CB Insights

JANUARY 5, 2021

In the past few years, the burgeoning popularity of digital banks has only underscored the severity of these problems, with upstarts like Chime and SoFi offering cheaper, faster, and more convenient banking experiences. . get the state of challenger banks report. First name. Company Name. Phone number. Source: PwC.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

All of these new FinTechs and digital innovators are changing the landscape as the role of payments rapidly shifts in the broader financial services arena. These aren't small companies or digital innovators,” he noted. Before 2008, banks were making a lot of money from a lot of things,” noted Lukies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 29, 2019

He said he got the idea for the business after the big financial crisis of 2008. Banks aren’t necessarily a secure place for your money,” he said. Many people have been using Glint to get a larger return on savings, and Cozens said if the system crashes, people can always claim their physical gold. They lend out more than they have.”.

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Fintech Labs Insights

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.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Consumers have been banking online for 28 years. And from the very beginning, there have been pure-play digital banking startups. The first, online bank Security First Network Bank (SFNB) launched in 1995, just a year after Amazon.com. But unlike ecommerce, digital-only banking was slow to catch on.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

Debit has been riding a wave of popularity for years as credit-averse millennials and their cohorts became big spenders, but didn’t want to end up like their overextended parents did in 2008. Dire though the headlines may be, business is being transacted. Debit’s Destiny.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Clerico said the offering is unique to Chase, as it is the sole major bank that owns a payments business. FinTech competitors like Stripe and Square charge an additional fee to receive payments faster than one to two business days. WePay was founded in 2008. For example, Stripe charges 1.5 percent for instant payments.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 6, 2023

Are we about to see a rush of fintech startups serving the interest-sensitive small business market? Looking for digital banks, lenders, payment providers, insurance or digital accounting for small businesses? Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) April 2023 95,000 6 Meow * 11 4.3%

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 26, 2023

Are we about to see a rush of fintech startups serving the interest-sensitive small business market? But what we will surely see is challenger banks dusting off their sweep features and emphasizing them in their marketing and branding. Maybe, maybe not. 2021 SF $14 12,000 Source: FintechLabs, Crunchbase, SimilarWeb, 26 June 2023 1.

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Chris Skinner

APRIL 13, 2016

They launched a new retail bank subsidiary in a country in 2008. Can’t give too much detail therefore, but here’s how the conversation went: “So, what’s it like working for MegaRetailBank?” Shocking”, he said. They are completely branch focused. Here’s an illustration. That country …

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Following on from my previous blog introducing the new year in the Fintech Innovation programme, I wanted to turn the focus onto the emergence of RegTech—technologies that address the challenge and cost of regulatory compliance. Both are alumni of our FinTech Innovation Lab.

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Accenture

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Following on from my previous blog introducing the new year in the Fintech Innovation programme, I wanted to turn the focus onto the emergence of RegTech—technologies that address the challenge and cost of regulatory compliance. Both are alumni of our FinTech Innovation Lab.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

FIs Or FinTechs: Who Will Power Banking’s Big Digital Shift? The pandemic has sped up the digital roadmap for everyone in financial services, providing for more innovation in the last few months than had been seen during several years. FinTechs Help Main Street Find Its Footing.

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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. Tinkoff Bank.

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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. Whereas, 3 of the 5 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. As a side note, there have been no major digital lenders founded in the past 30 months. 2007 to 2011 >>> 8.

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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 24, 2021

I’ve been expecting digital banking disrupters in the SMB space since the beginning of the online banking era (late-1990s). But the tech and financial recessions of 2000 and 2008 held up the newcomers until the last 4 or 5 years. Related: Top 15 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (June 2021).

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Founded: 2008. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Fintech Startup Debuts: Brave Credit & AWSM Bank Pitch @ 500Startups Demo Day (4 Feb 2021). The 134 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Jan 2021 update). Funding: $5.2M. Founded: 2016. Crunchbase. Peoples Choice Award. HQ: Munich. Crunchbase.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 24, 2021

I’ve been expecting digital banking disrupters in the SMB space since the beginning of the online banking era (late-1990s). But the tech and financial recessions of 2000 and 2008 held up the newcomers until the last 4 or 5 years. Top 26 Digital Lenders to U.S. But now we have some impressive entrants. marketplace.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

Looking at the worst day since 2008, in the rearview mirror takes eyes off of looking at what’s ahead. In a report detailing consumer credit origination, TransUnion estimated that the share of personal loan balances held by FinTechs was 38 percent of a total of $138 billion, up from a 5 percent stake in 2013. The trend has been — down.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Founded: 2008. Related: The 140 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2021 changes). Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Funding: $5.2M. Founded: 2016. Crunchbase. Peoples Choice Award. Description: Converts unstructured data into actionable insights. HQ: Munich. Funding: $11.4M. Crunchbase. HQ: Berlin.

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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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Insights on Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

In the world of digital banking, bigger isn’t always necessarily better. Australian digital-only bank UBank is aiming to disrupt the banking industry to deliver a simpler, better, smarter customer experience.

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Insights on Business

AUGUST 15, 2017

In the world of digital banking, bigger isn’t always necessarily better. Australian digital-only bank UBank is aiming to disrupt the banking industry to deliver a simpler, better, smarter customer experience.

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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. Whereas, 3 of the 5 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. As a side note, there have been no major digital lenders founded in the past 30 months. Founded: 2008.

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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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Lars Markull

JUNE 6, 2020

This caused delays and problems during international transfers, since the sending bank could not check if the provided account details were correct and often the payer provided wrong account details due to missing knowledge. With some delays, IBANs were first used in 2008 and have become mandatory for every bank transfer within SEPA in 2016.

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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. Whereas, 3 of the 6 largest were founded in 2007, 2008, and 2009. Digital Lenders: Year Founded. Digital Lenders (ranked by our FAB score*). Founded: 2008. Funding $M.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Moving into his role to lead the innovation charge for Rockland Trust has been more than a half-dozen years in the making for Jimenez, who in 2008 was heading the bank’s deposit operations and call center teams. “We We had just begun to really start talking about the digital space then,” he recalls.

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NCR

JULY 19, 2016

The renaissance in retail banking is here, and not a moment too soon. Since the economic crisis in 2008, nearly 5,000 U.S. banks have closed their doors, and the rest of the world isn’t too far behind. In the last year alone, more than 600 bank branches have closed across Britain. However, all is not lost.

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Lars Markull

JUNE 6, 2020

This caused delays and problems during international transfers, since the sending bank could not check if the provided account details were correct and often the payer provided wrong account details due to missing knowledge. With some delays, IBANs were first used in 2008 and have become mandatory for every bank transfer within SEPA in 2016.

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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

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

banks (BofA, Wells, Citi, Capital One, PNC) now offer “autocomplete suggestions” something even Google didn’t fully implement until 2008. That’s great progress, but even at these digital leaders the search results leave much to be desired. Five of the 10 largest U.S. ———-.

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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. The company reached unicorn status in January 2014 at a $1.8B

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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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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. 2008 called and wants its headlines back. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Goes to Sen.

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