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NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Talk of a decelerating FinTech venture capital market continued to mount this week with reports that digital banking startup Aspiration is struggling to raise money. million as it prepares to launch its lending-in-a-box offering, according to Asset Finance International. Bancorp in 2001 in a $2.1 Also in the U.K.,

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Long before fintech was a thing (1995), I launched the first, and by most measures the biggest, newsletter during the first two decades of online/digital banking. It was called Online Banking Report and was read by a sizable portion of major industry players.

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We divided the products into five areas: Banking : We are tracking 12 challenger/neo-banks focused on U.S. Lending : Our largest category tracks 33 digital alt-lenders predominantly lending to small-and-medium U.S. Related: Top 17 Online Digital Corporate Credit Cards for Small Businesses (Feb 2022).

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Earnix : The financial services analytics provider, founded in 2001 and is second only to Finicity for longest time to get to the $1B valuation. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses. Newborns in February: Blockchain.com : The crypto wallet and exchange was founded in 2011, and is now valued at $3B (or about 60,000 btc).

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Unfortunately, we didn’t track when the first business loan application went online, but it was likely a few years later, let’s call it 2000/2001. But as you can see from the chart below, the digital SMB lenders began in earnest during and immediately after the 2007/2008 financial crash. So, the capability has existed for 20+ years.

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India-based banking technology startup. US lending specialist. To qualify, a company must have been founded in 2000 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll. . #99 Recharge : $2.1B

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But given it’s position as powering alternative energy lending at the POS, it seemed to be more the former. To qualify, a company must have been founded in 2000 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll.

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To qualify, a company must have been founded in 1999 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll. Top 26 Digital Lenders to U.S. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) May 2021.

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Digit Insurance. Starling Bank. To qualify, a company must have been founded in 2000 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) June 2021.

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Digit Insurance. To qualify, a company must have been founded in 2000 or later and have its primary business related to financial services including banking, savings, lending, investing, insurance, wealth management, SMB accounting and payroll. Online Digital Banks for Small Businesses (SMB) June 2021. Fireblocks.

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Unfortunately, we didn’t track when the first business loan application went online, but it was likely a few years later, let’s call it 2000/2001. But as you can see from the chart below, the digital SMB lenders started in earnest during and right after the 2007/2008 financial crash. So, the capability has existed for 20 years.

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Unfortunately, we didn’t track when the first business loan application went online, but it was likely a few years later, let’s call it 2000/2001. But as you can see from the chart below, the digital SMB lenders started in earnest during and right after the 2007/2008 financial crash. So, the capability has existed for 20 years.

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