Fintech History
Across
- 2. Technology enabling secure online transactions using biometrics or passwords.
- 3. The first-ever credit card issued in 1950.
- 9. An acronym for the technology transforming insurance through digital means.
- 10. The 1983 innovation by Michael Bloomberg for financial data services.
- 11. A major peer-to-peer lending platform founded in 2005.
- 13. The online payment system that revolutionized digital payments in the early 2000s.
- 15. The regulatory technology used to streamline compliance with financial regulations.
- 17. A decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across many computers.
- 19. The year Bitcoin was introduced to the world.
- 20. The technology behind contactless payments, widely used in mobile devices.
- 21. Cryptocurrency exchange founded by Brian Armstrong in 2012.
Down
- 1. An online payment system acquired by PayPal in 2018, known for mobile payments.
- 4. The revolutionary payment service launched by Square in 2009.
- 5. A government-backed digital currency initiative.
- 6. The process of verifying identity digitally in banking.
- 7. Blockchain platform co-founded by Charles Hoskinson in 2015.
- 8. A type of technology that facilitates banking through mobile devices.
- 12. Company behind the first modern computer used for banking calculations.
- 14. The digital currency project announced by Facebook in 2019.
- 16. The revolutionary stock trading app launched in 2013.
- 18. This digital-only bank, founded in 2015, gained popularity in Europe.