Year
2021 fintech market intelligence
430 events from 2021, sourced and curated by Windsor Drake.
430 Events
$86B Disclosed value
8 Event types
Windsor Drake tracks 430 sourced fintech market events in 2021 from 2021, each with a cited source. Across the 172 with disclosed values, total disclosed value is $86B, with a median of $50M. The largest disclosed deal is Block / Afterpay 2022 at $29B. The most active acquirers are MoneyLion (2), PayPal (2), Mastercard (2). Activity was heaviest in 2021, with 430 tracked events.
Frequently asked questions
How many fintech events in 2021 does Windsor Drake track?
Windsor Drake tracks 430 sourced fintech market events in 2021 from 2021, each backed by a cited source.
What is the typical deal size in 2021?
Across 172 events in 2021 with disclosed values, the median is $50M and total disclosed value is $86B.
What is the largest 2021 deal tracked?
Block / Afterpay 2022, at $29B.
Who are the most active acquirers in 2021?
MoneyLion (2 deals), PayPal (2 deals), Mastercard (2 deals).
By event type
Funding Round (148)Strategic Partnership (99)Transaction (79)Product Launch (54)Regulatory (18)Personnel Move (14)Buyer Thesis (11)Customer Win (7)
Events
| Primary | Event type | Counterparty | Value | Sub-sector | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jumia | Strategic Partnership | National Bank of Egypt | Payments | December 31, 2021 | |
| Paisabazaar.com | Strategic Partnership | Axis Bank | Lending Tech (Consumer) | December 30, 2021 | |
| Jupiter | Funding Round | Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, QED Investors, Matrix Partners India | $86M | Neobank | December 30, 2021 |
| OneCard | Funding Round | QED, Sequoia | $76M | Payments | December 30, 2021 |
| Paysend | Strategic Partnership | Tencent Financial Technology | Payments | December 29, 2021 | |
| Jupiter | Funding Round | QED Investors, Sequoia Growth Fund, Matrix Partners, Tiger Global Management, BEENEXT, 3one4 Capital | $86M | Neobank | December 29, 2021 |
| FloBiz | Product Launch | Vertical SaaS Payments | December 28, 2021 | ||
| Tink | Regulatory | FinTecSystems | Embedded Finance | December 27, 2021 | |
| Hatten Land Limited | Strategic Partnership | Huawei International Pte. Ltd. | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 27, 2021 | |
| Monetary Authority of Singapore | Regulatory | Fomo Pay, TripleA, Independent Reserve, DBS Vickers | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 27, 2021 | |
| Sparkle | Funding Round | $3M | Neobank | December 27, 2021 | |
| Flip | Funding Round | Sequoia Capital India, Insight Partners, Insignia Venture Partners | $48M | Payments | December 26, 2021 |
| JurisTech | Transaction | CTOS Digital | BNPL | December 24, 2021 | |
| Wallet Engine | Strategic Partnership | Quest | Embedded Finance | December 24, 2021 | |
| Mooney | Transaction | Enel SpA and Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | $1.6B | Payments | December 23, 2021 |
| NITECREST | Transaction | AUSTRIACARD | Card Issuing | December 23, 2021 | |
| MobiKwik | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | December 23, 2021 | |
| Staked | Transaction | Kraken | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 22, 2021 | |
| Blast | Transaction | Ant Money | Embedded Finance | December 22, 2021 | |
| Seaya Ventures | Funding Round | $182M | Insurtech | December 22, 2021 | |
| Minko | Funding Round | LC Nueva AIF | $2M | Lending | December 22, 2021 |
| MortgageFlex | Strategic Partnership | BLACKFIN GROUP | Mortgage Tech | December 22, 2021 | |
| Numeral | Funding Round | Balderton Capital | $15M | B2B Payments | December 21, 2021 |
| Upstart Holdings | Strategic Partnership | National Bankers Association | Lending | December 21, 2021 | |
| LendUp | Regulatory | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | $100,000 | Lending | December 21, 2021 |
| Finin | Transaction | Open | $10M | Neobank | December 20, 2021 |
| Etronika | Product Launch | GPS Capital Markets | Lending | December 20, 2021 | |
| Razorpay | Funding Round | Lone Pine Capital, Alkeon Capital, TCV, Tiger Global, Sequoia Capital India, GIC, Y Combinator | $375M | Payments | December 20, 2021 |
| Halo Investing | Funding Round | $100M | Wealthtech | December 20, 2021 | |
| Tamara | Funding Round | Checkout.com | $110M | BNPL | December 19, 2021 |
| CreditBook | Funding Round | Tiger Global, Firstminute Capital | $11M | Treasury / Cash Management | December 18, 2021 |
| Bottomline Technologies | Transaction | Thoma Bravo | $2.6B | B2B Payments | December 17, 2021 |
| Even Financial | Transaction | MoneyLion | $440M | Embedded Finance | December 17, 2021 |
| SocietyOne | Transaction | MoneyMe | Lending | December 17, 2021 | |
| Uni | Funding Round | $70M | BNPL | December 17, 2021 | |
| Aliasware | Strategic Partnership | Nacha | Card Issuing | December 17, 2021 | |
| Sympl | Funding Round | BECO Capital, A15, Global Ventures | $6M | BNPL | December 17, 2021 |
| LoanQ | Strategic Partnership | Salestrekker | Lending | December 17, 2021 | |
| Kudos Finance and Investment Private Limited | Regulatory | Enforcement Directorate | Lending | December 17, 2021 | |
| Bureau | Funding Round | Quona Capital | $12M | Identity / Fraud | December 17, 2021 |
| Envestnet | Yodlee | Strategic Partnership | Capital One, Wells Fargo Bank, TD Bank, Finder, 86 400, Blockchain.com | Financial Data / Open Banking | December 17, 2021 | |
| Voodoo | Buyer Thesis | $200M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 16, 2021 | |
