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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 12, 2024

Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players. And each January, we ranked all previous recipients into a master list.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Finally, resolution of failing financial institutions requires that the deposit insurance fund be strongly capitalized with real reserves, not just federal guarantee.” The dot-com bubble recession began in March 2001 and lasted only 8 months. percent of all jobs in 2001 to 11.3 To you, manage your interest rate risk.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

For the third consecutive year, we worked with The New York Times to identify and rank the top 100 venture capital professionals from around the globe. We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor.

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When Predictions Go Right … And Not So Right

PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2019

Well, the nuclear vacuum cleaner wasn’t the most outlandish technological advancement the ’50s promised and failed to deliver. Even if there were a trustworthy way to send money over the internet (which there isn’t), the network is missing a most essential ingredient of capitalism: salespeople.”. Disappointed now? and around the world.

Apple

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Should Facebook Buy eBay?

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AUGUST 21, 2017

That’s where Reid Hoffman hatched the idea for LinkedIn in 2003 after inviting hundreds of his friends to create online profiles to get his idea for a professional online networking site off the ground. million from Benchmark Capital and changed its name to eBay. E-Bay acquired online ticket exchange, StubHub, in 2007.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

Today, Amazon Pay has evolved to include a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants. Traction/Metrics: Today’s iteration is Amazon Pay, a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants and shoppers.

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The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Personal Capital. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. The startups is expecting to go public in early 2021 via a SPAC with an estimated market cap of $1.3B. Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 2 Feb 2021). Value Date. 2-feb-2021. United States. 2018 round. 2-feb-2021.

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Who’ll Be The ‘Netflix’ Of Payments?

PYMNTS

JULY 18, 2016

A year and $2 million in seed capital later, Hastings and a partner founded Netflix. DVDs were a superior technology and a medium much easier for consumers to use (no rewinding) and store. DVD player sales doubled from 2000 to 2001 as manufacturers flooded the market with new devices. had a DVD player in their homes.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, in 2005, the thinking was that enhanced communications technology would help buyers and sellers better connect. Date: September 3, 2001. Price: $210M.

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Data Dive, Farewells Edition: Apple, Chase, SoFi, Uber

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

iTunes dominated after its 2001 release by putting two things in one place that had never existed before: a digital MP3 player that actually worked, properly paired with a store that made accessing music for a small fee much easier than trying to pirate it. The shuttering comes as JPMorgan has spent heavily on technology, with $11.5

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

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JANUARY 1, 2021

This tracker brought NCR Corporation together with Avidia Bank and was notable for the stat that showed that one-third of bank customers said they would visit physical branches more often if they could compete with the ease of mobile banking, and banks are deploying or workshopping a number of technologies to make this convenience a reality.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Crescent Ridge Capital Partners’ elaborate Ponzi scheme. Pixelon: Online video vaporware. The problem was that Theranos’ proprietary blood-testing technology was completely fictitious. Select Investors: AllianceBernstein, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Glade Brook Capital Partners. Total Funding: $490M.

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21 Lessons From Jeff Bezos’ Annual Letters To Shareholders

CB Insights

OCTOBER 16, 2018

The online bookseller didn’t turn a profit for six years — today, it’s the second publicly traded company ever to hit a $1T market cap. 2001: Measure your company by your free cash flow. The main impediment to platform creation today is technology. GET THE 64-PAGE AMAZON strategy REPORT. Just execute.

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The 140 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 changes)

Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

Earnix : The financial services analytics provider, founded in 2001 and is second only to Finicity for longest time to get to the $1B valuation. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Newborns in February: Blockchain.com : The crypto wallet and exchange was founded in 2011, and is now valued at $3B (or about 60,000 btc).

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The 198 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (June 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 7, 2021

Scalable Capital , German investech. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Scalable Capital. -based wealth management platform. 102(t): $2.1B Mercado Bitcoin, Brazillian crypto exchange. 105(t): $2.0B Clip , Mexican payments startup. 105(t): $2.0B Bunq , banking startup from The Netherlands. 121(t): $1.8B 139(t): $1.4B

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2022)

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Scalable Capital. Total (Dec 31) = $2.03 Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. 1 Feb 2022. 2018 round. 1 Feb 2022. Ecommerce. Mar 2021 round. August ’21 exit (Block). Aug 2021 round. Citadel Securities. Jan 2022 round. Nov 2018 trans. 1 Feb 2022.

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The 187 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (May 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 3, 2021

India-based banking technology startup. 153 (t) Shift Technology :$1.0B Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. . #110 (t) SpotOn : $1.9B US payments company. 123 (t) Zeta : $1.5B 146 (t) Sunbit : $1.1B US lending specialist. 153 (t) Amount : $1.0B US fintech insfrastructure. 153 (t) DailyPay : $1.0B US Payments company.

United States

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The 208 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (July 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 10, 2021

USA SMB neobank Mercury Technologies. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. New in July: #36: Caymen Island crypto exchange Bullish announced a SPAC worth $9.3B. #61(t): 61(t): $4B USA investech iCapital Network. #61(t): 61(t): $4B USA payments company Bolt. 132(t): $1.7B Danish card company Pleo.

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The 225 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Aug 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Scalable Capital. Shift Technology. Value Date. 9 Sep 2021. United States. 9 Sep 2021. 2018 round. 9 Sep 2021. United States. 9 Sep 2021. Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. United States. Secondary May ’21. United States. One97 (PayTM). Nov 2019 round. 9 Sep 2021.

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The 171 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 3, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. . #142 (tie) Sift : $1.0B US-based fraud specialist. Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 1 May 2021). Value Date. 1 May 2021. United States. 2018 round. 1 May 2021. 1 May 2021. United States. Mar 2021 round. United States. One97 (PayTM). Nov 2019 round. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round. 1 May 2021.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. Company: AOptix Technologies. Total Funding: Over $100M.

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Scalable Capital. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 2018 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Netherlands. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). 22 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021.

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The 266 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Nov 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Scalable Capital. Sub-Category. 2018 round. Mar 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. Tinkoff Bank. Lending/SMB. July 2021 round. Sep 2021 round. Mercury Payments. Solaris Bank. July 2021 round. 31-Dec-2020. M1 Finance.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Dec 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Scalable Capital. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. 2018 round. Accounting. Secondary market May 21. April ’21 round. Infrastructure. June ’21 round. July ’21 round. Sep ’21 round. Mercury Payments. M1 Finance. July ’21 round.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

In venture capital, returns follow the power law — 80% of the wins come from 20% of the deals. Get the 65-page report on teardowns for Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia Capital, and more. JD.com took a huge risk by stepping into a major market and investor Capital Today made a $2.4B

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The 140 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 changes)

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The 187 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (May 2021 update)

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The 171 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update)

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