FintechXpndr

💡 Day 2 of the Singapore FinTech Festival and it’s been packed full of demos, coffees, innovative presentations and deep technical exchanges. 🚀 I’m loving the energy and breadth of international representation here. If travel broadens the mind, this is like space exploration… ✅ It’s been incredibly useful to hear feedback (and an embarrassing amount of praise 🙏) on our products: RegPass (your personal compliance officer) and FintechXpndr (unlock global growth for your fintech). Our feature roadmaps for 2025 are 🔥 🍻 I’ll be at the AsiaNext / SIX community drinks this evening at the Fullerton Bay Hotel - come and say hi if you’re around! Chris Holland Lay Geok Yeo Paul Densley Colin Kleine 🚀 Reuben Conceicao Desmond Yong Flora Sun Sabrina Del Prete Luke Ryan Guy Phillips Katie Ramsey Roisin Perry Ben Goodwin Lorette Goh

🇬🇧 ✈️ 🇸🇬 En route to Singapore for the Fintech Festival. 🚀 Excited to introduce FintechXpndr to the global fintech community - nothing beats real user feedback to make a good product great! 🙏 Massive thanks to Pete Otaqui, Arjun Vajala, Joav Pedraza, Coen Basson, Chris Holland, Lorette Goh, Robin Green and everyone else whose passion and dedication has got us to this point. 💼 It’s going to be a busy week but I have a few slots open so let me know if you’d like a demo, coffee, beer etc. 🇬🇧 Thanks also to Katie Ramsey, Ben Goodwin and the Department for Business and Trade team for including me in the UK trade events. Braithwate HM ALIA Global Rabya Anwar, Esq. Mary Kopczynski Mekail Ahmed David Campbell-Molloy Jay Morrison Oonagh van den Berg (Lady) 🐦🔥 Rod Elliott Edouard Leonet

✈️ I'm excited to be heading back to the Singapore FinTech Festival in early November! 🚀 With our partners HM, we are excited to announce that we will be previewing FintechXpndr, the platform for fintechs looking to expand internationally. ⚙️ FintechXpndr uses AI to help firms: - DISCOVER new markets and learn about the regulatory frameworks - APPLY for a licence, with all the forms and templates at your fingertips - BUILD the business in the new jurisdiction - from company incorporation to accounting, tax, hiring and office space - LAUNCH the new business successfully and operate effectively with ongoing support to stay compliant (And an added benefit for regulators: higher quality licence applications!) 💡 If you are thinking of expanding internationally and would like learn how FintechXpndr can help slash your time to market, I'd love to meet you at SFF week! ☕ I will be in Singapore all week (Mon 4 - Fri 8 November). Reach out now to book a coffee. 🙏 FintechXpndr is grateful for the support of Innovate UK and Enterprise Singapore #fintech #internationalexpansion #regulatorycompliance #financialregulation #authorisation #licensing #compliance #ai #regtech Chris Holland Claire Wilson Lay Geok Yeo Nick Cook Justin Cash Katie Ramsey Charlotte Crosswell OBE Ezechi Britton MBE Singapore FinTech Association (SFA) UK Finance Innovate Finance City of London Corporation TheCityUK Emily Shepperd Dominic Cashman Ian Hollowbread NORMAN & SONS Tarun Ajwani Arjun Vajala Mary Kopczynski Coen Basson Pete Otaqui Joav Pedraza Jason Goldberg Jason Boud Arnaud Wenger Rabya Anwar, Esq. Alex Johnson Simon Taylor Delphine F. Debby Davidson Matthew Borthwick Edouard Leonet Nikki Foster Le-Grys Karan Jain

🚀 The power of licensing for ambitious fintechs 🚀 Outside the US, few fintechs achieve unicorn status without international growth; navigating regulatory licensing is key to unlocking new markets and achieving billion-dollar valuations. In FintechXpndr’s latest blog post, we explore how neo-banks use licensing to: • Expand their Total Addressable Market 🌍 • Build investor trust by showcasing regulatory competence 💸 • Drive product and service innovation 💡 Learn how the biggest neo-banks used licensing as a strategic tool to scale and dominate their sectors. For any fintech startup, one message is clear: get your licences in order, and the growth will follow. 👉 Read the full post to explore these insights! The link is in the first comment. Braithwate James Nicholls Arjun Vajala Coen Basson Pete Otaqui Chris Holland

🇺🇸🗽 I'm excited to be back in NYC next week! 🤝 Looking forward to a week full of meetings with clients, co-workers and friends. I'll be joined this week by my colleague, Arjun Vajala, and Chris Holland from our partner firm, HM. 🇺🇸 Braithwate's FinTech and New Bank & Broker licensing practice is working full-tilt to help our clients launch exciting new businesses in the US, UK and EU markets. 🚀 If you’re looking to enter the US market, we can help you get licensed, set-up pragmatic risk and compliance frameworks and support your ongoing operations. 💻 We also continue to advance our work in RegTech - if you're interested in understanding the state-of-the-art, or want to know how best to map regulatory obligations to your business model and control framework, we're here to help! ☕️ Get in touch for an initial chat over coffee or beer! #internationalexpansion #brokerdealer #fintech #compliance #regtech #coffee #neobanks #regulatorycompliance FinOp & Accountants - ACI - Accounting & Compliance International Jennifer Hinkel George Paxinos Mary Kopczynski Sophia Fountoukidis, MSW, LSW Jason Goldberg

