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Despite China’s Slowing Economy, Credit Demand Still Strong

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Chinese online finance giant Ant Financial, headed by billionaire Jack Ma, is seeing an uptick in the desire for credit among small and medium businesses despite the economic slowdown in China, Bloomberg reported on Thursday (Oct. Consumer and business lending crumbled last year, prompting regulators to lower the cost of borrowing.

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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge

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JANUARY 6, 2020

has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018. The Federal Reserve released a report last April, finding that community banks yield greater satisfaction with small business borrowers than any other kind of FI, even as satisfaction with online and marketplace lenders rises, too. Embracing Technological Disruption.

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

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APRIL 12, 2024

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. And each January, we ranked all previous recipients into a master list.

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The old borrow short, lend long strategy. percent in 2004, a decline of 1.1 By comparison, non-high-tech industries lost 689,000 jobs between 2001 and 2002 but recovered the lost jobs by 2004. Who would’ve thought lending $1 million to a San Francisco cab driver to buy a house at 100% loan to value would go bad?

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

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DECEMBER 4, 2019

Through trial and error, the company has set up key financial pillars across payments, cash deposits, and lending. Today, Amazon Pay has evolved to include a digital wallet for customers and a payments network for both online and brick-and-mortar merchants. Table of Contents: Amazon’s product strategy. Closing thoughts.

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Sizzle/Fizzle: AI Soars, Toys R Us Sinks And Start-Ups Struggle

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Authentication Technologies: Bound to get a bump, and a big one, sustainable for quite a while. Look for a surge in signups for identity monitoring services, and also the technologies that – at the point of transaction – help prove you are who you say you are … and that it’s you doing the saying. Fizzle Of The Week: Startups.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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APRIL 17, 2018

We used CB Insights data gathered via our machine learning technology (dubbed The Cruncher ) and from thousands of submissions we received from VC partners and firms via The Editor. In October of 2004, Josh founded First Round Capital where he serves as General Partner to this day. 2018 VC Report: AI FUNDING LEPT 29% IN US.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In early 2004, examiners visited her $253 million-asset bank, an experience that revealed a need—someone with a stronger compliance background. “I It teaches bankers how to develop a compliance program, meet lending compliance requirements, and comply with deposit and marketing regulations. Information technology. By Ed Avis.

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

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

But given it’s position as powering alternative energy lending at the POS, it seemed to be more the former. Ant Technology. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. The startups is expecting to go public in early 2021 via a SPAC with an estimated market cap of $1.3B. Full Fintech Unicorn List. values as of 2 Feb 2021).

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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OCTOBER 29, 2018

Zynga, creator of Facebook games Farmville, Mafia Wars, and about a dozen different types of online slot machine games, paid $210M in 2012 for OMGPOP, creators of DrawSomething!, in 2005, the thinking was that enhanced communications technology would help buyers and sellers better connect. Zynga and OMGPOP. Date: March 21, 2012.

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Mortgage Tech 101: What It Is & Why It’s Taking Off Now

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DECEMBER 7, 2017

Mortgage technology startups are companies that apply digital processes to mortgage origination, underwriting, servicing, investment, and other associated business activities. The graphic below highlights several of the prominent technology startups now active across the mortgage industry. What is mortgage tech? Mortgage Tech.

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As millennials head deeper into adulthood and make more money, the personal finance space is adapting to their unique money management attitudes in a few key ways: From in-person to online. The average millennial student debt load was $10,600 as of 2017 — about 2X more than what was owed by Gen X in 2004. From big banks to big tech.

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

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NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Value Date. Sub-Category. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 2018 round. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021. 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. Accounting. 5 Nov 2021. 5 Nov 2021.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Dec 2021)

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JANUARY 21, 2022

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Value Date. Sub-Category. 2018 round. Mar ’21 round. August ’21 exit to Square. Aug ’21 round. FTX Exchange. Oct ’21 round. South Korea. Nov ’18 transaction. New Zealand. Accounting. Secondary market May 21. April ’21 round. Infrastructure. Jan ’22 round. Mar ’21 SPAC (proposed). Dec ’19 round.

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The 266 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Nov 2021)

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Value Date. Sub-Category. 2018 round. Mar 2021 round. July 2021 round. August 2021 exit to Square. South Korea. Aug 2021 round. FTX Exchange. Oct 2021 round. New Zealand. Accounting. Nov 2018 transaction. Checkout.com. Jan 2021 round. One97 (PayTM). April 2021 round. Dec 2021 round. Jan 2016 round.

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The Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2022)

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FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. Mercury Technologies. Phantom Technologies. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Value ($B). Value Date. 1 Feb 2022. 2018 round. 1 Feb 2022. Ecommerce. Mar 2021 round. 1 Feb 2022. 1 Feb 2022. 1 Feb 2022. 1 Feb 2022. 1 Feb 2022. New Zealand. 1 Feb 2022. South Korea. Secondary May ’21. Netherlands.

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

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JUNE 3, 2021

India-based banking technology startup. US lending specialist. 153 (t) Shift Technology :$1.0B Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. . #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. 153 (t) DailyPay : $1.0B French insurtech.

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

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MARCH 4, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. 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. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Value Date.

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

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JULY 7, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. 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. June 2021 round. 1 July 2021. June 2021 round. 1 July 2021. 1 July 2021. Nov 2018 transaction. 1 July 2021.

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The 225 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Aug 2021)

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

200t ($1B): American lender Octane Lending. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. . #200t ($1B): Canadian accounting provider Freshbooks. 200t ($1B): American investing platform Human Interest. 200t ($1B): Singapore crypto specialst MatrixPort. 200t ($1B): American payments company SightLine Payments. Full Fintech Unicorn List.

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

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AUGUST 10, 2021

USA SMB neobank Mercury Technologies. Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. 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 Danish card company Pleo. 134(t): $1.6B 134(t): $1.6B

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The 171 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (April 2021 update)

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MAY 3, 2021

Ant Technology. Plaid Technologies. To qualify, a company must have been founded in 1999 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll. (values as of 1 May 2021). Value Date. 1 May 2021. 2018 round.

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FinovateSpring 2015 Sneak Peek: Part 8

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APRIL 30, 2015

Sneak Peek Part 7: Avoka, CBW Bank, Cloud Lending Solutions, Context Relevant, Dealstruck, DriveWealth, Dwolla, Dynamics, Encap Security, EyeBuy, FIS Mobile, Kabbage, Knox Payments, Lending Tree, LendKey. Slice’s technology provides item-level purchase data across the largest base of online consumers (two million and counting).

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What The Largest Global Fintech Can Teach Us About What’s Next In Financial Services

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

Ant Financial was initially launched to support online payments. As the financial affiliate of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group , Ant Financial encapsulates a fintech ecosystem that starts with its dominant mobile payments service, Alipay, and expands into credit scoring, wealth management, insurance, and lending. Looking ahead.

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From Alibaba to Zynga: 21 Of The Best VC Bets Of All Time And What We Can Learn From Them

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NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Lending Club made changes to its business model that created new opportunities for growth. Lending Club. Thiel became an outside board member with his $500K seed investment in Facebook in 2004. What Cerent’s technology did was help connect long-haul communications lines and the local telephone and data network.

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