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Friday, April 24, 2026

What fintechs would Santa use? - FinTech Magazine

In the spirit of the season, we've been pondering what fintechs Santa, the man himself, and his elves would be likely to use this Christmas

It’s that time of year again – a time of peace and joy, of overindulgence and regret, a time when content editors everywhere roll out their most frivolous articles of the year. We’re no different.

In the spirit of the festive season, we wanted to imagine a world where Santa was embracing digital transformation. What fintechs would Santa use to make his Christmas Eve a little easier? Here is what we think – from payroll to fleet management, plus a few things in between. Let us know what we’ve forgotten by sharing on social media, and have yourself a wonderful Christmastime.

1. A fuel card for the sleigh

In just one night, Santa and his trusty reindeer will cover more than 40mn miles, delivering presents for the world’s boys and girls – well, the ones that have been nice. With an average distance of 200 metres between neighbouring households, his cavalcade of nine little helpers will need to travel at 5-6 million miles per hour to get the job done in time for Christmas morning! That’s some workload for just 36 little legs.

But on the ground at least, wild reindeer only tend to travel between 30 and 40 miles per day, meaning that Rudolph and his crew will need some assistance. As far as we know, Santa hasn’t gone electric just yet (range anxiety would be terrible if you were crossing the Pacific Ocean) so Santa will need some sort of...



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