Finalist, Emerging Company: Kristina Campbell, Ripple


When Kristina Campbell joined her first fintech company in 2010, she worked with prepaid debit cards to help consumers without ready access to traditional banking. Fast-forward to 2021, and the technology landscape — and Campbell’s role — had changed dramatically. Instead of physical plastic payment cards, she was now working to build a blockchain-based global digital payment network as the CFO of Ripple.

Joining Ripple, she said, was an opportunity to lay the groundwork for a new system of…

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