We probably don’t need to tell you (but we will anyway) that fintech is rapidly changing the world of finance. Constantly evolving and growing, there is no way around it: people need trusted sources to stay up to date with the latest developments! Fortunately, there are many media outlets out there that focus specifically on fintech, and we’re here to do the dirty work for you and give you the cheat sheet with the main ones.
In this blog post, we will introduce you to some of the media outlets that focus on fintech. Before you ask, NOPE, this blog post does not talk about finance in general. While traditional finance media outlets like the Financial Times are always a good source of information, there are also a number of specialised fintech media outlets that focus specifically on the intersection of finance and technology, as well as the companies, big or small, driving change. We’re here to get specific, people, so let’s focus for a sec on fintech!
We’ll take you on a journey as we look at some of the top fintech media outlets that cover news, opinions, interviews, podcasts, events, and more!
*NOTE: For a more exhaustive list of fintech outlets, kept up to date, please visit our blog post: Fintech media outlets that should be on every fintech startupper’s radar
In no particular order, here we go:
- AltFi
- The Fintech Times
- Fintech Futures
- Fintech Finance
- Finextra
- PYMNTS
- Fintech Magazine
- Finance Forward
- The PayPers
- Nordic Fintech Magazine
- Fintech News Network
- Financial IT
AltFi
AltFi is a leading news and insights website covering alternative finance and fintech industries. Like the name suggests, they cover certain fintech areas in more detail: alternative lending, digital banking, savings & investment and cryptocurrency. The coverage looks at the UK in detail, but big news from Europe and the world are covered. The publication also features opinion pieces by fintech industry leaders, as well as long reads to get comprehensive understanding of key events, regulations and trends.
AltFi hosts the Fintech events Altfi Festival of Finance and Altfi Lending Summit once a year each (which you should totally attend) and various webinars with top industry guests. Also make sure you follow their editorial team (Daniel Lanyon, Oliver Smith, Amelia Isaacs) on Twitter to stay updated with the latest.
The Fintech Times
If you’re not following The Fintech Times already we suggest you get on it. Like right now.
Established in 2016, The Fintech Times has rapidly become one of the highest-regarded fintech-focused publications that covers a wide range of topics such as blockchain, cybersecurity, regtech, and insurtech. Here you can get all the latest news, interviews, op-eds, newsletters, research, surveys and event reviews. In other words, their site is PACKED full of resources from readings to podcasts to webinars and more!
Led by Claire Woffenden, Polly Harrison and co, the publication stands out for its extra attention to fintech in different corners of the globe, women in fintech, and fintech for good. We think it’s time you give them a read.
Fintech Futures
Hop into your time machine and blast off with Fintech Futures! Fintech Futures is a renowned publication that has been serving the global banking and fintech industry since its inception in 1983 as Banking Technology, a London-based print magazine. Today, it has grown to become one of the largest international online and print media houses.
This global publication covers fintech news, insights, and analysis across a comprehensive range of areas, including FinTech, BankingTech, PayTech, RegTech, WealthTech, LendTech, and InsurTech. They provide a variety of content formats, such as news articles, feature pieces, video interviews, podcasts, and an ezine called “Banking Technology Magazine.” Fintech Futures also hosts the Banking Tech and Payment Tech Awards and offers a US edition. Of course, they also do opinion pieces by external contributors who are industry experts. Paul Hindle is Fintech Future’s editor.
Fintech Finance
Fintech Finance is a leading fintech publication that covers everything from digital banking to insurtech, payments, and blockchain. They publish news, interviews, thought leadership, and features. They publish 3 ezines – The Fintech Magazine, The Paytech Magazine and The Insurtech Magazine, as well as video shows to go with each in which they talk to industry stakeholders and experts.
They also host a number of video shows to go along with, and for the same categories as the ezines, but also series of videos outside of it, such as “The Fintech Finance Salon,” where guests get their hair “did” whilst being interviewed or “Carpool Conversations” (exclusively in Teslas), an idea borrowed from James Corden. If that wasn’t enough, they have also done videos with wings and hot sauce called Fintech Fire Round, a la Hot Ones, and Fintech Raps in which irony, news, trends and fintech all come together in hilarious rap clips. Who knows what ideas will be next?
