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The FinTech outlook for 2018

Chris Skinner

I usually start the new year by making some predictions, but so many others have been writing about 2018 trends that I’m not going to.

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20 of Europe’s hottest fintech start-ups to watch in 2018

Chris Skinner

I really liked this article by John Kennedy over at Silicon Republic, and decided to reproduce it here as it’s fitting for the kickoff of 2018. Who are the fintech start-ups in Europe worth banking on in the year ahead?

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Over $100 billion invested in FinTech in 2018?

Chris Skinner

KPMG’s Pulse of FinTech report came out this week. It makes for interesting reading, especially as investment in FinTech has raced ahead to levels unseen before. billion was invested in FinTech firms in the first half of the year. Globally, $57.9

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Fintech Funding Surged 120% in 2018

Bank Innovation

The year 2018 was a great year for fintech funding across the globe. This is true not only because the total funding was high, but also because there were more investors in fintech than in years before.

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5 Companies that Made Fintech Noise in 2018

Bank Innovation

Bank Innovation’s five picks for companies that made noise in fintech this year may not include any banks, but it does include a company owned by a collection of them. Indeed, as far as innovation is concerned, 2018 was the year of the fintechs and nonbanks -- some friendlier to the traditional players than others. […].

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3 Fintech Predictions for 2018 [SPONSORED]

Bank Innovation

Fintech, or the marriage between finance and technology, is several decades in the making. While it’s nearly impossible to predict what the latest fintech breakthrough will deliver, at […]. Rarely a day goes by that the financial industry isn’t being infused with the latest and greatest technologies.

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Fewer Deals But More Dollars Flowed from VCs to Fintech Startups in 2018

Bank Innovation

Fewer but larger venture capital deals in 2018 translated into some big payoffs for fintechs. Fintech-related funding jumped 38% to nearly $11 billion in 2018, according to the 4Q18 MoneyTree Report from PwC and CB Insights. Seed-stage fintech companies accounted for […].

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