If you’re doing research on fintech blogs, you’re probably looking for blogs that’ll keep you updated on fintech news, teach you the intricacies of fintech infrastructure and give you some interesting perspectives on the industry.
Luckily, there’s a lot of great fintech blogs in this space. In this list, we primarily wanted to focus on fintech blogs that do long form educational content, so there’s only one publication. If you’re looking for other content you can check out our other lists here:
This list of fintech blogs is great for:
- Those who are new to fintech and want learn everything fintech related.
- Those who are deep in fintech and want to make sure they stay on top of the news and trends.
- Those who want to learn about how to build a fintech company
Let’s get started!
0. Mint Studios
Since we’re the ones writing this article we thought it would make sense to start with ourselves. We’re a content marketing agency that focuses on helping fintech companies turn their website company blog into a customer acquisition channel (as you can imagine, we know a lot about blogging).
We publish 2 - 3 blog posts per month on the Mint Studios blog, specifically on the topic of fintech and content marketing. Here are some of our most popular pieces:
- What is BOFU (Bottom of the Funnel) Content and Why Is it Important?
- The Huge Opportunity for Content Marketing in the Payments Industry
- How Many Leads Can You Generate with Content Marketing?
If you’re interested in fintech, growth and/or marketing, then it’s a good blog to follow. You can make sure you stay up to date with our blogs here:
1. Chris Skinner’s blog
One of the best known fintech speakers in the world of financial services. If you’re new to fintech, we highly recommend subscribing to Chris’ blog. He publishes almost every day on very relevant topics related to fintech and financial services.
In his blog, he discusses all topics from fintech, banking, technology, blockchain, artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency. He’s known as an independent commentator on financial markets, and has published multiple books on these topics including Digital Bank, Doing Digital and recently Digital for Good.
He works as a consultant and is the Non-Executive Director of the Fintech consultancy firm 11:FS. He also sits on the advisory board of multiple firms.
2. FintechOS’s blog
FintechOS is a financial technology company that helps other companies become fintechs. They help them set up everything from an operating system, allowing any company to build a fintech product in weeks rather than years. The HQd in New York and London, and work with companies like Admiral, Deloitte, EY and PCW.
As the name suggests, their entire premise is around helping fintechs with an operating system, which means they know a lot about what goes into building a fintech.
You can head to their blog to learn about the ins and outs of fintech, including topics like digital transformation, open banking, embedded fintech, real-time payments and alternative lending.
3. Leda Writes on Fintech Futures
Leda is the Chief Client Officer at 10X Future Technologies. She writes regularly on Fintech Futures, every Thursday with the hashtag #LedaWrites. She covers all topics including core banking systems, digital payments, the payments landscape and tips for startups working with big banks.
She describes herself as a recovering banker, lapsed academic and long-term resident of the banking ecosystem. She’s also a published author having written her first book: Bankers Like Us: Dispatches from an Industry in Transition, is available to order here.
4. QED Investors’ blog
To understand fintech well, you need all perspectives of the ecosystem: the thought leader/consultants, the builders and operators, the founders and of course, the investors.
The team at QED investors are VCs that invest in fintech, and are also former operators. They’ve got some really good perspectives and thoughts on the fintech ecosystem, and one of their founders (Frank Rotman, @fintechjunkie) also shares a lot of good content on his Twitter.
They’ve been around for 13 years, so have seen the full breadth of fintech and financial services. Their blog has a lot of good resources for fintech companies, including podcasts, research, videos and opinions from VCs and operators. They cover topics on the regulatory landscape, LLMs, their investment thesis and fintech innovation.
4. Fintech Marketing Hub’s blog
This website is more of a magazine or publication, and we only included it because it’s one of the few resources on the topics of fintech and marketing.
Mint Studios’ founder, Araminta, is the co-director and board member at the Fintech Marketing Hub, which is a non for profit community for people working at the intersection of fintech and marketing. There are very few resources for people who work in marketing in fintech, which is why the Slack group, magazine and events were set up.
The FMH has a free 1,500+ member Slack group, and also hosts regular in-person events in London.
Ani, FMH’s founder, runs the blog, and she publishes some very unique content on recent fintech campaigns, interviews with well known fintech marketers and some very good educational content. If you work in growth and fintech, it’s a must read!
5. A16z’s blog
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) are a well known VC firm that invests in a wide range of industries, with fintech startups being one of the primary ones. They invest in all stages and with a focus towards companies that support American dynamism. They currently have $35B in assets under management across all their funds.
Their fintech blog has a lot of good information on the fintech industry as a whole, the future of fintech and latest news. Angela Strange, GP at a16z, is famous for having coined the phrase “every company will become a fintech company” by Angela Strange.
As they say on their website:
“We believe the combination of mobile, digital money, AI and machine learning, and new data sources offers startups a unique opportunity to leapfrog outdated infrastructure and compete with incumbent financial institutions to reimagine the way money moves.”
Their blog is really good to get a good overview of the industry. They cover topics like AI, money on autopilot, venture capital, the B2B fintech pricing journey and retail banking.
6. Alloy Labs’ blog
Alloy Labs is a consortium that includes a community, a startup accelerator, a fund and an institute.
Their mission is: “Level the playing field for community and mid-size banks and empower them to thrive and enrich their communities by implementing products and services that make their customers’ lives better.”
They’re more focused on banking rather than fintech, and their expertise is in helping banks grow. However, as a fintech this is incredibly useful to make sure you understand the banking world.
Their blog covers topics like RPA, automation, how to grow as a bank, payment fraud and overall innovation.
7. Moov’s blog
This is a blog for the fintech operators and builders: the developers and product managers.
Moov is a fintech API company: they are the first and only fintech that teaches developers how to build payments through open source libraries. With their API, businesses can easily add payments to their products and build payments from scratch.
Their blog may be more suitable for a developer, but if you’re a founder or product manager then a lot of the content will be relevant. Topics on their blog include the future of payments, understanding payment providers, building partnerships, how to improve the payment experience and how they think about engineering culture.
8. Stripe’s blog
Stripe, one of the original fintech companies and a darling of the industry, is a payment API company that allows SMEs and large companies accept payments online with just a few click. Their mission is to help increase the GDP of the internet.
Their content is very focused on developers, but their product guides are very thorough, easy to follow, well written and worth reading.
Their blog is less thought leadership, and has more how-to guides, case studies, guidance on specific compliance and step by steps on how to use Stripe. They’ve got great content if you’re an operator.
We hope this list gives you a good start to better understanding the fintech industry while also staying on top of the constant news.
