Write for Us - FinTech Insights | Financial Technology Expert Platform

Financial Technology Insights produces timely, relevant, and trustworthy content. It covers the various aspects of the fintech industry.  From digital banking, payments, crypto, regtech, insurtech, embedded finance, artificial intelligence in financial services, cyber security, and other related topics, it delivers comprehensive insights.

Our guest expert program welcomes all sorts of seasoned practitioners, analysts, researchers, and academics

They contribute content that can be used as actionable thought leadership that will help senior fintech, banking, and payments professionals to improve their decision-making.

Benefits of Contributions

• Placement in the Financial Technology Insights site and category pages.
• Promotion in our newsletter and social channels (LinkedIn, Twitter) when you are selected.
• Increased visibility with senior fintech decision makers, product leads, compliance leads, and investors.
• Opportunity to be invited for interviews and/or follow-up guest pieces.

Who Can Contribute

We encourage submissions from:

• FinTech specialists and product leads in fintech, banking, payments, insurtech, and regtech fashion experts.
• Financial analysts, consultants, and researchers with strong domain knowledge is technology-enabled financial services.
• Academics and policy experts whose work is scoped to include digital finance, regulation, or finance for inclusion.

What is not accepted:

• Submissions consisting of, or primarily for, marketing a vendor’s product or service, including sales or marketing copy, or promotional product placements.
• Contributors from sales, marketing, pr, or business development roles must identify as such.
• Contributors from these functions are discouraged from submitting overly promotional submissions.

Author Bio & Assets

• A short bio (approx.75-100 words). The bio should refer to your current role and years of experience.
• The author must not include any promotional content in the bio.
• The author may include his/her contact details
• Content guidelines: What we publish

Content Guidelines: What We Publish

Submissions must be:

• Original and exclusive (i.e., cannot have been published already).
• Non-promotional: Content should not promote any brand or specific third-party service or any direct sales references.
• NO promotional sales pitches, product pages, or promotional calls-to-action. Can include one contextual link to a primary source or study.
• Actionable: frameworks, tactical recommendations, checklists, or definitive lessons learned.
• Evidence-informed: supported by data, named sources, or links to primary sources.
• Audience-fit – aimed at senior leaders in product, risk, compliance, or engineering in fintech/financial services.

Preferred Topics & Angles

• AI & ML use in financial services
• Digital/physical Payments, digital wallets, BNPL, cross-border payments.
• Embedded finance, lending platforms, and platform economics.
• Digital banking transformation and banking-as-a-service (BaaS) models.
• DeFi, custody, tokenisation, and crypto-regulatory developments.
• AML / CFT, KYC innovations, transaction monitoring
• Regtech, Insurtech, and wealthtech
• Cybersecurity, fraud prevention, and identity verification.
• Data strategy, privacy, and consent-driven architecture for finance.
• Capital markets tech, trading infra, and market structure changes.

Voice & Style

• Active voice; short sentences.
• Use American English.
• Formal tone, professional and authoritative language
• Easy to understand content (avoid jargon).
• Use headings and subheadings to improve scanability.
• Include concrete examples and, where possible, neat frameworks or numbered lists.

Use of AI in Research & Drafting

If generative AI tools were used in research and drafting:

• Check all facts, statistics, and quotations against the primary source.
• The final submission must represent the author’s own thinking.
• Indicate with the submission that AI tools were used to inform the draft.

Length & Structure

• Typical word count: 1,000–2,000 words. Readings don’t count! (e.g., title, references, and bio).
• Exceptions: If longer, 2,000+ word pieces are acceptable, these will attract consideration as a multi-part series.
• Intro: 2–3 short paragraphs max. Set context quickly! Grab us immediately!
• Headline: Clear and engaging; under 8–10 words maximum ideally.
• Use bullet lists, callouts, and short paragraphs so we can scan your piece.
• Provide us with a 15–30 word deck (subheadline) that captures the essence of the piece.

References, Links & Data

• Reference sources with inline hyperlinks or superscript numbered references with a short references list.
• When referring to studies, ensure you include the date of publication and link as well.
• Plain press releases or sales pages linking is not allowed.
• Reference from credible and authoritative sources (regulators, industry reports, peer-reviewed research, company reports).

Images, Figures & Media

• Include a proposed high-resolution featured image (800 x 500 px, portrait is acceptable), and inline images or charts/figures if you have some relevant ones.
• Image can be in JPEG/PNG/ GIF format.
• Use high-resolution images. Acceptable formats are: JPEG, PNG, or GIF.
• The authors are responsible for copyright/legal permissions of the images.
• Do not include corporate logos or images for marketing purposes.
• Provide captions and source attribution for each image/figure.

Format & File Requirements

• We ask that any submissions be in the form of an editable Microsoft Word (.docx) file.
• Please keep to standard fonts and basic formatting (use H2 for major sections).
• Acronyms should be defined on first use.
• Any charts are to be provided as separate high-resolution images, and if you have access to the data included.

Editorial Process & Rights

• All submissions are edited and can be edited for clarity, grammar, length, and house style.
• The editorial staff can ask authors to revise. We reserve the right to reject any submission.
• Authors attest they have all right to all content and images by submitting.
• The authors grant Financial Technology Insights a non-exclusive license to publish the article. If you need exclusivity terms, report at submission.

Timelines & Submission Workflow

• We work on a rolling submission calendar.
• You can discuss the deadlines with the editorial team and agree on a mutually acceptable timeline.
• Submissions can be made in the form of abstracts, outlines, or completed drafts.

Submit to: tony@intentamplify.com

By submitting an article, contributors confirm they have read and will adhere to these guidelines.