PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Walmart claimed it wanted to leverage the proposed bank mainly for the purpose of lowering costs of its backroom processing of check and credit card transactions and to offer high-interest certificates of deposits. But, as SoFi and now Square have demonstrated, the interest is there, and the FinTechs aren’t going away.

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CB Insights

JULY 11, 2019

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. oVER 20 Fintech startups with 1m+ customer accounts. Series A in 2007.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

The Silicon Valley-based Credit Karma, which was founded in 2007, said it has in excess of 100 million users, about twice as many as Intuit. The FinTech startup offers free credit scores, credit card applications, loans and savings accounts. billion in cash and stock, according to reports.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

The rise of FinTech offers a bit of a prism through which to view those events. Mortgages and Credit Cards and Student Debt…. Outstanding credit card debt is at the second highest point seen since the end of 2008, and total outstanding debt stands at $1 trillion. The trigger for the look back has of course has been the Sept.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Here is a list of the 15 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Here is a list of the 15 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 21, 2022

At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In December, we added 7 new unicorns for a month-end total of 273. Their total market value is now $2.1 trillion, down $110B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Dec 1) = 266. trillion. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Below is a ranked list of the 17 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Below is a ranked list of the 17 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 19, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In August, we added 17 new unicorns for a total of 238. Their total market value is now $2.21 trillion, up $100B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (Sep 1) = 224. + Total (Sep 30) = 238.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

At FintechLab s we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Fintech Unicorn count: Beginning (Jan 1, 2022) = 271 Plus: 9 born this month (see Table 2, below) 1 previous unicorn added this month (Citadel Securities) _ Total (Jan 31) = 281. Full Fintech Unicorn List.

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FICO

DECEMBER 14, 2016

Prediction: Fintechs will not keep acting like carefree start-ups. It’s great being a fintech start-up. The Office of the Comptroller of Currency (OCC) will, for the first time, start granting banking licenses to fintech firms. To gain real legitimacy, fintechs will need to participate in that. VC funding! No regulations!

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. Their total market value is now $2.23 trillion, just $20B more than last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. +

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In October, we added 22 new unicorns for a total of 260. Their total market value is now $2.23 trillion, just $20B more than last month (essentially flat). Unicorn count: Beginning (Oct 1) = 238. +

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2017

At the end of the year, a new regulation called the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will officially take effect, requiring banks, credit unions, financial institutions and FinTech companies across the continent to change the way they conduct business. What’s changing?

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Today, it’s the largest fintech player globally. 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.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 20, 2021

At FintechLabs we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated constantly ( current list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. In November, we added 9 new unicorns, and lost 3, for a month-end total of 266. Their total market value is now $2.23 trillion, down $30B from last month (essentially flat). Total market value = $2.20

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 7, 2021

Launched in a midtown (NYC) basement venue in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. Related: Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021). Top 12 U.S.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. The first, Divvy, is a corporate credit card and expense management firm in the same category with Brex, Expensify, and others. trillion up from $1.25

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 – and the birth of the apps ecosystem a year later in 2008 –inspired an entirely new class of innovators, stating the 2010s with a brand-new toolkit. Apple has introduced a credit card and companion card app with personalized offers and an easy customer interface to drive more Services revenue.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 26, 2020

27 of the total were fintech companies, a fairly typical 14% of the YC batch. Though back when YC was just starting, only a handful were fintech. In the first 9 years of YC (2005 thru 2013), only 24 YC companies were in the fintech space though two of those early participants are now decacorns ($10B+). Year Fintech.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 1, 2020

The introduction of the iPhone in 2007 – and the birth of the apps ecosystem a year later in 2008 –inspired an entirely new class of innovators, starting the 2010s with a brand-new toolkit. Apple has introduced a credit card and companion card app with personalized offers and an easy customer interface to drive more Services revenue.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 3, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). German lender that went public in 2007. #72 US fintech insfrastructure. US fintech insfrastructure. Full Fintech Unicorn List. In May, we added 16 new unicorns for a total of 187. 60 Paymentus : $3.8B

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2014

Fintech (note 1) has been part of YC from the beginning. The first class (Summer 2005) included one fintech startup, TextPayMe, among the eight companies. But as YC grew from 2005 to 2009, the number of fintech companies stayed at roughly 1 per year. PayTango [link] PayTango links the cards in your wallet to your fingerprints.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 8, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). US-based business charge cards. Full Fintech Unicorn List. In March, we added 17 new unicorns for a month-end total of 157. The total value is now $1.62 trillion, down $30B from last month. 16 born this month (see below). +

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Bank will sell its card processing service, Elan. Elan processes cards for 1,800 banks in the U.S., providing payment services, credit card issuing, debit card processing and prepaid card and ATM services. and more than 13 million ATMs and debit cards. and more than 13 million ATMs and debit cards.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). It is the 7th fintech unicorn based in India, and the 4th most valuable. The first, Divvy, is a corporate credit card and expense management firm in the same category with Brex, Expensify, and others. trillion up from $1.25

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 7, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Trulioo , Canadian fintech security company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. In June, we added 12 new unicorns for a total of 199. Their total market value is now $1.91 trillion, up $190B fro m last month. Total (June 30) = 198.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 24, 2016

It’s 2016, and the red hot fintech sector has evolved immensely since Finovate first launched 10 years ago. Looking back at the demos from 2007 , the major trends were PFM, text alerts, and bill payment. The post Fintech with The Jetsons at FinovateFall 2016 appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 10, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Danish card company Pleo. Full Fintech Unicorn List. In July, we added 10 new unicorns for a total of 208. Their total market value is now $2.0 trillion, up $120B fro m last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (July 1) = 198. +

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 20, 2017

From 2011 to 2013, card-linked offers (CLO) was all the rage– you could say it was the AI of that era. The trend peaked in 2012, when it seemed every other fintech company added some type of card-linked offers. The post Card-Linked Offers Consolidates: Edo Interactive Acquired by Augeo appeared first on Finovate.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

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 4 surviving lenders were launched prior to 2007. Whereas, 3 of the 6 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Prior to 2007 >>> 4. 2007 to 2011 >>> 10.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Venture investors saw consumer banking as ripe for disruption in the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Consumers (Nov 2023) first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center. But that began changing about a dozen years ago as money as a flood of so-called neobank startups cropped up all over the world.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2015

Then, Dynamics debuted a new program for its next-generation payment card: “The company’s commercial applications are the world’s first fully card-programmable payment interfaces (stripe, EMV, NFC) for use in next-generation payment cards.” Founded: November 2007. HQ: Cheswick, PA.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 18, 2016

YC is less well known, but equally successful in the fintech vertical with Stripe and Zenefits , along with two Finovate alums, ZenPayroll and Coinbase , all in the $500+ million club (based on most recent funding). YC has hatched just 85 fintech companies (see list below), most in the past 30 months. Fintech Companies.

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CB Insights

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In parallel, Amazon has made several fintech investments, mostly focused on international markets (India and Mexico, among others) where partners can help serve Amazon’s core strategic goal. This report is a collection of everything we know about Amazon’s foray into banking, financial services, and fintech.

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