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[podcast] The top 10 fintech stories of 2015

Zack Miller | January 01, 2016
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[podcast] The top 10 fintech stories of 2015

2015 was in many ways a watershed year for fintech.

According to Pitchbook, it looks like 2015 will finish with close to $8 billion worth of venture capital invested in financial technology startups. To put that into perspective, there was $4.7 billion worth of fintech investments in 2014. It looks like there will be close to $10 billion of M&A done in 2015, as well.

Based on our coverage, here’s what we believe to be the top 10 most important fintech stories of 2015.

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