| PC Financial Services Private Limited | Regulatory | Enforcement Directorate | $6M | Lending | December 16, 2021 |
| Anthemis | Funding Round | $700M | Embedded Finance | December 16, 2021 | |
| Igloo | Strategic Partnership | Pine Labs | Insurtech | December 16, 2021 | |
| Bumper | Funding Round | JLR InMotion Ventures, Porsche Ventures, Autotech Ventures | $11M | BNPL | December 16, 2021 |
| Juspay | Funding Round | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 | $60M | Payments | December 16, 2021 |
| 1982 Ventures | Funding Round | Carta, Genting Group Ventures, First Close Partners, Rally Cap, Trihill | $13M | Financial Data / Open Banking | December 16, 2021 |
| Lucy Labs | Funding Round | DeepWork Capital, Cogent Bancorp Inc., Red Building Capital, Immeasurable | $3M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 16, 2021 |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Regulatory | BNPL | December 16, 2021 | ||
| Envestnet | Yodlee | Product Launch | Financial Data / Open Banking | December 16, 2021 | ||
| Anchorage | Funding Round | KKR | $350M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 15, 2021 |
| MODIFI | Funding Round | Silicon Valley Bank, Solarisbank | $145M | B2B Payments | December 15, 2021 |
| Anchorage Digital | Funding Round | KKR | $350M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 15, 2021 |
| Open Co | Funding Round | SoftBank Latin America Fund | $115M | Lending | December 15, 2021 |
| Lambda256 | Funding Round | Dunamu, Hanhwa Systems, Chong Kun Dang, Yanolja, Daelim, VTI Partners, DSC Investments, Shinhan Venture Capital, KB Investments, SBI Investments | $60M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 15, 2021 |
| Crypto APIs | Transaction | WonderFi Technologies | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 14, 2021 | |
| Endowus | Personnel Move | Grace Chiang | Wealthtech | December 14, 2021 | |
| Stere | Funding Round | Fin VC | $2M | Embedded Finance | December 14, 2021 |
| Deel | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 14, 2021 | ||
| CUSIP Global Services | Transaction | FactSet | $1.9B | Capital Markets Tech | December 13, 2021 |
| Fuse | Funding Round | undisclosed global fintech fund, East Ventures, GGV Capital, eWTP, Emtek | $25M | Insurtech | December 13, 2021 |
| Kwara | Product Launch | Neobank | December 13, 2021 | ||
| Aliaswire | Strategic Partnership | Nacha | Card Issuing | December 13, 2021 | |
| Binance | Strategic Partnership | HG Exchange | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 13, 2021 | |
| Direct Commerce, Inc. | Funding Round | W3 Capital | B2B Payments | December 13, 2021 | |
| Kwara | Funding Round | Breega, SoftBank Vision Fund, Emerge, FINCA Ventures, New General Market Partners, Globivest, Do Good Invest, Raba Capital, Launch Africa, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Future Africa, Samurai Incubate, DOB Equity | $4M | Neobank | December 13, 2021 |
| Meta | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 13, 2021 | ||
| SEON | Strategic Partnership | Carbon, FairMoney | Neobank | December 10, 2021 | |
| Alloy | Product Launch | Identity / Fraud | December 10, 2021 | ||
| OpenClose | Product Launch | Mortgage Tech | December 10, 2021 | ||
| Kwara | Strategic Partnership | Workpay, Lami | Embedded Finance | December 10, 2021 | |
| Kwara | Funding Round | Breega VC, SoftBank Vision Fund Emerge, Finca Ventures, New General Market Partners, Globivest, Do Good Invest, Rabacap, Launch Africa, Norrsken Impact Accelerator, Future Africa, Samurai Incubate, DOB Equity, Fintech Angels | $4M | Neobank | December 9, 2021 |
| Ledger | Product Launch | Baanx | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 9, 2021 | |
| Mambu | Funding Round | EQT Growth | $266M | Embedded Finance | December 9, 2021 |
| Pleo | Funding Round | Coatue Management, Alkeon Capital | $200M | Card Issuing | December 9, 2021 |
| Kyriba Corp. | Personnel Move | Jim Moffatt, Philippe Henry, Brian Shniderman, Chakib Bouhdary | Treasury / Cash Management | December 9, 2021 | |
| Novus | Regulatory | Financial Conduct Authority | Embedded Finance | December 9, 2021 | |
| Rho | Funding Round | Dragoneer Investment Group | $75M | Treasury / Cash Management | December 9, 2021 |
| BeSmartee | Strategic Partnership | LodeStar Software Solutions | Mortgage Tech | December 9, 2021 | |
| Tradeshift | Funding Round | Koch Industries, IDC Ventures, LUN Partners, Private Shares, Fuel Capital | $200M | Embedded Finance | December 9, 2021 |
| OnePipe | Strategic Partnership | Sendy | Embedded Finance | December 9, 2021 | |
| People's Bank of China | Strategic Partnership | Hong Kong Monetary Authority | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 9, 2021 | |
| Reserve Bank of Australia | Strategic Partnership | Commonwealth Bank of Australia, National Australia Bank, Perpetual, ConsenSys | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 9, 2021 | |
| Telecel Group | Strategic Partnership | Startupbootcamp AfriTech | Regtech / KYC / AML | December 9, 2021 | |
| Cacao | Transaction | Dock | Card Issuing | December 8, 2021 | |
| Neat | Transaction | Rapyd | B2B Payments | December 8, 2021 | |
| Distributed Ventures | Funding Round | NFP | Insurtech | December 8, 2021 | |
| TRM Labs | Funding Round | Tiger Global | $60M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 8, 2021 |
| Belvo | Strategic Partnership | Visa | Financial Data / Open Banking | December 8, 2021 | |
| Passbase | Funding Round | Costanoa Ventures | $14M | Regtech / KYC / AML | December 8, 2021 |
