Immigrant fintech builder in Cascais. Founder of FinBox Solutions and FinTech of the Day. 2x exited, building toward the third. Daily startup picks, plus builder notes and honest lessons from the journey.
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Kontigo, a crypto neobank from Y Combinator S24, offers self-custody stablecoins, Bitcoin cashback, and tokenized stock purchases. With 1 million users and $1B in payment volume, it's redefining digital banking.
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Tala offers smartphone-based lending for individuals with limited credit histories, using alternative data for underwriting in emerging markets. It empowers the underbanked by providing quick access to credit where traditional banks fall short.
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Pluto, our Fintech of the week, transforms private market liquidity by offering a Wealth Equity Line of Credit, letting investors borrow against holdings without selling. Discover how Pluto is changing access to cash for private equity investors.
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Co‑lending goes mainstream. Knight FinTech builds the multi‑engine banking infrastructure powering co‑lending, digital lending, embedded finance, and treasury management. After a $23.6M Series A led by Accel, with IIFL, Rocket Capital, Prime Venture Partners, and 3one4 Capital joining, the Mumbai company works with 150+ partners across
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India's payment pipes just got a significant upgrade. Mylapay builds the backend rails for card payments so banks and payment aggregators stop wrestling with legacy processors. Their cloud‑native platform handles authentication, authorisation, clearing, and settlement with built‑in 3DS security and an authorisation switch that can process
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I tried doing my budget in a chat GPT once. It felt neat, so I stopped checking the numbers. That was on me, not on the tool. It taught me something, though. I do not need another credit card. I need a co-pilot that watches my cash flow in real
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Fintech started to feel boring: Transfers. Payments. Neobanks. Same models, different logos. So I built a filter. FinTech of the Day is my daily shortlist of fintech worth your time. Just the real gems. This page is a small award wall for the best finds - one startup at a
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The separate account market (SMA) for bonds is exploding, but asset managers are stuck with spreadsheets. IMTC built a cloud‑native investment management platform for fixed income that automates portfolio and order management and enables SMAs to scale. The New York firm just raised a $12M Series A led by
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Your next car crash claim could be decided by physics, not paperwork. Anyone who has been through a car accident knows the script. Photos, forms, phone calls. weeks of waiting while someone somewhere assesses what really happened. For insurers, it is slow, expensive, and full of fraud risk. For drivers,
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Gen Z is drowning in debt and doesn’t trust banks to help. BON Credit thinks an AI co‑pilot can fix that. The San Francisco company’s app uses a model they call CredGPT to analyse spending, predict cash flows, and coach users on how to boost their credit
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Brazil's credit markets are notoriously expensive, but property can change that. FlowCredi is building a marketplace where homeowners and businesses can access loans backed by real estate at rates well below traditional lenders. The platform connects borrowers directly with investors and handles origination, underwriting, and servicing. FlowCredi generates
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Cross‑border trade is booming in Africa, but paying suppliers abroad remains a headache. Nigerian startup Clea - Pay Foreign Vendors Easily has come out of stealth with a blockchain‑enabled platform that lets importers settle invoices in Naira while their overseas suppliers receive U.S. dollars. Users can choose