CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

CB Insights has unveiled the third annual Fintech 250 — a list of 250 of the top private fintech companies using technology to transform financial services. The 2020 Fintech 250 cohort has raised approximately $49.2B 25+ winners will be presenting at our upcoming fully virtual Future of Fintech Conference (Nov.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Financial institutions are in the midst of becoming more mobile, with many of those legacy operations opting to — or at least considering — working more closely with FinTech providers to upgrade services, retain customers and acquire new ones. The debut of 5G promises to add another tool that can aid such efforts. Latency Advantages.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. Digital banks. Blockchain. Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The strategy also dovetails with API integrations and the emergence of open banking business models. Elsewhere, in Denmark, the FinTech firm known as Nordic API Gateway , which offers the money app Spiir, said this past week that they have received a payment initiation service provider license (PISP).

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

In 2018, companies from 31 countries and 19 categories — spanning payments, digital banking, insurance, and more — made it onto the CB Insights 2018 Fintech 250 list. Below, we dive into where the Fintech 250 Class of 2018 startups are now. GET THE 102-PAGE q4 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

Chinese social eCommerce platform Wanwu Xinxuan has raised $20 million in a Series B round of financing led by Fresh Capital, with participation from Redpoint China Ventures, according to Deal Street Asia. Launched in August 2018, Wanwu Xinxuan is an online retail platform selling children’s apparel, shoes and accessories.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

The Chinese financial services company was valued at $150 billion in a 2018 fundraising round. At the time, Credit Suisse and China International Capital Corp. Also in January, Ant was reportedly seeking a wholesale digital banking license in Singapore , with a capital commitment of $100 million.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

The Brazil-based FinTech Nubank raised $400 million in a Series F round of funding led by TCV , making it the first major Latin American investment by the Menlo Park, California fund. . In this seventh round series F funding, the company raised $400 million and is now the largest “digital bank” in the world, a Nubank press release said. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

The startup said this was the largest funding round ever for a French FinTech. The startup has said that business banking on the continent needs to be repaired, and that it can provide a much better experience with its mobile and online-first offerings. . It also plans to hire more employees with the capital. million.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Canadian VC-backed companies saw funding drop 13% in H1 2019 compared to H1 2018. Finally, looking at Canadian “fintech” (financial technology) specifically, funding was up substantially in the first half of the year. Canadian fintech companies raised $251M through the end of H1’19, nearly double the $133M raised in H1’18.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2020

Open banking is often associated with the European Union (EU) almost by default as the region pushes the envelope further on regulation than anywhere, partly to encourage — but also to keep up with — imaginative FinTech innovators going to market throughout the Eurozone. FinTechs Flourishing. Similarities To The EU.

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CB Insights

JULY 10, 2018

Today, there are over 25 fintech unicorns across four different continents. Using CB Insights data, we dug into which investors have backed the most billion-dollar fintech startups — and which are poised to gain the most if their portfolio companies manage exits on par with their huge private market valuations. First Name.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2020

million in a Seed funding round for its neo-bank epiFi, led by Sequoia India and Ribbit Capital, TechCrunch reported on Sunday (Jan. Also participating in the funding rounds were David Velez, Kunal Shah and VC fund Hillhouse Capital. FinTech startups have been aggressive at filling the banking void.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

With small business, there is a tremendous need for access to capital. And of course, SMB lending has been a huge focus for fintech. This is a digital bank based in Russia and today they are demoing their mobile banking offering. While this is true everywhere, this is a particular challenge in a market like India.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

Credit unions (CUs) are performing well as the new decade dawns, with a recent study finding that CUs increased their loan originations by 29 percent from Q4 2018 to Q4 2019. Though still strong, this industry growth has slowed in recent years, with another survey finding that total loans only increased by 6.6 percent in 2019, compared to 10.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2019

FinTech Paysend is launching a new service for corporates to access integrated banking and payment services, the result of a collaboration with open banking software company Crassula. For banks, Paysend Connect supports access to Crassula’s open banking technology to augment their own offerings to business customers.

