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Alan S. Mar 25, 2025

Community Announcement

🚀 FinOptim AI – your AI-powered business valuation & insights tool
** Know what your business is worth. Plan what’s next**
— Built for founders, investors and CFOs

— Instant valuations, deeper insights

— Model growth, plan scenarios, de-risk decisions

— Seamless Xero and Stripe integration
Built by a CFO for real world outcomes

🌐 www.finoptimai.com (coming soon!)
If you're building or backing smart AI business tools, I’m always open to connecting, learning, and exploring ways to collaborate.
Lets connect!

#AI #Fintech #BusinessValuation #SaaS #Xero #StartupTools #CFO #Growth

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Viktoria S. Mar 22, 2025

Knowledge Share

Stablecoins Are Breaking the Correspondent Banking System
Mesh raised $82 million without using a single bank—no SWIFT, no delays, no intermediaries. Just instant settlement through a stablecoin.

Meanwhile, most businesses are stuck between broken banking systems and unregulated stablecoin options—risking frozen funds, failed payments, and months of profit wiped out without warning.

The real problem isn’t the tools. It’s the lack of planning.
Most companies have no strategy for how money moves, which leads to operational chaos, high fees, and account closures they didn’t see coming.

You can’t fix this with assumptions or blindly following an advice from a forum. You need a proper payment and banking setup—because getting it wrong won’t just cost you money, it can cost you the business.

Read my article for more information.
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/fintechs-stablecoins-breaking-correspondent-banking-system-soltesz-9lilf/

Stablecoins Are Breaking the Correspondent Banking System

Mesh has just raised $82 million—without using a single bank. The entire Series B round was settled through PayPal’s stablecoin, PYUSD.

Viktoria S. Mar 20, 2025

Knowledge Share

The Money Laundering Webinar

Viktoria Soltesz, Founder of The Soltesz Institute hosted an exclusive discussion with financial crime expert Kenneth Rijock, revealing the real-world methods criminals use to move illicit funds through banks and payment providers.

Money launderers don’t use fake IDs or stolen cards—they use real businesses, legal structures, and bank accounts to clean dirty money.
Most banks assume high-risk jurisdictions are the problem, but the real threats hide in plain sight, blending seamlessly into legitimate transactions. Payment processors are an easy target because money moves too fast for outdated compliance methods to catch.

One mistake can get your accounts frozen, your business shut down, and land you in serious legal trouble.

Learn More Kenneth Rijock’s upcoming seminar at The Soltesz Institute will provide an inside look at modern laundering tactics, the weak spots criminals exploit, and how financial institutions can defend against them.

Watch the full webinar at The Soltesz Institute: https://solteszinstitute.com/course/the-special-money-laundering-problems-of-payment-processors

Master C. Jan 8, 2023

We are looking for the best of the best from our members to join our Premier Master Enabler Program. Focusing right now on International Expansion and New Market Entry professionals for Europe, Latin America, and the USA. Interested in learning more message Master Connector here or email - masterenabler@fintechconnector.com

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Master C. Aug 9, 2022

Meet our FinTech Connector Switzerland Cruise sponsors on September 9th in Zurich.

Lloyd's & Partners (VIP Gold Sponsor) and VISA Europe (Premier Sponsor).

We want to thank Lucas T. Landolt (Lloyd's & Partners), Adrian Burgi (Lloyd's & Partners) and Santosh Ritter (VISA) for your support and we look forward to meeting you in Zurich.

There is still time to RSVP for our premier event of the year - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fintech-connector-switzerland-networking-lunch-cruise-vip-dinner-registration-239437362597

Thank you Fabian Lehner for organizing this event for our FinTech Connector members and partners.

#FinTechConnector #Switzerland #Zurich #Event

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Master C. Jun 17, 2022

As the global economic environment is shifting, now more than ever partnering with the right organizations to increase business opportunities, focus on revenue growth, and drive innovation is critically important.

We can help you on your fintech and innovation journey.

