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FinTech Focus Is Shifting From Payments to Wealth Management

Nektarios Liolios · EP 622: This FinTech Accelerator Has Helped 60 Companies, Linking Industry with Startups with $17k Investment with Nektarios Liolios · Apr 7, 2017 · at 6:02

Nektarios Liolios, co-founder of accelerator Startupbootcamp FinTech, discusses macro shifts in financial technology startup trends.

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“We have seen a move away from payments and lending as being the key fintech themes. And we now move increasingly towards investment related stuff”

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The claim, plainly

The FinTech sector has shifted focus away from payments and lending toward wealth management and investment-related technologies.

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Assessment

Industry venture capital data from CB Insights, Accenture, KPMG, and PitchBook show that payments and lending remained the dominant subsectors of FinTech throughout 2016–2018 and beyond, rather than shifting away from them. In 2017, global venture capital in payments and lending represented approximately 60% of total funding (roughly 30% each), and continued to lead deal counts, capital raised, and mega-rounds well into subsequent years. Wealth management and investment-related technologies grew in niche deal activity but remained a relatively small fraction of overall sector funding and deal volume.

Accenture/CB Insights 2017 analysis showed payments and lending startups captured approximately 60% combined of total global fintech venture capital ($27.4B total).
KPMG Pulse of Fintech reports (2016–2018) confirmed payments and lending consistently led both deal count and total dollar volume, representing the dominant fintech themes through major venture rounds and acquisitions.
Historical venture data through 2024–2026 confirmed payments and lending retained their top status in total capital raised, deal volume, and unicorn counts over wealthtech.

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[1] accenture.com [2] accenture.com [3] accenture.com [4] venionaire.com [5] kpmg.com [6] bis.org [7] fnz.com [8] slideshare.net

fintech funding by sector 2017 2018 payments lending wealthtech KPMG Pulse of Fintech 2018 payments lending wealth management "wealthtech" OR "wealth management" "payments" "lending" "CB Insights" 2017 2018 deal share CB insights fintech global report 2017 payments lending wealthtech fintech VC funding 2016 2017 payments lending wealthtech deal share "Pulse of Fintech" "2017" "wealthtech" OR "wealth" OR "lending" OR "payments" deal volume "Pulse of Fintech" 2017 2018 "payments" "lending" share of venture KPMG Pulse of Fintech 2017 subsectors payments lending wealthtech

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