Best New Fintech Products & Trends of 2024
We’ve been obsessed with new fintech products since before the term was invented. This...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Jan 24, 2025 | Accounting/bookkeeping, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Credit & charge cards, Insurance, Investing, Lenders, New Products, Payments, Personal Financial Management (PFM)
We’ve been obsessed with new fintech products since before the term was invented. This...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Dec 2, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Small Business Banking, Startup of the week
There is a small business owner in one of every 3 US households. They have more complicated...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Oct 28, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking, Startup of the week
As a small business owner, choosing the right banking partner comes with tradeoffs. Do you want to...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Aug 22, 2024 | Conferences/Events, Startups
Back in the summer of 2007 we had a simple vision for the first Finovate event. We knew we wanted...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Aug 14, 2024 | Startups
The maddeningly opaque metrics of private fintech startups has been a source of frustration for...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Jul 24, 2024 | Challenger Banks, Startups, Top Rankings (Banks), Youth finances
According to Dealbook, $1.1 billion has been invested into youth banking startups. Half went to...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Apr 12, 2024 | Awards, Fintech Hall of Fame, New Products
Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest,...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 20, 2024 | Data & Analytics, Small Business (SMB/SME), Small Business Banking
We usually focus on the digital-first challengers that have risen to prominence in the past 7 or 8...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 15, 2024 | AI, Conferences/Events, Startups
The pandemic slowed the introduction of new events. In the fintech space, only Fintech Meetup,...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 12, 2024 | Checking & Transaction Accounts, Small Business Payments, Startup of the week, Startups
Simple spend management tools top my list of advanced digital banking features (see previous...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2024 | Payments, Small Business Payments, Startups
Companies with a significant volume of credit/debit card payments rely heavily on payment...
Read MorePosted by Jim Bruene | Mar 3, 2024 | Startups
With AI mentioned in every press release, trade publication article and marketing pitch,...
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