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Fintechs enter new stage of profitability – report

These are the findings from the third Global Fintech Report co-authored by Boston Consulting Group and QED Investors.

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The report found that fintech revenues grew by 21% year-on-year, an increase on the 13% growth of the previous year.

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Furthermore, EBITDA margins for public fintechs grew by 25% with 69% of fintechs achieving profitability, as opposed to less than half of the fintechs in the previous year that acheived the same status.

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According to the report, which was based on interviews with 60 fintech executives, the results come amid a fintech environment in which funding and valuations stabilised and funadamentals “improved sharply”. 

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Nevertheless, the report also found that there is still plenty of room for further growth given that fintech has only penetrated 3% of global banking and insurance revenue pools, albeit those fintechs are growing at around three times the rate of incumbent institutions.

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The report also found that funding and revenue is highly concentrated – 60% of all fintech revenue is generated by less than 100 “scaled players”. 

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In terms of verticals, payments represents the vast majority of fintechs ($126bn), followed by challenger banks ($27bn), crypto trading ($16bn) and BNPL providers ($8bn).