Community Overview
About r/fintech
Where financial services meets its future. r/fintech is a community of practitioners, founders, investors, and curious minds tracking the builders, breakthroughs, and business models reshaping banking, payments, lending, insurance, and investing — from AI to stablecoins to the next thing nobody's named yet.
The community at a glance
r/fintech is a Subreddit for Business Owners and Fintech Enthusiasts with roughly 89K members. It has been around since 2012. It has a live chat communication style. On the Hive Index it ranks #4 in the Fintech communities list.
Roughly 44K members have joined in the past year. Popular discussion topics include Fintech, Looking For, and Looking. Common discussion themes are Solution Requests and Advice Requests.
Community Topics
Community Features
This community has a realtime chat
Subreddit Analysis
via GummySearchYearly: +44K members
Growth: +97.2% / year
Member growth over time
All time (yearly)
- 2013: 26 members
- 2014: 78 members
- 2015: 355 members
- 2016: 1K members
- 2017: 2K members
- 2018: 3K members
- 2019: 3K members
- 2020: 5K members
- 2021: 7K members
- 2022: 5K members
- 2023: 5K members
- 2024: 7K members
- 2025: 20K members
- 2026: 30K members
2013
+26 new
2014
+78 new
2015
+355 new
2016
+1K new
2017
+2K new
2018
+3K new
2019
+3K new
2020
+5K new
2021
+7K new
2022
+5K new
2023
+5K new
2024
+7K new
2025
+20K new
2026
+30K new
Past year (monthly)
- Aug: 3K members
- Sep: 1K members
- Oct: 1K members
- Nov: 2K members
- Dec: 6K members
- Jan: 12K members
- Feb: 4K members
- Mar: 3K members
- Apr: 3K members
- May: 4K members
- Jun: 3K members
- Jul: 1K members
August 2025
+3K new
September 2025
+1K new
October 2025
+1K new
November 2025
+2K new
December 2025
+6K new
January 2026
+12K new
February 2026
+4K new
March 2026
+3K new
April 2026
+3K new
May 2026
+4K new
June 2026
+3K new
July 2026
+1K new
Themes
- Solution Requests14 posts in the past month
- Looking For Fintech Investment
- Looking for the most useful corporate cards for making expense tracking less painful
- best neobank in terms of app performance and features?
#114Solution RequestsLooking For Fintech Investment · Looking for the most useful corporate cards for making expense tracking less painful · best neobank in terms of app performance and features? - Advice Requests12 posts in the past month
- Should I major in Finance or IT if I want a fintech career?
- Fintech Engineering Handbook
- Advice for freshers from the Pros.
#212Advice RequestsShould I major in Finance or IT if I want a fintech career? · Fintech Engineering Handbook · Advice for freshers from the Pros. - News5 posts in the past month
- Thoughts on Dhivya Suryadevara leaving Fiserv?
- Project Nexus + UPI in Greece (10th Country): Is this the Future of Cross-Border Payments in Asia?
- Are fake bank sites becoming a fintech problem too?
#35NewsThoughts on Dhivya Suryadevara leaving Fiserv? · Project Nexus + UPI in Greece (10th Country): Is this the Future of Cross-Border Payments in Asia? · Are fake bank sites becoming a fintech problem too? - Opportunities5 posts in the past month
- Accelerators focused on Fintech?
- Fintech opportunity gap
- For fintech founders and investors: where does fundraising workflow usually break down?
#45OpportunitiesAccelerators focused on Fintech? · Fintech opportunity gap · For fintech founders and investors: where does fundraising workflow usually break down? - Pain & Anger5 posts in the past month
- I'm so annoyed that stripe is not accepted everywhere
- Managing cash across multiple entities is turning into more work than I expected
- just spent three days debugging why our transaction reconciliation was throwing mismatches at exactly 00:00 UTC and honestly i need to talk about this
#55Pain & AngerI'm so annoyed that stripe is not accepted everywhere · Managing cash across multiple entities is turning into more work than I expected · just spent three days debugging why our transaction reconciliation was throwing mismatches at exactly 00:00 UTC and honestly i need to talk about this
Topics
- Fintech68 posts in the past month
- I think hospitality just discovered what fintech discovered 10 years ago and it explains everything
- Should I major in Finance or IT if I want a fintech career?
