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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 Rise And Fall Of Faster Payments Fraud

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Back in 2004, fraud was on the rise globally. Digital fraud was a new beast, and people didn’t know any better than to be tricked by phishing emails that today would raise red flags for even the most technologically illiterate consumers — sketchy email addresses, poor grammar and those classic sob stories from Nigerian princes, to name a few.

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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. Value Date.

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

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Value ($B). Value Date. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Ant Technology. 2018 round. 5 Nov 2021. Nov 2018 transaction. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Secondary market May 21. Plaid Technologies. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). 22 Nov 2021. 8 Nov 2021. Mar 2021 SPAC (proposed). Credit Karma. Sep 2021 round.

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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). Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 1 July 2021). Value Date. 1 July 2021.

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

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To qualify, a company must have been founded in 2000 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll. Related: Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021). Value Date.

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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. New in July: #36: Caymen Island crypto exchange Bullish announced a SPAC worth $9.3B. #61(t): 61(t): $4B USA investech iCapital Network. #61(t): 61(t): $4B USA payments company Bolt. 132(t): $1.7B 134(t): $1.6B USA SMB neobank Mercury Technologies. 134(t): $1.6B 139(t): $1.5B