Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Since cryptocurrency is such a hot sector, we created a separate offshoot of our Fintech Unicorn list tracking crypto/blockchain startups involved in financial services ( see definitions below ). Related: 281 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Feb 2022). crypto exchange, lender, accounting, blockchain infrastructure, and so on ).

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Next, DAVO Technologies showed how its solution automatically collects, files, and pays sales tax on merchants’ behalf: “DAVO Sales Tax is the automated sales tax solution for small to mid-sized merchants. DAVO’s goal is to do for sales tax what ADP and Paychex did for payroll.” HQ: Portland, ME.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Just out of stealth, Seattle-based fintech startup Secure Save is on the winning side of all these trends. Like a retirement plan or HSA, employees agree to have a small percentage of their pay withheld ( though a key difference is the savings account if funded after-tax ). Remote services? Low-cost subscription model?

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 29, 2016

Coming soon to both Android and iOS, Connect from Refundo will make it easier for taxpayers to file returns with their tax preparers. The new mobile app is designed to help tax professionals reach more customers, as well as reduce wait times for in-office clients. Roger Chinchilla is CEO.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 17, 2015

DAVO debuted DAVO Sales Tax at FinovateFall 2015 in New York. The system works on retailers’ behalf by daily impounding sales tax from the merchant’s point-of-sale system. The Maine-based company then automatically files and pays their monthly taxes. Metrics: Founded: 2011. million in funding. 6 employees.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 9, 2016

The app, Xero TaxTouch aims to help self-employed workers track business expenses and manage their business-related tax deductions. It also tracks estimated taxes and generates a report to help users prepare a Schedule C document to send to their Xero tax accounting professional (if they have one).

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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. Indinero [link] Accounting, taxes & payroll. During the past 4.5

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 1, 2016

Near the top of the list of expense reporting and reimbursement headaches for international travelers is the value-added tax, or VAT. A specialist in cross-border VAT and tax recovery, VAT IT has more than 8,000 clients in 100 countries. The company has raised more than $9 million in funding , with its most recent investment a $5.7

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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. Stripe went on to raise a seed round from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel, and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk in 2011.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Investors will be able to set up IFISA accounts through P2P lenders like Zopa and earn tax-free interest from lending portions of their savings to SMEs on the platform. Making its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2011 in New York , Equifax demonstrated Equifax Complete , its interactive score estimator and score monitoring solution.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 24, 2017

These types of companies debuted in 2011 with the launch of ImpulseSave * , which was acquired by Betterment in 2013. ” Want to withdraw your entire balance to pay your taxes? Text, “withdraw $1,700 for taxes.” Yesterday we discussed what savings technology looks like in goals-based PFM platforms.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. While the darling of FinTech conferences, this divestiture seems primarily driven as a means of Customers delaying the $10 billion Durbin hit and maintaining quarterly EPS expectations from the Street. Oh, by the way, that Fintech darling of two years ago Lending Club? Payments chaos.

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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

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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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

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

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here ). 168t ($1.3B): USA crypto tax software provider TaxBit. Full Fintech Unicorn List. In August, we added 17 new unicorns for a total of 225. Their total market value is now $2.1 trillion, up $80B from last month. trillion. .

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2016

In an effort to spur job growth, the Brazilian government offered tax and legal incentives for technology companies within Rio. There are nearly 30,000 professionals working in FinTech in Toronto. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Download the free report to find out how fintech is shaping the future of wealth management and investing. This openness to banking alternatives presents opportunities for fintech startups looking to innovate in financial services from the outside. get the REPORT on next generation investors. From big banks to big tech.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2019

Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Actress Jessica Alba founded The Honest Company in 2011 to offer consumers healthy, natural alternatives to heavily processed household goods such as cleansers and toiletries. Mozido’s fintech fraud fiasco. Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Outcome Health fights for its life.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 30, 2017

” SuperMoney also hosts a wealth of personal financial information on topics ranging from auto insurance and business credit cards to tax planning and wealth management. The website features more than 11,000 expert and consumer advice columns and reviews. Magazine’s 2015 ranking.

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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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