| Flip | Funding Round | $48M | Payments | December 8, 2021 | |
| Fincura | Transaction | Numerated | Lending Tech (SMB) | December 7, 2021 | |
| PT Bank Jasa Jakarta | Transaction | WeLab | Neobank | December 7, 2021 | |
| TymeBank | Funding Round | Tencent, CDC Group | $180M | Neobank | December 7, 2021 |
| WeLab | Funding Round | $240M | Neobank | December 7, 2021 | |
| Artmarket.com | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 7, 2021 | ||
| Coinhako | Funding Round | SBI-Sygnum-Azimut Digital Asset Opportunity (DAO) fund | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 7, 2021 | |
| ARIADNEXT | Product Launch | IDnow | Identity / Fraud | December 7, 2021 | |
| Marqeta | Strategic Partnership | Klarna | Card Issuing | December 7, 2021 | |
| Hummingbird Regtech | Funding Round | Battery Ventures | $30M | Regtech / KYC / AML | December 7, 2021 |
| NQOODLET | Funding Round | Yaser Alghamdi, Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC), OMQ Investments | $1M | Card Issuing | December 7, 2021 |
| Trust Payments | Strategic Partnership | Everest | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 6, 2021 | |
| FOMO Pay | Strategic Partnership | Banking Circle | Payments | December 6, 2021 | |
| TRM Analytics | Funding Round | Visa | $60M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 6, 2021 |
| Mysten Labs | Funding Round | Andreessen Horowitz | $36M | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 6, 2021 |
| Qatar Central Bank | Regulatory | Payments | December 5, 2021 | ||
| Xen Capital | Funding Round | Headline Asia | $8M | Wealthtech | December 5, 2021 |
| Octamile | Funding Round | $500,000 | Insurtech | December 4, 2021 | |
| Victor | Funding Round | MVB Edge Ventures | $6M | Card Issuing | December 3, 2021 |
| Dwolla | Strategic Partnership | Infinicept | PAD/ACH & Bank Rails | December 3, 2021 | |
| Bank of London | Product Launch | PAD/ACH & Bank Rails | December 3, 2021 | ||
| Capitalflow | Transaction | bunq | Neobank | December 2, 2021 | |
| Temenos | Strategic Partnership | Mbanq | BaaS | December 2, 2021 | |
| bunq | Funding Round | Pollen Street Capital | $213M | Neobank | December 2, 2021 |
| Kueski | Funding Round | StepStone Group, Victory Park Capital, One Prime Capital, Glisco, Altos Ventures, Cathay Innovation, Richmond Global Ventures, Rise Capital, Tuesday Capital, Angel Ventures, Cometa | $202M | BNPL | December 2, 2021 |
| ZELF | Product Launch | Discord | Neobank | December 2, 2021 | |
| NXTsoft | Strategic Partnership | Embedded Finance | December 2, 2021 | ||
| 8i Ventures | Funding Round | $50M | Card Issuing | December 2, 2021 | |
| Pipe | Strategic Partnership | YieldX | Capital Markets Tech | December 2, 2021 | |
| Seedrs | Transaction | Republic | Financial Data / Open Banking | December 1, 2021 | |
| Digit | Transaction | Oportun | $213M | Neobank | December 1, 2021 |
| Grab | Transaction | Altimeter Growth Corp | Neobank | December 1, 2021 | |
| Feedzai | Funding Round | $200M | Regtech / KYC / AML | December 1, 2021 | |
| Republic | Funding Round | Seedrs | $100M | Capital Markets Tech | December 1, 2021 |
| Goalsetter | Funding Round | Seae Ventures | $15M | Neobank | December 1, 2021 |
| Better | Funding Round | Aurora Acquisition Corp., SoftBank, Novator Capital | $1.5B | Mortgage Tech | December 1, 2021 |
| DHL Express Malaysia | Strategic Partnership | Standard Chartered | Payments | December 1, 2021 | |
| Arkose Labs | Funding Round | SoftBank Vision Fund | $70M | Identity / Fraud | December 1, 2021 |
| Envestnet, Inc. | Product Launch | Fiduciary Exchange LLC (FIDx), SIMON Markets LLC | Insurtech | December 1, 2021 | |
| YouTrip | Funding Round | $30M | Neobank | December 1, 2021 | |
| CardX | Transaction | Stax | Payments | November 30, 2021 | |
| The Bank of London | Product Launch | Treasury / Cash Management | November 30, 2021 | ||
| YouTrip | Funding Round | Asian family offices and financial technology investors | $30M | Neobank | November 30, 2021 |
| Cashfree Payments | Strategic Partnership | Telr | $15M | Embedded Finance | November 30, 2021 |
| GK8 | Transaction | Galaxy Digital | $44M | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 29, 2021 |
| Sabi | Funding Round | CRE Venture Capital | $6M | B2B Payments | November 29, 2021 |
| 9th Gear Technologies | Product Launch | Itaú, NatWest, CIBC, NAB | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 29, 2021 | |
| Thought Machine | Funding Round | Nyca Partners | $200M | BaaS | November 29, 2021 |
| Banco Central de la República Argentina | Product Launch | Argentine banks, fintech companies, payment processors | Payments | November 29, 2021 | |
| YouTrip | Funding Round | Family offices in Asia | $30M | Neobank | November 29, 2021 |
| Slice | Funding Round | Tiger Global Management, Insight Partners | $220M | Card Issuing | November 29, 2021 |
| Jump.Finance | Transaction | Tinkoff | B2B Payments | November 28, 2021 | |
| Meridian Cost Benefit | Transaction | Glantus Holdings | B2B Payments | November 26, 2021 | |
| Nium | Strategic Partnership | Queen Bee Capital | B2B Payments | November 26, 2021 | |
| Linklogis | Strategic Partnership | Standard Chartered | Treasury / Cash Management | November 26, 2021 | |
| P&N Group | Strategic Partnership | Frollo | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 26, 2021 | |
| Jefa | Strategic Partnership | Visa | Neobank | November 26, 2021 | |
| Open | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | November 26, 2021 | ||
