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

Examples of fintech in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Tisch invested early in fintech giant Ramp well before the company became one of the world’s most valuable private financial software businesses. —Truebridge Capital, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026

The firm also acquired a string of smaller fintech firms but slowed down after spending $175 million to acquire Frank in 2021, a college aid startup that was later revealed to be a fraud. —Hugh Son, CNBC, 27 May 2026

And candidly, in my day-to-day work running a fintech company, the hysteria simply doesn’t square with the reality. —Gil Mandelzis, Fortune, 27 May 2026

The National Treasury’s plan could impact both the market share and usage of M-Pesa — Kenya’s biggest fintech platform, economists and policy analysts told Semafor. —Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 25 May 2026

Word History

Etymology

short for financial technology

First Known Use

1971, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for fintech

• aztec
• breakneck
• codec
• exec
• mixtec
• paycheck
• pinchbeck
• recheck
• redneck
• toltec
• beck
• breck