News

• The fintech Barq is 21 days old but has already gained 1 million customers. It is an honor to serve on the board alongside such outstanding leadership at Barq 09/2024

• Spiros Margaris joined as a venture partner of SparkLabs Group, NTAP, KAUST, and SDAIA in leading Saudi Arabia's AI.M Accelerator in Riyadh  06/2024

• Snappi, the pioneering Greek neobank, receives banking license from the European Central Bank 06/2024

• Spiros Margaris has been appointed to the Technology Advisory Board of leading fintech credit solutions company QUALCO 04/2024

• Winner 2024 Swiss Derivative Award: Best Active Managed AMC 'Margaris No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Basket' 04/2024

• It was my privilege to engage with Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji of India — a nation projected to ascend as the world's third-largest economy by 2027 02/2024

• The Saudi Central Bank – SAMA announced the formal approval process for the fintech barraq. It is an honor to be part of the very accomplished Board Members of barraq! 01/2024

• Congratulations on the Award and what an honor to be on the board of
Herado / Hellenic Radiation Dosimetry (with clients like NASA, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Jeff Bezos' Blue Orgin and hospital groups) 11/2023

• Nasdaq listing for SparkLabs' SPAC. Spiros Margaris (Margaris Ventures) featured on the Nasdaq billboard in Time Square, New York  10/2023

• Disrupting Tomorrow with Spiros Margaris: An Exclusive Glimpse into the Future of Fintech - MachineLab Ventures 06/2023

• Spiros Margaris and Maverix Securities AG launch the 'LUKB Actively Managed Tracker Certificate on Margaris No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Basket' 03/2023

• The Coming Democratization Of Financial Services, Thanks To AI (Forbes) 01/2023

• Quoted: VCs decipher the recent fintech layoffs and why they're happening now (TechCrunch) 11/2022

• Interview: Ich habe lange gewartet, bis ich mich entschied, ein aktiv gemanagtes Fintech-Tracker-Zertifikat zu lancieren. (Payoff Magazine) 12/2022

• Spiros Margaris Ranked Global No. 3 Insurtech Influencer in 2022 (thinkers360) 11/2022

• Spiros Margaris Ranked Global No. 1 Fintech Influencer (Onalytica) 09/2022

• Spiros Margaris among '50 most powerful AI influencers in 2022' (Engatica) 09/2022

• Spiros Margaris joins the Invest with CARL team 09/2022

• Meet the ‘finfluencers’: fintech influencers to follow now (Evening Standard, UK)  08/2022

• Wefox grabs $400M at $4.5B valuation to buck the insurtech downturn trend 07/2022

• Spiros Margaris and Maverix Securities AG launch first active fintech value investment solution 06/2022

• Piraeus Bank and Natech enter into a strategic joint venture to build an independent digital bank and BaaS offering 04/2022

• China’s new Europe strategy: Smaller tech and VC investments (Sifted.eu/Financial Times) 03/2022

• 50 outstanding AI in Business Influencers by engatica 03/2022

• Reuss Private Holding AG (manages CHF 34 Billion) appoints Spiros Margaris and Raoul Weil to Supervisory Board 11/2021

• Inside the Future of FinTech with its No. 1 Influencer with Spiros Margaris - VMware podcast 12/2021

• 70 Podcasts from Thinkers360 ThoughtLeaders You Should Listen To in 2022  11/2021

• Who's Who in AI by Onalytica 09/2021

• 20 AI Influencers You NEED To Be Following by The AI Journal 09/2021

• Top Key Opinion Leader in Fintech (Who’s Who in Fintech?) by Onaytica 08/2021

• Top 12 Global Neobanking Influencers in 2021 07/2021

• Saudi Arabia Grants Digital Banking License to STC Pay (Bloomberg) 06/2021

• My Sifted (backed by FT) Opinion: Are fintech’s best days behind it? 04/2021

• Wie London Europas Innovationszentrum bei Fintechs bleiben will (Handelsblatt) 05/2021

• Top Artificial Intelligence Influencers To Follow 03/2021

• Spiros Margaris über Bitcoin, Blockchain und Fintech (Handelszeitung) 03/2021

• Fintech GENTWO wins engagement of VC Spiros Margaris 01/2021

• STC Pay reaches unicorn status ($1.3 billion) 11/2020

• Ranked Global No. 1 Finance Influencer by Refinitiv (Thomson Reuters) 08/2020

• Board Member and Member of the Executive Committee of digital wallet STC Pay (appointed by Saudi Telecom Company (STC), Saudi Arabia’s largest Telco) 07/2020

