Marcel van Oost

Hey FinTech Fanatic! There was a time when AI companies mostly looked to Silicon Valley for leadership. Not anymore. OpenAI has just appointed David Vélez, founder and CEO of Nubank, and Robin Vince, CEO of BNY, to the boards of the OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group PBC. One built Latin

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Three massive funding rounds just landed — a comeback king, a new unicorn, and a $100M bet on Venezuela. Ant International is back in a big way, raising $1.2B in Series A funding at a $10B+ valuation. This is the same Ant Group spin-off that emerged

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Here's one you don't see every day — a US FinTech choosing Tel Aviv over Nasdaq for its IPO. Lendbuzz, the auto-lending platform, had already filed its Nasdaq prospectus and completed a full investor roadshow before changing course. It's now preparing

Hey FinTech Fanatic! Crypto.com just landed its first-ever institutional funding round (and it's a big one!). Citadel Securities is putting $400M into the platform at a $20B valuation, taking a 2% stake. It's the first institutional investment in Crypto.com's decade-long