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CB Insights

JULY 25, 2019

Fintech is often associated with digital tools targeted at tech-savvy millennials. But there is a growing market of fintech companies serving the unique financial needs of Baby Boomers and older retirees — and for good reason. Fintech services for seniors are targeting a range of sub-categories. Source: Capital One.

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Lex Sokolin

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Fintech is expensive. Fintech is everywhere. Fintech is the global competition for regulation, talent, and macroeconomic supremacy. Fintech is the trade war between the US and China. Fintech is the trade war between the US and China. Fintech is Facebook and Amazon. Fintech is the next bubble to burst.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 26, 2021

SoftBank’s capital firepower has helped it become the #2 unicorn investor in the world. Many of these edtech companies digitize traditionally in-person services like tutoring or test prep — a use case that accelerated tremendously during the pandemic. . Clearco provides growth capital for small businesses. Digital banking.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

There are just two China-based fintech businesses valued at over $100B in the world. The second, conceivably, is Tencent’s fintech business. In May 2019, Barclays released a note estimating the value of Tencent’s fintech business at $123B, or close to a third of the company’s total market cap.

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CB Insights

JULY 11, 2019

get the building the bank of the future report. Download the free report to find out about the rise of digital banking, challenger bank strategies and how incumbents are fighting back. oVER 20 Fintech startups with 1m+ customer accounts. fintech startups are Changing the consumer experience.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 31, 2019

article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.” Source: DeBanked ) Square Capital lent about $1.6 In a recent American Banker. Taking Stock.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 13, 2020

The fintech industry is continuing to mature, with Q2’20 setting a new quarterly record for $100M+ mega-rounds and seeing a host of exit activity, including filings to go public from Lemonade , nCino , and Rocket Companies. Free Download: State of Fintech q2’20. Embedded fintech gains traction across applications.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

Fifty-four percent of small business owners say they are optimistic about the national economy , found Bank of America’s 2018 Business Advantage Small Business Owner Report. and global stock markets are also top concerns among entrepreneurs surveyed by the bank. dollar, commodities pricing and the U.S.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 10, 2018

What these startups share is the goal of creating customer-centric banking products that target underserved individuals and businesses. DOWNLOAD THE 61-PAGE consumer banking REPORT. See which startups are helping JPMorgan, Bank of America, and Citi build the digital banking platforms of the future.

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Insights on Business

SEPTEMBER 18, 2016

Some forward-looking banks, – and even more third-party providers (TPPs) and financial services technology companies (FinTechs) are embracing the directive as an opportunity to gain a competitive edge, retaining and gaining customers through value-added services. Value-Added Services = Profits for Banks. Paving the Road Ahead.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

According to a report in The Financial Times , Revolut is making changes — including adding a customer service phone number — as it seeks to become more than a challenger bank, which will require increased funding from investors. The bank has amassed 4.7 the Advertising Standards Authority and the parliament in Lithuania.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Facebook reported on their website that their teams have made progress: They removed 837 million pieces of spam in Q1 2018 before anyone reported it, disabled 583 million fake accounts “within minutes” of going online and removed 24 million inappropriate pictures related to violence and nudity. million such pieces. eBay … and eBay.

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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. 2018 round.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. 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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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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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

A few trillion in deposit growth in the banking industry and closed bars, sports centers, concerts, restaurants and retail had a wee bit of impact on this critical revenue item. You know that dog either has Capital One or Delta Amex. There have been many come-and-go digital banks. unadjusted ROE in a tough COVID year!

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2021

Digital Lenders: Year Founded. 2015 to 2018 >>> 7. Digital Lenders (ranked by our FAB score*). CAN Capital. Lighter Capital. We are calling it the FAB score, standing for Fintech Attention Barometer. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021. Funding $M. Pittsburgh.

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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 ). Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand.

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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 ). Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2019

Banks are not just competing for customer engagement and retention — they are also vying for funding and resources as they overhaul their infrastructure and banking tools. The latest Digital Banking Tracker examines how legacy institutions stay competitive with challenger banks. Competition Can Lead to Innovation.

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