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AffiniPay Found a $20 Billion Business Hiding in the Lawyer's Trust Account
A lawyer's payment is not just a payment. AffiniPay turned that fussy distinction into LawPay, then bought its way from the checkout page into the daily machinery of 245,000 professional firms.
Avtal
Avtal is an Austin-based fintech that builds an AI-powered, white-labeled digital engagement platform for third-party debt collection agencies. Combining automated email and SMS outreach with a compliant, self-serve consumer payment portal, Avtal layers onto an agency's existing phone and mail operations to lift liquidation rates by 50%-75%. The company charges only a performance-based percentage of what it collects, and raised $24 million in Seed and Series A funding led by S3 Ventures in March 2026.
Fintiv
Fintiv is an Austin-based fintech infrastructure company that builds patented, white-label digital wallet ecosystems for telcos, banks and brands. Formerly known as Mozido, it pioneered the Trusted Services Manager (TSM) system for NFC tap-and-pay and says it has deployed wallet ecosystems across more than 35 countries. Today it positions its stack as a bridge from Web2 payments to Web3, adding digital-asset tokenization, real-time clearing and cross-border rails alongside its long-held mobile-wallet patent portfolio.