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

Founded by Scott Keever and headquartered in Naples, Florida, ASAP has become one of the more recognizable ORM companies for executives in real estate, fintech, and other regulated industries where reputation moves capital. —Jason Phillips, USA Today, 17 June 2026

Flutterwave’s Agboola did not rule out the possibility of a sale to larger fintech player, in an interview with Semafor a year ago. —Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 17 June 2026

PayPal shuts down venture arm PayPal is unwinding PayPal Ventures, its 10-year-old corporate venture unit, as new CEO Enrique Lores restructures the fintech firm. —Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 17 June 2026

Lyons, now the former CEO of the fintech Fiserv, will replace Bill Rogers, who is retiring in April and will remain with Truist as executive chair of the bank during the transition. —Charlotte Observer, 16 June 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