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

Fintech Labs Insights

The last one, published in Jan 2014, featured 50 innovations (see below). Note: These are the rankings from 10 years ago. I will update with milestones from 2014 to today and publish next month. I’m taking suggestions here (so far: crypto, BNPL, earned-wage access, chatbots, deposit networks).

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Artificial Intelligence: FIs’ Friend Or Foe?

PYMNTS

It doesn’t mask murderous intentions with a calming voice like HAL of “2001: A Space Odyssey.” For instance, AI can detect fraudulent activity with much greater speed and accuracy than the human eye by watching for known fraud patterns and behaviors to flag suspicious transactions. What will banks do with all that liberated capital?

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Below, we take a look at some of these frauds and the lessons they can teach entrepreneurs hoping to launch their own products, companies, and funds. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. want to know THE TOP 20 REASONS STARTUPS FAIL?

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

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The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. See how corporates are failing when it comes to innovation. Download the free 31-page State of Innovation report. While Google excelled in building software, it lagged behind in hardware and product innovation. Date: September 3, 2001. Microsoft and Nokia. Price: $7.9B.

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

PYMNTS

This year, the PYMNTS data and analytics team published 252 reports that tracked the data, innovations and disruptive thinking that are reshaping the payments and commerce business. Twenty-one percent of all fraud attacks were waged on mobile transactions in the first half of the year, and 37 percent of them originated from mobile devices. “We

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The 157 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (March 2021 update)

Fintech Labs Insights

US-based fraud protection for financial instituions. Personal Capital. . #129(t) Papaya Global : $1.0B Israel-based payroll provider. 129(t) Flutterwave : $1.0B US-based payment company. 129(t) Clearbanc : $1.0B US-based SMB alt-lender. 129(t) Feedzai : $1.0B 129(t) Fireblocks : $1.0B US-based cyrypto company. Value Date. 1 April 2021.

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121 Of The Biggest, Costliest Startup Failures Of All Time

CB Insights

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. The 101 Biggest Product Failures Of All Time. A most-wanted founder.

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