Spurred by shifts in customer expectations, incumbents will race to personalize services and enhance distribution strategies. Fintechs will focus their attention on tapping opportunities that first emerged in 2021.

People don’t trust fintechs with open banking: Here’s what fintechs can do to improve their image and their credibility.

Fintechs scramble to get ahead of the trends that will shape 2022: Industry players focused on meeting heightened consumer expectations will help turn 2022 into another record-breaking year for fintechs.

Fintechs raised $132 billion in 2021, an all-time high—investors will flood into several hot areas this year, including crypto.

Revisiting what we saw in the crystal ball: We made five predictions last year about what would happen in fintech. Today, we look at three we got right.

To get a sense of where 2022 is headed, we’re taking another look at the hottest fintech stories and trends from the last year.

JPMorgan kept its eye on technology and the crypto trend—no matter what Jamie thought personally: The banking giant’s 2021 featured a UK digital-only launch, fintech acquisitions, crypto offerings for retail clients, and advocating for staff in branches to become licensed advisors.

Fintech companies worldwide raised $94.7 billion in funding over the first three quarters of 2021, almost as much as the two prior years combined.

You can’t win them all, and this year was no exception. Here are two predictions we made last year that didn’t happen—and why.

A green fintech taxonomy offers building blocks for more consistent assessments of business’ ESG disclosures.

Small banks and fintechs are the next power couples: Two mergers in the US will link up small established players with fintech providers, underscoring the competitive rationale of bringing together older and newer types of financial institutions.

Brazil-based credit startup Open Co, India’s BNPL card fintech Uni, and cannabis card provider SuperNet are all meeting unmet payment needs.

What 2021’s biggest fintech funding rounds say about the industry: The money hose isn’t going anywhere in 2022—this year’s most lucrative raises can tell us where the industry’s headed next.

Two fintechs powering circularity and resale of fashion and luxury items pitch sustainability while also edging their users into a tokenized economy.

This benchmark evaluates four US neobanks across seven categories and weights their scores according to the results from a survey of US mobile banking users. It highlights the most in-demand mobile banking features that an incumbent, fintech, or neobank can offer to attract, retain, or monetize users.

African fintechs raised nearly $3 billion in 2021—here’s how it’ll fuel the next wave of innovation on the continent.

Fidelity led the round, underscoring the US appetite to extend capital to the fast-growing fintech ecosystem.

EU fintech and bank tech budgets rose in 2021, but evolving open banking legislation and user experience enhancements will demand further spending in 2022.

This year, several SMB-focused fintechs expanded their product suites to delight customers with all-in-one propositions.