The Biggest Fintech Winners of 2019
Business Insider is looking back as we near the new year at what fintech companies had the biggest impact in 2019; the metrics used are funding figures, customer numbers and product suites; Chime comes in first with $700mn raised in 2019 alone and reaching an account milestone of more than 5 million accounts; insurtech companies Lemonade, Next Insurance and Root were big winners in 2019; Lemonade raised $300mn, Next Insurance raised $250mn and Root brought in $350mn as insurtech becomes an increasingly hot market; Nubank and Creditas were the big winners outside the U.S. as both of the Brazilian based fintechs raised big rounds; Nubank raised $400mn and passed 12 million accounts, Creditas raised $231mn which helped show the impact LatAm is having on the global fintech market. Source