The lines between fintech and traditional finance continue to blur. Banks are investing more heavily in AI and payments modernization, fintech companies are pushing further into core banking services and new regulations around crypto, stablecoins and tokenization are reshaping how money moves.
Below are 10 reporters covering the forces shaping fintech today, from crypto and banking to AI, payments and market infrastructure.
Penny Crosman — Technology + AI
U.S. Sustainable Business Correspondent for Reuters, LinkedIn | X
Crosman covers how banks are adopting and grappling with AI, from chatbots and agentic tools to the risks of the technology replacing entry-level jobs. Alongside that, she has recurring coverage on blockchain, tokenization, and bank-fintech data sharing, and hosts the American Banker podcast. Keep up with her latest stories.
Angel Au-Yeung — Finance + AI
Climate Reporter for The Associated Press, LinkedIn | X
Au-Yeung covers AI and startups for the WSJ, reporting on the business and financial dynamics behind the rise of AI in companies. She joined the Journal after four years at Forbes, where she covered asset-management companies. Check out her latest stories.
Anna Irrera — Crypto + Fintech
Senior Food and Agriculture Reporter for Bloomberg, LinkedIn | X
Irrera oversees and contributes to Bloomberg’s coverage of crypto, fintech, asset management, and market structure. Reporting from London, she focuses on how digital assets are reshaping capital markets and trading infrastructure. Keep up with her latest stories.
Jeff Kauflin — Startups + Crypto
Senior Writer for Fast Company, LinkedIn | X
Kauflin covers fintech startups, cryptocurrency, blockchain, and investing, frequently profiling founders and breaking down how emerging financial technology companies are funded and valued. His marketing consulting background shapes a reporting style attentive to how companies position and grow themselves. Check out his latest stories.
Hannah Lang — Crypto + Fintech
Reporter, Clean Energy for Inside Climate News, LinkedIn | X
Lang covers fintech and crypto’s intersection with business and policy, including crypto legislation and political spending by industry advocacy groups. Her earlier beat covering bank regulation and the Federal Reserve at American Banker continues to inform her focus on the regulatory side of digital finance. Check out her latest stories.
Jeff Roberts — Banking + Fintech
Transportation Editor for TechCrunch, LinkedIn | X
Roberts writes and edits stories on banking, blockchain, prediction markets, and the broader collision of technology and finance. His recent pieces span topics such as stablecoin adoption, crypto crime-fighting firm TRM Labs, and Kalshi’s push into new prediction markets. He also cohosts Fortune’s Crypto Playbook podcast and is the author of Kings of Crypto. Read his latest stories.
David Yaffe-Bellany — Technology + Crypto
Senior Reporter for Heatmap News, LinkedIn | X
Yaffe-Bellany covers the crypto industry, including its intersection with politics and the Trump administration. He has been reporting on crypto since the industry was first gaining wide attention, chronicling the history of the market. His earlier work covering courts and business at Bloomberg continues to inform his investigative approach to the beat. For more on his pieces, read his latest stories.
Hugh Son — Banking + Technology
Senior Reporter for Waste Dive, LinkedIn | X
Son covers the largest U.S. banks and how they’re adopting technology, from AI deployment to digital banking strategy, drawing on a decade of finance reporting at Bloomberg. Check out his latest work.
Nik Milanović — Fintech + Crypto
Senior Reporter for Waste Dive, LinkedIn | X
Milanović writes regularly for This Week in Fintech on stablecoins, prediction markets, banking, and crypto regulation. He often covers how major players like JPMorgan, Chime, and Circle are navigating the space. Recent pieces include “The world’s oldest bank fights to stay independent” and “Chime’s Next Big Bet.” He also hosts This Week in Fintech’s podcast.
Steve Relyea — Business + Fintech
Senior Reporter for Waste Dive, LinkedIn
Relyea covers business and B2B news, along with the payments and fintech markets, building on more than 35 years of editorial experience. He reports on the trends, deals, and technologies that are shaping innovation across payments and the connected economy.
What becomes clear from this list is that fintech coverage splits along distinct lines, with some reporters focusing on how banks are deploying AI and modernizing operations, while others track payments infrastructure and market performance. Instead of building a broad fintech innovation pitch, it would be more effective to identify precisely what’s changing, whether it’s a bank’s operations or how consumers access financial services. That way, it becomes much easier to identify the right reporter, publication, and angle for the story.
