Linas Beliūnas

About

Every day, 390,000+ finance and technology professionals rely on my analysis to understand what's reshaping financial services and artificial intelligence — and what moves to make next. I'm a Financial Technology and AI strategist, analyst, and Venture Advisor at EQT Ventures, one of Europe's leading VC firms. Through my daily newsletter, LinkedIn content, and keynotes, I break down what's happening at the intersection of finance, AI, payments, stablecoins, and emerging technology — and what it means for founders, investors, and operators building the next era of financial infrastructure. My flagship publication, Weekly FinTech Digest, is the largest FinTech newsletter on LinkedIn — and, by subscriber count, likely the largest fintech newsletter in the world — with 253,000+ subscribers. Combined with Weekly AI & Tech Digest (46,000+ subscribers) and my Substack (141,000+ subscribers), I reach one of the biggest independent audiences in financial technology and artificial intelligence globally. 650,000+ people follow my work on LinkedIn alone. I got here the long way. I studied Economics and Politics, then spent over a decade inside the financial services industry — at Western Union, Danske Bank, Norne Securities, Paysera, Solaris, Flutterwave (where I led European expansion as Country Manager), and Zero Hash (as Director of Revenue). That hands-on experience across payments infrastructure, cross-border finance, stablecoins, and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) is what makes my analysis different: I've sat in the rooms where these decisions get made. Today I advise founders and startups through EQT Ventures, partner with top AI & FinTech companies on strategic content, and invest in the technologies & businesses I write about. What I cover daily: FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, AI in finance, payments & banking innovation, stablecoins, agentic commerce, agentic finance, digital infrastructure, and venture capital trends. → Subscribe to my daily newsletter: 🔔linas.substack.com🔔→ Follow for daily posts on FinTech, AI, and the future of finance.