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
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The fintech and homeownership services company is down roughly 20% since the beginning of the year, despite a broader real estate rally.
—Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
This time around, the frenemies find themselves on opposing sides as Harper works to short Tender, a potentially corrupt fintech company that Harington's Muck has just gotten involved with.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
By the end of 2025, Agility partnered with the fintech firm Mercado to deploy Digit to handle physically demanding tasks in its fulfillment network.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The vote isn’t until next Sunday — and fintech entrepreneur Font is Laporta’s only opponent, in a repeat of the March 2021 vote that Laporta comfortably won.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 10 Mar. 2026
This time around, the frenemies find themselves on opposing sides as Harper works to short Tender, a potentially corrupt fintech company that Harington's Muck has just gotten involved with.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
By the end of 2025, Agility partnered with the fintech firm Mercado to deploy Digit to handle physically demanding tasks in its fulfillment network.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 9 Mar. 2026
The vote isn’t until next Sunday — and fintech entrepreneur Font is Laporta’s only opponent, in a repeat of the March 2021 vote that Laporta comfortably won.
—Pol Ballús, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Fintech.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fintech. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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