Analysis

December 30, 2020

2020: The year that shook fintech

A look back at the fintech sector's highs and lows in 2020, and Sifted's must-reads of the year


Isabel Woodford

4 min read

Danish fintech Lunar Way is becoming a bank and is raising €26m in funding.

It feels like a lifetime ago that Visa announced it was acquiring Plaid, a Californian fintech focused on banking infrastructure, for a whopping $5bn.

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Ian Osborne is a partner at Hedosophia, a fund whose portfolio includes these top fintechs
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