Their style is heavily influenced by video and the fun approach of Ali Paterson, Doug MacKenzie (check out our interview with him) and co. Check them out!
Finextra
EXTRA, EXTRA, read alllllll about it!
Finextra is one of the most followed financial technology news and insights outlets, and covers everything from payments to blockchain, regtech, and open banking. Madhvi Mavadiya, Paige McNamee and co at Finextra seem to be working 24/7/365, because if you look at their site they don’t seem to miss out on any news! Finextra also has one of the biggest communities in which fintech leaders share their thoughts. Subscribe for news, feature articles, and a show they host called “FinextraTV” to check out video interviews. Finextra’s team is based in the UK but have global coverage.
PYMNTS
PYMNTS (we never asked how it’s pronounced) is a well-respected global fintech outlet that provides data, news, and insights on innovation in payments and the platforms powering the connected economy. Established in 2009, PYMNTS has grown into becoming one of the most trusted sources of information in the world of payments, connected devices, and new technologies in transforming how people and businesses pay, get paid, and monetize their interactions.
The publication covers a wide range of topics, including digital payments, eCommerce, mobile payments, and more, with a particular interest in overlapping industries such as the digitalization of the car industry through subscription business models.
PYMNTS provides not only news articles and reports but also podcasts and webinars, offering a variety of ways to access their content. Although US-based, EMEA as a region plays a big role, and is served by dedicated PYMNTS EMEA Editor Oheneba Ama Nti Osei, who among other things runs EMEA Fireside Chats with founders from the region.
Their focus is on “what’s next,” currently revolving around the connected economy and examining the impact of ‘the ten pillars that drive global economic growth’. These pillars are: how people live, work, shop, bank, eat, stay well, have fun, travel, stay connected, and live, including how they pay and are paid.
Fintech Magazine
Fintech Magazine, part of BizClick’s portfolio of media brands in tech, including Insurtech Digital, is an established and trusted voice in the fintech industry. It engages a highly targeted audience of 113,000 global executives together with other BizClick media brands.
The publication covers the latest trends, news, and opinions in the fintech industry, offering valuable insights and analysis to its readers. In addition to the magazine, Fintech Magazine provides a range of other content formats, including webinars, podcasts, and reports, that provide additional perspectives and deep dives into the industry’s most pressing issues.
With a focus on all things fintech, Fintech Magazine is a go-to source for professionals seeking to stay up-to-date on the latest developments in the industry. Its coverage includes news, interviews, features, and events. Alex Clere leads the publication as the editor, ensuring that the content is of the highest quality and meets the needs of the publication’s readership.
Finance Forward
Look, we love a good Kölsch as much as the next guy. But we also love Finance Forward – a German-language media outlet that covers fintech news and trends in Germany (and sometimes beyond). Dubbing itself “the magazine for the new financial world,” the publication offers in-depth analysis and interviews with industry experts, focusing on topics like digital banking, blockchain, and payments.
With a sleek design, appealing interface, and user-friendly features, Finance Forward provides an excellent reading experience. Their top-notch quality podcasts, hosted by their editor Caspar Tobias Schlenk, feature leading German industry leaders. John Stanley Hunter (real name), a journalist on their team, is a go-to source for all things German fintech.
As a cooperation between the German business magazine Capital and the media and event platform OMR, Finance Forward brings together the expertise of two industry leaders. The publication also offers a newsletter and organises the annual Finance Forward Konferenz, which brings together the leaders of the most influential fintechs in Germany, as well as special guests from Europe. But warning, it’s all auf Deutsch!
The PayPers
The PayPers is a Netherlands-based fintech media outlet that provides comprehensive coverage of the payments, ecommerce, fintech, and digital economy sectors from across the globe. Their coverage includes payments infrastructure, systems, behaviours, ecommerce, Open Banking, Open Finance, B2B payments, cryptocurrencies, fraud and financial crime prevention, and breaking news on the digital economy. They also offer the latest information on regulatory updates, company news, and developments in payments investments, product launches, partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions.