• Ranked the Global No. 1 Fintech Influencer by Onalytica 02/2020

• Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on FinTech 11/2020

• Top 10 AI influencers on Twitter ranked by GlobalData during Q3 2020 11/2020

• Spiros Margaris: Swiss Unicorn Adviser 11/2020

• 25 Insurtech Influencers to Follow By 2020 10/2020

• Top Global Artificial Intelligence Influencers To Follow in 2020 02/2020

• wefox Group increases Series B funding to $235 million 12/2019

• wefox Group, the Berlin-based insurance tech startup, raises record $125M Series B led by Mubadala 03/2019

• VC Says Crazy Thoughts are a Start to AI Dream - Algorithm-XLab 11/2019

• First Non-IBM Keynote Speaker at the biggest IBM event (IBM Systems Technical University) in Europe 10/2019

• The ‘Game of Thrones’ Piracy-Antidote 06/2019

• Top Global Artificial Intelligence Influencers To Follow in 2019 04/2019

• Spiros Margaris: 'There's no turning back' InsurtechNews interview
04/2019

• Ranked the Global No. 1 Fintech influencer in the Digital Innovation Report within the US Banking Influencer Community 02/2019

• How do Influencers Impact the Media Agenda in Artificial Intelligence? 03/2019

• 10 Artificial Intelligence influencers you should be following on Twitter 02/2019

• Ranked Global No. 1 - Payments Tech influencers: The top ten individuals to follow 02/2019

• Ranked the global No. 1 Artificial Intelligence Influencer by Verdict and Global Data 12/2018

• 7 Questions with Spiros Margaris, Margaris Ventures 01/2019

• Has The AI Train Left The Station? Interview With Leading AI Influencer @SpirosMargaris 12/2018

• This time it’s personal: the financial industry is banking on AI to better serve customers 10/2018

• Excited to join as Board Member the great journey of the startup MediaStalker - Protect Your Genius 09/2018

• ​Global Influencers in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
09/2018

• ​Uber Influencer, Spiros Margaris, Joins SparkLabs FinTech as a Venture Partner 07/2018

• ​Top global fintech influencer sees potential in insurtech’s business model 07/2018

• ​An Insurtech conversation with global influencer Spiros Margaris
07/2018

• ​Ranked No. 1 InsurTech Expert among 30 Top World Insurtech Experts to Follow in 2017 05/2017

• ​Global Influencers in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Ranked Global No. 2 Fintech (No. 1 WEF) Expert to Follow in 2017 05/2017 

• ​Ranked No. 1 Fintech Influencer in DACH (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) by Fintech Switzerland 03/2017

• ​Ten Twitter accounts to follow for the latest on Fintech by BBVA 01/2017

• ​The royalty of insightful financial service content 12/2016

• ​Ranked Global No. 2 InsurTech influencer: Top 100 Influencers and Brands 11/2016

• ​Gründungsfieber in der Schweizer Fintech-Szene by BILANZ 11/2016

• ​Blockchain: Schweizer Banken in der Zwickmühle by cash.ch 11/2016

• ​Interview with Spiros Margaris, 50 insurtech influencer by InsurTechNews 10/2016

• ​Ranked Global No. 1 Fintech Influencer by Onalytica 07/2016

• ​moneymeets.de receives investment by PostFinance, a leading Swiss financial institution 06/2016

• ​kapilendo.de lays down a new crowd financing speed record for continental Europe 03/2016

• ​Spiros Margaris Video-Interview am 10. Private Banking Kongress "Wie steht es um den Fintech-Standort Deutschland" 05/2016

• ​Spiros Margaris was quoted in the 'NZZ am Sonntag' article "Jungen Fintech-Firmen geht das Geld aus" 05/2016

• ​Spiros Margaris interviewed by Andrea Rexer of the Süddeutsche Zeitung "Der Markenmacher" 04/2016

• ​Spiros Margaris was quoted in the 'NZZ am Sonntag' article "Überraschen Wende der Fintech-Revolution" 04/2016

• ​Spiros Margaris interviewed by Simon Cooking in Irish Tech News "Fintech will never disappear, only some fintech" 03/2016

• ​'NZZ am Sonntag' moneymeets "Junge Finanzfirma treibt den Wandel der Banken voran" 08/2015

• ​Spiros Margaris was quoted in the 'NZZ am Sonntag' "Konkurrenz aus dem Internet bedroht UBS und Credit Suisse" 04/2015