| Nobly | Transaction | Revolut | Vertical SaaS Payments | November 25, 2021 | |
| OnePipe | Funding Round | Atlantica Ventures, Tribe Capital, V&R associates | $4M | Embedded Finance | November 25, 2021 |
| Crossfin Technology Holdings | Transaction | Ethos Mid-Market Fund I | Card Issuing | November 24, 2021 | |
| TruePay | Funding Round | Addition | $32M | B2B Payments | November 24, 2021 |
| Citi | Strategic Partnership | Taskize | Capital Markets Tech | November 24, 2021 | |
| Paycast | Strategic Partnership | Marqeta and Mastercard | Card Issuing | November 24, 2021 | |
| BIGG Digital Assets Inc. | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 24, 2021 | ||
| Basiq | Strategic Partnership | Visa | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 24, 2021 | |
| AIB UK Small Business Loan Book | Transaction | Allica Bank | Lending | November 23, 2021 | |
| FairXchange | Transaction | United Fintech | Capital Markets Tech | November 23, 2021 | |
| United Fintech | Buyer Thesis | Capital Markets Tech | November 23, 2021 | ||
| Horizon Fintex | Strategic Partnership | MERJ Exchange Limited, Pitbull, Timbaland, Beatclub | Capital Markets Tech | November 23, 2021 | |
| AIB | Strategic Partnership | Allica Bank | Lending | November 23, 2021 | |
| Lydia | Strategic Partnership | Bitpanda | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 22, 2021 | |
| Vesttoo | Funding Round | Mouro Capital, MS&AD Ventures | $15M | Insurtech | November 22, 2021 |
| IOPhysics Systems | Transaction | Turtlemint | Insurtech | November 20, 2021 | |
| OnSemble | Transaction | Ncontracts | Regtech | November 19, 2021 | |
| Microsoft | Strategic Partnership | Accenture, Avanade | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 19, 2021 | |
| Alpha Fintech | Strategic Partnership | Microsoft | Payments | November 19, 2021 | |
| YeLo | Transaction | Avail Finance | Neobank | November 18, 2021 | |
| StyloPay | Transaction | Lynx Global Digital Finance Corporation | $1M | Payments | November 18, 2021 |
| Malka Media | Transaction | MoneyLion | Neobank | November 18, 2021 | |
| GLN International Inc. | Strategic Partnership | Liquid Group Pte. Ltd. | Payments | November 18, 2021 | |
| Cover Genius | Strategic Partnership | Flipkart | Embedded Finance | November 18, 2021 | |
| PayPal | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 18, 2021 | ||
| Intuit | Buyer Thesis | Lending | November 18, 2021 | ||
| Nudge Inc. | Funding Round | Insignia Ventures Partners, Sony Innovation Fund, Spiral Capital, Headline Asia, Genesia Ventures | $10M | Neobank | November 18, 2021 |
| Airwallex | Buyer Thesis | Card Issuing | November 17, 2021 | ||
| Airwallex | Funding Round | Lone Pine Capital | $100M | Embedded Finance | November 17, 2021 |
| Yapily | Product Launch | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 17, 2021 | ||
| SimpleNexus | Transaction | nCino | $1.2B | Mortgage Tech | November 16, 2021 |
| iController | Transaction | Billtrust | B2B Payments | November 16, 2021 | |
| Boatzon | Strategic Partnership | Trident Funding | Embedded Finance | November 16, 2021 | |
| The Social Loan Company (TSLC) | Funding Round | ARV Investments | $25M | Lending | November 16, 2021 |
| nCino | Funding Round | SimpleNexus | $1.2B | Mortgage Tech | November 16, 2021 |
| People Data Labs | Funding Round | Craft Ventures | $45M | Identity / Fraud | November 16, 2021 |
| GlossGenius | Funding Round | Bessemer Venture Partners | $16M | Vertical SaaS Payments | November 16, 2021 |
| TeamApt | Funding Round | Neobank | November 16, 2021 | ||
| American Challenger Development Corp. | Transaction | Patriot National Bancorp | $119M | Neobank | November 15, 2021 |
| BitGo | Personnel Move | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 15, 2021 | ||
| PT Moduit Digital Indonesian | Funding Round | Reciprocus Moduit Holding | $5M | Wealthtech | November 15, 2021 |
| Kensington Mortgages | Transaction | Starling Bank | BaaS | November 14, 2021 | |
| MTN Nigeria | Regulatory | Central Bank of Nigeria | BaaS | November 14, 2021 | |
| Kikitrade | Strategic Partnership | Oxford Frontier | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 14, 2021 | |
| Syfe | Funding Round | Wealthtech | November 12, 2021 | ||
| Middlemarch Partners | Strategic Partnership | Convergency Partners | Wealthtech | November 12, 2021 | |
| Going Merry | Transaction | Earnest | Lending | November 11, 2021 | |
| RoadSync | Personnel Move | Chris Forshay | Payments | November 11, 2021 | |
| AICEP Portugal Global | Strategic Partnership | SOSA | Regtech | November 11, 2021 | |
| Axo AS | Personnel Move | Payments | November 11, 2021 | ||
| Kikitrade | Product Launch | Oxford Frontier | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 11, 2021 | |
| Circle Internet Financial Limited | Funding Round | $50M | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 10, 2021 | |
| Lista | Funding Round | 1982 Ventures, East Ventures, Saison Capital, Alternate Ventures | Lending Tech (SMB) | November 10, 2021 | |
| Evercity | Product Launch | Wealthtech | November 10, 2021 | ||
| The Social Loan Company (TSLC) | Funding Round | Rothschild & Co, ARV Investments | $100M | Lending | November 10, 2021 |
| Blend Labs | Customer Win | Mortgage Tech | November 10, 2021 | ||
| Cacheflow | Funding Round | GGV Capital | $6M | BNPL | November 10, 2021 |
| Moduit Digital | Funding Round | $5M | Wealthtech | November 10, 2021 | |
| Affirm Holdings | Customer Win | Amazon | BNPL | November 10, 2021 | |
