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February 2025 Newsletter

This month Duncan King from Nyca spoke with co-founder and CEO Soups Ranjan from Sardine, which enables banks, retailers and fintechs to automate risk decisioning, catch more fraud, detect money laundering, and protect their customers from scams.

Mar 1, 2025

January 2025 Newsletter

This month Duncan King from Nyca spoke with co-founder and CEO Ben Borodach from april, which believes that a personalized and embedded tax experience will help Americans take control of their finances.

Jan 30, 2025

December 2024 Newsletter

This month Duncan King spoke with co-founder and CEO Lior Tibon from Duetti, which purchases tracks from independent musicians and enhances those tracks' earnings!

Dec 19, 2024

November 2024 Newsletter

This month Duncan King from Nyca spoke with co-founder and CEO Ofek Lavian from Forage, which enables companies to accept SNAP payments (fka food stamps) online.

Nov 28, 2024

Electronic Money Tokens, Stablecoins, and the Future of Payments

The days of speculation and money laundering are coming to an end, and stablecoin use cases are rapidly taking over.

Oct 20, 2024

September 2024 Newsletter

Findigs’ founder, Steve Carroll chatted with Duncan King about why he started Findigs, what it does, and what is the craziest rental story he has ever heard.

Sep 26, 2024

The Future of Finance: Tech How technology is transforming the office of the CFO

At Nyca, we get excited about the explosive growth in the Office of the CFO space. As former CFOs, members of our investment team have experienced finance teams’ challenges firsthand and understand how innovative solutions can drive sustained growth.

Aug 16, 2024

July 2024 Newsletter

Savi’s two co-founders, Aaron Smith and Tobin Van Ostern chatted with Duncan King about what Savi does, why they founded it and what they tell visitors to see while in DC.

Jul 26, 2024

June 2024 Newsletter

Duncan King sits down with Elad Fouks, co-founder and CEO of Alterya to discuss Alterya's pivot to TradeFi, how the war has affected this Tel Aviv-based startup and much more!

Jun 25, 2024

May 2024 Newsletter

May's newsletter highlights Bequest Finance. Bequest offers a non-custodial digital asset management solution, intended to allow the trusts and estates industry to accommodate all types of digital assets!

May 31, 2024

March 2024 Newsletter

Tom sits down with Zero Hash's Founder and CEO, Edward Woodford, to discuss their journey so far and how their new Value 2.0 Transfer engine is set to power the future of global value transfer by bridging and connecting fiat, stables and crypto.

Mar 29, 2024

The past decade transformed payments, but wait for the next 10 years

Our Managing Partner, Hans Morris, breaks down what to expect in payments over the next decade.

Mar 13, 2024

February 2024 Newsletter

Stephanie Khoo exchanges notes with Qapita's Co-Founder & CEO, Ravi Ravulaparthi, to discuss their efforts in the secondary market and why the time is ripe to start serving US companies.

Feb 29, 2024

Investing in Coverdash

We’re thrilled to announce that Nyca has led the Series A funding round for Coverdash, the leading embedded commercial insurance agency for startups and SMBs

Feb 28, 2024

BankThink It's time to deliver on the promise of the CFPB's open banking rule

The CFPB’s proposed rule under Section 1033 of Dodd-Frank does not go far enough.The CFPB should revise the rule before finalizing it and extend it to the full breadth of consumer financial services.

Dec 27, 2023

2023 Year End Update

We end a challenging year with optimism, despite the abundant risks and unexpected problems that undoubtedly will come up in the new year!

Dec 16, 2023

Investing in Certificial

Certificial is leading the insurance industry's adoption of digital Certificates of Insurance, an often overlooked but critical piece of the insurance ecosystem.

Oct 31, 2023

Amendments to the UCC

The new Article 12 of the UCC clears the path to a better, faster, cheaper, and less risky real time payment solution in the United States.

Oct 27, 2023

Bequest Finance: Pioneering

We are thrilled to introduce you to Anna M. and Robert Muresan, and their company Bequest Finance. We believe Bequest will revolutionize the intergenerational transfer of digital assets.

Oct 5, 2023

Investing in Arkifi

There is a big opportunity for trustworthy, auditable AI tools to free up time for investment analysts to think more, and grind less. Arkifi is at the forefront of that trend and we’re delighted to have co-led their Seed round.

Aug 22, 2023

Know Your Business (KYB)

In this article we’ll explain key KYB vocabulary, explore major trends, dissect the current ecosystem of players, and highlight innovators shaking up the market.

Aug 9, 2023

1H2023 Newsletter

As the last quarter shows, a lot can happen in 90 days, let alone in the 5-10 years that it takes for a Series A company to exit!

Aug 1, 2023

A Call for a Better Bureau

Fooling FICO, Contextual Credit, and a Call for a Better Bureau

Feb 3, 2023

2022 Year End Update

We are all thankful to have reached the end of what can only be called a brutal year in capital markets, crypto markets and fintech, which sit in the context of the devastating war in Ukraine.....

Dec 20, 2022

Leading with Context

The degradation of some bureau data combined with the rise in access to credit outside the bank branch has led us to propose a permanent change to how consumer credit is assessed.

Dec 19, 2022