fintech

noun

fin·tech ˈfin-ˌtek

plural fintechs

: products and companies that employ newly developed digital and online technologies in the banking and financial services industries

The impact that fintech is making throughout our economy is still in its infancy stages. Fintech is really just about innovating and bringing solutions to the banking, lending and capital markets.—

Jason Raznick

—often used before another noun

the fintech sector

… a leading fintech firm, a new breed of companies that offer loans through online platforms.—

Hugo Martin

From payments to wealth management, from peer-to-peer lending to crowdfunding, a new generation of startups is taking aim at the heart of the industry … . Like other disrupters from Silicon Valley, "fintech" firms are growing fast.—

The Economist

also : a business that uses or creates such technologies

Traditional banks are eager to court fintechs as clients, partners or vendors—often in all three roles at once. —

Mark Calvey

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Shady fintech companies would have less to worry about, lending standards could deteriorate, consumers experiencing fraud would not have a clear way to seek help from the federal government, and so on. —

Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2025 Affirm, which pioneered the buy now, pay later business (BNPL), has partnered with FIS in a deal that will allow the fintech company to offer the pay-over-time service to its banking clients and their millions of individual customers. —

Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 11 Feb. 2025 The Tech Hub, in partnership with UNC Charlotte, will be a place where startups, established businesses and students can collaborate on innovation work sector including AI, fintech and cybersecurity. —

Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2025 And what does this mean for the future of fintech in real estate? —

Ilona Limonta-Volkova, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for fintech