🚀 Fintech Fireside with Rutger van Faassen
Founder of Information Banker 🎤

👋 Welcome to FinTech Meetup! Tell us about yourself.

I’m Rutger van Faassen, founder of Information Banker. 💼
I help solution providers connect with banks & credit unions—and, more importantly, make those connections meaningful. 🤝 Whether you’re building for lending, onboarding, or customer experience, I bridge the gap between innovative fintechs and the financial institutions that need them. 🏦✨

🔥 What’s big on your mind for 2025?

AI. Period. 🤖

• Everyone’s buzzing—but too many are still on the sidelines.
• AI is the shift of our lifetime: if you're not experimenting, you're falling behind.

“I’m passionate about helping financial leaders move from ‘wait and see’ to ‘test and learn.’”

🧠 One of the most compelling AI use cases

• Klarna’s success:
  • Cut customer-service FTEs by 700
  • Reduced call times from 11 min to 2 min
  • Maintained the same customer-satisfaction score
• That’s real efficiency + real ROI—and banks & credit unions want in, they just don’t always know how to start.

💡 15+ years in the game—one key insight others miss

1. Start with a human connection
   • Before pitching your product, share why you do what you do. Passion builds trust. ❤️
2. You’re selling to a team, not one person
   • Your champion must retell your story to 19 other decision-makers.
   • Make your story clear, memorable, and repeatable: if they can’t sell your value internally, the deal doesn’t move.

📲 Want to connect with Rutger?

• 🌐 informationbanker.com
• 🔗 LinkedIn: Rutger van Faassen – Information Banker

Whether you’re a startup, scale-up, or enterprise fintech—Rutger helps you win with banks.

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