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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

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Elon Musk’s second startup, X.com (now PayPal), launched in 1999. Venture investors saw consumer banking as ripe for disruption in the aftermath of the 2007-2009 financial crisis. Consumers (Nov 2023) first appeared on Fintech Labs SMB Center. And from the very beginning, there have been pure-play digital banking startups.

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Fintech Hall of Fame: The Top Digital Innovations in Financial Services

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Innovations from 1995 to 2014 (with launch dates) Note: Ranking as of Jan 2014 Wells Fargo is first in the world to offer Web-statement access (launched May 1995) Security First Network Bank launches first full-service Internet bank brand (Oct 1995, disbanded 2002) PayPal launches first online optimized payment system (Nov 1999, bought by eBay in 2003) (..)

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The 266 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Nov 2021)

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Unicorn count: Beginning (Nov 1) = 260. + Total (Nov 30) = 266. Nov 2018 transaction. Nov 2021 round. Nov 2021 round. Nov 2021 round. Bloomberg article (Nov ’21). Nov 2021 round. 8 born this month (see Table 2, below). + 1 previous Unicorn (Binance) added this month. – Total market value = $2.20

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

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The 260 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (Oct 2021)

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125 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (YE 2020)

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The publicly-traded company was valued at $137B on Dec 31, making it the 3rd most valuable 21st-century fintech, trailing just PayPal and Ant. Nov 2018 transaction. Nov 2019 round. Nov 2019 round. Exit Nov 2020. Nov 2018 round. Nov 2020 SPAC (proposed). in a March 2019 round. values as of 1 Jan 2021).

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125 Fintech Unicorns of the 21st Century (YE 2020)

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The publicly-traded company was valued at $137B on Dec 31, making it the 3rd most valuable 21st-century fintech, trailing just PayPal and Ant. Nov 2018 transaction. Nov 2019 round. Nov 2019 round. Exit Nov 2020. Nov 2018 round. Nov 2020 SPAC (proposed). in a March 2019 round. values as of 1 Jan 2021).

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