FIN: The Fast Forward on Fintech

FIN: The Fast Forward on Fintech

The Fintech IPO Market Is On Fire. Here's Why.

Plus, no one wants to be a bank anymore.

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James Ledbetter
Jun 06, 2021
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The Fintech IPO Market Is On Fire. Here’s Why.

Ten years ago, in 2011, there was exactly one company that could plausibly be called a fintech that went public all year: Zillow, the digital real estate marketplace, which began trading on July 20, 2011 and closed that day worth just below $1 billion. (Zil…

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