Fintech news, Global trends, Hotnews, InspirAsiaApril 19, 2016April 27, 2023

150 best fintech journalists you should follow

By Life.SREDA VC team

Singapore – March 26, 2016 – Fintech is on the rise, there are no two ways about that.

In 2015, global investment into fintech was nearly $25 billion, the largest of any vertical in tech. In 2016, this amount is expected to skyrocket as an increased proliferation of smart devices combines with a greater demand for online services such as e-commerce.

We have come to the point however, where fintech is no more part of a niche, where it is no longer only used and understood by a very small cabal. These days, everybody makes use of fintech in some way or another.

The question remains though, in a marketplace as noisy and crowded as fintech, how do you stand apart?

As is so often the case, that is where the media comes in.

Journalists and influencers around the world have flocked to the fintech banner, studying this unique vertical and chronicling the ups and downs.

As a Fintech VC, we deal with a lot of media. Often we interact with such people directly and sometimes we follow their works to glean insight into the ever expanding fintech labyrinth.

To do this we created a list of 150 Fintech Writers you should follow.

More than just a simple media list, this list of 150 people represents the who’s who in fintech reporting and includes journalists, bloggers and respected figures from across the world.

The names on the list are the people we listen to and the people we get our fintech news from and such a list is our way of sharing this knowledge with the community.

The list contains data that we obtained through our own research and what we could find via our own best attempts.

This is by no means an exhaustive list but just something we thought we would share with the community, to do our part as fintech evangelists.

We will update the list every quarter.

150 best fintech journalists you should follow

Adele Peters

apeters@fastcompany.com

Focus:
The Unbanked, Cashless Society

Alex Barinka

abarinka2@bloomberg.net

Focus:
mPOS

Ambereen Choudhury

achoudhury@bloomberg.net

Focus:
Fintech in Banking

Ananthalakshmi A

ananthalakshmi.as@thomsonreuters.com

Focus:
Online-lending

Andrew Pollack

Focus:
m-wallets, Asian Fintech

Andy Greenberg

agreenberg@wired.com

Focus:
Blockchain

Anisa Menur

anisa@e27.sg

Focus:
Remittances

Anthony Ha

anthonyha@techcrunch.com

Focus:
Trading

Ariel Bogle

abogle@mashable.com

Focus:
Trading

Austen Hufford

atausten.hufford@wsj.com

Focus:
P2P-lending

Austin Carr

Focus:
Opportunities in Fintech

Brad Stone

Brad.Stone@gmail.com

Focus:
mPOS

Brian Womack

bwomack1@bloomberg.net

Focus:
mPOS

Ben Schiller

schiller@f2s.com

Focus: Big Data, Asia, Online-loans, Unbanked, Financial Inclusion, Cashless Society, Blockchain

