RateSetter, MarketInvoice and LendInvest make this year’s Fintech50 list
RATESETTER, MarketInvoice and LendInvest have made this year’s Fintech50 list, while Funding Circle and Zopa have been awarded a place in the Fintech50 Hall of Fame.
The annual Fintech50 list, which was first launched in 2013, selects the 50 European fintechs that are transforming financial services and recognises innovation rather than revenue. The companies are selected by a panel of more than 60 industry experts, following extensive year-round research from the Fintech50 team.
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This year’s list, unveiled at a launch event at Silicon Valley Bank in London on Tuesday night, was chosen out of 1,500 companies. As well as an impressive presence from a raft of UK peer-to-peer lenders, the list includes business finance provider Iwoca, crowdfunding platform Seedrs, challenger lender Atom Bank and cryptocurrency Ethereum.
“Fintechs working with banks is a powerful trend, but there is also a new generation of innovators going direct to the consumer in areas such as insurance and financial management,” said Julie Lake, founding director of the Fintech50.
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“Noticeably this year, we saw an emerging evangelism for challenger brands from a very important source: their customers. They may not have (anywhere near) the customer volume of traditional providers, but they are winning hearts and minds in a style more often associated with consumer goods.”
Meanwhile, the Fintech50 Hall of Fame comprises 10 fintechs that have featured on the Fintech50’s radar since they were start-ups and are still innovating.
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“In recognition of their pioneering spirit and competitive staying power, the Fintech50 founders felt they deserved their own special place within a list of remarkable game-changers,” said the organisation.
Alongside P2P platforms Zopa and Funding Circle, other entrants to the hall of fame include online wealth manager Nutmeg and money transfer service Transferwise.
And financial account aggregator Bud made the Hot Ten list of companies to watch, alongside ClearBank and 10xBanking. A number of P2P lenders have signed up to Bud’s platform, including RateSetter and Zopa.
The Fintech50 2017:
- Action.ai (London, UK)
- Advice Robo (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Aire (London, UK)
- Algomi (London, UK)
- AQMetrics (Kildare, Ireland)
- Atom Bank (London, UK)
- Azimo (London, UK)
- Behaviosec (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Bonify (Berlin, Germany)
- Clearmatics (London, UK)
- Clearscore (London, UK)
- ComplyAdvantage (London, UK)
- Contego (London, UK)
- Credit Benchmark (London, UK)
- Curve (London, UK)
- Cuvva (Scotland, UK)
- DarkTrace (Cambridge, UK)
- Digital Shadows (London, UK)
- Ethereum (worldwide)
- FeatureSpace (London, UK)
- Fenergo (Dublin, Ireland)
- Figo (Hamburg, Germany)
- FundApps (London, UK)
- Iwoca (London, UK)
- Kantox (London, UK)
- LendInvest (London, UK)
- Mambu (Berlin, Germany)
- MarketInvoice (London, UK)
- Meniga (Rejkyavik, Iceland)
- Monzo (London, UK)
- N26 (Berlin, Germany)
- NetGuardians (Switzerland)
- Onfido (London, UK)
- OpenGamma (London, UK)
- PayKey (Tel Aviv, Israel)
- Privitar (London, UK)
- Qumram (Zurich, Switzerland)
- Railsbank (London, UK)
- Raisin (Berlin, Germany)
- RateSetter (London, UK)
- Revolut (London, UK)
- Scalable Capital (Munich, Germany / London, UK)
- Seedrs (London, UK)
- SETL (London, UK)
- solarisBank AG (Berlin, Germany)
- Suade (London, UK)
- Thought Machine (London, UK)
- Traxpay (Berlin, Germany)
- Trussle (London, UK)
- WeFox (Switzerland)
The FinTech50 Hall of Fame:
- Adyen (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Currencycloud (London, UK)
- eToro (Limassol, Cyprus)
- Funding Circle (London, UK)
- iZettle (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Klarna (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Nutmeg (London, UK)
- Transferwise (London, UK)
- WorldRemit (London, UK)
- Zopa (London, UK)
The Hot Ten – this year’s ones to watch:
- Bud (London, UK)
- ClearBank (London, UK)
- Cleo (London, UK)
- Datasine (London, UK)
- Deposify (Dublin, Ireland)
- Governance.io (Luxembourg)
- Meteo Project (Paris, France)
- Nxchange (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Post Quantum (London, UK)
- 10xBanking (London, UK)