FinTechCity unveiled its new FinTech50 Hall of Fame this week at the Money 20/20 event in Copenhagen, Denmark. Finovate alums took six out of the ten spots.
The “founding ten members” of TheFinTech50 Hall of Fame are companies that “have featured on our radar since the days when they could reasonably be called startups,” say FinTech50 founders Julie Lake and Nicky Cotter, writing in The FinTech50 2016 Yearbook. “In recognition of their pioneering spirit and competitive staying power, we felt they deserved their own special place within a list of remarkable game-changers,” the founders wrote.
FinTechCity also presented The FinTech50 2016, its roster of the fifty hottest FinTech businesses in Europe. Of the 50 companies selected by the panel of more than 30 industry experts who poured over more than 1,200 candidates, a full baker’s dozen were Finovate—or FinDEVr—alums.
- Algomi – London, U.K. – FinovateFall 2014
- BehavioSec – Lulea, Sweden – FinovateFall 2015
- Blockchain – London, U.K. – FinDEVr San Francisco 2014
- Fenergo – Dublin, Ireland – FinovateEurope 2012
- Fidor Bank – Munich, Germany – FinovateEurope 2011
- Five Degrees – Breukelen, Netherlands – FinovateEurope 2016
- InvoiceSharing – Rotterdam, Netherlands – FinovateEurope 2016
- Kantox – London, U.K. – FinovateEurope 2013
- Mambu – Berlin, Germany – FinovateAsia 2013
- Meniga – Reykjavik, Iceland – FinovateEurope 2016
- Personetics – Tel Aviv, Israel/London, U.K. – FinovateEurope 2016
- Revolut – London, U.K. – FinovateEurope 2015
- Yoyo – London, U.K. – FinovateEurope 2015
Read the full list.
Lake and Cotter called this year’s competition “the most hotly contested FinTech50 in its four-year history.” The founders also highlighted differences from the 2015 list, with this year’s roster featuring more companies innovating in “security, compliance, and risk.”
Also noteworthy was the number of European fintech companies from the United Kingdom (more than 30 out of the 50). The founders credited this to the U.K.’s broader access to funding, as well as the region’s local talent, and “favorable regulatory environment.” Lake and Cotter also praised other emerging European fintech communities in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Stockholm.
In addition to The FinTech50 2016 and its new Hall of Fame, FinTechCity also announced its FinTech20 India and FinTech20 Hong Kong. Finovate alums were represented here with Demystdata (FinovateAsia 2012) earning a spot in the Hong Kong 20, and Bank Bazaar (FinovateAsia 2012) getting recognition in the India 20. Lastly, The FinTech50 shared “The Hot Ten,” a roster of companies on their watch list for 2016. Here, Finovate alum, Ormsby Street (FinovateFall 2015), was recognized on that list.
A look at the companies demoing live to 1,500 fintech professionals. 
David Sosna, CEO, Co-founder