Year
2024 fintech market intelligence
178 events from 2024, sourced and curated by Windsor Drake.
178 Events
$16B Disclosed value
8 Event types
Windsor Drake tracks 178 sourced fintech market events in 2024 from 2024, each with a cited source. Across the 56 with disclosed values, total disclosed value is $16B, with a median of $35M. The largest disclosed deal is PE Consortium / Hargreaves Lansdown 2024 at $6.8B. The most active acquirers are Mastercard (2). Activity was heaviest in 2024, with 178 tracked events.
Frequently asked questions
How many fintech events in 2024 does Windsor Drake track?
Windsor Drake tracks 178 sourced fintech market events in 2024 from 2024, each backed by a cited source.
What is the typical deal size in 2024?
Across 56 events in 2024 with disclosed values, the median is $35M and total disclosed value is $16B.
What is the largest 2024 deal tracked?
PE Consortium / Hargreaves Lansdown 2024, at $6.8B.
Who are the most active acquirers in 2024?
Mastercard (2 deals).
By event type
Funding Round (47)Strategic Partnership (46)Regulatory (28)Transaction (25)Product Launch (20)Buyer Thesis (5)Personnel Move (4)Customer Win (3)
Events
| Primary | Event type | Counterparty | Value | Sub-sector | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plug and Play | Strategic Partnership | New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Prudential Financial, Stevens Institute of Technology | Payments | December 31, 2024 | |
| National Payments Corporation of India | Regulatory | Payments | December 30, 2024 | ||
| CompoSecure | Buyer Thesis | Resolute Holdings Management, Inc. | Capital Markets Tech | December 30, 2024 | |
| Strictly Money Ltd | Funding Round | Crowdcube | Wealthtech | December 27, 2024 | |
| Fenixys | Transaction | Aurionpro Solutions | $12M | Capital Markets Tech | December 24, 2024 |
| Razorpay | Regulatory | Reserve Bank of India | Payments | December 24, 2024 | |
| Infinant | Funding Round | FINTOP Capital, JAM FINTOP BankTech, Raido Capital Partners, Woodforest Financial Group, Bankers Helping Bankers | $15M | Embedded Finance | December 23, 2024 |
| Usual | Funding Round | Binance Labs, Kraken Ventures | $10M | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 23, 2024 |
| MetaMask | Product Launch | Mastercard, Baanx | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 21, 2024 | |
| bolttech | Funding Round | Dragon Fund (Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group), Liquidity Group, Baillie Gifford, Lion River (Generali) | $100M | Insurtech | December 20, 2024 |
| Transfeera | Transaction | PayRetailers | Financial Data / Open Banking | December 19, 2024 | |
| ZBD | Regulatory | Dutch Financial Authority (AFM) | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 19, 2024 | |
| Hexagate | Transaction | Chainalysis | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 18, 2024 | |
| Bureau | Funding Round | Sorenson Capital | $30M | Identity / Fraud | December 18, 2024 |
| Funding Societies | Buyer Thesis | Lending | December 18, 2024 | ||
| Marqeta, Inc. | Regulatory | U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission | Card Issuing | December 17, 2024 | |
| WhiteBIT | Strategic Partnership | Visa | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 17, 2024 | |
| Juicyway | Funding Round | P1 Ventures | $3M | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 16, 2024 |
| Sezzle Inc. | Strategic Partnership | Bealls Inc. | BNPL | December 16, 2024 | |
| ElseWare | Transaction | Direct Debit System | Payments | December 12, 2024 | |
| KAST | Funding Round | HSG (HongShan Capital Group), Peak XV Partners, DST Global, Goodwater Capital, Nansen.ai | $10M | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 12, 2024 |
| Binance | Strategic Partnership | Circle Internet Financial | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 12, 2024 | |
| PayU | Strategic Partnership | Amazon Web Services | Payments | December 12, 2024 | |
