Top Illinois Fintech Startups (202)

Moov is a payments infrastructure platform making it easy to accept, store, send, and spend money all from a single, elegantly-designed API. Instead of stitching together multiple vendors, software companies simply add Moov to their products to get the latest in payment technology, user onboarding, licensing, compliance, and more.

Bectran is an industry-leading SaaS platform which has grown rapidly to become the companion toolkit for the Credit Department just as a CRM is for the Sales Department. Recognized as a top innovator in the credit software industry, Bectran has been described by credit professionals as "the future of the credit department."​

YCharts was founded in 2009 to democratize investment research. As we build an increasingly powerful and intuitive tool that our clients use daily, we might be outgrowing our name—but not our mission. From humble beginnings, YCharts has grown to become an all-in-one platform for investment research and client communication. Our guiding principle has always been to create software that elevates and...

EDGE is a data and analytics platform that harnesses bank transaction data to measure consumer credit risk. Founded in 2021, EDGE is part of a larger family of FinTech brands that sits underneath our parent company, NinjaHoldings (www.ninjaholding.com). NinjaHoldings’ brands also include CreditNinja, an online consumer lending business, and NinjaCard, a neobanking platform focused on consumers in the emerging credit...

Halo Investing is an award-winning technology platform that disrupts how protective investment solutions are used worldwide. Headquartered in Chicago, with employees worldwide, we’re on a mission to change the world by democratizing access to investment solutions that were previously unavailable to most investors. Our marketplace connects financial advisors and investors to protective investment products – including structured notes and annuities...

NinjaHoldings was founded in 2017 by a team seeking to revolutionize the way everyday Americans interact with financial services. Through our CreditNinja and NinjaCard brands, we empower people overlooked by traditional financial institutions to take control of their finances via a full suite of digital banking and lending products, providing incentives and rewards along the way as we guide them...

Since our founding in 2004, Simplex has continued to remain at the forefront of the industry by focusing on innovation, automation, and data-driven analysis. Simplex is a leading technology-driven market-making firm that builds proprietary software to create and capitalize on financial opportunities. We combine talented and dedicated technologists with data-driven employees to solve constantly evolving puzzles in the marketplace. Specializing in...

Geneva Trading LLC is a leading proprietary trading firm with a history of consistent success in the listed derivatives markets. Over the past 20 years, we’ve grown significant capital, developed proven technology, and maintained an appetite for diversified trading strategies. We foster innovation and look for people who can solve complex problems that drive immediate results. We've built a culture of...

Bloom Credit helps companies launch lending products, report consumers' payments, and create innovative credit experiences. We do this by providing our clients with the data they need from all three credit bureaus, the expertise they are looking for to launch seamlessly, and the proprietary analytics to supplement credit insights - all delivered through Bloom’s developer-friendly API. Over 12 million US consumers...

Supernova is the technology leader in securities-based lending ("SBL") solutions that connect and empower the entire financial ecosystem. We offer the world’s first and only cloud-based, fully-customizable, end-to-end software solution to automate securities-based lending from origination through the life of the loan.

Pangea is a digital money transfer platform that makes sending money abroad simple, reliable, and cost-effective. Founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, we’ve helped millions of people send money securely and efficiently, empowering financial freedom across borders. We serve a global customer base with a mobile-first platform that offers low fees, competitive exchange rates, and fast*, secure delivery. Our work...

CRSP provides data of the highest integrity and transparency to ensure the strongest foundation for economic forecasting, stock market research and financial analysis conducted by academic organizations, investment banks, brokerage firms, corporations, and government agencies. Our data has led to the transformation of the world of finance.

Bitnomial is building the next generation of U.S. derivatives infrastructure. We are a regulated exchange and clearinghouse offering bitcoin futures and options under full oversight of the CFTC. By combining the transparency and safeguards of traditional finance with the efficiency of digital assets, Bitnomial brings institutional trust and accessibility to crypto-native markets. We operate as a Designated Contract Market (DCM), Derivatives...

Here at Beacon Funding, we’ve spent nearly 30 years establishing ourselves as the premier, full-service provider of financing solutions to all types of organizations throughout a wide variety of industries. Whether you’re an equipment manufacturer looking for a vendor financing partner or you’re looking to finance an equipment purchase for your business (think tow truck, boom truck, embroidery equipment), we...

Technological change is everywhere – except in the AP Operations of Finance! Many companies still have paper processes, filing cabinets and rubber stamps. We provide transparency and accountability in the Purchase to Pay process. It helps prevents fraud, speeds up approval cycles and empowers employees throughout the organization.

XR Trading is a proprietary market-making firm with offices in Chicago, New York and London. XR provides liquidity in a wide range of financial instruments and asset classes. We add value to the markets in which we participate by integrating technology with trading effectively and employing a quantitative approach to automated market-making. To respond quickly to a constantly evolving market, our team...

Silver Step educates new financial consumers on the basics of wealth management, and lets them discover service providers that fit their needs (think Yelp for financial services, with an educational component).Personal finance is a topic most of us did not learn in school, yet is something we all need. Therefore, we are providing unbiased wealth management content for you to learn...

We are a team of computing innovators and AI visionaries fighting for the reality of a paperless world - a world beyond the simple digital scanning and storage of documents. Our collaborative and boundary-pushing team builds powerful machine learning software integrations to turn unstructured documents into intelligible and immediately accessible data. In a world of information overload and an avalanche...

Skolem is solving DeFi @ scale! Skolem is the world's most secure and reliable full-stack, institutional platform for DeFi, offering front-to-back execution, order management, and data platform for institutions to trade and manage their exposures in DeFi. Skolem’s purpose-built infrastructure and unique interface layer provide clients with reliable execution, an easy-to-use web UI and REST API, and full trade lifecycle support. With Skolem,...

plura connects small businesses seeking capital with a network of the best commercial banks nationwide to create an efficient and competitive financing process. plura applies modern technology to address the inherent inefficiencies in securing small business loans.