Fintech History

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