Reeves Birner
Independent market analyst, sharing data driven insights on financial trends in tech and global economies
Stories by Reeves Birner
Chime’s AI Strategy: How Cutting Costs 30% and Raising Revenue Per User 23% Redefined Neobanking6 min · Read
SoFi Membership to Grow 30% in 2026: The Digital Bank’s Path to 12 Million Members6 min · Read
Pennylane Valued at €3.6 Billion: How Accounting-Tech Became Europe’s Next Fintech Frontier6 min · Read
Qonto Reaches €4.4 Billion Valuation: Inside Europe’s B2B Fintech Push6 min · Read
Allica Bank Valued at $1.2 Billion: Europe Adds a New Fintech Unicorn in 20266 min · Read
FedNow Reaches 1,653 Participants: How America’s Instant Payment System Is Scaling in 20266 min · Read
PhonePe Targets $10.5 Billion IPO Valuation: India’s Fintech Giant Goes Public in 20266 min · Read
PayPal’s $475 Billion Payment Volume Quarter: How the Payments Pioneer Is Navigating 20266 min · Read
Block’s 2026 AI Overhaul: 4,000 Job Cuts, $12.2 Billion Gross Profit Target and the Future of Square6 min · Read
Stripe’s $159 Billion Valuation: How the Payments Giant Processed $1.9 Trillion in 20256 min · Read
Chime Forecasts $2.67 Billion Revenue for 2026: How the Neobank Reached Profitability5 min · Read
SoFi Guides to $4.655 Billion Revenue for 2026: Inside the Digital Finance Giant’s Growth6 min · Read
AI-Focused Fintechs Attracted $16.8 Billion of Investment in 20256 min · Read
Digital-Asset Investment Jumped to $19.1 Billion in 2025: KPMG’s Crypto Funding Report6 min · Read
Large Fintech Deals Above $100 Million Increased 21%: The Shift to Mega-Rounds6 min · Read
Fintech Deal Count Falls to 4,719 in 2025: Why Fewer Deals Mean Bigger Bets6 min · Read
AI in Fintech: How the $30 Billion Market Could Save $500 Billion Annually by 20306 min · Read
69% of Public Fintechs Are Now Profitable: How the Industry Turned the Corner6 min · Read
31,800 Fintech Startups Worldwide: Inside the Global Financial Technology Ecosystem6 min · Read
KPMG Reports Asia-Pacific Fintech Investment Totalled $9.3 Billion in 20256 min · Read
KPMG Reports EMEA Fintech Investment Reached $29.2 Billion in 20256 min · Read
KPMG Says the Americas Drew $66.5 Billion of Fintech Funding in 20256 min · Read
Global Fintech Investment Reaches $116 Billion in 2025: KPMG’s Pulse of Fintech6 min · Read
US Fintechs Raised $25.1 Billion in 2025: Inside America’s Fintech Funding Boom6 min · Read
More executive interviews
Founders, CEOs and technology leaders talk about what they build, how they fund it, and where AI, finance and data are taking their industries next.

Terence McMenamin
Pre-IPO Employees: Sell, Hold or Borrow? Techdollar CEO Terence McMenamin on Beating the Lockup Trap
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Grigorii Danileiko
The Secret to Grigorii Danileiko’s Success: Improving the Usability and Reliability of Enterprise Platforms
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Louis Régis
Inside Propr: How Louis Régis Is Taking Perp Prop Trading Onchain
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David Lucatch
GRND.io: David Lucatch on Staking, Rewards & Where Gold Fits Into Web3
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