| growney | Transaction | Lloyd Fonds AG | Wealthtech | November 9, 2021 | |
| SAVVYY | Strategic Partnership | Concentra Bank | Mortgage Tech | November 9, 2021 | |
| Access Bank | Strategic Partnership | Fintech Nigeria (FintechNGR), Africa FinTech Foundry (AFF) | Embedded Finance | November 9, 2021 | |
| JUMO | Funding Round | Fidelity Management and Research Company, Visa, Kingsway Capital | $120M | Embedded Finance | November 9, 2021 |
| Upstart Holdings | Customer Win | Lending Tech (SMB) | November 9, 2021 | ||
| Klarna | Product Launch | BNPL | November 9, 2021 | ||
| Standard Chartered | Strategic Partnership | Starling Bank | Wealthtech | November 9, 2021 | |
| Ripple | Product Launch | Coinme | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 9, 2021 | |
| Socure | Funding Round | Accel, T. Rowe Price, Bain Capital Ventures, Tiger Global, Commerce Ventures, Scale Venture Partners, Sorenson Ventures | $450M | Identity / Fraud | November 9, 2021 |
| SAVVYY | Funding Round | Joe Canavan, Michael Zych, Kevin Walton, Michael Vanderkaden | $5M | Mortgage Tech | November 9, 2021 |
| ReverseVision | Personnel Move | Bill Mitchell | Mortgage Tech | November 9, 2021 | |
| Prudential | Strategic Partnership | Privé Technologies | Wealthtech | November 9, 2021 | |
| Stitch | Funding Round | $2M | Embedded Finance | November 9, 2021 | |
| Metromile | Transaction | Lemonade | Insurtech | November 8, 2021 | |
| Access Bank | Strategic Partnership | FinTech NGR, Africa FinTech Foundry | Embedded Finance | November 8, 2021 | |
| Nimbla | Funding Round | Fin VC, Barclays Bank | $6M | Insurtech | November 8, 2021 |
| Envestnet | Buyer Thesis | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 8, 2021 | ||
| ClearTax | Funding Round | Kora Capital, Stripe, Alua Capital, Think Investments | $75M | B2B Payments | November 8, 2021 |
| Fi | Funding Round | B Capital Group, Falcon Edge, Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital | $50M | Neobank | November 6, 2021 |
| Republic | Funding Round | $150M | Neobank | November 6, 2021 | |
| Hong Kong Monetary Authority | Product Launch | Cyberport | Regtech | November 5, 2021 | |
| QI Tech | Funding Round | GIC | $50M | Embedded Finance | November 5, 2021 |
| Semafone | Personnel Move | Payments | November 5, 2021 | ||
| AsiaVerify | Strategic Partnership | Merkle Science | Regtech / KYC / AML | November 5, 2021 | |
| Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP) | Strategic Partnership | Ant Group | Payments | November 5, 2021 | |
| CreditIQ | Transaction | Cars.com | Lending | November 4, 2021 | |
| TradeStation Group | Transaction | Quantum FinTech Acquisition Corporation | $1.4B | Capital Markets Tech | November 4, 2021 |
| Copper Financial | Strategic Partnership | FusionIQ | Wealthtech | November 4, 2021 | |
| Promontory MortgagePath LLC | Customer Win | American Bankers Association | Mortgage Tech | November 4, 2021 | |
| Lynx Global Digital Finance Corporation | Strategic Partnership | Copper.co | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 4, 2021 | |
| SPENN Technology A/S | Regulatory | Nasdaq First North Growth Market | BaaS | November 4, 2021 | |
| Relay Payments | Strategic Partnership | Southeastern Freight Lines | B2B Payments | November 4, 2021 | |
| AscendEX | Funding Round | Polychain Capital, Hack VC | $50M | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 4, 2021 |
| UpEquity | Strategic Partnership | Blend | Mortgage Tech | November 4, 2021 | |
| Mitek Systems | Buyer Thesis | Identity / Fraud | November 4, 2021 | ||
| FINOS | Strategic Partnership | EDM Council | Regtech | November 3, 2021 | |
| GTreasury | Strategic Partnership | Imperium Markets | Treasury / Cash Management | November 3, 2021 | |
| AscendEX | Funding Round | Polychain Capital, Hack VC, Jump Capital, Alameda Research, Uncorrelated Ventures, Eterna Capital, Acheron Trading, Nothing Research, Palm Drive Capital | $50M | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 3, 2021 |
| SIMON Markets LLC | Strategic Partnership | +SUBSCRIBE | Wealthtech | November 3, 2021 | |
| SWAP | Product Launch | Thales | Payments | November 3, 2021 | |
| Connect Group | Transaction | Net1 UEPS Technologies | $219M | Payments | November 2, 2021 |
| Bottlepay | Transaction | NYDIG | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 2, 2021 | |
| Nubank | Funding Round | $3.0B | Neobank | November 2, 2021 | |
| Net1 UEPS Technologies | Funding Round | Connect Group | $242M | Treasury / Cash Management | November 2, 2021 |
| ADVANCE.AI | Strategic Partnership | Ekata | Identity / Fraud | November 2, 2021 | |
| TIFIN | Strategic Partnership | Hamilton Lane | $47M | Wealthtech | November 2, 2021 |
| Trellis Housing Finance Limited | Funding Round | Fatima Gobi Ventures, Insitor Partners, Zayn Capital, TPL Properties, Taarah Ventures | Mortgage Tech | November 2, 2021 | |
| Global Payments Inc | Customer Win | Citi | Payments | November 2, 2021 | |
| Moven | Strategic Partnership | ApexEdge | Neobank | November 2, 2021 | |
| Unity Small Finance Bank | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Lending Tech (SMB) | November 1, 2021 | |
| Boatzon | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | November 1, 2021 | ||
| PB Fintech | Funding Round | SoftBank Vision Fund | $770M | Insurtech | November 1, 2021 |
| Zolve | Funding Round | Partners of DST Global | $36M | Neobank | November 1, 2021 |
| Socure | Funding Round | $450M | Regtech / KYC / AML | November 1, 2021 | |
