In this episode of News From The Fintech Front, host Matteo Rizzi is joined by Alexander Gaillard, CEO of InvestGlass, to discuss the biggest fintech stories of January 2025. The month saw a major funding round in Europe, with French fintech Swan raising €42M to expand embedded banking across the continent, highlighting strong investor confidence in the sector. In payments, Elon Musk’s X announced a partnership with Visa Direct to power X Money, introducing real-time P2P payments for U.S. users. Meanwhile, the AI space saw a significant development as OpenAI launched o3-Mini, a powerful reasoning model aimed at countering rising competition from DeepSeek. Additionally, the financial infrastructure space witnessed a key partnership as Euroclear signed a seven-year deal with Microsoft to modernize operations through cloud computing and AI. With Alexander Gaillard’s expert insights, this episode explores how these developments are shaping the fintech landscape in 2025. Follow Alexandre: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexandre-gaillard-fintechinvestglass.com

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