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.
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.
See also
- 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.
- Ally Bank — Ally Bank is a large U.S. online bank offering deposits, loans and investment products without branches.