| Imprint | Funding Round | Kleiner Perkins, Stripe, Thrive Capital, Affirm, Allen & Co. | $38M | Payments | November 1, 2021 |
| Wealthface | Product Launch | DriveWealth | Wealthtech | November 1, 2021 | |
| MIDBANK | Strategic Partnership | Temenos | BaaS | November 1, 2021 | |
| Bitfury Group | Personnel Move | Brian P. Brooks | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 29, 2021 | |
| Stitch | Funding Round | Future Africa, Norrsken Foundation | $2M | Identity / Fraud | October 28, 2021 |
| UnitedMasters | Strategic Partnership | Coinbase | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 28, 2021 | |
| Extend | Funding Round | March Capital | $40M | Card Issuing | October 28, 2021 |
| Hodlnaut | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 28, 2021 | ||
| Tifin | Funding Round | Hamilton Lane, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Morningstar, Broadridge | $47M | Wealthtech | October 28, 2021 |
| Alliance Data Systems Corporation | Strategic Partnership | Sezzle | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 28, 2021 | |
| Hamilton Lane | Strategic Partnership | TIFIN | $47M | Wealthtech | October 28, 2021 |
| WEX | Customer Win | Card Issuing | October 28, 2021 | ||
| Swap | Funding Round | Tiger Global Management | $25M | BaaS | October 28, 2021 |
| Mastercard | Strategic Partnership | Aiia | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 28, 2021 | |
| BentoBox | Transaction | Fiserv | Vertical SaaS Payments | October 27, 2021 | |
| Niro | Funding Round | Elevar Equity | $4M | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 27, 2021 |
| Orenda | Strategic Partnership | Nium | Embedded Finance | October 27, 2021 | |
| Extend Enterprises | Funding Round | March Capital, B Capital, Point72 Ventures, Fintech Collective, Reciprocal Ventures, Wells Fargo, Pacific Western Bank | $40M | Card Issuing | October 27, 2021 |
| Union54 | Funding Round | Tiger Global | $3M | Card Issuing | October 27, 2021 |
| Upstream Exchange | Product Launch | Horizon Fintex, MERJ Exchange Limited | Capital Markets Tech | October 27, 2021 | |
| White Star Capital | Funding Round | $360M | Wealthtech | October 27, 2021 | |
| EYN | Transaction | Onfido | Identity / Fraud | October 26, 2021 | |
| Coterie Insurance | Funding Round | Weatherford Capital, RPM Ventures, Intact Ventures, Group 1001, Alpha Edison | $50M | Insurtech | October 26, 2021 |
| Klarna | Strategic Partnership | Stripe | BNPL | October 26, 2021 | |
| Kredivo | Strategic Partnership | Standard Chartered Bank Indonesia | BNPL | October 26, 2021 | |
| Vestr | Strategic Partnership | Julius Baer | Wealthtech | October 26, 2021 | |
| MainStreet Bancshares | Strategic Partnership | BaaS | October 26, 2021 | ||
| Ripple | Strategic Partnership | Pyypl | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 26, 2021 | |
| Ondato | Funding Round | LitCapital, OTB Ventures, Startup Wise Guys | $4M | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 26, 2021 |
| authID.ai | Strategic Partnership | Hamilton Reserve Bank | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 26, 2021 | |
| Nium | Product Launch | Paxos | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 26, 2021 | |
| Clio | Product Launch | PAD/ACH & Bank Rails | October 26, 2021 | ||
| Privy | Funding Round | GGV Capital | $18M | Identity / Fraud | October 26, 2021 |
| BharatPe | Funding Round | MAS Financial Services Private Limited | $12M | Lending Tech (SMB) | October 25, 2021 |
| ACKO Insurance | Regulatory | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) | $255M | Insurtech | October 25, 2021 |
| Mastercard | Strategic Partnership | Bakkt | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 25, 2021 | |
| Glia | Strategic Partnership | Q2 Holdings, Inc. | BaaS | October 25, 2021 | |
| Nium | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 25, 2021 | ||
| Jumio | Product Launch | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 25, 2021 | ||
| Veriff | Product Launch | Identity / Fraud | October 25, 2021 | ||
| Billie | Funding Round | Dawn Capital | $100M | BNPL | October 25, 2021 |
| Shufti Pro | Strategic Partnership | Open Systems Technologies International (Bahamas) Limited | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 24, 2021 | |
| Cellfie | Product Launch | KEB Hana Card | Payments | October 22, 2021 | |
| ClassPass | Transaction | Mindbody | Vertical SaaS Payments | October 21, 2021 | |
| Recko | Transaction | Stripe | Treasury / Cash Management | October 21, 2021 | |
| Jacobi Asset Management | Transaction | Nukkleus Inc | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 21, 2021 | |
| LetsVenture | Product Launch | Wealthtech | October 21, 2021 | ||
| LQwD FinTech | Funding Round | $6M | Payments | October 21, 2021 | |
| Veem | Strategic Partnership | Q2 Holdings, Inc. | BaaS | October 21, 2021 | |
| Equifax | Buyer Thesis | Identity / Fraud | October 21, 2021 | ||
| BCA Digital | Funding Round | Bank Central Asia | $191M | Neobank | October 21, 2021 |
| Transcard | Strategic Partnership | ALT 5 Sigma Inc. | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 21, 2021 | |
| Pomelo | Funding Round | Tiger Global Management | $35M | Embedded Finance | October 21, 2021 |
| NexPay | Transaction | Euro Asia Pay Holdings Inc. | $4M | Payments | October 20, 2021 |
| CredAble | Funding Round | Plutus Wealth Management, Oaks Assets Management | $30M | Lending Tech (SMB) | October 20, 2021 |
| Elevandi | Personnel Move | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 20, 2021 | ||
