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 nounJason Raznickthe fintech sector
… a leading fintech firm, a new breed of companies that offer loans through online platforms.—Hugo Martin
Hugo MartinFrom 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
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
Mark Calvey Examples of fintech in a Sentence
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Uganda's tech ecosystem, from Hive CoLab to fintech startups addressing unbanked populations, exemplifies innovation from the ground up.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
The answer has become even less clear as the line blurs between Wall Street incumbents like Citi and fintech disruptors like Robinhood.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Tech Meets Education To push things along in the right direction, Rahh founded Knowlej—a fintech platform that rewards students for academic growth and attendance with incentives and real-time connections.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
Some lenders are trying to replicate that model at scale, building nationwide agent infrastructure and talking about eventually layering in their own fintech rails locally.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
The answer has become even less clear as the line blurs between Wall Street incumbents like Citi and fintech disruptors like Robinhood.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
Tech Meets Education To push things along in the right direction, Rahh founded Knowlej—a fintech platform that rewards students for academic growth and attendance with incentives and real-time connections.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 27 Oct. 2025
Some lenders are trying to replicate that model at scale, building nationwide agent infrastructure and talking about eventually layering in their own fintech rails locally.
—Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for fintech
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“Fintech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fintech. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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