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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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New in January: Newborns: Digit Insurance : The Indian insurance startup, now valued at $1.9B, was founded in 2016 and has raised $250M. The first, Divvy, is a corporate credit card and expense management firm in the same category with Brex, Expensify, and others. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Q2 Holdings.

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

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Related: Top 15 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2021. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) June 2021. Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021). United States. Feb 2021 secondary (per The Information). United States.

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

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Related: Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021). Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. May 2021 SPAC annoucement. United States. April 2021 round. United States. Credit Karma. United States. HealthEquity. 3 June 2021. United States. United States. 3 June 2021.

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Fintech’s Third Crisis is Tipping Point to a Digital-Only Future

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The pull-back was swift and crushing with the Nasdaq falling 78% from its peak in March 2000 to the low point in Oct 2002 (a 2.5 Stimulus packages: Bonus for banking stimulus checks, enhanced unemployment assistance, paycheck advance, overdraft fee waivers. 2021 to 2023: Digital-first (on our way to digital-only).

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

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Danish card company Pleo. German neobank Solaris Bank. Top 15 Digital & Online Insurance Providers for Small Businesses (SMB): June 2021. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) June 2021. New in July: #36: Caymen Island crypto exchange Bullish announced a SPAC worth $9.3B. #61(t): 132(t): $1.7B

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

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Plaid Technologies. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). 22 Nov 2021. 8 Nov 2021. Mar 2021 SPAC (proposed). Estimate based on 2021 IPO value. Root Insurance. Oct 2020 IPO. HealthEquity. 5 Nov 2021. Oct 2021 round. Payroll/SMB. Dec 2020 spinout. Estimate based on IPO filing. South Korea. Aug 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021.

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