FinTech Magazine - March 2023 | Page 132

10 VRINDA GUPTA
MANUELA SEVE

10 VRINDA GUPTA

CEO & Founder
Sequin Financial
Vrinda Gupta is the innovative Founder and CEO of Sequin Financial – a fintech company aimed specifically at boosting credit ratings for women . She launched the company after developing a card for Visa and then being turned down for the product .
Gupta was recently named one of NYC ’ s 55 Most Inspiring Women in Fintech , which was celebrated at the New York Stock exchange . Of the moment , she said : “ This is an especially meaningful honour , as the New York Stock Exchange took 175 years to seat its first woman – Muriel Siebert . I ’ m inspired by women ’ s progress and accomplishments , as inspirational leaders and innovators in an industry that was designed to leave women out of the narrative .”

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MANUELA SEVE

CEO & Founder
Alphaa . io
Manuela Seve is the co-founder and CEO of the US-based startup Alphaa . io and was recently named one of the top 100 influential Latinos / Latinas by Bloomberg .
An Economics graduate from IBMEC , Seve spent five years working with the former President of the Central Bank of Brazil , Armínio Fraga , at Gávea Investimentos .
In 2015 , she began examining the use of blockchain for authenticating art collectibles and , in 2017 , developed the Alphaa . io API – a blockchain platform that addresses three problems in the space , namely authenticity , resale , and communitybuilding in various sectors .
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