At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here). 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. Unicorn count: Beginning (Aug 1) = 208...
7-minute customer review of Bank Novo At just 5 years old, Novo is tied for the oldest provider on our digital SMB banking list. The company was founded in 2016 and launched services in 2018. The company says it surpassed $1B in cumulative transactions in April 2021...
Since Brex exploded in value in 2018/2019, a number of fintech startups are following its playbook in the SMB space: Attract VC-fueled startups as your beachhead and then expand from there. Mercury Bank is one of the fast followers, focusing on the core bank account...
Fintech startups had quite the showing in this year's INC 500 ranking. Financial tech companies claimed 2 of the top 10 spots, 6 of the top 45, and 12 of top 104. In comparison, last year the highest-ranked fintech was #46 Yieldstreet and there were only 2 other...
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). The most recent example: Divvy's $2.5B exit to Bill.com less...
SMB Fintech Stack (Source: Canapi) The first pure-play 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. The legacy players held onto their market share by...
At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here). In July, we added 10 new unicorns for a total of 208. Their total market value is now $2.0 trillion, up $120B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (July 1) = 198...
At FintechLIVE we maintain a list of 21st-century fintech unicorns* updated monthly (full list here). In June, we added 12 new unicorns for a total of 199. Their total market value is now $1.91 trillion, up $190B from last month. Unicorn count: Beginning (June 1) =...
At least 7 out of 10 small businesses (SMB) lack basic business insurance coverage in one or more critical areas. And lack of transparency, along with just plain bad customer experience, are big contributors to this insurance gap. Enter the digital insurance...
Launched in a midtown (NYC) basement venue in 2007, Finovate* now organizes 4+ shows annually where fintech startups (as well as a few bigger companies) show their technology in no-Powerpoint 7-min live(ish) demos. In total, 2,613 demos in almost 14 years, all...
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