Banking as a Service; he publishes Fintech Business Weekly and is active on X as @mikulaja.

Jim Marous is a digital banking publisher and speaker, co-publisher of The Financial Brand and host of Banking Transformed; active on X as @jimmarous.

Jitendra Gupta is founder and CEO of Jupiter, the Indian consumer neobank.

John Collison is co-founder and president of Stripe.

Kristo Käärmann is co-founder and CEO of Wise (formerly TransferWise).

Leda Glyptis is a banking transformation author and speaker (Bankers Like Us); active on X as @ledaglyptis.

Lee Seung-gun founded Viva Republica / Toss, South Korea's leading fintech super-app and Toss Bank.

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Marcelo Kalim is co-founder and CEO of C6 Bank, a licensed Brazilian digital bank.

Max Levchin is a co-founder of PayPal and a central figure in the PayPal Mafia narrative.

Mike Cagney co-founded SoFi and led it from student-loan refinancing into a diversified consumer fintech.

Nik Milanovic is the founder of This Week in Fintech and a fintech investor; active on X as @nikmilanovic.

Nikolay Storonsky is co-founder and CEO of Revolut, the British-founded global financial super-app.

Patrick Collison is co-founder and CEO of Stripe, the global payments infrastructure company.

Pierpaolo Barbieri founded Ualá, the Latin American cards and accounts fintech.

Ron Shevlin is a banking research executive and Forbes contributor known for Fintech Snark Tank; active on X as @rshevlin.

Ryan King is co-founder and CTO of Chime, the U.S. partner-bank neobank.

Sameer Nigam is co-founder and CEO of PhonePe, one of India's largest UPI payments apps.

Sebastian Siemiatkowski is co-founder and CEO of Klarna, the Swedish BNPL and consumer finance company.

Simon Taylor is a fintech operator-turned-writer known for Fintech Brainfood and Sardine; active on X covering crypto, compliance and fintech.

Stefan Möller is a co-founder of Klar, the Mexico-focused consumer neobank.

Stuart Sopp is co-founder and CEO of Current, the New York-based American neobank.

Theodora Lau is a fintech author, advisor and founder of Unconventional Ventures; active on X as @psb_dc.

Tom Blomfield is co-founder and former CEO of Monzo, the UK neobank originally launched as Mondo.

Valentin Stalf is co-founder and CEO of N26, the Berlin-based licensed neobank.

Vijay Shekhar Sharma founded Paytm (One97 Communications), India's landmark digital payments brand.

Vlad Yatsenko is co-founder and CTO of Revolut.

Vladimir Tenev is co-founder and CEO of Robinhood, the commission-free brokerage app.