Finance Journo Requests

Current & Former Federal Employees - Government Use of AI

I'm investigating the government's use of Artificial Intelligence---from K-12 education and immigration enforcement to consumer finance and environmental protection. If you're a current or former federal employee, I'd love to hear from you. Message me here or securely on Signal at AaronGlantz.63. Hope to talk soon!

Fintech Experts in Francophone Africa - Consolidation & Regulation

Fintech Espresso #21 is out ☕ Consolidation, not creation, is African fintech's story this fortnight: capital, capability and regulation are being absorbed into fewer hands. 🟢 Ventures Platform Fundl founder Kola A. closed an oversubscribed $84M Fund II, nearly double the size of Fund I — early-stage capital is consolidating into fewer, larger allocators. [Grindstone] launched a R500M fund targeting the gap between seed and Series A, turning a funding gap into its own asset class. 🟡 Paystack folded Allawee (now part of Paystack)'s technology into its own infrastructure instead of keeping the brand — capability is being absorbed, not built from scratch. Creditchek acquired Algosystems invest to add core-banking software to its fintech layer, moving upstream into the software banks run on. 🔴 SEC Nigeria proposed rules that follow the customer, not the company — a foreign platform now enters the regulatory perimeter simply by having Nigerian users. FRA Egypt authorised four firms spanning microfinance, mortgages, funds and private-equity platforms — digital licensing now spreads across verticals instead of staying fintech-only. My take: early-stage capital keeps gathering into fewer, larger allocators. Companies increasingly buy the capability instead of building it. Regulators keep widening their perimeter instead of narrowing categories. Is your business still confined to the category you were licensed under? We are looking for experts and contributors in fintech, payments, financial inclusion and regulation across francophone Africa. Add your profile to the skills mapping: https://lnkd.in/e9E7FmY3 #FintechEspresso #AfricaFintech #DigitalFinance #FintechRegulation #PaymentInfrastructure

Systems-Change Event Organizers - Send Events Courses & Open Calls

There's more happening at the edges of capital, systems change and the living world than any one person can track. A series of events exploring the Three Horizons framework, the release of the TNFD 2026 Status Report, webinars exploring governance with the livings or the economy of right relationship. A free MIT course on systems change and inner work, open to anyone (starting today), and regenerative courses. And a lineup of events taking place in person in New York Climate Week. Most of it is virtual. Nearly all of it is open. It's scattered across organizations working on different pieces of the same shift (each with their own newsletter, calendar, and corner of the field). Ecologists call the place where two ecosystems meet an ecotone, and what happens there is the edge effect: more species, more activity, more life than in either system on its own. I grew up around those edges in Brittany, where forest gives way to meadow and land meets ocean along a long, restless coastline, and I've spent my career holding space for the human version, in awe of what happens where different fields meet. 🌱 So I've started Ecotone Shift, a ~monthly newsletter that gathers in one place: events, courses, open calls. Issue #1 is out today, and it includes the virtual session Capital Fieldnotes I’m hosting shortly after New York Climate Week. If you're running something that belongs in here, send it my way, I’d love to include in the next edition! Link in the comments. Themes: systems change • systems investing • regenerative thinking • regenerative finance • climate innovation and deeptech • narrative infrastructure • design • planetary boundaries • planetary futures • futuring • strategic foresight • nature governance

Financial Advisors Working With Retirees - Boost Retirement Income

MEDIA CALLOUT: I'm looking to speak with a financial advisor for a story I'm working on for The Get (Neo Financial's weekly newsletter) that answers the question: What can retirees do to increase their income? If you're an advisor who works with retirees or has some helpful advice for this story, DM me or email me at [email redacted] - Thanks! #RetirementPlanning #RetirementIncome #FinancialAdvisors #CanadianFinance #PersonalFinance

neofinancial.com

The future feels a little hard to plan for right now. We’ve just lived through the hottest summer on record, global conflict looms large and AI has people wondering whether their job will still exist in five years – assuming they’ve got one in the first place. We want to hear from people under 30 about how you feel about the future and whether it’s changed the way you live your life, for better or worse. Have you stopped bothering to save because what’s the point? Are you spending your money now rather than worrying about some hypothetical future version of yourself? Have you embraced a more carpe diem outlook – going out on a Monday because why not, dating someone because they seem fun, booking a holiday on a whim because … Or perhaps all this uncertainty has made you more cautious, more focused on getting your finances in order and determined to build a future you can rely on. Whatever your approach, we want to hear from you. How has the state of the world changed the way you live your life? Please share your story if you are 18 or over; you may be anonymous if you wish.

Brides Recently Married or Engaged - Guest List Politics & Etiquette

👰♀️ I'm keen to speak to brides who recently got married or have their wedding day coming up about guest list politics and whether etiquette is changing. 💒 Did you: - Have separate events for an engagement party, rehearsal dinner, or other pre-wedding celebrations? - Have different guests lists for these events due to finances, obligatory invitees, destination complications, or other reasons? 💍 If so I'd love to speak with you. Can be anon! DMs open / 📧: [email redacted] #journorequest #journorequests