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Maxwell Obi Is Building the Financial Plumbing Behind Africa's Global Trade
After an exit, a tour through global remittances, and hundreds of conversations with traders and finance teams, Maxwell Obi chose a gloriously unglamorous problem: helping emerging-market businesses move money on time.
Carlos Medellin Is Making Money Keep Trucking After the Banks Clock Out
The former CFO behind Coba is turning the US-Mexico border from a banking obstacle into an operating detail - starting with the freight companies that cannot wait for Monday morning.
Brandon Mulvihill Is Rebuilding Crypto's Market Plumbing
After nearly two decades in foreign exchange, he left Jefferies to separate crypto execution from custody and brokerage. Four years later, Crossover Markets has processed more than $50 billion in trades - and brought Tradeweb into institutional crypto.
Brad Loder Is Turning the FX Desk Into a Global Sports Business
Corpay’s cross-border marketing chief found a practical way to explain invisible financial infrastructure: put it beside the teams, leagues and live experiences that already move money around the world.
Francisco Mere
Francisco Meré is the founder and CEO of Blooms, a financial-technology company that gives Latin American fruit and vegetable exporters fast working capital, cross-border factoring, and multi-currency payments so their produce can reach North American shelves. A lawyer-turned-banker-turned-builder, he previously co-founded Bankaool, Mexico's first fully digital bank, ran the agricultural development bank FIRA, and chaired Mexico's fintech association. With Blooms he is chasing a multibillion-dollar financing gap that keeps growers cash-poor even as demand for fresh produce booms.