Fintech News
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100How Fintech Startups Build Competitive Advantages
In 2009, Jim McKelvey, a glassblower in St. Louis, lost a $2,000 sale because he could not accept credit cards. He called...
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Why Fintech Innovation Is Attracting Capital
In November 2022, FTX collapsed in spectacular fashion. The cryptocurrency exchange, valued at $32 billion just seven months earlier, filed for bankruptcy...
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The Role of Venture Funding in Financial Innovation
In 2010, Y Combinator, a startup accelerator known primarily for funding software companies, accepted a payments startup called /dev/payments into its Winter...
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How Fintech Companies Expand Internationally
In 2019, Rapyd, a London-based fintech infrastructure company, set itself an unusual goal: integrate every local payment method in every country into...
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Why Fintech Is a Leading Investment Sector
In March 2024, Sequoia Capital disclosed that its investments in Stripe had generated more than $3.5 billion in paper gains from an...
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The Future of Fintech Startup Ecosystems
Estonia, a country of 1.3 million people on the Baltic Sea, has produced two fintech companies valued at over $1 billion: Wise...
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How Fintech Entrepreneurs Build Industry Authority
In September 2023, Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on cryptocurrency regulation. The testimony was...
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Why Fintech Startups Focus on Brand Credibility
When Revolut applied for its United Kingdom banking license in 2019, regulators at the Prudential Regulation Authority did not simply evaluate the...
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How Fintech Leaders Attract Strategic Partnerships
In September 2014, Apple’s senior vice president of internet services Eddy Cue placed a phone call to Dan Schulman, who had just...
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The Growth of Fintech Venture Ecosystems
In March 2016, a small office above a coffee shop in Lagos became the birthplace of Flutterwave, a payments company that would...
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Why Fintech Startups Invest in Thought Leadership
When Wealthfront CEO Andy Rachleff began publishing essays about investment methodology in 2012, his company managed less than 100 million dollars in...
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How Fintech Companies Build Market Recognition
In January 2019, the New York City subway system began displaying advertisements for a company most commuters had never heard of. The...
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Why Visibility Matters for Fintech Founders
In November 2020, Kristo Kaarmann stood outside the London Stock Exchange wearing a t-shirt that read “Nothing to hide.” The co-founder of...
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How Fintech Startups Establish Industry Authority
When Taavet Hinrikus co-founded TransferWise in 2011, the Estonian entrepreneur faced a credibility problem that no amount of marketing could solve quickly....
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The Importance of Credibility in Fintech Growth
On June 25, 2020, Wirecard AG filed for insolvency after admitting that 1.9 billion euros in cash balances on its books likely...
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How Fintech Founders Build Global Networks
In 2013, Ismail Ahmed sat in a cramped office in East London trying to solve a problem that spanned four continents. His...
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Why Fintech Innovation Attracts Strategic Investment
In April 2021, Stripe completed a 600 million dollar fundraise that valued the company at 95 billion dollars, making it the most...
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How Fintech Companies Gain Industry Visibility
In late 2018, a compliance technology startup called ComplyAdvantage faced a problem common to fintech companies operating in unsexy but essential market...
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Why Fintech Startups Invest in Media Exposure
In February 2015, Monzo did not yet have a banking license, a mobile app, or a single customer. What it had was...
