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Finance Monthly Fintech Awards 2020 Edition ICAEW ACADEMY OF PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Future-proof your finance team IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL DISRUPTION, WITH THE ACADEMY’S COMPREHENSIVE LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT CURRICULUM CPD courses Leadership programmes In-house training Over 240 courses to choose from Designed specifically to transform Tailored to your specific business needs, across various locations. Delivered by and empower you to make the step the Academy delivers programmes industry-leading trainers and relevant to change necessary to achieve your which are off-the-shelf, customised or professionals in all sectors. Book now leadership ambition. completely bespoke high-quality and get ahead of the game. training solutions. CONTACT US FOR MORE INFORMATION: LEADERSHIP PROGRAMMES / IN-HOUSE TRAINING: icaew.com/academy/talent icaew.com/academy/tailored TEL: +44 (0) 207 920 8733 EMAIL: [email protected] CPD COURSES: icaew.com/academy TEL: +44 (0) 1908 248 159 EMAIL: [email protected] 2209_ICAEW_Acadamy_210x275_Finance_Monthly_Advert.indd 1 15/03/2018 12:35 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION 2020 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION Finance Monthly is pleased to officially present its 2020 FinTech edition! The FinTech sector is booming and it has continued growing at an unprecedented rate in the past few years. From crowdfunding to mobile payments and money transfer services, FinTech is revolutionising how businesses and consumers handle financial transactions and it will continue to do so in the new year. Year upon year, the Finance Monthly FinTech Awards celebrate the true innovators who help drive the FinTech industry forward and help make the sector what it is today. We acknowledge and reward the individuals, firms, start-ups and banks who are recognised as leaders in their area of expertise. As a leading industry publication, Finance Monthly reports on news and trends within the FinTech field every month, which makes us ideally placed to observe the sector and the most skilful and hard-working professionals that operate within it. At Finance Monthly we are proud and excited to present our 2020 FinTech Awards – a celebration of the creators and innovators in the financial technology world! Congratulations to our winners INDEX 2020 INTRODUCING THE WINNERS INDEX EUROPE DENMARK Ken Villum Klausen Lunar Way 12 GERMANY Dr. Tamaz Georgadze Raisin 14 Igor Kuschnir Penta Paul Herrera BITA Valentin Stalf N26 16 SPAIN David Riudor Goin SWEDEN Sebastian Siemiatkowski Klarna 18 UNITED KINGDOM Anne Boden MBE Starling Bank 20 Francesco Simoneschi TrueLayer Ltd Ishaan Malhi Trussle Kristo Käärmann TransferWise Lex Greensill Greensill 22 Nikolay Storonsky Revolut 24 Paul Lyon Wolters Kluwer Peter Briffett Wagestream Sarahjane Sacchetti Cleo Shachar Bialick Curve Tom Blomfield Monzo Bank 26 7 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM INDEX INDEX AMERICAS BRAZIL Alvaro Teijeiro RecargaPay 30 CAYMAN ISLANDS David Bily Vantage FX 32 COLOMBIA Ana Barrera Aflore USA Brian Armstrong Coinbase 34 Dmitry Voronenko TurnKey Lender Jeremy Allaire Circle 36 Michael Ou CoolBitX Steve Vamos Xero Vladimir Tenev Robinhood Markets, Inc. 38 ASIA CHINA Eric Jing Ant Financial 42 Greg Gibb Lufax INDIA Renu Satti Paytm INDONESIA Leonardus Wahyu Wasono Mihardjo Telin 44 8 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM INDEX INDEX JAPAN Mike Kayamori Liquid by Quoine 46 UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Dimitris Litsikakis deVere Group Limited Publicis Sapient Anglo-Gulf Trade Bank AFRICA PAN-AFRICA Milkah Wachiuri Cellulant 50 EGYPT Ashraf Sabry Fawry 52 NIGERIA Tayo Oviosu Paga 54 SOUTH AFRICA Basil (Vasil) Sgourdos Naspers 56 AUSTRALASIA AUSTRALIA Asher Tan CoinJar 60 Reji Eapen Pennybox 9 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM Advert 2018.pdf 1 23/03/2018 13:22 BRIDGE FUND MANAGEMENT INNOVATION COMES IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES At Bridge Consulting we pride ourselves on how we innovate with clients. Servicing 100+ asset management clients from Europe, North America and Asia, we offer a full range of customised fund solutions: - An EU domiciled 3rd Party Super Management Company (“BFML” ) for UCITS or AIFs (“Alternative Investment Funds”) - Customisable Support Services for Proprietary Management Companies - UCITS / AIF Platforms - Designated Persons Service - Regulatory Compliance, Risk Monitoring & Fund Governance from Bridge’s dedicated team of industry professionals. Our objective is to let you concentrate on Investment Management & Distribution. We take care of the rest. For further details contact us at [email protected] or [email protected] *Bridge Fund Management Limited is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. www.bridgeconsulting.ie EUROPE DENMARK DENMARK KEN VILLUM KLAUSEN Founder & CEO, Lunar Way IMAGE CREDIT: LUNAR 12 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM DENMARK DENMARK About Ken About Lunar Villum Klausen Ken Villum Klausen is founder and CEO