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

If fintechs cannot bridge the gap between these rapid advancements and clear, jargon-free information and education, mass adoption will falter. —Dhruv Arora, Fortune, 24 Nov. 2025

Nu Holdings, by contrast, is a fast-growing fintech/digital financial services company. —Michael Khouw, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025

Before that, Jacob worked in finance and strategy at Brex, a fintech company based in Utah. —Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025

Empowering Consumers Lessons from his upbringing and early fintech missteps inform how Youakim thinks about money today. —Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025

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