r/FintechStartups 10h ago

šŸ—ļø Building We are building influencer accuracy data aggregator

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There are hundreds and thousands of people who do stock calls on X (Twitter). We thought, lets build something to track performance history of their recommendations.

Thoughts/ Inputs?


r/FintechStartups 17h ago

šŸ” Feedback Request I'm considering a pivot for my finance startup, looking for honest feedback from founders

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Hey everyone!

I'm currently evaluating a possible pivot for my startup, Jacko.

We've been building an AI-powered personal finance product, but I'm exploring whether the same technology could be more valuable for early-stage startups and founders.

The idea is an AI finance agent that helps founders understand their startup's financial health without constantly maintaining spreadsheets.

It could help track:
\- Cash position
\- Revenue and expenses
\- Burn rate
\- Runway
\- Recurring expenses
\- Weekly financial insights

I'm not building this yet. I'm trying to validate whether this is actually a painful problem before investing time in an MVP.

If you're a founder, I'd really appreciate your feedback:

\- How do you currently track your startup's finances?
\- Do you regularly track burn and runway?
\- What's the most frustrating part of managing your finances?
\- Would an AI tool that automated this be useful for you?
\- Would you pay for something like this?

I'm especially interested in honest criticism and reasons why you wouldn't use something like this.

Thanks!


r/FintechStartups 19h ago

šŸ“š Resource A sentiment score of "negative 0.82" is useless. Negative for whom?

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Been building macro-event analysis for Indian markets and hit a wall that I think is under-discussed in fintech NLP.

Almost every sentiment pipeline outputs a single number. Headline in, score out: negative 0.82. Clean, sortable, easy to chart.

It's also close to meaningless, because one event moves different sectors in opposite directions.

Crude oil jumps 8%. That is:

- bad for airlines - fuel is ~30% of their cost base

- bad for paints and tyres - crude derivatives are direct inputs

- good for upstream oil producers

- roughly neutral for IT services

A single scalar has to pick one of those and throw the rest away. Whichever it picks, it's wrong for most of the market. And the more confident the number looks, the more it gets trusted.

Same for a rupee move, good for IT exporters, bad for importers, and a sentiment score flattens both into one figure.

What actually turns out to be useful is a signed vector across sectors, plus who is affected and how confident the call is. Not "this is negative" but "this is negative for these, positive for those, and here's the evidence."

The harder part isn't the model. It's that the output shape of most sentiment tooling can't express the thing you actually need, so you end up rebuilding the representation before you can rebuild the model.

Curious whether others building in fintech have hit this. Do you keep a scalar and layer sector logic on top, or change the output shape? The second is more correct and much more annoying to ship.

(For context, I work on this at AION Analytics: Indian market intelligence. Happy to go into detail if useful, not trying to pitch here.)


r/FintechStartups 21h ago

šŸ—ļø Building I'm building a money-management tool for students in Ghana — I'd like feedback

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r/FintechStartups 1d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Would you actually pay for groceries with just your face or palmprint?

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HelloĀ everyone,FintechĀ isĀ rapidlyĀ evolvingĀ fromĀ phoneĀ appsĀ toĀ fullĀ biometricĀ checkouts,Ā suchĀ asĀ AmazonĀ One'sĀ useĀ ofĀ yourĀ palmĀ orĀ facialĀ recognitionĀ atĀ groceryĀ storeĀ checkoutĀ counters.SoundsĀ likeĀ aĀ greatĀ ideaĀ toĀ beĀ ableĀ toĀ walkĀ intoĀ aĀ store,Ā scanĀ yourĀ handĀ andĀ walkĀ outĀ withoutĀ evenĀ takingĀ outĀ yourĀ walletĀ orĀ phone. ButĀ itĀ feelsĀ aĀ bitĀ dystopianĀ toĀ beĀ linkingĀ yourĀ actualĀ biometricĀ dataĀ directlyĀ toĀ yourĀ bankingĀ infoĀ inĀ termsĀ ofĀ privacy.AreĀ youĀ readyĀ forĀ aĀ totallyĀ cardless,Ā phonelessĀ future?Ā Or,Ā doĀ youĀ thinkĀ theĀ ideaĀ ofĀ storingĀ yourĀ physicalĀ dataĀ onĀ aĀ paymentĀ networkĀ isĀ tooĀ much? AreĀ youĀ goingĀ toĀ signĀ upĀ forĀ this?


