A daily award for the best fintech startup we discover. Chosen by Dmitry Prostov and FinBox Solutions. We review what the product does, who it serves, how it makes money, traction signals, and key risks. One winner. Every day.
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For millions of Brazilian micro‑entrepreneurs, access to credit is still broken. Zippi fixes that by offering flexible working‑capital loans and weekly repayment plans through a mobile app. The company recently secured an 85 million BRL ($15.9M) Credit Rights Investment Fund (FIDC) led by Banco Itaú and Verde
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AI meets hacker to harden your stack. SafeHill (formerly Tacticly) blends automated asset discovery and risk scoring with human penetration testers to deliver continuous threat exposure management. Its subscription model ships validated vulnerabilities instead of false positives. Early customers report faster remediation and fewer incidents. The Chicago-based team emerged from
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Your insurance wallet, finally in your pocket. Rehuman aggregates all of your insurance policies from Gmail or Outlook into a single secure wallet, then uses a proprietary generative model trained on policy documents to summarise coverage and alert you to renewals. It sells its customer experience infrastructure to brokers and
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No-code identity for the AI era. Cut fraud and launch onboarding faster, without building auth. Descope lets teams add login, passwordless, multi-factor checks, and user management straight into their apps: no custom sign-up flows, no months of security plumbing. Already used by 1,000+ organizations and millions of end users,
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Back‑office rails for Brazil's private credit boom. Kanastra is building the operating system for private credit funds and securitisations, automating fund administration, custody, and debt issuance so asset managers can ditch spreadsheets. The fintech charges fees for its software and back‑office services, acting as a technology
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Remittances are embedded in every platform. Remitee builds API‑based infrastructure that lets banks, retailers, and fintechs embed international transfers, mobile top‑ups, bill payments, and prepaid cards directly into their apps. The platform generates revenue from transaction fees and offers a hybrid treasury system that settles payments instantly in
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Fixing the cash flow for MENA's SMEs. UPFRONT builds a financial operating system that syncs with accounting software to give SMB owners real‑time cash‑flow analytics and automated receivables and payments. Its subscription‑plus‑transaction model helps small businesses reduce Days Sales Outstanding and unlock working capital.
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Pay by bank everywhere. Lithuanian startup Kashimi offers infrastructure-as-a-service for regulated institutions to provide account-to-account payments via open banking. Its unified API connects businesses to hundreds of banks across Europe and the UK, enabling instant Pay-by-Bank checkouts and PSD2-compliant direct debits. The company raised €1.36M pre-seed, co-led by Coinvest
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Your home, your credit card. Aven built the first HELOC-backed (a loan backed by your home's value) credit card, giving homeowners faster access to low-cost credit secured against their property. Its Home Equity Card offers unlimited 2% cash back, borrowing costs up to 50% lower than typical cards,
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Crowdfunding meets Shariah finance. Scale follows. Saudi platform Lendo | ليندو lets investors finance small-business invoices through a shariah-compliant crowdfunding marketplace. The company earns a spread between investor returns and borrower fees. In September, it struck a $53.3 million cost-plus financing deal with Jadwa Investment through its Murabaha Finance Fund
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Open banking is built in Riyadh. Spare provides API-driven account aggregation, identity verification, risk assessment, and recurring payments to fintechs and e-commerce firms across the Gulf. Its business model centres on usage-based fees for developers and enterprise subscriptions. Last week, the company raised $5 million pre-Series A led by Arab
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MENA’s $157 million bet on SME finance. HALA offers business accounts, virtual cards, POS terminals, invoicing, payments, and even shariah-compliant lending to freelancers and small businesses. The Saudi company monetizes through subscription fees and transaction take-rates. Serving over 142,000 businesses and processing more than $8 billion in annual