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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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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. The rise of FinTech offers a bit of a prism through which to view those events. The trigger for the look back has of course has been the Sept. Behind the Numbers .

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Chinese Officials Join US Politicians In Suddenly Falling Out Of Love With Big Tech 

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The news agency said that while Pan stopped short of calling for Ant’s breakup, officials want the firm to set up a separate holding company to ensure its capital adequacy and regulatory compliance. Any FinTech disruptor, when it becomes so big, represents systemic risk,” he told Webster.

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1M Users & Growing: 20+ Fintech Startups That Have Crossed The 1 Million Account Mark — And How They Got There

CB Insights

Technological innovation across the financial services space is growing. Today, there are over 20 fintech startups that have crossed the 1 million customer account mark, according to CB Insights data — including Acorns , Robinhood , SoFi , Coinbase , and Credit Karma , among others. Series A in 2007.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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Anticipation For Amazon’s SMB Lending Disruption Grows

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It was the (initially) small FinTech startups that delivered a collective shakeup to the small business (SMB) lending industry. According to analysts, while alternative FinTechs were the initial disruptors, it’s now eCommerce and technology conglomerates that are showing the greatest potential. “We

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Top 28 Digital Lenders to U.S. Small Businesses

Fintech Labs Insights

Naturally, we were excited about it, naming it the biggest innovation of the year. But as you can see from the chart below, the digital SMB lenders started in earnest during and right after the 2007/2008 financial crash. Only 3 surviving lenders were launched prior to 2007. Prior to 2007 >>> 3. CAN Capital.

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