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Best Banking Tech Companies in Minnesota, United States

The 31 best Banking Tech companies in Minnesota, United States in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Total Expert.

31companies tracked
$127.1Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
9have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · BANKING TECH × MINNESOTA

Our analysis of 50 Banking Tech companies

$7.7b in tracked funding; 98% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2025.

50companies analysed
98%cloud-native stacks
2025funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2016median founding year
87kcombined LinkedIn audience
68%of audience held by top 3
3companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Banking Tech companies in Minnesota

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1Total Expert
Provider of customer engagement platforms for financial institutions
$86M84 mo agoSeries C—2012WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+194 patents
Automated document-based proportional allocation for marketing and CRM data processing
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2International Decision Systems
Lease and loan solutions for equipment finance industry
$20M144 mo agoAcquired—1974———
3ClickSWITCH
Platform offering account switching solution
$18M73 mo agoAcquiredCale Johnston
Founder & CEO
2013Kendo UIBootstrapMicrosoft ASP.NET+135 patents
Enterprise financial account migration and data integration platform
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4Argos Risk
Platform for risk management solutions for businesses
$2M135 mo agoSeedLori Frank
President & CEO
2010———
5LevelCredit
Credit scoring solutions for consumers
$588K79 mo agoFunding RaisedMatthew Briggs
Co-Founder & CEO
2013HubSpot CMS HubAmazon Web ServicesHubSpot+10——
6Micah Group
Loan underwriting solutions
$50K102 mo agoFunding RaisedJustin Bjerkaas
Founder & CEO
2017———
7Nook
Customer relationship management platform for banks
—31 mo agoSeedMark Portz
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer
2023———
8Northteq
Loan origination solutions
—35 mo agoSeedKristian Dolan
Founder & CEO
2019WordPressMySQLPHP+29——

Top 10 Banking Tech companies in Minnesota

#1
Series C · Eden Prairie, Minnesota · founded 2012 · 266 employees
$86Mraised
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Provider of customer engagement platforms for financial institutions. This platform unifies data, marketing, sales, and compliance solutions to support the entire customer journey. It offers tools to improve lead generation, conversion, onboarding, cross-selling, and retention. The platform helps financial institutions create personalized customer experiences and increase loyalty. Services include onboarding, professional services, and expert content partnerships. The technology integrates with other leading providers.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 18k LinkedIn followers — 20.4% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Oct 2019Series C$52M
  • Oct 2018Series B$20M
  • Apr 2016Series A$3M
  • 2015Seed$1.4M
Investors
Arthur Ventures, Rally Ventures, Emergence Capital, Georgian
Tech stack
Apple Icloud MailAtlassian StatuspageCloudflareGoogle Tag ManagerGsapHsts
#2
Acquired · Eagan, Minnesota · founded 2013 · 55 employees
$18.5Mraised
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ClickSWITCH is an account switching solution for financial institutions. Enables the users to do a bank account transfer or account switch through any financial institution. ClickSWITCH switches account holders recurring payments, direct deposits and electronic payments from their old accounts to new or existing accounts.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2020Series B$2M
  • May 2019Series B$13M
  • Aug 2018Series A$3.5M
Founders & team
Cale JohnstonFounder & CEO
Investors
USAA, Point72 Ventures, Commerce Ventures, NM Capital
Tech stack
AzureBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#3
Acquired · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 1974 · 121 employees
$20Mraised
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Lease and loan solutions for the equipment finance industry. It provides full lifecycle lease and loan software solutions for the equipment finance industry. Its product Rapport manages all originations, analytics, and front office decisioning processes and InfoLease handles all portfolio management back-office needs.

Investors
Album VC, Oman Investment Corporation, Peabody Capital, Somers Investment Partners
Tech stack
WordpressMysqlPhpHello ElementorElementorYoast Seo
#4
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2010
$2Mraised
▾

Platform for risk management solutions for businesses

Funding rounds
  • Jul 2015Conventional Debt$200K
  • Feb 2014Seed$700K
  • Feb 2013Seed$1.1M
Founders & team
Lori FrankPresident & CEO
Investors
Omphalos Ventures
#5
Funding Raised · Saint Louis Park, Minnesota · founded 2013 · 30 employees
$587.5Kraised
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LevelCredit provides credit scoring solutions for consumers. It enables individuals to build their credit scores by reporting rent and utility payments to credit bureaus. It provides a platform to track payment progress and offers credit score & insights with financial education.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2020Conventional Debt$587.5K
Founders & team
Matthew BriggsCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Yabeo
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementHstsHttp/3
#6
Funding Raised · Plymouth, Minnesota · founded 2017 · 25 employees
$50Kraised
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Loan underwriting solutions. It provides a centralized platform for collaboration between lenders, customers, partners, and brokers to originate loans, share information, and track deals. It offers solutions like origination, underwriting, and collaboration for commercial lenders and financing companies. It automates the commercial loan underwriting and reviewing process.

