| Marc Andreessen · a16z | @pmarca | Co-founder, a16z | AI tech philosophy fintech |
| Micky Malka · Ribbit Capital | @RibbitCapital | Founder, Ribbit Capital | payments crypto neobanks |
| Frank Rotman · QED Investors | @FrankRotman | Co-founder QED · annual fintech landscape letters | payments lending fintech thesis |
| Hans Morris · Nyca Partners | @nycapartners | fmr. President, Visa | payments banking infra |
| Angela Strange · a16z Fintech | @AngelaStrange_ | GP, a16z Fintech | fintech AI crypto |
| Matt Harris · Bain Capital Ventures | @mattcharris | MD, BCV · published essays on fintech infra | payments infra embedded finance |
| Emmalyn Shaw · Flourish Ventures | @EmmalynShaw | Founder, Flourish Ventures | consumer financial health |
| Ryan Gilbert · Propel Venture Partners | @RyanGilbert | GP, Propel Venture Partners | payments banking |
| Logan Allin · Fin Capital | @Logan_Allin | Founder & MD, Fin Capital | early-stage payments lending |
| Alexa von Tobel · Inspired Capital | @AlexavonTobel | Founder & MD · newsletter + podcast | early-stage fintech AI |
| David Sacks · Craft Ventures | @DavidSacks | GP, Craft Ventures · fmr. COO PayPal | payments AI SaaS |
| Charles Birnbaum · Bessemer VP | @BessemerVP | Partner, BVP | fintech AI cloud |
| Philippe Laffont · Coatue | | Founder, Coatue | AI growth fintech |
| David Jegen · F-Prime Capital | | MD, F-Prime Capital (Fidelity) | payments SaaS |
| Andrew McCormack · Valar Ventures | | GP, Valar Ventures (Peter Thiel) | consumer intl fintech |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Lex Sokolin | @LexSokolin | Fintech Blueprint | AI DeFi fintech |
| 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 |