Fintech

AI-Driven Embedded Finance and Real-Time Payments

Fintech's dominant trend in 2026 is the convergence of AI-powered financial services with clients' embedded finance models. The result is AI-driven fraud detection, personalized financial products, and tokenized real-world assets.

Companies Leading This Trend

  • Plaid – AI-powered fraud detection, real-time payment processing, and behavioral analytics used by financial services providers to make intelligent risk decisions. Plaid's AI also generates financial products customized to the needs of individual end-users.
  • Innowise – Develops AI-driven fintech solutions: machine learning models for credit scoring; real-time fraud detection systems; automated compliance processes; personalized financial advisory platforms.

Considering a Fintech Company Sale or Purchase?

Kuhn Capital's principals have initiated over 80 mid-market technology transactions worth more than $3 billion. We advise fintech and financial software companies on sellside, buyside, and strategic advisory engagements. To discuss yours, email us or call (650) 353-3353.

Kuhn Capital team members provided strategic advisory services to Blockfills, a crypto currency trading platform
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A Kuhn Capital team member provided strategic advisory services to Swedish automated invoice management firm Qvalia
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CES retained a Kuhn Capital team member to initiate its acquisition of MedE America, a health transaction processor
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CES retained a Kuhn Capital team member to initiate its acquisition of Wellmark, a health transaction processor
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CES retained a Kuhn Capital team member to initiate its acquisition of Medical Processing Center, a health transaction processor
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CES retained a Kuhn Capital team member to initiate its acquisition of General ComPut, a health transaction processor
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Ryan Kuhn
Ryan focuses on leveraging the strategic position of clients to maximize their value
  • Managing Director, Westbury Group, mid-market investment bank. Headed TMT practice
  • CEO of clothing brand Lilly Pulitzer now owned by PE firm Oxford Industries
  • CEO Reid Systems, HR data firm now owned by General Dynamics
  • Led investments in software and data companies for large PE firm GTCR
  • Led M&A at publisher McGraw-Hill
  • Board member, First Bank & Trust Company of IL
  • MBA, Harvard Business School. BA, English/Psych, Trinity College (Hartford)
Tim Williamson
Tim specializes in financial analyses, complex model building and valuation
  • Founder, TW Associates, merchant bank
  • Managing Director, Navigant Capital Advisors
  • Partner, EY Corporate Finance
  • Investment banker at Morgan Stanley, PaineWebber, Drexel Burnham, Lambert
  • MBA, Northwestern University. BA, Accounting/Finance, Southern Illinois University
Tom Flaherty
Tom has deep transaction experience with logistics, data processing and for-profit education firms
  • Managing Director, Roundstone Capital, advisor to large PE firms
  • General Partner, tech-focused PE firm Weeden Capital Management
  • General Partner, VC firm Applied Technology Partners
  • Senior ADP executive
  • Graduate studies, Econometrics/Finance, University of Pennsylvania. Instructor of Finance, Wharton. BA, Economics, Southern Connecticut State University
Patrick Richmond
Pat has led M&A and management for a number of data vendors
  • EVP, corpdev at Primark, a global information company now owned by Thomson Reuters
  • President, Primark Analytics, a collection of data/consulting businesses including Yankee Group
  • VP, Data Resources (DRI) econometrics data and consultancy now owned by IHS
  • BA, Economics, University of Kentucky. Graduate studies, Economics, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
Kai Chen
Kai helps entrepreneurs like Kuhn Capital clients find promising Silicon Valley early-stage and real estate investment opportunities.
  • Managing Director, OceanIQ Capital
  • Director, Credit Suisse
  • Analyst, Goldman Sachs and Navigant Capital Advisors
  • Board member, Fresh Lifelines for Youth. Governor, ONE Liquidity DAO
  • BA, Business Economics, UCLA
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