| Piermont Bank | Product Launch | Treasury Prime | $20M | Lending | October 20, 2021 |
| RevFin | Funding Round | Dheeraj Jain, Let's Venture Angel Fund, Anuraag, Ruchirans Jaipuria, Rishi Kajaria, Rahul Seth, Amit Goel, Ranjit Yadav | $4M | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 20, 2021 |
| Krungsri Finnovate | Buyer Thesis | Bank of Ayudhya | Insurtech | October 20, 2021 | |
| Sift | Product Launch | Onfido, Jumio, Zendesk | Identity / Fraud | October 20, 2021 | |
| Everest Consolidator Acquisition | Funding Round | BofA Securities | $150M | Wealthtech | October 20, 2021 |
| Smart Fintech | Regulatory | National Bank of Romania | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 20, 2021 | |
| Oracle NetSuite | Strategic Partnership | HSBC | Treasury / Cash Management | October 20, 2021 | |
| Zopa | Funding Round | SoftBank Vision Fund 2 | Neobank | October 19, 2021 | |
| NetSuite | Strategic Partnership | HSBC | B2B Payments | October 19, 2021 | |
| NetSuite | Product Launch | Oracle | B2B Payments | October 19, 2021 | |
| Cred | Funding Round | Tiger Global, Falcon Edge, Marshall Wace, Steadfast Venture Capital, DST Global, Insight Partners, Coatue, Sofina | $251M | Card Issuing | October 19, 2021 |
| Marqeta | Strategic Partnership | Coinbase, Fold, Shakepay, Bakkt | Card Issuing | October 19, 2021 | |
| TF Holdings, Inc. | Product Launch | Lending | October 19, 2021 | ||
| Oracle NetSuite | Product Launch | B2B Payments | October 19, 2021 | ||
| Primer | Funding Round | ICONIQ Growth | $50M | Payments | October 19, 2021 |
| Parpera | Strategic Partnership | Railspay, Volt Bank | BaaS | October 18, 2021 | |
| DataRails | Personnel Move | Zviki Shimon | Regtech | October 18, 2021 | |
| Open | Funding Round | Temasek | $100M | Embedded Finance | October 18, 2021 |
| PaySika | Funding Round | Benjamin Chemla, Damien Guermonprez, Charles Edouard Bouée, Didier Valet, Charlie Delingpole, Oliver Tilloy, Adedayo Amzat, Thibault Poutrel | $348,000 | Neobank | October 15, 2021 |
| Productfy | Strategic Partnership | Stearns Bank National Association | Embedded Finance | October 15, 2021 | |
| Tala | Funding Round | $145M | Embedded Finance | October 15, 2021 | |
| Gadze Finance | Product Launch | Version One Ventures | $25M | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 14, 2021 |
| Sezzle | Product Launch | TransUnion | BNPL | October 14, 2021 | |
| Global Processing Services | Funding Round | Advent International, Viking Global Investors | $300M | Card Issuing | October 13, 2021 |
| SAVVYY | Personnel Move | Duncan Hannay | Mortgage Tech | October 13, 2021 | |
| Percent | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | October 13, 2021 | ||
| M2P Fintech | Funding Round | Tiger Global | $35M | Embedded Finance | October 12, 2021 |
| Mono | Funding Round | Tiger Global | $15M | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 12, 2021 |
| Alviere | Funding Round | Viola Ventures, Viola Fintech, CommerzVentures, Mitsubishi Capital Corporation, Wix.com Capital, Draper Triangle Ventures, Cross River Bank Capital, CERCA Partners, North Coast Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures | $70M | Embedded Finance | October 12, 2021 |
| Atomic | Funding Round | Core Innovation Capital | $22M | Embedded Finance | October 12, 2021 |
| Crypto-Fintech Laboratory of HKUST Big Data Institute | Strategic Partnership | BTC.com | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 12, 2021 | |
| GSTechnologies Ltd | Personnel Move | Jack Bai | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 12, 2021 | |
| BitPay | Strategic Partnership | Wix | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 12, 2021 | |
| Highnote | Funding Round | Oak HC/FT | $54M | Card Issuing | October 11, 2021 |
| FrankieOne | Funding Round | AirTree Ventures, Greycroft | $16M | Identity / Fraud | October 11, 2021 |
| Productfy | Funding Round | CM Ventures | $16M | BaaS | October 8, 2021 |
| Verrency | Personnel Move | Jeroen van Son | Payments | October 8, 2021 | |
| SimpleNexus | Strategic Partnership | Notarize, DocMagic | Mortgage Tech | October 7, 2021 | |
| Funding Societies | Funding Round | Helicap Investments, Social Impact Debt Fund, Japanese financial services group | $18M | Lending | October 7, 2021 |
| Wirex | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 7, 2021 | ||
| Centiglobe | Funding Round | Confidus Venture Capital | Treasury / Cash Management | October 7, 2021 | |
| Sila Inc. | Strategic Partnership | Arcus | Payments | October 6, 2021 | |
| Endowus | Product Launch | Wealthtech | October 6, 2021 | ||
| Main Capital Partners | Buyer Thesis | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 6, 2021 | ||
| Sila | Strategic Partnership | Arcus | Payments | October 6, 2021 | |
| Angra Limited | Transaction | GSTechnologies | Payments | October 5, 2021 | |
| GoCardless | Funding Round | JP Morgan | $252M | PAD/ACH & Bank Rails | October 5, 2021 |
| Sure | Funding Round | Declaration Partners, Kinnevik | $100M | Insurtech | October 5, 2021 |
| Esker | Product Launch | Stripe, Corpay, Wind River Financial, Jack Henry, SisID, Pytheas Capital Advisors, Payroc, SlimPay | B2B Payments | October 5, 2021 | |
| Coastal Community Bank | Strategic Partnership | Finzly | Treasury / Cash Management | October 5, 2021 | |
| Openly | Personnel Move | Adriel Nunes | Insurtech | October 5, 2021 | |
| TrueLayer | Funding Round | Tiger Global Management LLC, Stripe | $130M | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 5, 2021 |