- Fintech opportunity gap
#168FintechI think hospitality just discovered what fintech discovered 10 years ago and it explains everything · Should I major in Finance or IT if I want a fintech career? · Fintech opportunity gap - Looking For45 posts in the past month#245Looking For
- Looking29 posts in the past month#329Looking
- Startup15 posts in the past month#415Startup
- Payment8 posts in the past month
- the pain point nobody is building AI tools for payment infrastructure that actually stays up
- How to make international supplier payments more reliable
#58Paymentthe pain point nobody is building AI tools for payment infrastructure that actually stays up · How to make international supplier payments more reliable
Flair
- Ask the Community35 posts in the past month
- Looking For Fintech Investment
- Should I major in Finance or IT if I want a fintech career?
- Payment terminal sofware development
#135Ask the CommunityLooking For Fintech Investment · Should I major in Finance or IT if I want a fintech career? · Payment terminal sofware development - Discussion34 posts in the past month
- I think hospitality just discovered what fintech discovered 10 years ago and it explains everything
- Is pre-login fraud the blind spot in fintech security?
- Stablecoin infrastructure from scratch: what does the full-stack promise actually mean in practice?
#234DiscussionI think hospitality just discovered what fintech discovered 10 years ago and it explains everything · Is pre-login fraud the blind spot in fintech security? · Stablecoin infrastructure from scratch: what does the full-stack promise actually mean in practice? - News & Analysis10 posts in the past month
- “Instant payouts” isn’t one thing. Understanding real-time payments in the USA
- How stablecoins solve different problems across Latin America
- Fintech Engineering Handbook
#310News & Analysis“Instant payouts” isn’t one thing. Understanding real-time payments in the USA · How stablecoins solve different problems across Latin America · Fintech Engineering Handbook - Crypto / DeFi4 posts in the past month
- Rain's $2Bn founder explains why he built the hardest payment infrastructure first — not last
- Spent a few weeks looking at stablecoin payment startups, the regulatory wrapper matters more than the chain
- Global Stablecoin Compliance: GENIUS Act, MiCA, Hong Kong, Singapore, and More Key Rules
#44Crypto / DeFiRain's $2Bn founder explains why he built the hardest payment infrastructure first — not last · Spent a few weeks looking at stablecoin payment startups, the regulatory wrapper matters more than the chain · Global Stablecoin Compliance: GENIUS Act, MiCA, Hong Kong, Singapore, and More Key Rules - Fintech1 post in the past month
- How banks can tokenize deposits without replacing core banking systems?
#51FintechHow banks can tokenize deposits without replacing core banking systems?
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Community Reviews
Frequently asked questions
- Who is r/fintech for?
- Best for Business Owners and Fintech Enthusiasts enthusiasts looking for a Reddit-based community with live chat.
- Is r/fintech free to join?
- This listing is not marked as paid-only. Access rules and any fees are decided by the community.
- How many members does r/fintech have?
- Roughly 89K members, based on figures reported by the community or its host. Member counts are approximate and change over time.
- What platform is r/fintech on?
- r/fintech runs on Reddit. Reddit communities (or "subreddits") are forum-based groups on the popular social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website Reddit. Reddit is commonly known as "the front page of the internet". Users submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down and discussed by other members. From investing Reddit communities, to professional ones, to ones just for laughs, you're likely to find a community for you on Reddit.
- What topics does r/fintech cover?
- On the Hive Index, r/fintech is organized under Business Owners, Fintech Enthusiasts.
- How do I join r/fintech?
- You can join r/fintech by clicking this link, or pressing the "Go to community" button above.
- What are the Business communities like?
- A broad topic that covers everything from solo business owners to startup teams and larger operators. You will find communities on Discord, Reddit, and Slack focused on strategy, growth, operations, and the day-to-day grind of running something. Good for getting outside perspectives, finding collaborators, or just talking through problems with people who actually get it.
Monthly Stats
- 4
- Views /mo
- 3
- Visitors /mo
- 2
- Referrals /mo (+100%)
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