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Anna has been writing about financial services since she joined Dow Jones back in 2012 when she moved to the UK from Rio de Janeiro. Her move to London at the beginning of the FinTech boom demonstrates her great timing (or great luck).  Anna now calls New York City home in her role as a fintech correspondent for Reuters.  Check out any "influencer list" and you'll find Anna's name there.

And we have absolutely no idea what the dog's name is.

I've had the opportunity to speak with multiple start-up founders who have gone through the Startupbootcamp Accelerator Program.  And every single one of them have stated this was, without a doubt, the best and most intense program they've ever been th...

I'm always interested in the back stories of the people I speak with in FinTech.  What drives them, how did they get into the industry, who motivates them, etc.?  I walked away from my interview with Fereshteh reflecting on my own focus and my actions ...

It’s ‘Nicols’, not ‘Nichols’.  This is about the only thing most folks in the FinTech and banking space get wrong about JP Nicols, one of the co-founders of the FinTech Forge.  JP is one of the most respected thought leaders and voices in the FinTech w...

Financial Services has become a convoluted space full of both well established players and new startups fighting for market share and customers.  The difficulty is finding the signal through the noise.  Thankfully we have folks like Devie Mohan to guid...

The term "influencer" is a hotly contested identifier in the fintech world these days.  Not a day goes by that a new "influencer" list is published for a given corner of the fintech ecosystem and the debate continues to grow on how one determines who s...

Sylvie Boucheron, the Head of Financial Institutions for ACI Payments, recently moved to Naples, Florida for her company.  Just a little different from her native Marseille.  The biggest cultural change for her?

The term "influencer" is a hotly contested identifier in the fintech world these days.  Not a day goes by that a new "influencer" list is published for a given corner of the fintech ecosystem and the debate continues to grow on how one determines who should be included.  Is it Klout score?  Number of Twitter followers?  There doesn't seem to be one specific answer.  For me, Spiros is a classic example of an "influencer".  He has started multiple tech companies dating back to the original dot com days, he's lived and worked on multiple continents, he is a prolific writer, speaker, and commentator on the fintech space, and he is a successful VC.

And, in his words, he focuses on shining the light on others.

Brian Roemmele has a natural affinity for the audio realm - whether this be through his love of music or through his belief that voice would become the next operating system way before this was the "in thing".  Brian is also a long time and repeat company founder.  He began 1st American Card Service back in 1986, Multiplex Media Corporation in 1995, and now Payfinders in 2014.  And last but not least, he is one of the hosts of one of my one personal favorite podcasts Around the Coin.

You know those individuals you meet for the first time but it seems as if you've been friends forever?  That describes Megan Caywood, the Chief Platform Officer for Starling Bank.  We hit it off immediately due to our mutual love of APIs, London,