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

Fintech Labs Insights

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’s still going under the stewardship of fintech famous Jim Marous, who modernized the name to Digital Banking Report (and recently opened the archives for free access).

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Real Innovation Solves Today’s Problems, Not Tomorrow’s

PYMNTS

Innovation happens when you least expect it. Those we call “innovators” are simply the ones who endeavor to solve the problems in front of them by any means necessary. Only later do others look at them and call them “innovators.” PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? The conversation is excerpted below.

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The Inevitable ApplePay Blog

Javelin Strategy & Research

While the mainstream media was ooing and aaahing over Apple’s innovative new product, us fintech geeks were generally a little underwhelmed by certain aspects. That’s been rattling around since 2003. Of course, small merchants in the market for POS hardware won’t be able to do away with cards and cash.

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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021

Fintech Labs Insights

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Founded: 2003. Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Dec 2021). The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021).

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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021

Fintech Labs Insights

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Founded: 2003. Related: Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Dec 2021). The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021).

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Top 33 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB) in Nov 2021

Fintech Labs Insights

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Founded: 2003. It was the first time anyone had put a mortgage app online and one of the first online credit apps of any kind ( note 1 ). Patch of Land. HoneyComb Credit.

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Foot In Mouth: 37 Quotes From Big Corporate Execs Who Laughed Off Disruption When It Hit

CB Insights

Here’s our guide on how corporations can use startups to innovate faster. Perhaps the most glaring example of the tendency to dismiss innovative new players was when Apple’s iPhone hit the market in 2007. Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends. ” Innovation Summit: (N+1) Trends. . The iPhone and iPod.

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