Nik Milanovic

California, San Francisco

Fintech enthusiast @twifintech General Partner at https://t.co/fWbpP6eOOL (@thefintechfund) The dogs bark but the caravan moves on

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Articles

The Harmony Gap: A New FIS Report

1 week ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Last week, we had a chance to visit FIS at their (stunning) New York offices, as they hosted an event for industry analysts, executives, and media.
Stablecoins go global (TWIF 4/13)

2 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Ripple Agrees to Acquire Prime Broker Hidden Road for $1.25B in One of the… | Nik MilanovićRipple just bought itself a seat at Wall Street’s table. $1.25B for Hidden Road — one of the fastest-growing prime brokers globally, clearing $3T annually across FX, digital assets, derivatives, and more. This isn’t just a crypto company buying infra. It’s Ripple stepping into the role legacy finance expected someone else to play.
ShopUp and Sary combine to form Silq, raising $110M (TWIF 4/12)

2 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends (and Stablecon sponsor) Fireblocks!After years and years of listening to the Breaking Banks podcast, it was fun to finally join an episode. We had a chance last week to discuss current events – of which there are many:Please find another week of fintech financing events below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know.
More fintech content coming! (TWIF 4/11)

2 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Welcome to the 1,851 new readers who’ve joined us since last week. You’re joining 170,000+ other subscribers. Today's newsletter is brought to you by Solda.ai, replacing human sales agents at fintech companies with AI. This was an exciting couple weeks for fintech content announcements –🌴 The TWIF team is looking forward to joining Simon Taylor and the Brainfood team at the new conference he's putting together in Miami on November 19th and 20th, Fintech Nerdcon.
ðŸŽ§ The future of small business lending, with Prashant Fuloria and Anchit Singh of Fundbox

2 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

This week, I sat down to talk with Prashant Fuloria, CEO at Fundbox, and Anchit Singh, Fundbox's Chief Business Officer. Fundbox has been a pioneer in embedded finance for SMBs since they were established in 2013, and I originally met the team back in 2014 when I was at Funding Circle. They've partnered with platforms like QuickBooks and FreshBooks to provide fast access to over $5 billion in capital to 125,000 small businesses.
Tariffs throw cold water on fintech thaw (TWIF 4/6)

3 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Today’s newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Wilson Sonsini. Stablecoins have now made it to the front page of Axios: Crypto's quiet workhorse is finally going mainstream. Fintechs did an about-face this week, registering to go public and then potentially putting plans on hold pending market volatility sparked by the US' new tariffs. Read on below. Please find another week of fintech exits and deep reads below. (👍👎 Have feedback for us? Let us know.
Would you bank with Stripe? (TWIF 4/5)

3 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Today’s newsletter is brought to you by Persona, fighting AI-powered fraud for fintechs. Is Stripe becoming a bank? The payment processor has been selling its banking-as-a-service offering for a few years, letting customers embed out-of-the-box financial services. With a banking license, Stripe may be able to not only directly access payment card networks and process payments without a BIN sponsor, but also offer more true banking services both to customers and their users.
Slow news week? đź“‰ (TWIF 4/4)

3 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Welcome to the 2,396 new readers whoâ€™ve joined us since last week. Youâ€™re joining 168,000+ other subscribers who. Today's newsletter is brought to you by our friends at Plaid (who just raised $575 million). Our Community Manager, Sam Reichstein, conducted our first members' survey of the TWIF Premium community to better understand who is in the group and what people are looking for. Communityđź“±To join our Slack with 10,000+ other fintech enthusiasts, sign up below.
Kraken won't go public just yet (TWIF 3/30)

4 weeks ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Today’s newsletter is brought to you by Visa Direct. If you missed it this week, our deep-dive author Jas Shah had a great writeup on Marqeta, payment processing, and the future of self-service fintech issuing. Marqeta: The Future of Self-Service Fintech Innovation? Hey Fintechers and Fintech newbies 👋🏽 Jas Shah here, reformed engineer and now fintech product consultant, advisor, and occasional writer.
SoFi Finalizes $5B Debt Deal with Blue Owl (TWIF 3/29)

1 month ago | thisweekinfintech.com | Nik Milanovic

Hello Fintech Friends,Today’s newsletter is brought to you by Visa Direct. In another sign of continued improving health of the fintech market, business banking platform Mercury* announced their $300 million Series C, led by Sequoia, on the back of growth to 200,000+ business customers, $500 million in revenue in 2024, $156 billion in annual transaction volume, up 64% year-over-year, and 10 consecutive quarters of profitability.