DNYC Ltd: Fintech Strategy & Board Advisory
Founded in London in 2018, operating across Europe
Led by Daniela Sozzi, Award-Winning Fintech Strategy Advisor
Navigating Strategic Inflection Points for Fintech & Payment Boards
DNYC Ltd combines deep payments and fintech domain expertise with hands-on board-level advisory impact across strategy, corporate governance, and innovation. Daniela brings 20 years of industry-specific experience delivering value creation, transformation strategy and operating model design for leading payments and fintech players across Europe and the UK.
Common strategic challenges
- Post-merger integration dragging and destroying value
- Challenging dynamics at board-level between management, investors and independent directors
- Regulatory requirements threatening your business model
- Digital transformation stalling despite heavy investment
- Board-level gaps in payments and fintech strategy
Transform Your Fintech Strategy with Board-Level Expertise That Delivers
A seasoned fintech strategy consultant and board advisor with deep payments expertise.
Daniela steps in to architect and execute solutions that work.
Strong experience in AI solutions, digital payment and stablecoins platforms.
No cookie-cutter frameworks: just bespoke strategies crafted with your team, driven by custom KPIs, and designed to deliver tangible results in months.
Daniela operates confidently at board level, where her opinions are highly respected across the industry. Her ability to balance strategic vision with practical execution is exceptional: she delivers high-level advisory services and takes ownership of complex assignments requiring precision and depth
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Daniela in the fintech space, and I can confidently say she is a true professional. Her expertise in MiCA and VASP regulations is exceptional, and she combines deep regulatory knowledge with a solid understanding of real world business needs.
Beyond regulatory expertise, Daniela provides strong strategic guidance that helps shape and refine the overall direction of the company.
Highly recommended to any organization looking for a knowledgeable, strategic, and reliable professional in the fintech space.
Daniela takes the time to hear from all stakeholders (i.e. management, Board, legal counsel) and tailors action plans that enable organisations to achieve strategic objectives and scale effectively. Her regulatory expertise and industry connections are invaluable.
Daniela is incredibly knowledgeable across payment platforms including merchant acquiring, payment processing, financial analytics, FinTech and corporate strategy. Daniela has been essential in supporting my understanding of the payments sector, which companies have competitive moats and ultimately guiding me to interesting business opportunities. It has been a pleasure working together and I look forward to continuing our partnership in the future.
Strong regulatory and legal expertise paired with a practical, solution-focused approach. Daniela delivered extremely valuable support across operational structuring, compliance processes, and advisor coordination.
Highly recommend for regulatory strategy engagements. She takes the time to hear from all stakeholders (i.e. management, Board, legal counsel) and tailors action plans that enable organisations to achieve strategic objectives and scale effectively. Her regulatory expertise and industry connections are invaluable.
Extremely knowledgeable, professional, and highly efficient.
Daniela delivered critical documentation with a speedy turnaround whilst maintaining high quality outputs. A pleasure to collaborate with.
Daniela consistently demonstrates the ability to influence strategic direction and provide tailored, bespoke solutions that ensure business objectives are achieved with integrity and impact. She brings strategic insight, ethical judgement, and the ability to deliver tangible impact to every engagement.
Excellent collaboration!
Without any exaggeration, Daniela has been one of the best product and strategy consultants that I have worked with.
References available on request. See Daniela Sozzi’s Linkedin page for further info.
DNYC Ltd is rated 4/5 stars on Trustpilot.
Repricing Cyber Risk in the Age of Autonomous AI
Latest news – Upcoming Event
7 May 2026 – As the intersection of AI Governance and Corporate Governance becomes the new frontier for fintech resilience, I am pleased to join a panel of experts on 4 June (12:30 CET) for a critical briefing about the implications of AI-led cyber attacks on fintechs.
With recent benchmarks showing AI models autonomously completing complex, 20-hour corporate network attacks, the economic and threat models for financial institutions have fundamentally shifted. This session will move beyond the hype to provide senior executives at private banks, fintechs, and asset managers with actionable strategic clarity. Drawing on DNYC’s framework for distributed AI accountability and rigorous risk management , we will discuss what needs to be priorisited to ensure AI remains a lever for value creation rather than a liability.
Join me and fellow panelists from Stratedge and Surelio.ai to bridge the gap between AI adoption and responsible governance.
“The core challenge for financial institutions today isn’t just the rise of AI-driven threats; it’s the problem of ‘asymmetric speed.’
While AI can identify a network weakness in minutes, traditional corporate processes often take weeks to remediate it. This is not acceptable in the fintech space.
Regulators are no longer just looking for a list of risks; they are demanding a demonstration of distributed accountability and the agility to act before an automated threat becomes a systemic failure.”
— Daniela Sozzi, Strategy Advisor and Founder of DNYC Ltd
DNYC’s Insights on Fintech Governance and Strategy
DNYC Ltd is a bespoke fintech strategy advisory. Every engagement is led by Daniela Sozzi directly, drawing on 20 years of hands-on experience in finance and 8 years of DNYC Ltd’s successful track record. Daniela has been inside the transformational decisions in this industry: operating model overhauls, board-level governance redesigns, blockchain and AI strategy, and implementation of strict governance frameworks. Daniela Sozzi knows the unspoken rules of the fintech space, because she has lived through the most transformative events in the industry.
Embracing Data Analytics
Sovereignty of EU payments
2026 Blueprint for Fintech Innovation
AI Governance in Fintech
AI Ownership and Accountability
Financial Planning Beyond Compliance
