A few years ago financial technology came with numerous innovations while combining different technologies and finding its way to numerous different sectors. Nowadays, Fintech industry has become one of the fastest growing markets in the last several years.
Fintech has also changed the traditional banking system. While MasterCard and PayPal Holdings ended the last year as some of the top picks of the industry with MasterCard scoring 29% and PayPal reported 17%, the companies were able to meet the negative return of 2.4% on S&P 500.
MasterCard and PayPal Holdings stocks are still recommended as “hold” for investors that took the opportunity to invest in these companies back in 2017 and earlier, however there were more gains recorded in the fintech industry during 2018.
Square stocks went up by 79% during 2018, still making a valuable addition to any portfolio, while 2018 brought another fintech startup into light.
BlackLine Inc might be a little-known company with small capitalization when compared to the previously mentioned fintech giants, however, the company appears to have a lot of potential, given the fact that BlackLine is working with SaaS.
BlackLine offers software-as-a-service cloud accounting, which cuts the costs for companies when it comes to bookkeeping, also allowing easy integrations with the companies’ systems.
The company saw an increase of 29% during the last year with the total revenue thriving to 58.7 million towards Q3.
As the company is recording returning clients that are now spending more on their services with new clients joining to bring more profit to the company and investors in 2019 and beyond.
The 11 Biggest Fintech Companies In America 2019
According to Jeff Kauflin from Forbes, Financial technology startups continue to attract a growing amount of attention and capital. In 2018, valuations of the biggest private companies bulged, and at least six new fintech unicorns were minted in the U.S.
U.S. fintechs raised $12.4 billion in funding, or 43% more than 2017, reports CB Insights. That growth outpaced the 30% increase in venture investments across the entire U.S. market. And fintechs will need those dollars—they tend to burn about two to three times as much cash compared with other startups, according to an analysis by Brex, likely due to factors like regulatory hurdles.
Here are the 10 most valuable private, venture-backed fintechs in the U.S.:
1. Stripe, $22.5 billion
Originally a service to help small online sellers process payments, today Stripe serves tech giants like Microsoft and Amazon, too. In 2018 the company announced three new high-profile products, including credit card issuing technology, point-of-sale software and a billing platform for subscription businesses.
Cofounders: CEO Patrick Collison, 30, and president John Collison, 28. Irish-born brothers, dropouts from MIT (Patrick) and Harvard (John) launched Stripe in 2011
2. Coinbase, $8 billion
Expanding beyond its roots as a bitcoin wallet and retail exchange, Coinbase now offers cryptocurrency custody and professional and institutional trading platforms. Last year bought Earn.com, a service where users pay in bitcoin to contact experts via email, for a reported $100 million.
Cofounder & CEO: Brian Armstrong, 36, whose Coinbase holdings make him a billionaire
3. Robinhood, $5.6 billion
Broker offers commission-free trading of stocks, ETFs, cryptocurrencies and options through a mobile app. Robinhood Gold subscription service, starting at $6 per month, gives investors access to margin trading. Later this year the firm will take on the checking and savings market with a new cash management program.
Cofounders and co-CEOs: Stanford grads Baiju Bhatt, 34, a second-generation American with Indian parents, and Bulgarian-born Vlad Tenev, 32
4. Ripple, $5 billion
Its blockchain-based global settlements network aims to replace SWIFT, the interbank messaging platform that has long connected nearly every bank in the world. Also has a service that lets companies make cross-border payments in XRP, the cryptocurrency created by Ripple’s founders.
Cofounders: Jed McCaleb, 43; Chris Larsen, 58; and Arthur Britto
CEO: Brad Garlinghouse, 48, former AOL president
5. SoFi, $4.4 billion*
Founded in 2011, SoFi started with online student loan refinancing and later branched into other services for affluent Millennials, including mortgages, robo-investing advice and life insurance.
6. Credit Karma, $4 billion
Offers its 85 million-plus “members” a growing suite of free services, including credit scores, tax-prep software, help fixing credit-report errors and alerts of new accounts opened in a user’s name. Credit Karma earns referral fees when users bite on the personalized offers for credit cards and loans it shows them.
Cofounders: CEO Kenneth Lin, 43; chief revenue officer Nichole Mustard, 45; CTO Ryan Graciano, 37
7. Circle, $3 billion
Crypto-finance giant Circle last year entered the exchange business with the purchase of Poloniex and now offers services for cryptocurrency trading, investing and payments. Last October partnered with Coinbase to launch USDC stable coin, a crypto asset using the Ethereum blockchain and backed by U.S. dollars.
Cofounder & CEO: Jeremy Allaire, 47, previously founded publicly traded Brightcove online video platform
8. Plaid, $2.65 billion
Connects payment apps like Venmo and personal finance sites like Betterment to users’ bank accounts to transfer and track funds and speed up authentication. Plaid now integrates with 10,000 banks. In January it acquired Quovo, a startup that aggregates investment data, for about $200 million.
Cofounders: CEO Zach Perret, 31, a former Bain consultant who started Plaid just two years after graduating from Duke; president and CTO William Hockey, 29
9. Three-way tie:
Avant, $2 billion
Founded in 2012, it makes instant online loans of $2,000 to $35,000 to average Joes.
Cofounder and CEO: Al Goldstein, 38, a Chicago real estate and tech entrepreneur
10. Gusto, $2 billion
Cloud-based technology helps businesses with one to 100 employees with payroll processing, benefit servicing and human resources. Gusto’s monthly pricing for basic services (full payroll but no access to HR experts) is $39, plus $6 per employee; for full-service it’s $149 plus $12 per employee.
Cofounders: CEO Josh Reeves, 35; CTO Edward Kim, 35; CPO Tomer London, 34
11. Zenefits, $2 billion
Cloud-based software to help businesses automate payroll, benefits and HR.
CEO: Jay Fulcher, a business software veteran
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