Fintech & Payments Club

What Fintech & Payments Club does

Fintech & Payments Club is a community-led organization operating primarily on Clubhouse, hosting free, daily events on fintech and payments topics with a membership base of 40,000+ that ranks it among the TOP40 clubs on the platform by member count. Founded in 2021 and legally registered in Felbridge, United Kingdom, the organization is run by approximately 20 unpaid volunteers distributed across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Programming includes recurring weekly panels, the BeyondFintech series on embedded finance, FintechPulse discussions, the SundaySurgery AMA, the Women in Fintech & Financial Services panel, and the Women in Payments Power Hour, with speakers drawn from MasterCard, Standard Chartered, NPCI, PayTM Payments Bank, Chipper Cash, 11:FS, State Street, and other major fintech operators.

The technology stack is anchored on Clubhouse as the primary engagement surface, supplemented by a WordPress-style website (fintechandpayments.club), Slido for live Q&A and polling, an integrated calendar subscription, a Telegram chat layer, a dedicated live chat portal (talk.FintechAndPayments.Club), and content distribution via a blog, newsletter, and YouTube channel. There is no proprietary software, app, or API; the technology footprint is essentially a coordinating layer over a third-party social audio platform plus publishing infrastructure. There are no AI/ML capabilities, patents, certifications, or integrations disclosed.

The business model is explicitly freemium: membership is free and stated to remain so indefinitely, all events are free and open to all attendees, and there are no paid tiers, contracts, or disclosed pricing. The only identified monetization vector is a sponsorship program promoted on the website, with no disclosed deal sizes, sponsor pipeline, or revenue figures. No funding rounds, parent entities, institutional ownership, or revenue have been disclosed. The organization serves fintech newcomers, startups, businesses and merchants, policymakers, industry veterans, and the financially curious across global markets.

Name

Fintech & Payments Club

Legal name

Fintech & Payments Club

Website

https://fintechandpayments.club

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Fintech & Payments Club is a free, volunteer-run community of 40,000+ members on Clubhouse that hosts daily fintech and payments events for newcomers, startups, businesses, policymakers, and industry veterans across global markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Community Platform

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Financial Education & Coaching (Digital Programs, Tools) (FSAGADAH)

Keywords

• Fintech community
• Payments industry
• Professional networking
• Industry events
• Educational programming

Headquarters

HQ city

Felbridge

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Free Community Model: The club operates on a free membership model with all events open and free to join. The club mentions sponsorship opportunities as a potential revenue stream.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Fintech & Payments Club operates a free, volunteer-run global community on Clubhouse with 40,000+ members, hosting daily and weekly live audio events on fintech, payments, banking, embedded finance, insurtech, and career topics. It provides educational content, networking opportunities, and a calendar of events complemented by blog series, a newsletter, and a live chat hub. The club serves newcomers, industry veterans, start-ups, merchants, and policy makers through recurring programs such as Sunday Surgery, BeyondFintech, FintechPulse, Women in Fintech & Financial Services, Women in Payments Power Hour, and regional shows.

Product overview

Fintech & Payments Club is a community platform on Clubhouse with 40,000+ members, running weekly events on fintech and payments topics. The organization offers event programming including "Sunday Surgery" AMA shows, "BeyondFintech" series exploring embedded finance, "FintechPulse" discussions, regional shows for Asia-Pacific and other markets, career-focused content, and a newsletter. The club serves as a networking and educational hub for fintech professionals, startups, policy makers, and industry veterans.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fintech & Payments Club Community Membership
• Sunday Surgery AMA Show
• BeyondFintech Series
• FintechPulse Discussions
• Women in Fintech & Financial Services Panel
• Women in Payments Power Hour
• Newsletter
• Event Calendar and Calendar Subscription

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Women in Fintech ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Women in Fintech club on Clubhouse for the weekly Women in Fintech & Financial services panel on Mondays, hosted by Madison.
• Leading Women ClubcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Leading Women Club on Clubhouse for the Women in Payments Power Hour series on Wednesdays, hosted by Samantha.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• 11:FS: 11:FS is a fintech media, research, and consulting firm running the Fintech Insider podcast and a global practitioner community focused on banking, payments and embedded finance - the closest analog to F&P Club's community/audio education model.
• Tearsheet: Tearsheet is a fintech media and research community covering banking, payments, and embedded finance via podcasts, events and practitioner newsletters - a directly comparable audience-and-content model.
• Lend Academy: Lend Academy runs a long-running fintech education platform with podcast, newsletter and the LendIt conference series - a parallel educational/community model aimed at fintech professionals.
• Open Banking Excellence: Open Banking Excellence operates a global fintech community, events program and awards focused on open banking/open finance. A direct comparable community-and-events model targeting fintech practitioners and vendors.
• Bankless: Bankless is a free, audio-first (podcast, Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces) media community around digital assets and decentralized finance - a directly comparable free, education-led, audio-driven financial community model.

Broad incumbents

• Money 20/20: Money 20/20 is the largest global fintech conference and media brand (Ascential). Comparable as an industry convening platform serving the same fintech/payments audience, though operating at materially larger commercial scale.
• Plug and Play Fintech: Plug and Play runs a global fintech accelerator and corporate innovation platform connecting startups, banks and investors. Comparable as a fintech convening organization, though anchored on investment activity rather than free audio education.

Others

• Unconventional Ventures: Unconventional Ventures is a fund and community supporting underrepresented fintech founders. Comparable via a fintech community-anchored mission; founders Theodora Lau and Bradley Leimer are repeated F&P Club speakers.
• The Finanser: The Finanser is Chris Skinner's long-running fintech commentary blog, podcast and event presence - adjacent fintech education/community surface; Skinner is an active F&P Club speaker.

Emerging players

• Medici: Medici was a fintech professional social network operating a freemium community model for banking/payments practitioners - a directly comparable community-based approach whose monetization challenges mirror F&P Club's exposure.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/fintechpaymnts
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWQVEHEqSrzGGAbg8kJql9Q
• Facebookfacebook.com/FintechPayments
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fintech-and-payments-club
• Instagraminstagram.com/fintechpayments

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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