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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

Scaling US Clearing House for Acquisition
5 min read

How Scaling an Engineering Team Made a Fintech Acquisition Possible

A major U.S. clearing house was in the middle of acquiring a fintech startup with a consumer-facing investment platform, real customers in...

best nearshore dev partners for fintech
9 min read

9 Best Nearshore Dev Partners for Fintech

If you’re in a regulated industry like finance, traditional staffing agencies pose a risk because they may not have the experience with...

Top Fintech Software Development Companies.
10 min read

Top 15 FinTech Software Development Companies

Fintech software development companies are a great way to get skilled talent and development when you need it faster than a traditional...

Staff Augmentation vs Agency vs Consultancy Fintech
7 min read

Staff Augmentation vs Agency vs Consultancy for Fintech: Which Model Fits Your Team?

Fintech companies typically choose between three external engagement models:  Each suits a different phase of product maturity and a different internal capability...

Nearshore vs Offshore for Fintech
8 min read

Nearshore vs Offshore for Fintech: Cost, Compliance, and Collaboration Compared

Nearshore fintech development generally means that a North American company uses LATAM teams that share US time zones, making real-time collaboration and...

In-house vs staff augmentation for fintech
8 min read

In-House vs Staff Augmentation for Fintech: A Cost and Speed Breakdown

Fintech leaders understand the struggle to put together a team that understands payment rails, regulatory requirements, and data sensitivity without pushing burn...

Best Fintech Podcasts
6 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...

Trio vs Arc for fintech
8 min read

Trio vs. Arc: Finding Vetted Fintech Developers

If you are looking into ways to increase engineering capacity for a fintech product, Arc has probably come up as an option....

Product Engineer vs Software Engineer
8 min read

Product Engineer vs Software Engineer: Core Differences Explained

Companies often confuse product engineers with software engineers. But the reality is that, while there may be some overlap in skillset, they...

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