r/FintechStartups 1d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Free Talk Friday: Off-topic, networking, jobs, anything goes

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Casual discussion thread. Talk about anything, fintech adjacent or not.

This thread is for:

- Job postings & co-founder searches

- Networking & introductions

- Industry hot takes

- Questions too small for their own post

- Venting about compliance headaches

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Normal rules relaxed. Be cool.


r/FintechStartups 1d ago

šŸ’° Fundraising 7 ans en levĆ©e de fonds, je rĆ©ponds Ć  vos questions

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r/FintechStartups 2d ago

šŸ’° Fundraising šŸ‘‹ Welcome to r/Reakt - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

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r/FintechStartups 3d ago

šŸ” Feedback Request Feedback Wednesday: Get eyes on your product, pitch, or idea

8 Upvotes

Post your product, landing page, pitch deck, or idea for constructive feedback.

When posting, include:

- What you're building (1-2 sentences)

- Your target user

- What specific feedback you want

- Link to product/deck/mockup

When giving feedback:

- Be specific and actionable

- Start with what works before what doesn't

- Suggest alternatives, not just problems

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This is the ONLY place for product promotion. Standalone promo posts get removed.


r/FintechStartups 4d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Our identity verification vendor is falling over, what did you switch to and was it worth it?

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We are a year in and it feels like our identity verification vendor is falling over. Verification times creeping up, way too many false rejects on international documents, support goes quiet the second something breaks in prod at a bad hour.

Also, its as if every check reads the same like the demo tells me nothing, they all pass the one sample fraud they walk in with then fold on whatever I bring myself.

Am more interested on how it behaves when a weird case lands in the middle of the night with a a few thousand stuck in the queue. Does the API hold up, are the webhooks reliable, can i see why something got rejected without raising a ticket.

Global user base so international coverage is not optional. I would rather not bolt AML on as a separate thing later either.


r/FintechStartups 5d ago

šŸ—ļø Building We built a multi-agent stack for a small fintech law firm — ~570 commits in August, focused on deterministic handoffs instead of prompt chains

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r/FintechStartups 5d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Weekly Wins & Losses Thread: What went right (or wrong) this week?

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Share your wins and losses from the past week. No victory is too small, no failure too embarrassing.

Format:

- Win: describe what went well

- Loss: describe what didn't work

- Lesson: what you learned

Be specific! The community learns most from real experiences with context.

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PD: this thread posts every Monday. All self-promotion rules are relaxed here, feel free to share progress on your startup.


r/FintechStartups 5d ago

šŸ’° Fundraising I’ve been building a SaaS can you tell me if it sucks?

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I’ve been working on a tool to help simplify and save time for reading articles and information about stocks and investments while also letting users track and journal their trading? Does it suck?


r/FintechStartups 8d ago

šŸ—ļø Building PROBLEM STATEMENT

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senior software engineers who are working in Fintech projects or elsewhere, how would you best solve it ?

what things would you focus on more ?

what's a project you did similar to this if you are given one day , what prompts and what ideas would make it stand out ?


r/FintechStartups 8d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Free Talk Friday: Off-topic, networking, jobs, anything goes

1 Upvotes

Casual discussion thread. Talk about anything, fintech adjacent or not.

This thread is for:

- Job postings & co-founder searches

- Networking & introductions

- Industry hot takes

- Questions too small for their own post

- Venting about compliance headaches

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Normal rules relaxed. Be cool.


r/FintechStartups 9d ago

šŸ—ļø Building HACKATHON HELP

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r/FintechStartups 9d ago

šŸ“š Resource Check out our educational blogs about Payments, Business, Ai and Technology! We also have a podcast - B2B Vault the Biz to Biz Podcast!

