Eugene Nilson

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Associate Editor, FinanceX Magazine

Eugene Nilson is Associate Editor at FinanceX Magazine, where he sits at the intersection of marketing, technology, and the financial industry - the three worlds he's spent his career connecting. He brings a sharp eye for the stories shaping FinTech, RegTech, InsurTech, payments, blockchain, cybersecurity, and sustainability, helping translate complex developments into insights that resonate with the magazine's readers.

A self-described pedigree growth-hacker, Eugene has built his reputation distributing knowledge across the financial industry and helping companies grow into recognised thought-leaders. At FinanceX, he channels that same instinct into the editorial side, shaping content that informs, engages, and keeps readers close to the conversations driving the industry forward.

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May 21, 2026 ∙ 4 min

PIMFA Women's Symposium 2026: AI, capital markets and the gender wealth gap take centre stage

The third PIMFA Women's Symposium drew more than 600 delegates and 95 speakers to London this week, making it the largest gathering to date for the trade body representing UK wealth management, financial advice and planning. The two-day event, hosted by PIMFA Chief Executive Liz Field, used its expanded format to push three commercially significant agendas: the regulatory expectation on AI adoption, the campaign to revive UK retail investment culture, and the structural wealth gap facing...

May 21, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Mastercard and ryd Replace the Plastic Fleet Card With a Tokenized Mobile Platform

Munich-based mobility fintech ryd has launched ryd fleet, a digital-first fleet payment operating system built with Mastercard, removing the physical fleet card from European commercial vehicle operations and replacing it with a tokenized virtual card that lives inside the driver's app and the vehicle's infotainment system. The product went live on 21 May 2026 and targets a European fleet card base that stood at roughly 6.7 million cards in 2023, according to MarketGrowthReports, in a...

May 21, 2026 ∙ 3 min

How Mercury Hit a $5.2B Valuation as AI Reshapes Startup Banking

Mercury, the San Francisco fintech that built its business banking platform around venture-backed startups, has closed a $200 million Series D at a $5.2 billion valuation, a 49% markup from the $3.5 billion valuation it carried in March 2025. The round, led by growth investor TCV, lands as Mercury moves toward a national bank charter and positions itself as the default operating account for an AI-driven wave of new company formation. Existing backers Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, CRV, Sapphire...