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Awards & Honours

Fintech Power 50

Issued by The Fintech Times · Nov 2025

Rising Star of The Year Winner

UK Fintech Awards · April 2023

Top 25 Most Influential Women

Issued by Startups Magazine · Sep 2025

Top 100 Women In Fintech

Issued by Fintech Magazine · May 2025

Top 11 Women Redifining the Fintech Industry

Issued by PCN · Mar 2025

Issued by TechRound · Nov 2024

Fintech Trailblazer Finalist

Issued by European Women In Finance · Jul 2024

Young Entrepreneur of The Year Finalist

Issued by The Great British Entrepreneur Awards · Jun 2024

Issued by Brummell Magazine · May 2023

Issued by Innovate Finance · Mar 2023

Issued by TechRound · Nov 2022

Young Businesswoman Of The Year - Finalist

Issued by The Great British Businesswoman Awards · Sep 2022

Next Generation Leader Of The Year - Finalist

Issued by Women In Finance Awards · Aug 2022

Forbes 30 Under 30 Finance

Issued by Forbes · Apr 2021

Trailblazer Of The Year Finalist - European Women In Finance Awards

Issued by Markets Media · Sep 2022

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Interviews

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From Burnout to Balance: How to maintain your well-being in the fast-paced world of Start-ups
From Burnout to Balance: How to maintain your well-being in the fast-paced world of Start-ups
FMLS22 | Cultivating Female Leadership in Fintech: Challenges & Opportunities
FMLS22 | Cultivating Female Leadership in Fintech: Challenges & Opportunities
How Did Lissele Spot a Gap to Serve the Underserved Global Market, Aged Just 23?
How Did Lissele Spot a Gap to Serve the Underserved Global Market, Aged Just 23?
Why Failure Is Important with Sonya Barlow, Founder at LMF Network
Why Failure Is Important with Sonya Barlow, Founder at LMF Network
How Payroll Can Drive Real Financial Access | Lissele Pratt & Arbia Smiti
How Payroll Can Drive Real Financial Access | Lissele Pratt & Arbia Smiti
Payments & banking solutions for medium and high-risk businesses | Lissele Pratt, Founder Capitalixe
Payments & banking solutions for medium and high-risk businesses | Lissele Pratt, Founder Capitalixe

Media Articles

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Age ain’t nothing but a number … or is it?
Startups Magazine Lissele Pratt September 10, 2025

Age ain’t nothing but a number … or is it?

Now, let me ground this in a number that honestly stopped me in my tracks. According to CIPHR’s 2025 Workplace Discrimination study, the most common form…

Capitalixe Appoints Started PR as Growth Surges
Financial IT Financial IT September 4, 2025

Capitalixe Appoints Started PR as Growth Surges

Capitalixe, a high-risk payments and banking advisory, has announced a strategic partnership with fintech communications specialists Started PR, launching the company into its next stage of…

Entering Digital Asset Markets? 20 Priorities For Trading And Treasury Teams
Forbes (Expert Panel) Lissele Pratt September 3, 2025

Entering Digital Asset Markets? 20 Priorities For Trading And Treasury Teams

In an unpredictable business environment, investments in both traditional and emerging markets can strengthen a company’s portfolio and reduce risk. As digital assets like cryptocurrency and…

When Crypto Turns Violent: The Rise of Wrench Attacks
The Fintech Times Lissele Pratt August 7, 2025

When Crypto Turns Violent: The Rise of Wrench Attacks

A few years ago, the biggest threat to your crypto business was a bad line of code. A phishing email. A data breach. Today might be…

Why DEI cuts aren’t just bad optics, they’re bad business
Startups Magazine Lissele Pratt August 1, 2025

Why DEI cuts aren’t just bad optics, they’re bad business

Sadly, when the world’s biggest companies backtrack on DEI, the ripple effects spread fast. UK businesses may start to wonder, should we follow? Should we cut…

In Profile: Lissele Pratt, Co-Founder of Capitalixe
Arab FinTech Forum Arab FinTech Forum July 22, 2025

In Profile: Lissele Pratt, Co-Founder of Capitalixe

Breaking the mould and the status quo can be enough to consider an innovative company as too big a risk for a financial institution. But being…

Accent bias: does the way you speak affect your paycheck?
Startups Magazine Lissele Pratt July 21, 2025

Accent bias: does the way you speak affect your paycheck?

uddenly, it didn’t feel like just a story about identity. It felt like a story about power. Accent has never been just sound. It’s never been…

Why Charlie Javice’s Arrest Shouldn’t Define Female Founders
The Fintech Times Lissele Pratt June 26, 2025

Why Charlie Javice’s Arrest Shouldn’t Define Female Founders

You’ve likely seen her name in the headlines again recently. Charlie Javice, founder of the startup Frank – a student financial aid application assistance company –…

Mask off: the exhausting reality of neurodivergence at work
Startups Magazine Lissele Pratt June 17, 2025

Mask off: the exhausting reality of neurodivergence at work

That diagnosis gave me clarity. Suddenly, the years of struggle made sense. The burnout, the overthinking, the way I had to structure my days just to…

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