The $1.7 trillion U.S. financial services industry is being fundamentally reordered as a tsunami of technology disrupts the way we save, invest, spend and borrow. Worldwide, $18.9 billion poured into fintech startups during the first nine months of 2016, up from $17.6 billion in the same period last year, according to Accenture. With so much action, it's no surprise that 22 companies are new to our second annual Fintech 50 list, which was culled from an initial list of 300 startups. Candidates had to have operations, but not necessarily headquarters, in the U.S. Our list excludes publicly traded companies and their subsidiaries, as well as established financial players that are privately held.
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