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Founder, FinanceX Magazine | Author | Podcast Host | Public Speaker

Koen Vanderhoydonk is the founder of FinanceX Magazine, which he launched in 2024 to bring monthly stories and insights from across the global financial industry to a worldwide audience. As a recognised FinTech and RegTech influencer with a sizeable international following, Koen has built a reputation for translating complex developments in banking, regulation, and innovation into clear, useful perspectives for industry professionals.

He is the author of The RegTech: BlackBook, first published in 2019 as the inaugural physical, collaboratively written RegTech book co-authored with specialists from around the world. He released the sequel in 2022, further cementing his position as one of the leading voices documenting the evolution of regulatory technology.

Beyond the page, Koen hosts The Connector podcast, where he holds ongoing conversations with influential figures and companies shaping the financial industry, frequently recording live from major conferences across the globe. As a sought-after public speaker, he regularly takes the stage at international FinTech and RegTech events, sharing insights drawn from more than 25 years of experience in the global financial landscape and his work bridging banks, regulators, and scaling B2B FinTechs through The Connector, the ecosystem he founded in 2022.

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May 13, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Elliptic raises $120M Series D at $670M valuation as banks scale crypto compliance

Elliptic, the London-headquartered blockchain analytics provider, has closed a $120 million Series D round at a $670 million post-money valuation, capital it will deploy to scale AI-native crypto compliance infrastructure for banks, exchanges and government agencies. The round, led by growth equity firm One Peak, pulls in three institutional investors whose participation says as much about the deal as the cheque size: Nasdaq Ventures, Deutsche Bank and the British Business Bank, alongside...

May 13, 2026 ∙ 3 min

EquiLend Acquires Finadium to Deepen Securities Finance Intelligence Stack

EquiLend has acquired Finadium, the independent securities finance research and consultancy founded in 2005, in a deal that bolts a respected market-intelligence franchise onto one of the industry's largest trading and post-trade technology providers. The acquisition, announced on 12 May 2026, lands as global securities lending revenue sits at record levels and as private-equity capital reshapes the post-trade vendor landscape. Finadium will operate as a subsidiary of EquiLend, with its...

May 13, 2026 ∙ 4 min

FinBox Launches Atlas, Cutting Loan Origination From 21 Days to 1

FinBox, the Bengaluru-based credit infrastructure provider that raised $40 million in a Series B round led by WestBridge Capital in September 2025, has launched Atlas, an agentic AI loan origination system that compresses credit turnaround time from 21 days to a single day. The platform, which went live in May 2026, is one of the first serious attempts in Indian lending to redesign loan origination around what AI can autonomously execute, rather than layering language models onto legacy...