Ben Woods

ben@thenextweb.com

Focus: m-Banks

Cade Metz

cade_metz@wired.com

Focus: Blockchain

Carl O’Donnell

carl.odonnell@thomsonreuters.com

Focus: Blockchain

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Caroline O’Donovan

caroline.odonovan@buzzfeed.com

Focus: Crowdfunding

Catherine Shu

shu@techcrunch.com

Focus: e-Wallets, Remittances, O2O

Chalida Ekvitthayavechnukul

chalida@dealstreetasia.com

Focus: Banks, Fintech

Chris Skinner

Focus: Fintech

Charlie Custer

custerc@chinageeks.org

Focus: e-Wallets, China, Blockchain, P2P-loans

Colin Lecher

colin.lecher@theverge.com

Focus: Crowdfunding

Colin Tung

colin@e27.sg

Focus: Remittances

Connie Loizos

Focus: Fintech for Insurance

Dan Primack

Focus: Crowdfunding

Daniel Huang

dan.huang@wsj.com

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech, m-Banks

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Dave Smith

dsmith@techinsider.io

Focus: m-Wallets

David Gelles

david.gelles@nytimes.com

Focus: Crowdfunding

Daisuke Wakabayashi

Daisuke.Wakabayashi@wsj.com

Focus: m-Banks, e-Wallets, Remittances

Diana Budds

dbudds@fastcompany.com

Focus: O2O

Don Reisinger

donreisinger@gmail.com

Focus: Big Data, Online-loans

Drew Olanoff

drew@techcrunch.com

Focus: Cashless tech

Elena Mesropyan

elena.mesropyan@gmail.com

Focus: Fintech-ecosystems, Fintech Deals, VC

Erik Crouch

erik@techinasia.com

Focus: Blockchain

Erin Hobey

erin@crowdfundinsider.com

Focus: Remittances

Faisal Hoque

faisal.hoque@shadoka.com

Focus: Big Data, Entrepreneurship

Fitz Tepper

fitz@techcrunch.com

Focus: Online-acquiring

Grace Chng

chngkeg@sph.com.sg

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech, Singapore

Ingrid Lunden

ingrid@techcrunch.com

Focus: m-Banks

Izabella Kaminska

izabella.kaminska@ft.com

Focus: m-Banks

James Vincent

James.Vincent@TheVerge.com

Focus: NFC, Payments

Janet Novack

jnovack@forbes.com

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech

Jason Del Rey

jason@recode.net

Focus: mPOS, Online-acquiring, m-Wallets, e-commerce

Jason Hickel

j.e.hickel@lse.ac.uk

Focus: Unbanked, Financial Inclusion

Jeevan Vasagar

jeevan.vasagar@ft.com

Focus: Online-lending, Big Data

Jessica Leber

jessicaL@gmail.com

Focus: Donations

Jillian D’Onfro

jdonfro@businessinsider.com

Focus: mPOS, Online-loans

Jill Treanor

jill.treanor@guardian.co.uk

Focus: Innovations in Banks

Jim Marous

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech, Innovations in Banks

Joanna Seow

joseow@sph.com.sg

Focus: Remittances, Singapore

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Jon Marino

Focus: Millennials

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Jon Russel

jr@techcrunch.com

Focus: m-Wallets, Asia, Venture Debt, Blockchain

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Josh Constine

Focus: Online-lending, e-Wallets

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Josh Nicholas

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech

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Josh Steime

josh@mwi.com

Focus: China, Opportunities in Fintech

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Judith Balea

judith@techinasia.com

Focus: Online-scoring

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Juro Osawa

juro.osawa@wsj.com

Focus: Asia, Remittances, Online-loans

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Jeff Quingley

Focus: Social Remittance, PFM

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Hadley Malcolm

hmalcolm@usatoday.com

Focus: m-Banks, Millennials

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Harry McCracken

Focus: mPOS, Remittances, m-Wallets, Crowdfunding

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Katie Roof

katie@techcrunch.com

Focus: PFM, SME-loans, mPOS

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Ken Yeung

ken@venturebeat.com

Focus: Fintech for SMEs

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Kevin Ohannessian

kevin@kevinohannessian.com

Focus: Crowdfunding

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Kim – Mai Cutler

Focus: Crowdinvesting

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Kristen Scholer

kristen.scholer@wsj.com

Focus: VC, Investments

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Lauren Davidson

lauren.davidson@telegraph.co.uk

Focus: Payments, Remittances

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Laura Noonan

Focus: Cashless Society, m-Payments

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Marion Dakers

Focus: Payments, Remittances

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LKawa@bloomberg.net

Focus: Blockchain

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Luke Parker

luke@bravenewcoin.com

Focus: Blockchain

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Lydia Dishman

lydia.dishman@gmail.com

Focus: Big data, Online-loans

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Margaret “Peggy” Collins

Focus: Trading

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Maria Aspan

maria.aspan@gmail.com

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech

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Mark Wilson

Focus: mPOS, m-Wallets

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Marcus Baram

marcusbaram@gmail.com

Focus: Blockchain

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Martin Arnold

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech

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Matt Burgess

mattburgess100@gmail.com