Click on the link to learn more and let's jump on a call to discuss your business objective - https://www.fintechconnector.com/organizations

#FinTechConnector #Innovation #Partnerships #BusinessDevelopment

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Angel L. Jan 11, 2023

I wrote an article that highlights the opportunities and challenges of digital transformation in banking and covers points on having a well-thought-out plan, organizational culture, and how to get started with partners that have done it already.

Click to read the article - https://www.fintechconnector.com/blog-actual/2023/1/9/innovating-banks-start-with-a-digital-transformation-plan

Sharing with our Financial Service Automators - Vikas Bansal Erik Gillet Darrell Wright Luisa Franco Batu Sat Simon Weifenbach Les Riedl Andy Lin Jenna Chamra Craig Schwartz Robert Lacoursière Michael Montecuollo Jonathan Blessing Christin Nagel Shweta Mahajan Michael Young Martina Rousseau Ridham Modi Trena Blair Jen Gonzalez Carlos M. Mendes

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Stephen W. Mar 18, 2022

See our recent WealthTech 2022 report for a range of viewpoints and thinking on the main trends for WealthTech in 2021/2022.

https://www.thewealthmosaic.com/vendors/the-wealth-mosaic/news/wealthtech-2022-is-live/

This is one of an expanding number of reports we've created at The Wealth Mosaic on technology in wealth management. Next up is our second ESG report, then our second Blockchain & DLT report, then our first US RIA WealthTech report.

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Luisa F. Mar 7, 2024

Hello Fintech Connector Community! I have a bank client looking for fintechs that are interested in bank sponsorship. If you're in the market for a bank sponsor, please message me.

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Angel L. Apr 17, 2022

Another powerful report from FIS on global payments. This is a 156-report that gives you global payments trends, key insights, and other important ecosystem information.

The payments space continues to evolve with super apps, CBDCs, embedded finance, evolution of real-time payments, banking the unbanked, and more...

Check out the report and use it as a reference guide for what's happening and what's coming in payments.

I want to thank Ahmed Refaie Abdo from DSRPTD in the UAE for sharing it with me.

What are your thoughts? Steven Wasserman, Mario Cohen, Jaroslaw Sarwa, Angel Lorente, Carlos M. Mendes , Fabian Lehner , Elena Kozhemyakina , Jaroslaw Sarwa , Adam Ull , Sefa Bicer , Shafique Ibrahim

#fintechconnector #fintech #financialservices #innovation #payments #CBDC #cryptocurrency

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Master C. Oct 5, 2022

Great seeing our Mexico Community Partner Sofia Gamboa on El Financiero Factor Fintec speaking with Sergio Loredo about fintech in Mexico.

Watch the interview here - https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/video/tv/factor-fintech/2022/10/01/entrevista-con-sofia-gamboa-de-fintech-connector-por-sergio-loredo-factor-fintec-4-t4/

NOTE: The interview is in Spanish.

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Master C. May 13, 2022

SWITZERLAND IS CALLING ALL FINTECH CONNECTOR MEMBERS...

Join us in Zurich in September for a networking lunch cruise around Lake Zurich.

RSVP today and meet members from over 10+ countries in one of the most beautiful cities in Europe.

Here is the link - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fintech-connector-switzerland-networking-lunch-cruise-vip-dinner-registration-239437362597

#FinTechConnector #Community #Zurich #Events

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Angel L. Nov 11, 2022

Great to see how we have come a long way since our Meet Ups at Hurley's in NYC to now travelling the world to connect people, opportunities, and capital. Looking forward to our 2023 FinTech Connector events being announced shortly.

Hope to have many of our members joining us on our Innovation Days, Cruises, and VIP Member Dinners.

Thanks to our Community Partners Fabian Lehner Jaroslaw Sarwa Elena Kozhemyakina Shmuel Ben Tovim Mario Cohen Narayanan Ganapathy Meriem Yacoubi Varsenia Stoyanova Aleksandra Ossowska Alfonso Ballesteros Ryohei Uetani Sofia Gamboa Vikas Bansal Shaul Lifshitz