Polly Percival https://www.utilitybidder.co.uk 1m 349 #fintech
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The 10 most valuable fintech companies in the world revealed – worth almost $300 billion combined
The fintech industry is estimated to be worth over $130 billion as of 2022, with predictions of the valuation surpassing $400 billion by 2027. With this in mind, which of these fintech giants dominating the industry are the most valuable?
Rank | Company | Valuation ($B) | Country | City |
1 | Stripe | $95 | United States | San Francisco |
2 | $40 | United Kingdom | London | |
3 | Revolut | $33 | United Kingdom | London |
4 | FTX | $32 | Bahamas | |
5 | Chime | $25 | United States | San Francisco |
6 | Ripple | $15 | United States | San Francisco |
7 | $14 | United Kingdom | London | |
8 | Plaid | $14 | United States | San Francisco |
9 | Brex | $12 | United States | San Francisco |
10 | Deel | $12 | United States | San Francisco |
Stripe has been revealed as the most valuable fintech company in the world, with a total valuation of $95 billion. After being established in 2010, it took the company 4 years to achieve unicorn status in early 2014.
Checkout.com‘s $40 billion valuation places them in second place – after being founded in 2009, the company took 10 years to achieve unicorn status.
Tying up the top three is Revolut with a $33 billion valuation – the fintech company reached a $1 billion valuation in 2018, taking less than 3 years from launch.
Pacaso reached unicorn status the fastest out of all the companies on the list – taking less than 6 months to reach a valuation of $1 billion. They are followed by Magic Eden who achieved the status in just over 9 months.
The United States takes the crown for fintech capital of the world – home to 132 companies with a unicorn status, the fintech companies in the US make up over 50% of all companies in the list.
The UK has the second highest number of fintech companies valued at over $1 billion with a total of 26 – apart from one of these being based in Peterborough, all are based in London.
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