Laurent Oberholzer

VC @ TX Ventures | Ex-founder @ Monito | Investing in fintech | Helping founders scale | Dad, shaping a better future.

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

@WillMcTighe I just set up on SayWhat but am completely unable to add followers? Their names don't appear in the search bar results and the connection seems to consistently fail when I add their profile URL.

[Gwart @GwartyGwart]

Why don’t they just tokenize the oil in the Middle East and transport it across permissionless financial rails, thereby avoiding the Strait of Hormuz altogether

[Matt Brown @Mattbrown]

Full article here: https://t.co/sqgwm7vCbU

[Bridge @Stablecoin]

Bridge has received OCC conditional approval to organize a federally chartered national trust bank. This will enable us to operate stablecoin products and services under direct federal oversight, including:
- Custody
- Orchestration
- Issuance
- Reserves management

Stablecoins are becoming core financial infrastructure. Institutions need regulatory clarity, operational resilience, and scalable systems to build with confidence. A national trust bank establishes that foundation.

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

@pitdesi @alipanju_ Very cool, sorry it didn’t work out. Which AI tools did you use for your DD?

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

@emily__man Wow!! 👏 let’s go get those obsessive fintech founders!

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

See you there!

[This Week in Fintech @twifintech]

Fintech Coffee is back in San Francisco.

Join This Week in Fintech and @SiliconVlyBank for a relaxed morning of caffeine and conversation.

📅 Wednesday 18 February
⏰ 8:30 to 10:30

Expect:

• Conversations with founders, investors, and operators

• Light breakfast and fresh brews

• New connections before the workday begins

Come for the coffee. Stay for the community.

Register now to save your spot: https://t.co/ekjeiXEtfV

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

Show me the public markets are irrational about AI without telling me the public markets are irrational about AI

https://t.co/T2Wn3LysMN

[Seth Rosenberg @SethGRosenberg]

Fintech is perhaps best positioned in this SaaS sell-off narrative

You can't vibe code:
1. Brand/trust
2. Distribution
3. Regulatory licenses
4. Capital markets relationships
5. Underwriting data
etc.

@Wealthsimple @Revolut https://t.co/YR1GViT6hv @get_aspora

[Monito @Monito]

We’re excited to launch our re-designed review pages as well as our updated Monito score, which evaluates a variety of money transfer provider in details 👉https://t.co/qJBQ1QqhoE

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

@akrv1 Sure!

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

Prajit Nanu on how and why he built InstaReM https://t.co/zYetYxpspE

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

@AntoineHarari Le rapport a-t-il été retiré du site du HSCDH? Je ne le trouve pas. https://t.co/OxoX0vq5j4

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

Western Union aggressively pursuing its digital expansion. The goal? Launching their online and mobile service in 200 countries and territories "in the next few years". #digital #payments #remittances https://t.co/BJfz4SYwhp

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

Great partnership between two leading digital and offline money transfer providers. Cash is alive and well! https://t.co/ZK1lRh5vPO

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

On the one hand, this could herald an age in which the US gov't no longer plays a dominant role in international trade. On the other, further fragmentation in the infrastructure for x-border payments is the last thing the world needs. https://t.co/mz1ZlD5YbB

[Kristo Käärmann @kaarmann]

1/ The equivalent of a Q2 shareholder update, but for the @TransferWise community of 3 million people and businesses. Have we made progress on our mission?

Thread below 👇

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

@kaarmann This is extremely useful Kristo! 👏 Please keep the quarterly updates coming 😃

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

This is a major step toward more #transparency in retail #banking, congratulations to @TheFCA . However, as recognized by Christopher Woolard in his quote, this is still missing the other half of the equation: #pricing. Baby steps. https://t.co/eiaeBP0G16

[Laurent Oberholzer @lodhb]

Former CEO of PayPal Bill Harris on Bitcoin: 

"The cult of bitcoin makes many claims — that it's instant, free, scalable, efficient, secure, globally accepted and useful — it is none of those things. [...] Its volatility alone mak…https://t.co/KjjQenmGjc https://t.co/VxvoyjzLJt