Last updated: March 20, 2026
Curated list of data feeds, VCs, influencers, and podcasts we track. Growing list — if they publish publicly, we can pull signal from them.
| Source | Feed / URL | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| SEC EDGAR | Form D Filings | payments fintech |
| Berkshire Hathaway | EDGAR Atom Feed · Shareholder Letters | investing |
| Federal Reserve | Press RSS | payments policy |
| FEDS Notes | RSS Feed · Archive | research lending |
| CFPB | Newsroom | consumer regulation |
| FDIC | FILs | banking regulation |
| OCC | Issuances | banking regulation |
| BIS | Speeches RSS | CBDC global |
| SWIFT | News | cross-border |
| Source | Feed / URL | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| PYMNTS | RSS | payments commerce |
| Crunchbase | RSS | deals startups |
| TechCrunch Fintech | RSS | fintech funding |
| The Block | RSS | crypto digital assets |
| CoinDesk | RSS | crypto stablecoins |
| Tearsheet | Site | banking payments |
| Bain Financial Services | Insights | strategy embedded finance |
| McKinsey FS | Insights | strategy payments |
| FT Partners | Research · Transactions | M&A payments fintech |
| rwa.xyz | Dashboard | tokenization treasuries |
| Company | URL | Focus |
|---|---|---|
| Stripe | Blog | payments infra |
| Plaid | Blog | open banking |
| Chainalysis | Blog | on-chain compliance |
| a16z Fintech | Insights | VC fintech AI |
| Y Combinator | Blog RSS | startups AI |
| Firm | Key Partner | X | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| a16z | Marc Andreessen (Co-founder) | @pmarca | AI tech philosophy fintech |
| Ribbit Capital | Micky Malka | @RibbitCapital | payments crypto neobanks |
| QED Investors | Nigel Morris, Frank Rotman | @FrankRotman | payments lending insurance |
| Nyca Partners | Hans Morris (fmr. Visa President) | @nycapartners | payments banking infra |
| a16z Fintech | Angela Strange, Anish Acharya | @AngelaStrange_ | fintech AI crypto |
| Bain Capital Ventures | Matt Harris | @mattcharris | payments infra embedded finance |
| Flourish Ventures | Emmalyn Shaw | @EmmalynShaw | consumer financial health |
| Propel Venture Partners | Ryan Gilbert | @RyanGilbert | payments banking |
| Fin Capital | Logan Allin | @Logan_Allin | early-stage payments lending |
| Valar Ventures | Andrew McCormack (Peter Thiel) | consumer intl fintech | |
| Inspired Capital | Alexa von Tobel | @AlexavonTobel | early-stage fintech AI |
| F-Prime Capital | David Jegen (Fidelity) | payments SaaS | |
| Bessemer VP | Charles Birnbaum | @BessemerVP | fintech AI cloud |
| Coatue | Philippe Laffont | AI growth fintech | |
| Craft Ventures | David Sacks (PayPal Mafia) | @DavidSacks | payments AI SaaS |
Active builders with operating experience in payments, fintech, or AI. High signal-to-noise on X.
| Name | X | Credentials | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Collison | @patrickc | CEO & Co-founder, Stripe | payments infra economic growth |
| John Collison | @collision | President & Co-founder, Stripe | payments ops interchange |
| Max Levchin | @mlevchin | Co-founder PayPal (CTO), CEO Affirm | consumer credit ML BNPL |
| Ohad Samet | @ohadsamet | Co-founder & CEO, TrueAccord/Retain | debt collection ML consumer |
| Zach Perret | @zachperret | CEO & Co-founder, Plaid | open banking data infra |
| Bret Taylor | @btaylor | Chairman OpenAI, fmr. CEO Salesforce | AI agents enterprise |
| Jason Gardner | @jasongardner | Founder, Marqeta (card issuing) | card issuing embedded finance |
| Ayo Omojola | @ay_o | CEO, Rainforest (payfac infra) | payfac interchange embedded |
| Sarah Friar | @sarahfriar | CEO Nextdoor, fmr. CFO Square (IPO) | payments P&L marketplace |
| Josh Reeves | @joshuareeves | CEO & Co-founder, Gusto | payroll SMB fintech |
| Caitlin Long | @CaitlinLong_ | Founder & CEO, Custodia Bank | payment rails FedNow bank charter |
| Immad Akhund | @immad | CEO Mercury, fmr. ad tech founder (Heyzap) | startup banking ad tech → fintech |
| Renaud Laplanche | Founded LendingClub (IPO), CEO Upgrade | consumer lending credit cycles | |
| Anu Hariharan | @anuhariharan | Managing Partner, YC Continuity Fund | unit economics fintech models |
| Name | X | Publication | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Johnson | @AlexH_Johnson | Fintech Takes | consumer banking regulation |
| Simon Taylor | @Sytaylor | Fintech Brain Food | global fintech payments |
| Nik Milanovic | @NikMilanovic | This Week in Fintech | deal flow funding |
| Jason Mikula | @JasonMikula | Fintech Business Weekly | lending BNPL compliance |
| Frank Rotman | @FrankRotman | Annual fintech landscape letters | fintech thesis VC |
| Lex Sokolin | @LexSokolin | Fintech Blueprint | AI DeFi fintech |
| Matt Harris | @mattcharris | Published essays | fintech infra embedded finance |
| Ron Shevlin | @RonShevlin | Forbes, Cornerstone Advisors | banking digital transformation |
| Chris Skinner | @Chris_Skinner | The Finanser | banking global fintech |
| Packy McCormick | @PackyM | Not Boring | AI strategy fintech |
| Alexa von Tobel | @AlexavonTobel | Newsletter + podcast | early-stage operator-VC |
| Host | Role | X | Why Track |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chamath Palihapitiya | Managing Partner, Social Capital | @chamath | Fintech SPACs (SoFi), insurance, macro |
| David Sacks | GP, Craft Ventures · fmr. COO PayPal | @DavidSacks | PayPal Mafia, payments DNA, AI/SaaS |
| Jason Calacanis | Angel investor, LAUNCH founder | @Jason | Early-stage, angel investing, startups |
| David Friedberg | CEO, The Production Board | @friedberg | Climate tech, biotech, data-driven investing |
| Podcast | Host(s) | Focus | Feed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acquired | Ben Gilbert, David Rosenthal | deep dives fintech | acquired.fm |
| Payments on Fire | George Peabody | payments | paymentsonfire.com |
| Fintech Insider (11:FS) | Simon Taylor, David Brear | global fintech | fi.11fs.com |
| Breaking Banks | Brett King | digital banking | breakingbanks.com |
| Bankless | Ryan Sean Adams, David Hoffman | crypto DeFi | bankless.com |
| 20VC | Harry Stebbings | VC AI | 20vc.com |
| No Priors | Sarah Guo, Elad Gil | AI | nopriorspod.com |
| Latent Space | Swyx, Alessio | AI engineering | latent.space |
| a16z Podcast | a16z editorial | AI fintech crypto | a16z.com/podcasts |
| Lenny's Podcast | Lenny Rachitsky | product growth | lennyspodcast.com |
| PYMNTS Podcasts | Karen Webster | payments commerce | pymnts.com/podcasts |
| This Week in Startups | Jason Calacanis | startups AI | thisweekinstartups.com |