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On this episode of the Scouting For Growth podcast, Sabine VdL talks to Xavier Gomez, a Fintech Thought Leader and specialist in Investment Banking and Wealth Management with solid expertise in Fintech, Digital Assets, and Private Equity.

Xavier writes and speaks about emerging trends in our digital economy, with a sharp lens on what is disrupting finance: financial inclusion and regtech. 

Xavier is also the co-chief editor of Invyo Insights, a Global Fintech Intelligence platform powered by Invyo. Xavier and his team partner with the best experts and entrepreneurs in the region to cover the latest trends across Digital Banking, Payments, InsurTech, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Inclusion, and Financial Literacy.

Over the course of their discussion, the pair dives into the Digital Economy, FinTech, and WealthTech trends that affect the world of finance today and in the future.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• I started my career as an investment banker in equity capital, moving between top management positions and trading algorithmic and self-derivatives. I then moved into wealth management, so I have a good understanding of the banking and finance sector, particularly in digitalization. Invyo is a data-driven startup that uses machine learning to help private equity firms and VCs to take investment opportunities to compare the data of the different kinds of investments they can do, and also to detect what is wrong in terms of competition. We provide a solution for everyone, from VCs, principals, and partners, to be driven and empowered by the data, so they don’t waste time collecting the data themselves, as they have all the elements possible.
• We have had so many opportunities in the last five years with the explosion of startups, business models, etc. It’s a lot of work for investment actors – especially as they’re all a little bit old-fashioned – they invest in technology. Still, they don’t apply the technology to enable it to be augmented by data, as investors and private equity actors do.
• Being an influencer, or the term "influencing," doesn’t matter. Why? I started by following others who were all very kind to me, gave me advice, and pushed me to publish more. I just want to share my insights and knowledge to educate people about financial literacy. By chance, a lot of people like what I publish.
• AI will be an up trend for the next ten years. With this kind of upward trend, it is clearly a big top trend for the coming years. AI will also augment nearly every job across industries. It will be used to manage and automate the complex inventory management processes that happen behind the scenes. It’s impressive in terms of customer experience because AI/machine learning can improve their experiences, and more or less, with FinTech solutions, you can have a priceless experience.

BEST MOMENTS

‘We use a machine learning element to adapt solutions to the investment cases. Each is a little bit different. The philosophies of the two partners will differ. This is the beauty of machine learning with data.’
‘I spent many years in London, and I know the French accent is very successful with women 😊 !!’
‘Artificial intelligence will become real in organizations and enable any business to leverage its power to create more intelligent products and services. We saw this recently with the birth of OpenAI. This is the start. I didn’t expect it to come so far so early.’
‘The metaverse is a concrete application in the GameFi (gaming finance) industry, where we see a lot of big developments. It's a $300 billion market with a lot of payment activity. I don’t care for the term “metaverse,” but it’s become a shorthand for a more immersive internet. It’s expected to add $5 trillion to the global economy by 2030, and we will see by the end of 2023 an indication of what kind of direction the metaverse will take for the next decade.’

ABOUT THE GUEST

Xavier Gomez is a Fintech Thought Leader and specialist in Investment Banking and Wealth Management with solid expertise in Fintech, Digital Assets, and Private Equity.

Xavier writes and speaks about emerging trends in our digital economy, with a sharp lens on what is disrupting finance: financial inclusion and regtech. 

Xavier is also the co-chief editor of Invyo Insights, a Global Fintech Intelligence platform powered by Invyo. Xavier and his team partner with the best experts and entrepreneurs in the region to cover the latest trends across Digital Banking, Payments, InsurTech, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Financial Inclusion, and Financial Literacy. 

ABOUT INVYO

INVYO is a leading technology solution provider specializing in data processing and analysis. Venture Capital looking for a new data-driven approach? Discover INVYO's newest solution designed for VC

ABOUT THE HOST

Sabine VanderLinden is a corporate strategist turned entrepreneur and the CEO of Alchemy Crew Ventures. She leads venture-client labs that help Fortune 500 companies adopt and scale cutting-edge technologies from global tech ventures. A builder of accelerators, investor, and co-editor of the bestseller The INSURTECH Book, Sabine is known for asking the uncomfortable questions—about AI governance, risk, and trust. On Scouting for Growth, she decodes how real growth happens—where capital, collaboration, and courage meet.

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