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

For banks and fintechs, the question is no longer whether stablecoins belong in the conversation. — Pratik Khowala, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Nu Holdings The LatAm fintech company has plenty of upside, Goldman wrote recently. — Michael Bloom, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2026

The fintech business is focused on scaling with the ambition of reaching unicorn status. — Connie Etemadi, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

Abu Dhabi Global Market launched the region’s first regulatory sandbox, ADGM RegLab, in 2016, followed within a year by Bahrain and Dubai’s DIFC, each of which established dedicated fintech hubs. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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