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B2B FinTechs Diversify Funding Strategies With M&A, IPOs

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Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. raised $10 million from SEB Bank and Seed Capital for its commercial card technology. Bancorp in 2001 in a $2.1 Venture Capital Funding.

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

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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.

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

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But given it’s position as powering alternative energy lending at the POS, it seemed to be more the former. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Fintech Startup Debuts: Brave Credit & AWSM Bank Pitch @ 500Startups Demo Day (4 Feb 2021). values as of 2 Feb 2021).

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

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Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 2018 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Netherlands. 5 Nov 2021. June 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. July 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. August 2021 exit to Square. 5 Nov 2021. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. New Zealand.

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

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

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

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

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Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Digit Insurance. Starling Bank. Shift Technology. (values as of 1 July 2021). Value Date. 1 July 2021. United States. 1 July 2021. 2018 round. 1 July 2021. United States. Mar 2021 round. United States. 1 July 2021. Netherlands. Jan 2021 round. United Kingdom. 1 July 2021.