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AI, Capital, And Compliance: Mapping Fintech Startup Momentum

Raising capital is just one part of the equation. For fintech founders in 2025, the real challenge lies in building products that are not only fast and secure, but also AI-native and regulatory-ready from day one. Between €5.2 and €6.3 billion has already flowed into European fintech startups this year, while U.S. firms continue to attract the lion’s share globally, capturing 60 % of all fintech investment and 71 % of mega-round funding in Q2 alone. The funding is returning, but so are the expectations.The funding is returning, while but so are the expectations.

Paula Cristea - 16 Oct 2025

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Alex Marciuc - 7 Aug 2025

Faster Compliance, Fewer Errors: A RegTech Framework for Reporting Automation

Regulatory reporting has become one of the most resource-intensive functions in compliance, and one of the least scalable when managed through legacy processes. Across our work with RegTech teams, we consistently see the same challenge surface: compliance leaders are being asked to do more, faster, and with greater precision, but often without the tools or time to fundamentally rethink their approach.

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Tudor Iordache - 1 Aug 2025

Why Fintech Scaleups Start with AI PoCs, Not Full Platform Rebuilds

Fintech scaleups face a familiar tension: how to innovate at speed without disrupting stability. Artificial intelligence offers compelling opportunities to unlock smarter risk scoring, faster operations, and sharper personalization. But for firms operating with lean teams and tight margins, a full-platform overhaul can feel both risky and resource-intensive.

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Stefan Sarbu - 21 Jul 2025

The New Business Model Playbook for First-Time Founders

The term “business model” has evolved far beyond its traditional definition as a static framework for generating revenue. For modern startups, especially those in fintech and digital services, it now denotes a dynamic architecture, one that captures value creation, data flows, and stakeholder incentives in real-time. This shift reflects how companies must adapt not only to market volatility but also to evolving regulatory environments and continuous feedback loops.

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Ilie Ghiciuc - 10 Jul 2025

AI Agents Promise Scale, But Most Teams Will Miss The Mark

Gartner names it 2025’s top AI trend, but only teams with scope, governance, and value metrics will succeed. Picture an invoice-scanning bot that doesn’t just flag anomalies—it renegotiates payment terms, logs the change in SAP and emails the supplier before finance gets its first coffee. That leap from “copilot” to fully autonomous colleague is what Gartner dubs Agentic AI, the top strategic technology trend for 2025.

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Raluca Lupasteanu - 1 Jul 2025

Build The Right First Version By Mastering MVP Scoping

Launching a digital product without a tight scope is like setting sail with no charts or weather reports. A minimum viable product (MVP) is the leanest version of your solution that still generates real user learning, revenue, or both. Yet, the value of an MVP drops quickly if its boundaries are unclear. A structured scoping process places guardrails around cost, time, and expectations so founders avoid two classic dangers: over-engineering early features and discovering late that budget or runway is gone.

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Alex Marciuc - 19 Jun 2025

Deciding What Not to Build – and When to Rescope or Freeze

Products rarely slow down because of bugs. More often, it’s an overloaded roadmap, features added “just in case,” tweaks nobody asked for, scope creep disguised as polish. Before anyone notices, deadlines slip, feedback loops stall, and teams lose momentum. This isn’t an edge case. It’s a pattern. Startups don’t succeed by building everything. They win by building the right things at the right time.

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