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

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3 Strategies Goldman Sachs can use to build a Fintech powerhouse

Lex Sokolin

Many of the companies being sold were started between 2005 and 2015. We have the world’s best investment bank and institutional capital markets business, but something doesn’t feel right. 1) The Digital Investing Game Goldman has a plugged in venture capital arm, and was an investor in Motif, Kensho, Circle, among many others.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). 7 born this month (Digit Insurance, Divvy, Mambu, Melio Payments, MX, PPro, Sunlight Financial). + It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Sep 2020 round.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

Umpqua Bank’s Homepage During Middle of Coronavirus Crisis (15 Apr 2020). In my 25 years in the fintech space, I’ve had the misfortune to experience three massive ecosystem shocks. To help gauge where fintech is now and how and when it will get back on its feet, let’s compare and contrast the three downturns and their recoveries.

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Top 28 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses

Fintech Labs Insights

CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. A defunct Canadian bank, Bayshore Trust, launched the first online loan application in March 1996. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. Fundera (NerdWallet). Camino Financial.

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

Fintech Labs Insights

CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. Source: Compiled by FintechLabs, 15 Nov 2021, from Crunchbase, SimilarWeb, SEMRush data. *(As nerds do) We have developed a proprietary score measuring adoption of private digital financial services companies that do not release traditional metrics (# customers, loans, orginations, etc).

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Top 26 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses (SMB, May 2021)

Fintech Labs Insights

CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. 2014. *(As nerds do) We are developing a proprietary score measuring adoption of private digital financial services companies that do not release traditional metrics (# customers, loans, orginations, etc). We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Top 12 U.S.

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