article thumbnail

web 2.0, the 2000s and lovely jubbly, social networking

Chris Skinner

Blog platforms like WordPress and Typepad emerged in 2003; Facebook launched in 2004; and YouTube a year later. From the origins of the internet in 1990, the end of the 1990s saw the emergence of e-commerce and a plethora of payments services and commercial websites. Then not a great deal happened until the internet became social.

Training 213
article thumbnail

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 was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The Rise And Fall Of Faster Payments Fraud

PYMNTS

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.

Fraud 123
article thumbnail

Tagit Locks in More than $8 Million in New Funding

Fintech Labs Insights

Mobile technology solutions provider Tagit has raised $8.75 Tagit is headquartered in Singapore and was founded in 2004. Tagit CEO Sandeep Bagaria said the investment would help speed growth in sectors like digital banking and “Smart City” technology.

Mobile 21
article thumbnail

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

Fintech Labs Insights

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). Value Date. 2-feb-2021. United States. 2018 round. 2-feb-2021. 2-feb-2021. United States. 2-feb-2021.

article thumbnail

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Value Date. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 2018 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Nov 2018 transaction. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. Secondary market May 21. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round. 5 Nov 2021. April 2021 round. Infrastructure. Oct 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). 22 Nov 2021. Netherlands.

Fintech 15
article thumbnail

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. (values as of 1 Mar 2021). Value Date. 1-Mar-2021. United States. 1-Mar-2021. 2018 round. Rumored secondary mkt value. United States. 1-Mar-2021. United States. 1-Mar-2021. 1-Mar-2021. Jan 2021 round. 1-Mar-2021. United States. 1-Mar-2021.