One of the best ways to keep on top of fintech news is to follow the right fintech influencers.
Not only do you stay on top of the constantly changing fintech industry, but you also get to hear everyone’s unique viewpoints, opinions and commentary on the news. It’s a much more interesting way to get an understanding of fintech than just reading the news.
This list of influencers is based on other top influencer lists – but we’ve also included people who we at Mint Studios like to follow because of their great content.
The list is in no particular order whatsoever. We’ve tried to add all the links and apologise if we’ve missed any.
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Let’s get started!
Simon Taylor
Simon Taylor co-founded 11FS, the fintech consultancy. He also led Blockchain R&D at Barclays, and is now Head of Content and Strategy at Sardine. He’s been part of technology and financial services for two decades and is a speaker, podcaster and presenter, and is regularly voted as one of the most influential people in fintech.
Newsletter: Fintech Brainfood
Podcast: 11FS Fintech Insider
LinkedIn: Simon Taylor
Ghela Boskovich
Ghela is the founder of FemTechGlobal and head of Fintech Partnerships at Rainmaking Innovation. She regularly speaks at events and contributes to publications. She primarily focuses on ethical data democracy, individual consumer empowerment over data and emerging technology, amongst other technologies.
Website: Ghela Boskovich
LinkedIn: Ghela Boskovich
Alex Johnson
Alex Johnson is a former credit expert who’s now a full-time fintech writer. He’s most well-known for his widely read newsletter, Fintech Takes, which he describes as a “structured way to consume all the news and learn more about the most interesting parts”.
Newsletter: Fintech Takes
LinkedIn: Alex Johnson
Jason Mikula
Jason is an independent consultant for early stage fintech companies, as well as an investor and advisor. He’s had extensive experience at startups as well as traditional institutions, and draws on his experience and network to publish a weekly newsletter and podcast on all things fintech, cryptocurrency and banking.
Newsletter: Fintech Business Weekly
Podcast: Fintech Business Podcast
LinkedIn: Jason Mikula
Stessa Cohen
Stessa is an expert on digital transformation of the global banking industry. She’s currently the Research Director at Gartner, where she counsels financial services companies, tech firms and investors on product, solution and investment strategies.
Newsletter: Pivot Assets
LinkedIn: Stessa Cohen
Lex Sokolin
Lex is Head Economist of Decentralized Protocols at ConsenSys. He describes himself as a futurist and entrepreneur, and a builder working on the next generation of socio-economics, crypto and financial services. He also has his own newsletter, The Fintech Blueprint.
Newsletter: The Fintech Blueprint
LinkedIn: Lex Sokolin
Leda Glyptis
Leda is the Chief Client Officer at 10x Banking. She describes herself as a recovering banker, and writes and speaks a lot on transformation, embedded finance and open banking. She’s also a contributor to multiple publications.
Editorial: Fintech Futures
Book: Bankers Like Us
LinkedIn: Leda Glyptis
Marcel van Oost
Marcel describes himself as an advisor, investor and someone who connects people and dots in the fintech industry. He started his career working at an acquiring bank and eventually started his own payment service provider which he exited in 2017. He’s known for his daily fintech newsletter and podcast.
Newsletter: Fintech Europe Newsletter
Podcast: Connecting the dots
LinkedIn: Marcel van Oost
Anne Boden
Anne Boden is the founder and former CEO of Starling Bank and a top fintech influencer. She received an MBE for her services to fintech in 2018. Her background is in banking at banks like Lloyds Bank, Standard Chartered and UBS, RBS and ABN AMRO. She is known as the first woman to found a British bank and for the success of Starling bank.
Book: Banking On It: How I Disrupted an Industry
LinkedIn: Anne Boden
Jas Shah
Jas is a product manager and consultant who helps C-suites at fintechs improve their products and improve process and strategy. His focus is making product strategy a reality.
Newsletter: Fintech R&R
LinkedIn: Jas Shah
Susanne Chishti
Susanne is the CEO of Fintech Circle, an investor network that focuses on fintech investments. She’s also a FTSE Board Member and a non-exec director at Crown Agents Bank. She’s a regular speaker at fintech events. She’s published many books including WealthTECH, InsurTECH and PayTECH Book.