| Ramp | Funding Round | Balderton Capital | $30M | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 5, 2021 |
| Interstellar Inc. | Strategic Partnership | Interswitch Group | Payments | October 4, 2021 | |
| Continuity | Product Launch | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 4, 2021 | ||
| Tic:Toc | Strategic Partnership | Bendigo and Adelaide Bank | Mortgage Tech | October 4, 2021 | |
| Ledger Holdings | Transaction | FTX US | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 1, 2021 | |
| CreditMate | Transaction | Paytm | Lending | October 1, 2021 | |
| Ajaib | Funding Round | $153M | Wealthtech | October 1, 2021 | |
| Customers Bank | Strategic Partnership | Tassat | BaaS | October 1, 2021 | |
| M2P Fintech | Funding Round | Insight Partners | Embedded Finance | October 1, 2021 | |
| Brex | Funding Round | Greenoaks | $300M | Treasury / Cash Management | October 1, 2021 |
| StableHouse | Funding Round | Coinbase Ventures, Dragonfly Capital, Liberty City Ventures | $12M | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 1, 2021 |
| Higo | Funding Round | Accel, Tiger | $23M | B2B Payments | September 30, 2021 |
| Wema Bank | Buyer Thesis | Lending Tech (Consumer) | September 30, 2021 | ||
| FinVolution Group | Strategic Partnership | PT Bank Jago | Lending | September 30, 2021 | |
| Digital banking platform (unnamed) | Regulatory | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Lending Tech (Consumer) | September 27, 2021 | |
| Ascend Money | Funding Round | Bow Wave Capital Management, CP, Ant Group | $150M | Wealthtech | September 27, 2021 |
| Levelset | Transaction | Procore Technologies | $500M | Vertical SaaS Payments | September 23, 2021 |
| GreenSky | Transaction | Goldman Sachs | Lending | September 15, 2021 | |
| Paidy | Transaction | PayPal | $2.7B | Lending | September 8, 2021 |
| Aiia | Transaction | Mastercard | Regtech | September 8, 2021 | |
| Pezesha | Regulatory | Capital Markets Authority (CMA) | Embedded Finance | September 7, 2021 | |
| Reserve Bank of India | Regulatory | Financial Data / Open Banking | September 2, 2021 | ||
| DueDil | Transaction | Artesian | Regtech / KYC / AML | September 1, 2021 | |
| Invoice2go | Transaction | Bill.com | $625M | Vertical SaaS Payments | September 1, 2021 |
| FloBiz | Funding Round | Sequoia Capital India, Think Investments | $31M | Neobank | September 1, 2021 |
| JPMorgan Chase | Buyer Thesis | Lending Tech (Consumer) | September 1, 2021 | ||
| SIMON Markets LLC | Strategic Partnership | NYDIG | Wealthtech | August 25, 2021 | |
| KrediFazz | Regulatory | Financial Services Authority (OJK) | Lending | August 24, 2021 | |
| Afterpay | Transaction | Block | $29B | Lending | August 1, 2021 |
| Ferocia | Transaction | Bendigo and Adelaide Bank | Neobank | August 1, 2021 | |
| Finblox | Funding Round | Sequoia Capital India, MSA Capital, Venturra Discovery, Coinfund, Saison Capital, Ratio Ventures, First Check Ventures | Crypto / Digital Assets | August 1, 2021 | |
| Azimuth GRC | Funding Round | Detroit Venture Partners, Mosaik Partners | $6M | Regtech / KYC / AML | August 1, 2021 |
| xtraCHEF | Transaction | Toast | $60M | Vertical SaaS Payments | July 21, 2021 |
| Just Invest | Transaction | Vanguard | Wealthtech | July 13, 2021 | |
| Bullish | Transaction | Far Peak Acquisition Corp | $9.0B | Crypto / Digital Assets | July 1, 2021 |
| CurrencyCloud | Transaction | Visa | $930M | B2B Payments | July 1, 2021 |
| GetEquity | Product Launch | Wealthtech | July 1, 2021 | ||
| Marqeta | Customer Win | Google Pay | Card Issuing | July 1, 2021 | |
| FTX | Funding Round | $1.0B | Crypto / Digital Assets | July 1, 2021 | |
| Kushki | Funding Round | SoftBank, Kaszek Ventures, DILA Capital, Magma Partners | $86M | Payments | June 30, 2021 |
| Tink | Transaction | Visa | $2.1B | Regtech | June 24, 2021 |
| Stocard | Transaction | Klarna | Lending | June 15, 2021 | |
| Crypto Finance | Transaction | Deutsche Börse | Crypto / Digital Assets | June 1, 2021 | |
| SoFi Technologies | Transaction | Social Capital Hedosophia Holding Corp. V | Neobank | June 1, 2021 | |
| Apple | Strategic Partnership | Georgia, Arizona, Kentucky, Oklahoma | Identity / Fraud | June 1, 2021 | |
| Better | Transaction | Aurora Acquisition Corp. | $6.9B | Mortgage Tech | May 11, 2021 |
| Divvy | Transaction | Bill.com | $2.5B | Vertical SaaS Payments | May 6, 2021 |
| 86 400 | Transaction | Ubank | Neobank | May 1, 2021 | |
| CompoSecure | Transaction | Roman DBDR Tech Acquisition Corp | $1.2B | Crypto / Digital Assets | April 19, 2021 |
| Ekata | Transaction | Mastercard | $850M | Regtech | April 19, 2021 |
| Prodigy Software | Transaction | Upstart Holdings | Lending Tech (Consumer) | April 1, 2021 | |
| Vend | Transaction | Lightspeed Commerce | $350M | Vertical SaaS Payments | March 17, 2021 |
| Curv | Transaction | PayPal | Crypto / Digital Assets | March 8, 2021 | |
| Truebill | Transaction | Rocket Companies | Financial Data / Open Banking | February 11, 2021 | |
| Bison Trails | Transaction | Coinbase | Crypto / Digital Assets | January 13, 2021 | |
| Symple Loans | Transaction | Latitude Group Holdings Limited | Lending | January 1, 2021 | |
| BBVA | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | January 1, 2021 | ||
| Tide | Product Launch | KeyPay | Payments | January 1, 2021 | |
| Kuda Bank | Funding Round | Valar Ventures | $25M | Neobank | January 1, 2021 |
| ZmBIZI | Product Launch | Payments | January 1, 2021 |