Focus: E-wallets

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Matthew Lynley

Focus: POS Systems, mPOS

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Max Slater-Robins

maxslaterrobins@ymail.com

Focus: Online lending

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Megan Rose Dickey

Focus: SME Fintech, Enterpreneurship, Women in Tech, mPOS

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Megha Rajagopalan

megha.rajagopalan@thomsonreuters.com

Focus: China, e-Wallets, Online-loans

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Meghna Rao

Focus: Social Remittances, e-Wallet, Online-lending, Cashless Society

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Michael Bennet

Focus: Social Remittances

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Michael Erman

Focus: Crowdfunding

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Michael Moore

Focus: Banking, Fintech

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Michael Tegos

michael@techinasia.com

Focus: Opportunity in Fintech, Remittances, Payments

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Mike Isaac

Mike.Isaac@nytimes.com

Focus: Crowdfunding, Fintech

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Mike Kentz

mike.kentz@thomsonreuters.com

Focus: Millennials, Trading

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Nadine Freischlad

nadine@techinasia.com

Focus: Trading

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Nathaniel Popper

nathaniel.popper@nytimes.com

Focus: Blockchain

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Neal Ungerleider

Focus: mPOS, O2O, Remittances, m-Wallets, Payments, Trading, Crowdfunding

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Nitish Kulkarni

nitish.kulkarni@techcrunch.com

Focus: Social Remittances

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Olga Kharif

Focus: Blockchain, e-Wallets, m-Banks

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Focus: mBanks

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Patrick John Lim

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech, Fintech Ecosystem, Singapore

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Peter Rudegeair

Peter.Rudegeair@wsj.com

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech

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Portia Crowe

Focus PFM

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Rachel Banning – Lover

Focus: Unbanked, financial inclusion

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Rich McCormick

rich@theverge.com

Focus: m-Wallets, e-Wallets

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Richard Kastelein

expathos@gmail.com

Focus: Cashless Society, Blockchain, Unbanked

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Rick Carew

rick.carew@wsj.com

Focus: online-lending, e-wallets

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Rieva Lesonsky

Focus: SME-loans, e-Wallets, mPOS

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Rita Gunther McGrath

Focus: Remittances, Innovations in Banking, Leadership

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Robin Sidel

Focus: mPOS, Cards, m-Banks, e-Wallets, Remittances

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Romain Dillet

Focus: e-Wallet, m-Banks, Remittances, Blockchain, Crowdfunding

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Rusty Foster

rusty@kuro5hin.org

Focus: Blockchain

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Ruth Reader

ruth.reader@gmail.com

Focus: POS systems, F&B, Online-acquiring

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Sainul K Abudheen

sainul@e27.sg

Focus: India Fintech trends

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Samantha Sharf

ssharf@forbes.com

Focus: Trading, Millennials

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Sarah Kessler

skessler@fastcompany.com

Focus: Online-acquiring, F&B, Insurtech, IoT

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swang533@bloomberg.net

Focus: Trading

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Susan Pulliam

susan.pulliam@wsj.com

Focus: Venture Debt

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Shannon Pettypiece

spettypiece@bloomberg.net

Focus: m-Pos

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Shiwen Yap

shiwen@dealstreetasia.com

Focus: Venture Debt, Opportunities in Fintech

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steve@ohear.net

Focus: Online-loans, Fintech for Insurance, Trading, SME-loans

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Tanaya Macheel

Focus: Blockchain

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Telis Demos

telis.demos@wsj.com

Focus: Venture Debt

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Tim Wallace

tim.wallace@telegraph.co.uk

Focus: m-Banks

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Tom Groenfeldt

Focus: Fintech for Insurance, Accelators, Big Data, m-Banks

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Tom Noda

tomnoda@dealstreetasia.com

Focus: Remittances

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Trey Williams

cwilliams@marketwatch.com

Focus: e-Wallets, Remittances

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Vinod Sreeharsha

Focus: m-Banks

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Vivek Wadhwa

Focus: Blockchain

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yuliya.chernova@wsj.com

Focus: Opportunities in Fintech, VCs

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Fintech journalists Life.SREDA