| Equals Group | Transaction | Alakazam Holdings Bidco Ltd | $356M | Embedded Finance | December 11, 2024 |
| Equals | Transaction | Railsr | $358M | Embedded Finance | December 11, 2024 |
| Klarna | Regulatory | Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority | $46M | BNPL | December 11, 2024 |
| Ripple | Regulatory | New York Department of Financial Services | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 11, 2024 | |
| Equals Group PLC | Strategic Partnership | Alakazam Holdings BidCo Limited (TowerBrook Funds, J.C. Flowers Funds, Railsr Shareholders) | $390M | Embedded Finance | December 11, 2024 |
| CarDekho SEA | Funding Round | Navis Capital Partners, Dragon Fund | $60M | Lending | December 11, 2024 |
| Circle | Strategic Partnership | Binance | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 11, 2024 | |
| Perena | Funding Round | Borderless Capital | $3M | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 11, 2024 |
| IDVerse | Transaction | LexisNexis Risk Solutions | Identity / Fraud | December 10, 2024 | |
| Ripple | Regulatory | New York State Department of Financial Services | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 10, 2024 | |
| PricingDirect | Strategic Partnership | Aumni | Capital Markets Tech | December 10, 2024 | |
| Mintifi | Funding Round | Teachers' Venture Growth, Prosus, Premji Invest | $180M | B2B Payments | December 10, 2024 |
| Ripple Labs | Regulatory | New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 10, 2024 | |
| Zero Fintech Group | Strategic Partnership | Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Kong) Limited | BNPL | December 9, 2024 | |
| Klubi | Funding Round | L4 Venture Builder, Vivo Ventures | $9M | Lending | December 9, 2024 |
| Seedstars Africa Ventures I | Funding Round | African Development Bank, EIB Global, Boost Africa | $42M | Payments | December 7, 2024 |
| Zopa | Funding Round | A.P. Moller Holding | $87M | Neobank | December 6, 2024 |
| Ant International | Strategic Partnership | Embedded Finance | December 5, 2024 | ||
| Noble | Strategic Partnership | M^0 protocol | Crypto / Stablecoin | December 5, 2024 | |
| ToolCharm | Transaction | OneEthos | BaaS | December 4, 2024 | |
| Nuvei Corporation | Product Launch | Visa, BitGo, Rain | Payments | December 4, 2024 | |
| KPay Group | Funding Round | Apis Growth Markets Fund III, Apis Global Growth Fund III | $55M | Embedded Finance | December 3, 2024 |
| ZFunds | Funding Round | Elevation Capital | $3M | Wealthtech | December 3, 2024 |
| OwlTing Group | Strategic Partnership | MoneyGram International Inc. | Embedded Finance | December 3, 2024 | |
| KPay | Funding Round | $55M | Payments | December 3, 2024 | |
| Tenity | Strategic Partnership | Ripple | Crypto / Digital Assets | December 2, 2024 | |
| Amber DWM Holding Limited | Transaction | iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited | $360M | Wealthtech | November 30, 2024 |
| Mukuru | Strategic Partnership | CADECOM, Yamba Malawi, WFP, UNICEF, IOM, Action Contre la Faim, Cottco, Premier Tobacco Auction Floors | Embedded Finance | November 30, 2024 | |
| Range | Funding Round | Cathay Innovation | $28M | Wealthtech | November 26, 2024 |
| Canadian Islamic Wealth | Transaction | Manzil | Wealthtech | November 25, 2024 | |
| Wealthsimple | Funding Round | Iconiq Capital | $100M | Neobank | November 22, 2024 |
| Mastercard | Strategic Partnership | J.P. Morgan | B2B Payments | November 21, 2024 | |
| Quantoz Payments | Product Launch | Tether, Kraken, Fabric Ventures | Crypto / Stablecoin | November 21, 2024 | |
| Barclays Merchant Acquiring | Transaction | Brookfield Asset Management | Payments | November 20, 2024 | |
| Cardo AI | Funding Round | Blackstone Innovations Investments, FINTOP Capital, JAM FINTOP | $15M | Lending | November 20, 2024 |
| Qpay | Product Launch | Future Fund Oman | BNPL | November 20, 2024 | |
| Econia Labs | Product Launch | Andreessen Horowitz | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 20, 2024 | |
