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The 85 Fintech Graduates of Y Combinator (YC): 2005 to 2016

Fintech Labs Insights

Y Combinator ( YC ) continues to be the most important incubator in the general technology space with high-flying alums such as Airbnb, Dropbox and Instacart. Emburse : Corporate prepaid cards that enforce spending rules. MeterFeeder : Enables all parking meters to accept credit cards. 2016 (1st half). 2016 (first half).

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A Decline in Personal Savings

TrustBank

The only time US personal saving has been this low was back in 2005 when it bottomed out at 2.1%. The BEA calculates the personal saving rate by subtracting taxes from personal income to arrive at “disposable personal income” and then subtracts personal outlays. in October. What followed was a new level of prosperity.

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The 40 Fintech Graduates from Y Combinator (YC)

Fintech Labs Insights

By most measures, Y Combinator (YC) is far and away the most important incubator in the technology space. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies.

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The Coming Millennial FinTech Crisis

PYMNTS

Chetty and his team did that by gaining access to the anonymized tax returns of people in their mid-30s over a 40-year period between 1940 and 1980. The National Association of Realtors says that home ownership for those under 35 — first-time homebuyers — is down to 36 percent of that age cohort from a high of 43 percent in 2005.

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Well, yes, withdrawing cash is suspicious

Tomorrow's Transactions

So having large amounts of cash sloshing around in society has a high social cost: we all end up having to pay extra taxes to make up for tax evasion, for the economic inefficiency that corruption brings, for dealing with the wreckage left behind because we are subsidising the cost of crime of all kinds. Cash attracts crime.

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The 238 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Sep 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Sub-Category. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. 2018 round. 9 Sep 2021. 9 Sep 2021. Netherlands. Mar 2021 round. 9 Sep 2021. June 2021 round. 9 Sep 2021. July 2021 round. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round. 9 Sep 2021. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. 9 Sep 2021. Tinkoff Bank. Better.com. May 2021 SPAC annoucement.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. 2018 round. June ’21 round. Checkout.com. Jan ’22 round. July ’21 round. April ’21 round. Infrastructure. Jan ’22 round. Oct ’21 round. HealthEquity. Aug ’21 round. Aug ’21 round. Oct ’21 round. Duck Creek Software. April ’21 round.

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