of Lunar Way. Ken began his WHAT IS LUNAR? career in retail where he quickly Lunar is a 100% digital mobile-based rose in the ranks before diving banking app, and it’s our mission to into entrepreneurial life. Ken fundamentally change the way we founded several startups among perceive, talk about and handle our them Wallmob a digital solution money. Does it sound a little highfalutin? that turns your mobile devices Maybe it is. But nothing great ever came into a payment terminal. In 2015 from small ambitions. he founded Lunar Way – a 100% mobile banking app where you can handle all your I financial needs – payments, savings, WHY CHOOSE LUNAR? budgetting, investments and so As a new banking app, we’re not on. Lunar Way is now available in bound by old systems and ancient Denmark, Sweden and Norway. perceptions of what makes up personal finances. We also believe that you know how to handle your money the best way yourself. Especially if you have the right tools. And that’s what we offer. Tools. Lunar is a 100% digital mobile- FIVE QUICK FACTS ABOUT LUNAR based banking - Founded in 2015 app, and it’s - Has more than 100.000 users in Denmark, Sweden and Norway our mission to - Has received almost 47 million EUR in fundamentally funding change the way - Got our own banking license in 2019 we perceive, - Has more than 100 employees from all talk about and of Scandinavia. handle our money. A CARD YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO FLASH Contact Details The Lunar card is the three S’s - specially designed, sleek and black (oh...). www.lunarway.com Anyway, we don’t lie when we say that it’s a card you want to show off. There is no yearly usage fee and it also doesn’t cost you anything to freeze or close the card. What’s not to like? 13 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM GERMANY GERMANY DR. TAMAZ GEORGADZE Co-Founder & CEO, Raisin IMAGE CREDIT WWW.RAISIN.COM 14 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM GERMANY GERMANY Dr. Tamaz About Raisin Georgadze Raisin co-founder and CEO Tamaz Georgadze is focused on REGISTER ONCE AND START partner bank acquisition, business INVESTING FROM THE COMFORT development, and legal and OF YOUR HOME 30+ regional expansion efforts. Prior Countries With our Online Banking System, you to building and scaling Europe’s will be provided with an overview of leading marketplace for deposit- your various deposit accounts as well insured savings products and as regular updates about new savings investments, Tamaz spent ten years products, making it quick and simple to 90 with McKinsey & Co., the last three open further deposits or prolong existing as a Principal leading McKinsey’s Partner bank ones. Savings and Investment products service line for EMEA countries, serving some of the largest retail, With Raisin, you decide where in Europe universal and wholesale banks in you would like to invest your money. Europe and Asia. His core areas Your deposits are 100% protected up to 620+ of expertise were performance amounts of EUR 100,000 per customer Offers management/organization, and bank. More deposit gathering, direct banking, branch transformation, SME Register once, transfer the funds to your strategy and regulation. He holds free Raisin Account, then open and a PhD in agricultural economics manage your term deposits with our 19.0 bn and honors law degree from the partner banks through a single Online EUR Assets invested University of Giessen as well as an Banking System. international economics degree from Tbilisi State University. THE BEST RATES ACROSS EUROPE! Raisin’s goal is to provide savers the 205,000+ best interest rates! As the leading Customers marketplace for investments throughout Europe, we give you access to exclusive savings products from all over Europe Raisin’s - raise your interest with Europe’s #1 deposit marketplace. 8 goal is to Market Places The feedback from our customers provide speaks for itself: we have a rating of 4.6 out of 5 points and a recommendation savers rate of 95 percent on the independent German rating portal Bankingcheck. We Contact Details were also voted the best German term the best T: +49 30 770 191 295 deposit marketplace 2014, 2015, 2016, E: [email protected] interest and 2017. Raisin guarantees a smooth www.raisin.com investment process and the simple management of your investments with rates! all of our partner banks via one single platform. Today, we serve more than 190,000 satisfied customers. 15 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM GERMANY GERMANY VALENTIN STALF Co-Founder & CEO, N26 IMAGE CREDIT N26.COM/EN-EU/ABOUT-N26 16 FINANCE MONHTLY FINTECH AWARDS 2020 WWW.FINANCE-MONTHLY.COM GERMANY GERMANY Valentin Stalf About N26 Valentin Stalf is co-founder and CEO of N26. In 2013 he founded N26 with his longtime friend THE BANK YOU’LL LOVE THE N26 HISTORY Maximilian Tayenthal. Back then N26 is The Mobile Bank, helping you 2013 already, both shared a vision of manage your bank account on-the- N26 was founded in 2013 by Valentin Stalf building a bank that the world go, and spend and set aside money and Maximilian Tayenthal—reimagining loves to use.
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