| TradePMR | Transaction | Robinhood Markets | $300M | Wealthtech | November 19, 2024 |
| Robora Financial | Product Launch | Treasury / Cash Management | November 19, 2024 | ||
| Happay | Transaction | MakeMyTrip | B2B Payments | November 18, 2024 | |
| Rio.money | Product Launch | Yes Bank, NPCI | Card Issuing | November 18, 2024 | |
| NearSwipe Limited | Strategic Partnership | FirstBank | Lending | November 17, 2024 | |
| FirstBank | Strategic Partnership | NearSwipe Limited, Middleman, Esusu Africa Limited | Lending | November 14, 2024 | |
| SarvaGram Solutions | Funding Round | Peak XV Partners | $68M | Lending | November 14, 2024 |
| Visa | Strategic Partnership | Affirm, Liv | BNPL | November 13, 2024 | |
| Neo Financial | Funding Round | Tobi Lütke, Stewart Butterfield, David Baszucki, Mike Wessinger, Valar Ventures, Golden Ventures, Afore Capital, Thomvest Ventures | $263M | Neobank | November 12, 2024 |
| SmartBank | Funding Round | Global Brain | $26M | BNPL | November 12, 2024 |
| FIS | Strategic Partnership | Oracle | Payments | November 12, 2024 | |
| Webull | Product Launch | Blue Ocean Technologies | Wealthtech | November 12, 2024 | |
| Better Home & Finance Holding Company | Product Launch | Mortgage Tech | November 12, 2024 | ||
| Toss Securities | Personnel Move | Richard J. Hagen, Jr. | Wealthtech | November 12, 2024 | |
| Vega | Funding Round | Apollo, Motive | $20M | Wealthtech | November 12, 2024 |
| Worldpay | Customer Win | DoorDash | Payments | November 12, 2024 | |
| Equal | Funding Round | Prosus Ventures | $10M | Identity / Fraud | November 10, 2024 |
| Finanta | Strategic Partnership | IBC Bank | Lending | November 10, 2024 | |
| Easy Home Finance | Funding Round | Claypond Capital, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation | $35M | Lending | November 9, 2024 |
| Parker | Funding Round | $20M | Financial Data / Open Banking | November 8, 2024 | |
| Milken Institute / Motsepe Foundation | Funding Round | AZA Finance, Chapa, Chumz, Farmpawa, Flow Global, Paycloud by Lipa Later, Nyla Bank, Oze, Trade Lenda, Verto | $1M | Neobank | November 8, 2024 |
| MFast | Funding Round | $15M | Lending | November 8, 2024 | |
| ATFX Connect | Strategic Partnership | Your Bourse | Treasury / Cash Management | November 8, 2024 | |
| OkHi | Funding Round | Visa | Identity / Fraud | November 7, 2024 | |
| Brankas | Product Launch | ADVANCE.AI | Identity / Fraud | November 7, 2024 | |
| Ottu | Strategic Partnership | Keyloop | Payments | November 7, 2024 | |
| AvePoint | Product Launch | Singapore Economic Development Board | Identity / Fraud | November 6, 2024 | |
| AlphaPoint Global | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 6, 2024 | ||
| Worldwide Stablecoin Payment Network (WSPN) | Strategic Partnership | Ample FinTech | Crypto / Stablecoin | November 6, 2024 | |
| Visa | Strategic Partnership | Lakala, Touch 'n Go Digital, FOMO Pay, LINE Pay, VNPay, Zalopay, Juspay | Payments | November 6, 2024 | |
| MODIFI | Funding Round | SMBC Asia Rising Fund | $15M | B2B Payments | November 6, 2024 |
| Mbanq | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | November 5, 2024 | ||
| Dave | Regulatory | Federal Trade Commission | $7M | Neobank | November 5, 2024 |
| Ant International | Strategic Partnership | OCBC | Treasury / Cash Management | November 5, 2024 | |
| Nium | Strategic Partnership | Partior | PAD/ACH & Bank Rails | November 5, 2024 | |
| LSEG Risk Intelligence | Product Launch | Regtech / KYC / AML | November 4, 2024 | ||
| Allianz X | Strategic Partnership | AlTi Tiedemann Global | Wealthtech | November 4, 2024 | |
| Groww | Funding Round | $960M | Wealthtech | November 4, 2024 | |
| Deutsche Bank | Regulatory | Monetary Authority of Singapore | Crypto / Digital Assets | November 1, 2024 | |
| Neem | Funding Round | DNI Group | $4M | Embedded Finance | November 1, 2024 |