😄 Happy Friday everyone! 💡 I'm beyond excited to announce that Braithwate has been selected to participate in the next "Design for Growth" cohort, led by Innovate UK and Magnetic. 🚀 We will be focusing the programme on the design and launch of our groundbreaking FintechXpndr platform - a one-stop-shop for fintechs looking to expand internationally. 🙏 Thanks to Alberto Martellini for recommending us! We are proud to be supported by Innovate UK as we design and launch this service. Chris Holland Claire Wilson Anna Nicolis Pete Otaqui Owen Barry Arjun Vajala Coen Basson FinTech Global FinTech Magazine FinTech Futures Innovate Finance Jamilia Grier #Fintech #DesignForGrowth #Innovation

📣 Braithwate is excited to be partnering with the HM / ByteBao Summer Associate Program, which officially starts today! 🌟 We are thrilled to welcome our summer associates and embark on an incredible journey together. Partnering with HM and Katashe Solutions in Singapore and ByteBao in Dubai, we’ll be working on a diverse range of projects spanning regulatory compliance, legal issues, Web3 and blockchain technology, AI, business advisory, and much more. We are excited to collaborate with such talented individuals and can't wait to see the innovative solutions and insights that will emerge from this program. Stay tuned for updates and highlights from our projects throughout the summer! #SummerAssociates #HMByteBaoProgram #RegulatoryCompliance #Legal #Web3 #Blockchain #BusinessAdvisory #Innovation #Teamwork

Cambridge SupTech Lab, in collaboration with AIR - Alliance for Innovative Regulation, has launched a series of exciting initiatives to explore the potential impact of #GenAI on financial regulation. Braithwate will introduce RegPass™, our state-of-the-art #RegTech solution, at the NextGenAI Tech Showcase on Thu 25 April 2024. RegPass™ enhances regulatory analysis and compliance for supervisors and financial institutions by creating a digital twin which precisely maps regulation to the firm’s activities, products and services. Leveraging our proprietary knowledge graph, the RegPass™ AI engine delivers unparalleled accuracy and crystal-clear traceability. #NextGenAI #NextGenAITechShowcase #regulation #regtech #suptech #GenerativeAI #regulatorycompliance #digitaltwin Anna Nicolis Pete Otaqui Owen Barry Arjun Vajala Coen Basson Dr Sian Lewin Claire Wilson Chris Holland David Ehrich

🚀 We're thrilled to announce the newest addition to the team at Braithwate, Pete Otaqui, who joins us as Head of Engineering! 👨💻 Pete brings 25 years’ experience as an engineer and IT leader in startups and large corporates in financial services and beyond. With noteworthy stints at Carne Group, GFT, and NORMAN & SONS, Pete has consistently demonstrated his ability to drive innovation and lead teams towards success across a broad spectrum of engineering challenges. ✨ At Braithwate, Pete will play a crucial role in spearheading our continued advancements in RegTech, AI, and NLP. Building upon our successful track record in regulatory technology, Pete will accelerate our journey to bring the power of AI to compliance and risk management for FinTechs and traditional financial institutions alike. 🏃♂️ Pete has already hit the ground running leading the technical efforts to launch FintechXpndr, our one-stop shop for FinTechs looking to expand internationally. 🙌 Please join us in extending a warm welcome to Pete! #WelcomeToTheTeam #Braithwate #EngineeringLeadership #RegTech #FintechInnovation #AI #FinTech

🌞 It's a sunny day here in London, and 2024 has started with gusto! 🌄 The new year presents a golden opportunity for the Fintech sector: with interest rates expected to fall and markets in good health, now is an opportune moment to revisit plans to launch a new Fintech business or expand an existing venture globally. 👏 Braithwate's Fintech and Banking Licensing practice is set to build on the achievements of 2023, in which we celebrated successful authorisation for a number of our clients, including a complex international derivatives MTF. Our current roster of international clients (🇬🇧, 🇺🇸, 🇪🇺, 🇸🇬, 🇱🇧) includes licensing applications for a new bank, multiple payments, money transmission, e-money businesses, plus investment firms and broker-dealers. 🌍 Navigating the complexities of international expansion has been made more accessible through our FintechXpndr platform, offering a pragmatic suite of services: 🏛 Licence Facilitation: Effortlessly navigate regulatory requirements with our support for licenses, registrations, and exemptions from key regulatory bodies such as the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA), the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC) and the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). 📄 Efficient Company Registration: Simplify the process with streamlined company registration and seamless access to essential banking and accounting services. ✅ Regulatory Solutions: Enhance risk management and compliance, aligning governance practices across jurisdictions and allowing firms to focus on strategic business growth. 💲Cost-Effective Expansion: Accelerate time-to-market while significantly reducing expansion efforts and costs. 🚀 It’s time to seize the moment and make 2024 the year your fintech strategy becomes reality. ☎ Give us a call – with Braithwate’s support you can confidently enter new markets, navigate the regulatory landscapes and build the financial services of the future. ✨ Special thanks to our partners: HM, My Compliance Centre, Muinmos, Clausematch, Skillcast Group plc, FinOp & Accountants - ACI - Accounting & Compliance International; we look forward to delivering many more client successes together!