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                                                                      record funding of 2.2 billion in the last year." With
                                                                      fuel prices and profits being high, she noted, there
                                                                      will be great interest in green energy sources.
                                                                      With the war in Ukraine continuing, the danger to
                                                                      current nuclear plants, the extraordinary heat/fires
        Fintech experts offer 2023 predictions                        and droughts of last summer, and the very hopeful

        The organizers of Money20/20 USA, coming up Oct. 23 to        breakthrough in fusion, climate change and energy
        26 in Las Vegas, sent in predictions offered by their own     will be at the forefront of problems to solve. And
        executives for 2023, as follows:                              climate fintech will be central.

            • Tracey Davies, president:  "2023 will see the % of    • Scarlett Sieber, chief strategy & growth officer:
              women CEOS break 10% in the Fortune 500." The           "Embedded everything!" No really, she stated,
              stats are improving across most indicators, she         embedded finance  was one  of the  buzzwords of
              stated, but there are some glass ceilings still firmly   2022, but in many cases (maybe outside of the U.S.
              stuck but the velocity of progress is accelerating      given some of the new laws/regulation) this will
              except in the area of VC funding for minorities, but I   be the year we will start seeing embedded finance
              think this is the next major shift we will see.         being implemented across geographies in key ways
                                                                      with big payoffs.
            • Gina    Clarke,   content   director,  Europe:
              "Consolidation in payments leads to a handful     For additional insights from the Money20/20 crew, visit
              of top players." 2023 will see more acquisitions   https://bit.ly/3DtUPSI.
              in the payments sector as bigger Fintechs look to   What's on your radar?
              consolidate in a market with less cash available than
              previous years, she said. Tipping point incoming …  What issues, challenges and opportunities are in store for
                                                                the payments realm in 2023? Which of these matter most
            • Rachel Morrissey, head of content, USA and        to your business? Let us help empower you this year. Get
              Executive Producer, MoneyPot: "Climate Fintech    in touch at greensheet@greensheet.com.
              is going to get some real traction, as it has scored
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