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Alexander Dunaev

Alexander Dunaev

Founder ·

Largest round$610MID Finance · 2026

About Alexander

Alexander Dunaev is a co-founder of ID Finance, a fintech company that builds financial apps offering responsible and sustainable services. He previously worked at Deutsche Bank in London, where he headed structured products for Central and Eastern Europe. ID Finance, co-founded by Dunaev in 2012, provides alternative lending solutions to individuals and businesses, with its Plazo app offering debit and credit solutions, including BNPL services.

Strengths: founder archetype

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Why domain operator

Alexander Dunaev co-founded ID Finance after considerable experience in the banking sector, specifically at Deutsche Bank. His role in building a fintech company that provides alternative lending and financial apps demonstrates his operational expertise within the financial domain. The company's focus on responsible and sustainable services, and its growth in consumer credit, further highlight his domain-specific operational and capital allocation skills.

The signals behind it 4

Alexander Dunaev, co-founder of ID FinanceDomain operator
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Alexander Dunaev, its COO, both of whom previously worked at Deutsche Bank. ... Dunaev previously headed structured products for Central and Eastern Europe at Deutsche Bank.Domain operator · Capital allocator
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Our business started in 2012 and we planned our international expansion from the very beginning. ... When we started ID Finance with Alexander Dunaev ( editorial: another co-founder of ID Finance, holds position of COO )Domain operator · Capital allocator
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The company traces its beginnings to 2012 and has developed a substantial consumer lending operation in Spain.Domain operator
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Network

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Background

Role Founder
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Previous Job Headed structured products for Central and Eastern Europe at Deutsche Bank
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Previous Company Deutsche Bank
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Timeline, line by line 1

ID Finance raised $610M.Oct 14, 2026
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In their words

“This investment is a strong vote of confidence in Plazo and in the model we've built to modernise consumer credit in Spain. Plazo tripled its portfolio in 2025 and reached profitability, proving that responsible, AI-driven underwriting and a genuinely better product experience can scale together. This new capital from some of the most reputable global investors in FinTech lets us build on that foundation, expand Plazo's product suite and keep pushing on innovation, including through Turrón.”Commenting on a €545 million funding round for ID Finance and its Plazo app. · Oct 13, 2026
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Interviews and coverage

One of Spain’s largest recent FinTech deals sees ID Finance secure €545 million to scale PlazoEU-Startups · Oct 13, 2026
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Boris Batine, ID Finance: We are Fintech but will obtain banking license if needed for sureTechBullion · Feb 26, 2018
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ID Finance Secures €545 Million as Plazo Targets €200 Million Credit Portfolio in Spainhttps://ascendants.in/ · Oct 13, 2026
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How this is researched

Researched from public pages: press, interviews, the company's site and the founder's own posts. Each source logo links the page that states the row; anything we couldn't source is left out. The archetype is our reading of that record, from a fixed set so founders can be compared. Updated Oct 14, 2026.