In addition to their excellent news coverage, The PayPers’ “Voice Of The Industry” section features expert commentary and insights from those most involved in the industry, providing readers with a deeper understanding of the issues affecting the fintech world.
Nordic Fintech Magazine
As the name suggests, Nordic Fintech Magazine covers… you guessed it, fintech news and trends in the Nordic region! Nordic Fintech Magazine (NFM) is a team of media and fintech enthusiasts who strive to bring their readers innovative ideas from visionary fintech entrepreneurs and financial services innovators in the Nordic region, which in their case includes the Baltic countries of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia.
As society undergoes significant changes in financial services, NFM recognizes that finance can often be dry, heavy, and complex. That’s why they create content designed to be understood by anyone, including their grandparents. They see it as their duty to provide their readers with information that increases their understanding of groundbreaking ideas such as web3, sustainability, green finance, cryptocurrency, fintech innovation, and digital banking, which will undoubtedly impact their lives in various ways. Nordic Fintech Magazine also co-organises the yearly Nordic Fintech Week together with Copenhagen Fintech.
Fintech News Network
Fintech News Network is composed of seven regionally focused outlets: Fintech Singapore, Fintech Hong Kong, Fintech Middle East, Fintech Malaysia, Fintech Switzerland, Fintech Baltic and Fintech Philippines.
All these outlets under the FFN umbrella offer news and analysis on fintech trends and innovations in their respective regions. Their coverage provides a helpful geographically-focused lens for various fintech-related topics.
It all started with the Swiss blog Finanzprodukt.ch in 2012, today FFN looks at the following topics in each of their geos: lending, fintech, insurtech, crowdfunding, online wealth management and personal finance.
Financial IT
Financial IT is a fintech media outlet that seeks to increase your fintech IQ. They cover the latest trends and issues in banking, cloud, security and compliance, data, trading systems and blockchain. Financial IT Magazine offers a print magazine, video interviews, and editorial articles featuring FinTech experts, software product reviews, and market research surveys. Each magazine issue features exclusive one-on-one interviews with senior executives from banks, corporate treasurers, trade finance professionals, supply chain decision makers, and business solution providers. They also feature technology innovators, views, analysis, and opinions from leading banks, IT vendors, corporates, and risk management consultants.
Bonus track: Blockworks
Surprise, there is actually a 13th outlet! This is not a crypto or digital assets blog post, but we thought Blockworks deserved to be included. It is seen by far as one of the most prestigious publications looking at digital assets, due to its journalistic standards.
Blockworks is a media and information platform that specialises in providing news and insights about cryptocurrency to millions of investors. Their offerings include an editorial site, newsletters, podcasts, conferences, research, and data that provide critical analysis and information to help investors make informed decisions about digital assets.
Blockworks is dedicated to onboarding the next wave of crypto investors by making the most innovative areas of crypto accessible. They strive to accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrency by increasing transparency, engaging institutions and regulators, and providing a non-biased, non-tribal view of the crypto industry. Additionally, their research platform helps those with existing knowledge of cryptocurrency understand what’s coming next in the industry.
You made it!
You made it; congrats! We know that you know that keeping up with the latest developments in the fintech industry is crucial for staying ahead of the curve. Subscribing to these specialised fintech media outlets can provide valuable insights and knowledge on the latest news, trends, and innovations in the industry – so we’d highly recommend you do so! Whether you’re a fintech entrepreneur, investor, or enthusiast, these outlets offer a wealth of information that can help you stay informed and up-to-date.
Phew! It’s a lot! And we know this is not all of ‘em. We have only focused on publications that primarily cover fintech. We have left out some publications that cover fintech as part of a broader range of topics. Some examples of such publications include TechCrunch, tech.eu, and Sifted, as well as other non-fintech financial or business publications that may occasionally cover fintech news.
If you have more fintech-focused publications you believe simply has to be added to this list – get in touch with us! We are always open to suggestions for new blog posts as well.
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