Website: Fintech CIRCLE
Book: The FINTECH Book Series
LinkedIn: Susanne Chishti
Nik Milanovic
Nik spent most of his career working in financial technology and microfinance, leading strategy and partnerships at various fintech companies. He’s now the founder of a fintech newsletter, advisor and founder of The Fintech Fund, an early-stage venture capital fund.
Newsletter: This Week in Fintech
Events: This Week in Fintech
LinkedIn: Nik Milanovic
Efi Pylarinou
Efi is a fintech and blockchain advisor and former Wall Street professional. She writes regularly on fintech, tech, blockchain and AI.
Website and blog: Efi Pylarinou
Youtube: Efi Pylarinou
LinkedIn: Efi Pylarinou
Ron Shevlin
Ron is the Managing Director of fintech research at Cornerstone Advisors. He’s a frequent keynote speaker at events and is considered a thought leader on banking and fintech. He contributes regularly to Forbes and has published multiple books on fintech.
Editorial: Forbes
Book: Smarter Bank
LinkedIn: Ron Shevlin
Theodora Lau
Theo is the founder of Unconventional Ventures, which focuses on developing and growing an ecosystem within fintech, with a specific focus on women and minority founders. She’s also a frequent public speaker, writer and adviser for the public and private sector.
Newsletter: The Fintech Prose
LinkedIn: Theodora Lau
Chris Skinner
Chris is an author and speaker in the finance space. He works as an independent consultant helping banks like BBVA, DBS, ING and JPMorgan Chase with their digital transformation. He regularly comments on fintech news via his blog, and has published many books on the financial industry.
Blog: The Finanser
Book: All books
LinkedIn: Chris Skinner
Sabine VanderLinden
Sabine is the co-founder and CEO of Alchemy Crew, a venture lab that uses open innovation and ecosystem thinking to work on the commercialisation of digital services. She was the CEO and co-founder of Startupbootcamp Insurtech and has a lot of experience in the fintech and insurtech world.
Website: Alchemy Crew
LinkedIn: Sabine VanderLinden
Brett King
Brett is the co-founder of Moven, a mobile banking startup. He's a well known futurist, speaker and media personality, who has advised government administrations on fintech policy, regulators and at boards. He’s also written multiple books on fintech.
Book: Bank 4.0
Website: Brett King
LinkedIn: Brett King
Monica Millares
Monica is a product leader and part of the founding team of BigPay, a mobile bank in Malaysia. She helped launch and grow the product to one of the largest in South East Asia. She sits on multiple boards and is a recognised product leader and woman in fintech. She’s also a podcaster and regular author.
Podcast: Fintech Product Podcast
LinkedIn: Monica Millares
Jim Marous
Jim has extensive experience in digital transformation, is the co-publisher of The Financial Brand and publisher of the Digital Banking Report. He advises on innovation, portfolio growth and digital transformation. He’s also an advisor to the White House and is regularly featured on American newspapers and television.
Website: Jim Marous
Podcast: Banking Transformed Podcast
LinkedIn: Jim Marous
Christophe Langlois
Christophe is the Global Head of Marketing at Finastra. He has spent his career working in marketing for clients, agencies and corporations such as IBM, WPP and Finastra. He also works as an independent advisor for data, software and SaaS solution providers.
LinkedIn: Christophe Langlois
Chris Gledhill
Chris is an independent consultant who used to work as the head of the Lloyds Banking Group innovation labs and at other financial institutions. He also co-founded a UK challenger bank, and is followed for his commentary on fintech and financial services.
Twitter: Chris Gledhill
LinkedIn: Chris Gledhill
David Brear
David is the co-founder and CEO of 11FS, the fintech consultancy. His previous experience includes leading large scale digital transformations at Lloyds Bank and Aviva. He is regularly voted as one of the most influential leaders in fintech.
Website: 11FS
Podcast: Fintech Insider
LinkedIn: David Brear
Nigel Walsh
Nigel is the Managing Director for Insurance at Google Cloud. Previously, he was partner at Deloitte Digital and has contributed to initiatives such as the insurTECH book and co-authored a report.
LinkedIn: Nigel Walsh
Spiros Margaris
Spiros is a venture capitalist and founder of Margaris Ventures. He’s a senior advisor and board member at multiple fintech startups. He’s a regular keynote speaker and has been regularly ranked as the number one fintech influencer by Onalytica.
Website: Margaris Ventures
LinkedIn: Spiros Margaris