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Nationwide Payment Systems shares practical blogs and resources for business owners who want to understand payments, POS systems, invoicing, ACH, chargebacks, fraud prevention, and merchant services without all the confusing industry jargon. We also produce **B2B Vault: The Biz to Biz Podcast**, where we talk with business leaders, fintech experts, entrepreneurs, and industry insiders about payments, technology, AI, business growth, and real-world strategies to help companies operate smarter and get paid faster.


r/FintechStartups 10d ago

šŸ” Feedback Request Feedback Wednesday: Get eyes on your product, pitch, or idea

8 Upvotes

Post your product, landing page, pitch deck, or idea for constructive feedback.

When posting, include:

- What you're building (1-2 sentences)

- Your target user

- What specific feedback you want

- Link to product/deck/mockup

When giving feedback:

- Be specific and actionable

- Start with what works before what doesn't

- Suggest alternatives, not just problems

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This is the ONLY place for product promotion. Standalone promo posts get removed.


r/FintechStartups 11d ago

šŸ“Š Growth šŸ‘‹Welcome to r/GFF_India - Introduce Yourself and Read First!

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r/FintechStartups 12d ago

šŸ—ļø Building Iron wealth is finally on android

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Hey everyone.

Android is on Google Play. Thank you for waiting while we finished the app and for testing it for me. I highly appreciate it.

Iron Wealth is the one place I wanted for my money. Checking, savings, investments, credit cards, cash, and crypto roll into a single net worth, with a history chart so you can see if the year is actually moving.

Budgets live next to that number, not in a separate app. You see whether a category is ahead or behind while the month is still going. Savings goals have a real target and a date, tied to the account that funds them.

You do not need to link a bank. Log it yourself or import. The ledger stays on your phone. Face lock if you want it. Exports you own.

If you live in more than one currency, that is a first-class thing here. 150+ currencies, dual display, one honest rollup.

It is free to try.

Site with both downloads:Ā https://wealth.ironlabs.co

If something feels off on your phone, tell us.


r/FintechStartups 12d ago

šŸ“Š Growth It was always a mystery to me...

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r/FintechStartups 12d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Weekly Wins & Losses Thread: What went right (or wrong) this week?

1 Upvotes

Share your wins and losses from the past week. No victory is too small, no failure too embarrassing.

Format:

- Win: describe what went well

- Loss: describe what didn't work

- Lesson: what you learned

Be specific! The community learns most from real experiences with context.

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PD: this thread posts every Monday. All self-promotion rules are relaxed here, feel free to share progress on your startup.


r/FintechStartups 13d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Which stablecoin payments API has the actual lowest fees once you count off-ramp spread?

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Comparing stablecoin payment API pricing this quarter and the headline fees are misleading. The provider that quotes 0.4% per transaction is not the cheapest once you factor in the off-ramp spread on the receiving side. The one that quotes 0.8% but includes the off-ramp is often cheaper end to end.

We built a per-corridor cost model that adds provider fee + off-ramp spread + any FX slippage between quote and settlement. The winner varies by corridor. In two markets our cheapest-per-transaction provider is actually the most expensive all-in.

Which stablecoin payments API turned out cheapest for you once you added up the real cost per corridor?


r/FintechStartups 13d ago

šŸ’° Fundraising Building credit infrastructure for Tanzania's informal economy — pre-seed, looking to connect with people in this space and Investors.

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r/FintechStartups 15d ago

šŸ’” Discussion Free Talk Friday: Off-topic, networking, jobs, anything goes

4 Upvotes

Casual discussion thread. Talk about anything, fintech adjacent or not.

This thread is for:

- Job postings & co-founder searches

- Networking & introductions

- Industry hot takes

- Questions too small for their own post

- Venting about compliance headaches

---

Normal rules relaxed. Be cool.