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

MAY 12, 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 3 surviving lenders were launched prior to 2007. Whereas, 3 of the 5 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Digital Lenders: Year Founded. 1,050,000. SmartBiz Loans.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Begun in a NYC basement in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies mixed in) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. It’s the best digital education you can get in under a day! Amber Labs Product : Global Bitcoin Bank. . .

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 10, 2020

Begun in a NYC basement in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies mixed in) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. It’s the best digital education you can get in under a day! Amber Labs Product : Global Bitcoin Bank. . .

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This deal looks good for Temenos, Kony and the banking industry clients of both firms. The digital banking market continues a long burn—this time like the smoke of a Texas summer barbecue. Geneva-based Temenos’ announced the acquisition of Austin, Texas-based digital application provider Kony in a deal totaling $580 million.

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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 ). 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. Oct 2018 round.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 30, 2020

Launched in 2007 in NYC, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies mixed in) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min demos. These are the 27 demos (from 24 fintech startups**) that won the audience vote for Best of Show at the end of each event.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Begun in a NYC basement in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies mixed in) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. Here are the 31 demos (from 28 fintech startups**) that won the audience vote for Best of Show at the end of each event.

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Chris Skinner

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

Around 2,500 people respond to the survey and in its first year, March 2007, the winners were: London New York Hong Kong Singapore Zurich Frankfurt Sydney Chicago Tokyo Geneva No Dubai. No China, although Hong Kong would be it.

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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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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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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 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 3 surviving lenders were launched prior to 2007. Whereas, 3 of the 5 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Digital Lenders: Year Founded. Founded: 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 16, 2020

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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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. Digital Lenders: Year Founded. Founded: 2007.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Now we are the first bank to offer open RESTful APIs secured with OAuth2.0, Fidor Bank is a fully licensed online bank with both a user-oriented and tech-driven mindset. Most fintechs need banks because of regulation and processing. Fidor Bank provides both regulative support and technology.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand. NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders or insurance companies serving small businesses? Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15).

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand. NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders or insurance companies serving small businesses? Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (33) | SMB challenger banks (12) | SMB insurers (15).

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

“Things are changing, but not really at the pace one would expect,” said Nirupama Soundararajan, an economist at Pahle India , a New Delhi-based political research think tank, who believes that the slow rate of change is also reflective of India’s struggle to adopt digital banking services. Demonetization and the rise in cash usage.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2015

.” Formerly known as Smarty Pig, Social Money helps financial services companies better engage their customers by offering them savings solutions such as GoalSaver , a customized, bank-audited goal-saving system. ” Pictured: Social Money CEO Scott McCormack demonstrating GoalSaver at FinovateSpring 2012.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

One of the paradoxes of the early digital banking era (1995 to 2007) was why Capital One was a laggard? The new company (spun out from Signet Bank in 1994) was widely revered as a data analytics and marketing master. As recently as 2010 they were the last major bank to launch a native mobile banking app.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

In an interview at CB Insights’ 2019 Future of Fintech conference, CFO and CPO William Gaybrick indicated that businesses are more constrained by developer resources than by capital. Issuing serves corporate expense and digital banking use cases, among others. Funding, valuation, & investor history. Seed VC, 2019).

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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

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 India-based banking technology startup. US fintech insfrastructure. US fintech insfrastructure. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Tinkoff Bank. 3 June 2021.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 4, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Stash : Another NYC-based trading app that also integrates banking services. Full Fintech Unicorn List. In January, we added 9 new unicorns for a month-end total of 134. The total value is now $1.65 Founded in 2015.

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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 ). Bunq , banking startup from The Netherlands. Trulioo , Canadian fintech security company. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Tinkoff Bank. In June, we added 12 new unicorns for a total of 199. Total (June 30) = 198.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Half of the companies in the FinTech Forward 20 “Companies to Watch” list presented by American Banker and BAI this week are Finovate/FinDEVr alums. When evaluating the various companies, judges were encouraged to ask themselves questions such as: “is this organization solving relevant problems for the banking industry?

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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 ). German neobank Solaris Bank. Full Fintech Unicorn List. Tinkoff Bank. 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. 134(t): $1.6B

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 3, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). Full Fintech Unicorn List. Digit Insurance. Starling Bank. Related: Watch 12 Fintech Startups Pitch at Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Demo Day (May 2021 update)). Top 26 Digital Lenders to U.S. Value Date.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

With a focus on digital banking and branch transformation, it was interesting to see the attendee list with lots of sexy new customer experience and analytics titles. Worst practice of the sessions: “It’s an interesting time to be a bank and digital banking is part of an entire ecosystem.” General Sessions.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Provides mobile banking to banks and credit unions. But came here to talk about BankJoy API –Which provides advance banking out of the box. Their API is already integrated in a few core systems and other fintech necessitates. Charlotte, NC-based tech company founded eight years ago by a 14-year FinTech veteran from FIS.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. Partnership Fund for New York City and Accenture — FinTech Innovation Lab. Notable projects: GFT and digital bank Fidor AG formed an innovation partnership in 2016.

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