The Startup Media Session introduces five startups redefining trust, access and innovation at the heart of the financial ecosystem

Las Vegas, NV – October 29, 2025 – Money20/20, the world’s leading fintech show and the place where money does business, has unveiled five startups set to redefine the future of finance at its highly anticipated Startup Media Session during Money20/20 USA.

This year’s lineup features Manifest, Casap, and Ideem. The session, part of Money20/20’s platform for early-stage innovators, also celebrates the winner of the Money20/20 Startup Pitch Competition, Virtue AI, and the inaugural Money20/20 Money Awards gold winner in the startup category, Eloquent AI, spotlighting the company shaping the next era of fintech excellence. Together, they represent the vanguard of innovation across stablecoins, fiat-backed digital assets, financial infrastructure, and new digital economy enablers.

“What makes Money20/20 special is how it connects visionaries from every corner of the financial ecosystem,” said Scarlett Sieber, Chief Strategy and Growth Officer at Money20/20. “The startups featured this year embody the creativity, courage, and clarity that will shape how the world moves, manages, and multiplies money.”

Among the selected startups:

Manifest offers tailored financial solutions for entrepreneurs and simplifies financial challenges within the creator economy. Casap is leading the way in dispute settlements within AI-powered platforms for financial institutions to reduce fraud loss and ensure compliance at scale. Ideem is redefining digital security by making two-factor authentication effortless, invisible, and universally trusted. Virtue AI offers comprehensive, end-to-end AI safety and security solutions to ensure the safe, secure, and privacy-preserving deployment of AI products. Eloquent AI provides a platform for automating complex, regulated operated regulations for the financial industry.

“We’re excited to participate in Money20/20’s Startup Media Session. The creator economy is projected to reach 107 million entrepreneurs by 2030, yet the financial infrastructure to support them remains fragmented. Manifest purposely built the embedded banking platform for creators and the platforms that drive the ecosystem. By combining our embedded payment solutions and banking platform with our recent acquisition of Nucreator, we’re expanding beyond banking to help creators both generate and manage revenue in one place. Money20/20 gives us the opportunity to connect with investors and partners who understand this market and share our vision for building comprehensive financial infrastructure for the creator economy," said Michael Cavallaro, Co-Founder & CEO of Manifest.

“Casap is an agentic AI platform helping credit unions, banks, and fintechs instantly resolve payment disputes to protect honest customers while preventing losses from fraudsters. Our clients have seen a 51% reduction in fraud losses within six months of integrating Casap,” said Shanthi Shanmugam, CEO & Co-Founder at Casap.

"As AI-driven fraud reaches unprecedented levels, it’s never been more critical to rethink how we authenticate users online. At Ideem, our mission is to reduce friction for users, eliminate fraud at the source, and help businesses cut the growing costs of outdated authentication methods. Participating in Money20/20’s Startup Media Session gives us a platform to share how we’re building the next generation of two-factor authentication that stops AI-powered threats before they start while keeping digital experiences seamless," said Toby Rush, CEO & Co-Founder, Ideem.

“AI introduces new risks that can’t be solved with traditional cybersecurity. Legacy systems are layered and modular, but AI operates as an interconnected black box. That’s why you need AI to secure AI, and Virtue AI can handle the heavy lifting of security and compliance so organizations can safely accelerate adoption,” said Chris Zhong, Head of Partnerships at Virtue AI.

“We built Eloquent AI to free people from busy work. Our clients are already able to automate up to 96% of complex, regulated processes – giving them more time to focus on the work that matters most. From transaction disputes and chargebacks to onboarding and loan servicing, we help leading banks and financial institutions automate these workflows without needing any APIs," said Tugce Bulut, Co-Founder & CEO at Eloquent AI.

From stablecoins and tokenized assets to AI-powered financial tools and embedded infrastructure, the Money20/20 USA Startup Media Session continues to serve as the premier stage for the innovators defining what’s next.

About Money20/20

Launched by industry insiders in 2012, Money20/20 has rapidly become the heartbeat of the global fintech ecosystem. Over the last decade, the most innovative, fast-moving ideas and companies have driven their growth on our platform. Global leaders like Mastercard, Wise, J.P. Morgan, SHIELD, Convera, Stripe, Google, VISA, Adyen, and more make transformational deals and raise their global profile with us. Money20/20 attracts leaders from the world’s greatest banks, payments companies, VC firms, regulators and media platforms—convening to cut industry-shaping deals, build world-changing partnerships and unlock future-defining opportunities in Las Vegas (26-29 October 2025), Bangkok (21-23 April 2026), in Amsterdam (2-4 June 2026), and in Riyadh (14-16 September 2026). Money20/20 is where the world’s fintech leaders convene to grow their businesses. We’re Where Money Does Business. Money20/20 is part of Informa Festivals. Follow Money20/20 on X and LinkedIn for show developments and updates.

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