
Financial technology — often shortened to fintech — is a fast moving industry. That means influential voices — both online and in the real world — have a big effect on its future direction.
Verdict — in association with GlobalData Financial Services — has put together the top 100 fintech influencers on Twitter. Get in touch with GlobalData for the full report and analysis.
We’re also championing women in the industry — We’ve pulled out the top ten women influencers in fintech, which you can see here.
1) Jim Marous
Keynote speaker
Influencer Score: 100
2) Spiros Margaris
Venture capitalist
Influencer score: 98
3) Chris Gledhill
CEO & co-founder
Influencer score: 95
4) Sebastien Meunier
Speaker
Influencer score: 94
5) Andreas Staub
Managing partner
Influencer score: 93
6) Devie Mohan
Keynote speaker
Influencer score: 90
7) Florian Graillot
Venture capitalist
Influencer score: 90
8) Brett King
Author
Influencer score: 89
9) Danielle Guzman
Global leader
Influencer score: 87
10) Simon Cocking
Senior editor
Influencer score: 86
Verdict deals analysis methodology
This analysis considers only announced and completed cross border deals from the GlobalData financial deals database and excludes all terminated and rumoured deals. Country and industry are defined according to the headquarters and dominant industry of the target firm. The term ‘acquisition’ refers to both completed deals and those in the bidding stage.
GlobalData tracks real-time data concerning all merger and acquisition, private equity/venture capital and asset transaction activity around the world from thousands of company websites and other reliable sources.
More in-depth reports and analysis on all reported deals are available for subscribers to GlobalData’s deals database.