| Prizeout | Strategic Partnership | Golden 1 Credit Union, Coastal Credit Union, Municipal Credit Union | Payments | November 1, 2024 | |
| Delos Insurance Solutions | Funding Round | HSBC Asset Management, IA Capital Group, Blue Bear Capital, Generation Space | $9M | Insurtech | October 31, 2024 |
| Parfin | Personnel Move | Jiten Varu | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 31, 2024 | |
| VyStar Credit Union | Regulatory | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Payments | October 31, 2024 | |
| Paxos | Regulatory | DBS Bank, Monetary Authority of Singapore | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 31, 2024 | |
| IDA | Strategic Partnership | Zand Bank | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 30, 2024 | |
| Felix | Strategic Partnership | Zero Hash | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 30, 2024 | |
| LianLian Global | Strategic Partnership | Cyberport | B2B Payments | October 30, 2024 | |
| Dream Payments | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | October 29, 2024 | ||
| Openbank | Regulatory | Comisión Nacional Bancaria y de Valores (CNBV) | Neobank | October 29, 2024 | |
| Visa | Strategic Partnership | Coinbase | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 29, 2024 | |
| RenewBuy | Transaction | InsuranceDekho | Insurtech | October 28, 2024 | |
| Bridge | Funding Round | Stripe Inc. | $1.1B | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 28, 2024 |
| RD InnoTech Limited | Strategic Partnership | HashKey Exchange | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 28, 2024 | |
| Uptiq | Product Launch | Lending | October 25, 2024 | ||
| Arta Finance | Strategic Partnership | Temasek Trust's Co-Axis | $30M | Wealthtech | October 24, 2024 |
| Avanza Capital Holdings | Strategic Partnership | Investor Portal Pro | Treasury / Cash Management | October 23, 2024 | |
| Rate | Strategic Partnership | Gateless Inc., Prajna Inc. | $100M | Mortgage Tech | October 23, 2024 |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Regulatory | JPMorgan Chase | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 23, 2024 | |
| RanLife Home Loans | Strategic Partnership | Dark Matter Technologies | Mortgage Tech | October 23, 2024 | |
| Investree Radhika Jaya | Regulatory | Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK) | Lending | October 22, 2024 | |
| CFPB | Regulatory | Open banking ecosystem | BaaS | October 22, 2024 | |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Regulatory | Bank Policy Institute | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 22, 2024 | |
| Obligo | Funding Round | True Global Ventures, 83North, 10D, Entrée Capital, HighSage Ventures, MUFG Innovation Partners, Viola Credit | $35M | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 22, 2024 |
| Obligo | Funding Round | 83North, True Global Ventures, 10D, Entrée Capital, HighSage Ventures, MUFG Innovation Partners, Viola Credit | $35M | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 21, 2024 |
| Omniwire | Customer Win | Ireth | Card Issuing | October 21, 2024 | |
| Wise | Regulatory | Payments | October 21, 2024 | ||
| Bridge | Transaction | Stripe | $1.1B | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 20, 2024 |
| Investa Markets Ltd | Funding Round | Crowdcube | Wealthtech | October 20, 2024 | |
| Financial Technology Association | Regulatory | Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | BNPL | October 18, 2024 | |
| Emerge | Funding Round | Altered Capital | $11M | Neobank | October 18, 2024 |
| Axiom Bank | Regulatory | Office of the Comptroller of the Currency | Regtech / KYC / AML | October 17, 2024 | |
| Lendingkart | Funding Round | Fullerton Financial Holdings | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 17, 2024 | |
| Flutterwave | Strategic Partnership | MainStreet Bank | Payments | October 17, 2024 | |
| Stripe | Buyer Thesis | Bridge | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 17, 2024 | |
