Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor is a British fintech operator, writer and speaker best known for the newsletter Fintech Brainfood. A former 11:FS co-founder with earlier banking technology roles, he later joined Sardine in content and strategy leadership.1 On X he is a high-signal voice on payments, crypto compliance, embedded finance and industry structure.
Career
Taylor's path spans bank innovation (including blockchain R&D at Barclays), consultancy and media via 11:FS, then independent writing and operator roles at fraud/compliance fintech Sardine. Fintech Brainfood popularised long-form weekly essays for builders.
Media and X
Fintech Brainfood and Taylor's conference talks target practitioners. His X commentary often bridges TradFi, crypto and regulatory tech—adjacent to neobank and BaaS debates.
External links
References
- Simon Taylor publishes Fintech Brainfood and has held roles at 11:FS and Sardine. https://www.fintechbrainfood.com/
Frequently asked questions
- What is Simon Taylor?
- Simon Taylor is a fintech operator-turned-writer known for Fintech Brainfood and Sardine; active on X covering crypto, compliance and fintech.
- What is the official Simon Taylor website?
- The official website for Simon Taylor is https://www.fintechbrainfood.com/.
See also
- Accrue - Accrue is a Ghana- and Nigeria-rooted fintech that moves money across Africa and the US using a stablecoin agent network.
- Airwallex - Airwallex is an Australian-founded business fintech for global accounts, payments and spend management.
- Alex Johnson - 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 - Alexandre Prot is co-founder and CEO of Qonto, the Paris-based European business neobank.
- Ali Niknam - Ali Niknam is founder and CEO of Bunq, the Amsterdam-based licensed Dutch neobank.