FOREWORD

FINTECH MAGAZINE TEAM

DEPUTY EDITOR NATALIA ELLIOT

LEAD DESIGNERS JULIA WAINWRIGHT LIAM CULHAM

MEDIA DIRECTORS MATT ANSELL BEVAN BAKER

PRODUCTION MANAGERS YEVHENIIA SUBBOTINA FREYA REID

MARKETING LEAD IZZY HUTCHIN

GROUP CONTENT DIRECTOR STEVEN DOWNES

PRODUCTION DIRECTORS DANIELA KIANICKOVÁ JANE ARNETA

MANAGING DIRECTOR LONDON & EVENTS JAMES CALLEN

CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER JAMES WHITE

CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER LEWIS VAUGHAN

CEO GLEN WHITE

Fragmented payments options, startups trying to scale rapidly and decentralised finance. Traditionally, you might think these are isolated issues.

Actually, they’ re all at the heart of our collaborative community. Behind every decision, strategy and new product, lies a team that has faith in its future. Occasionally, if not usually, that future begins with a passionate interest or an investment. In this month’ s issue, we talk about both.

FINTECH Circle Founder and FTSE Board Member Susanne Chishti discusses how community plays a role in the fintech lifecycle, while industry veteran Thomas Helldorff explains how agentic payments are helping airline payments take off at Worldpay. And, if Agentic Airlines weren’ t enough, make sure you catch our Top 10: AI Tools for Finance.

Enjoy the read.

NATALIA ELLIOT

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