| CCData | Transaction | CoinDesk | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 16, 2024 | |
| Kuwait Finance House | Strategic Partnership | Gieom | Regtech | October 16, 2024 | |
| Stellar Development Foundation | Strategic Partnership | Mastercard | Crypto / Stablecoin | October 15, 2024 | |
| SUMS Capital | Funding Round | Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) | $112,500 | Wealthtech | October 11, 2024 |
| Lea Bank | Transaction | Multitude Bank | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 10, 2024 | |
| Mylo | Strategic Partnership | International Franchise Association | Insurtech | October 10, 2024 | |
| Thredd | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | October 10, 2024 | ||
| Surfin | Funding Round | Insignia Ventures Partners | $13M | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 10, 2024 |
| Imprint | Funding Round | Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Ribbit Capital | $75M | Card Issuing | October 10, 2024 |
| Tally | Transaction | LendingClub Bank and Pagaya Technologies | Lending Tech (Consumer) | October 9, 2024 | |
| FusionIQ | Personnel Move | Wealthtech | October 9, 2024 | ||
| FusionIQ | Funding Round | Wealthtech | October 9, 2024 | ||
| Capital One | Buyer Thesis | Identity / Fraud | October 9, 2024 | ||
| Nuvei Corporation | Strategic Partnership | JCB International Co., Ltd. | Card Issuing | October 7, 2024 | |
| YTL-Sea Digital Bank | Regulatory | Bank Negara Malaysia | Neobank | October 5, 2024 | |
| TrueLayer | Funding Round | Northzone | $50M | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 4, 2024 |
| AQGroup | Strategic Partnership | MVGX Group | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 4, 2024 | |
| Alkami Technology | Strategic Partnership | Intrepid Credit Union | BaaS | October 4, 2024 | |
| Minna Technologies | Transaction | Mastercard | Payments | October 2, 2024 | |
| Starling Bank | Regulatory | Financial Conduct Authority | $39M | Neobank | October 2, 2024 |
| Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | Regulatory | Financial Data / Open Banking | October 1, 2024 | ||
| Marqeta | Product Launch | Embedded Finance | October 1, 2024 | ||
| Shift4 | Product Launch | Crypto / Digital Assets | October 1, 2024 | ||
| Doma | Transaction | Title Resources Group | Mortgage Tech | September 27, 2024 | |
| Featurespace | Transaction | Visa | Regtech | September 25, 2024 | |
| Recorded Future | Transaction | Mastercard | $2.6B | Regtech | September 12, 2024 |
| Schuman Financial | Funding Round | RockawayX, Kraken Ventures, Gnosis VC, Nexo Ventures, Lightspeed Faction, Bankless Ventures, Delta Blockchain Fund | $7M | Crypto / Stablecoin | September 1, 2024 |
| Trust Stamp | Product Launch | Amazon Web Services | Identity / Fraud | August 28, 2024 | |
| Klarna | Personnel Move | Niclas Neglen | Payments | August 19, 2024 | |
| The Payments Group | Transaction | The Payments Group Holding | Payments | August 1, 2024 | |
| European Commission | Regulatory | EU fintech and credit | Regtech | August 1, 2024 | |
| Okra | Funding Round | TLcom | $17M | Financial Data / Open Banking | July 1, 2024 |
| FIS | Buyer Thesis | Payments | June 5, 2024 | ||
| CFPB | Regulatory | BNPL providers | Lending | May 22, 2024 | |
| FIS | Strategic Partnership | Stripe | Embedded Finance | May 14, 2024 | |
| Brass | Transaction | Paystack | BaaS | May 1, 2024 | |
| Misr Digital Innovation | Regulatory | Central Bank of Egypt | Neobank | May 1, 2024 | |
| Banco Santander | Regulatory | Canadian Department of Finance | Neobank | April 1, 2024 | |
| Apple | Strategic Partnership | Klarna | Payments | March 26, 2024 | |
| Adyen | Customer Win | Cash App | Payments | February 8, 2024 | |
| Central Bank of Nigeria | Regulatory | Payments | February 1, 2024 | ||
| Hargreaves Lansdown | Transaction | PE Consortium | $6.8B | Wealthtech | January 1, 2024 |
| Perfios | Funding Round | Teachers' Venture Growth | $80M | Embedded Finance | January 1, 2024 |