fintech startups
6 statements across 5 episodes · 1 bullish · 3 bearish · 5 people on the record · first statement Nov 9, 2015 by Hussein Kanji · across every show →
Everything said about fintech startups, oldest first
Nov 9, 2015 bearish
Kanji: Fintech startups are unbundling HSBC's website pixel by pixel
“You can basically take the HSBC webpage and start tearing it apart. There's a startup, you know, for every little pixel, right, on the HSBC webpage doing a different service. There's a startup going after them, right? It's a bunch of piranhas attacking, attack…”
Nov 11, 2015 bearish
Nov 11, 2015 bullish
Zink: Second-wave fintech startups will soon disrupt first-wave pioneers
“I think if you look at the next five, 10 years, I think we're going to have a second wave of companies that say, compared to this first wave, isn't there a better way of doing it? And I think you will find much more sophisticated setups structurally within the…”
Sep 13, 2017 bearish
Generalist VCs assuming fintech startups can break regulatory rules will fail
“I think the good companies, they are having sector-specific funds in, and the ones that are getting funded, like, I think it's because the investors actually just don't understand what They're investing either, and think they'll just be able to break some of t…”
Sep 8, 2020
Jul 17, 2023
Mohnot: Over-funding duplicate startups destroys sector profitability through price competition
“In 20, 20, 20, 21, every company we funded, there were five companies just like it. Also with great founders, with great investors. And so what ended up happening is a bunch of capital went into these companies and five companies serving the same customer set.…”