Philipp Buschmann
Philipp Buschmann

Co-Founder and CEO at AAZZUR

Philipp Buschmann is co-Founder and CEO at AAZZUR, a one-stop-shop for smart embedded finance experience.  Recognised as a rising star in the FinTech space, AAZZUR’s mission is to build profitable banking  and empower consumers to have access to better informed financial choices.

Philipp is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience of working in Challenger Banking, Financial Services, IT and Energy across the world.  He took one of his businesses public - Ignis Petroleum was publicly listed in the US and Germany.  

Having started as a developer in Financial Services, Philipp has first-hand experience of the banking revolution from both a technology and financial perspective. His interest in behavioural economics helped inspire AAZZUR’s revolutionary work on customer centricity in banking. 

Philipp holds an MBA from the London Business School. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and loves exchanging ideas, insights and discussing FinTech's future.  He has spoken at major Fintech events including Money 20/20, MoneyLive, Finovate, Fintech Matters, and the Future of Retail Banking.

Philipp Buschmann, co-founder and CEO of AAZZUR, explains why he walked away from building a neobank, how embedded finance is reshaping financial services, and why AI will make the next wave of change harder to ignore.

Why the biggest opportunity in finance is not building another bank

Philipp Buschmann
Sep 21 '26
Philipp Buschmann, co-founder and CEO of AAZZUR, explains why he walked away from building a neobank, how embedded finance is reshaping financial services, and why AI will make the next wave of change harder to ignore
How embedded lending is empowering small business owners

How embedded lending is empowering small business owners

Philipp Buschmann
Nov 29 '23
How we operate our business and keep and sort our money is vastly different to a decade ago