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Alex Kugell

Co-Founder of Trio
With over 10 years of experience in software outsourcing, Alex has assisted in building high-performance teams before co-founding Trio with his partner Daniel. Today he enjoys helping people hire the best software developers from Latin America and writing great content on how to do that!

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Alex Kugell

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14 min read

How to Hire Salesforce Developers for Fintech CRM: Skills, Costs, and What to Vet For

Many fintech companies that reach the point of scaling their sales or customer operations face the same question. Do they build a...

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10 min read

How to Choose a Reliable FinTech Development Partner

Thriving in the FinTech industry is largely about building strong partnerships. If you’re running a successful financial services business, FinTech startup, payment...

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15 min read

6 Software Change Management Best Practices for Fintech Teams

Change management plays a critical role in successful software development, and that holds doubly in fintech, where every change to a payment...

Two software developers shaking hands while holding laptops on a Trio branded blue world map background with code and dollar sign icons, representing IP assignment agreements for nearshore fintech developers
14 min read

IP Assignment for Nearshore Fintech Developers: Ownership, Moral Rights, and the Staff Augmentation Contract Chain

It’s becoming more common to see US fintech companies bring on a talented backend engineer through a LATAM nearshore partner. However, once...

FinTech Onboarding Best Practices_ How to Streamline Developer and User Experiences
20 min read

FinTech Onboarding Best Practices: A Complete Guide to Streamlining Developer and User Onboarding Flows

If you work in fintech, you already know that onboarding can make or break your app. Those first few moments from sign-up...

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12 min read

11 Best Fintech Podcasts of 2026

Staying current in fintech has always required effort, but the sheer amount of developments occurring at the moment makes it incredibly difficult...

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13 min read

5 Best Practices for Sustainable Software Development in Fintech: A Guide to Green Software Engineering

Software development looks clean from the outside, with no factory emissions and no visible waste, but the infrastructure behind it tells a...

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13 min read

Scalable Technology Solutions for Fintech: A Practical Guide

Whether you’re an established fintech company grappling with the challenges of expansion or a startup preparing for rapid growth, finding the right...

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15 min read

GDPR and DPA Compliance Guide for Staff Augmentation in LATAM

We have noticed that two misconceptions about GDPR and nearshore engineering consistently produce compliance gaps for fintech companies using LATAM staff augmentation....

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