Funding rounds
  • Apr 2018Conventional Debt$50K
Founders & team
Justin BjerkaasFounder & CEO
#7
Seed · Wayzata, Minnesota · founded 2023
—raised
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Customer relationship management platform for banks. It offers a platform that enables financial institutions to manage and build communities by providing financial content, events, and more. It also offers relationship management solutions.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers — 2.5% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 3 partnerships · 1 awards (incl. NACUSO) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Apr 2024Seed—
Founders & team
Mark PortzCo-Founder & Chief Marketing OfficerPaul AblackCo-Founder
Investors
Dort Federal Credit Union
#8
Seed · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2019 · 32 employees
—raised
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Northteq provides loan origination solutions for commercial lending & equipment financing. It offers products such as Lease Accelerator for loan originating & leasing solutions, LenderKiosk for loan origination solutions for brokers, Portal Accelerator for tracking loan portals, and more. It also provides a customized & API-based loan origination portal.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 10k LinkedIn followers — 11.1% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: Engineering Manager
Activity: 1 product launches announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2023Seed—
Founders & team
Kristian DolanFounder & CEO
Investors
Arthur Ventures
#9
Acquired · Minneapolis, Minnesota · founded 2013 · 30 employees
—raised
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Credit score building through rent payments. Enables to build a credit history by reporting their rent payments to major credit bureaus- Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. It enables property managers to accept credit cards and e-checks online while integrating with rental accounting software.

Funding rounds
  • Jun 2017Series A—
Investors
Yabeo
Tech stack
Amazon SesAmazon Web ServicesBootstrapCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-Js
#10
Acquired · Plymouth, Minnesota · founded 2003 · 15 employees
—raised
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OnApproach, a consulting firm turned into software firm, is a data integration, big data, reporting, and analytics solutions firm for credit unions. It is a Credit Union Service Organization (CUSO) and enables credit unions to use data collaboratively to discover trends in member behaviour, resulting in improved financial performance and reduced risk. Their product "M360 Enterprise" is multi-sided analytic data model solution which enables credit unions to integrate all their data to analyse and manage. Customers can do branch analysis, fraud detection, lending analytics, asset and liability analysis etc through M360.

Funding rounds
  • Sep 2016Series A—
Investors
America's Credit Union

Funding & investor landscape

$127.1Mtotal disclosed funding
6companies funded
12disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Arthur Ventures2 rounds
Yabeo2 rounds
Album VC1 rounds
America's Credit Union1 rounds
Commerce Ventures1 rounds
Dort Federal Credit Union1 rounds
Emergence Capital1 rounds
Georgian1 rounds
NM Capital1 rounds
Oman Investment Corporation1 rounds

Notable founders

Cale Johnston
Founder & CEO · ClickSWITCH
Lori Frank
President & CEO · Argos Risk
Matthew Briggs
Co-Founder & CEO · LevelCredit
Justin Bjerkaas
Founder & CEO · Micah Group
Mark Portz
Co-Founder & Chief Marketing Officer · Nook
Paul Ablack
Co-Founder · Nook
Kristian Dolan
Founder & CEO · Northteq
Prism market signals · United States · country-scoped Prism corpus, 3,497,573 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Banking Tech coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · United States

How research on Fintech is moving in the United States

A read on the academic research around Fintech — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 907 United States-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201620212026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 23% → 38% across 2016–2026.
top research entities
  • Film Independent54
  • United States Department of Commerce26
  • Community Partners22
  • University of Virginia18
  • International Monetary Fund12
leading researchers
Crypto Education Research Lab · Kapil Dharika · Bibitayo Ebunlomo Abikoye · Adesola Oluwatosin Adelaja · Stanley Chidozie Umeorah · Pingale, Mandar Vijay · Hajwane, Shaeena Samir · Rogers, Anuoluwapo
▲ Breakthroughs97 · 11%
▲ 0%→11% share
0 median citations96% since 2021mostly methods-led
Breakthroughs are rising (0%→11% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services42
  • Database transaction16
  • Payment15
  • Scalability12
  • Credit risk11
Newly emergingFinancial services 0→41 · Database transaction 0→15 · Payment 0→14
Landmark E.T.-RNN · 87 cites
◆ Advancements352 · 39%
▲ 28%→41% share
▲1.5× share momentum0 median citations95% since 2021mostly empirical
Advancements are rising (28%→41% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services7→190
  • Financial inclusion2→74
  • Payment2→50
  • Mobile payment3→29
  • Leverage (statistics)1→21
Newly emergingTransformative learning 0→37 · Database transaction 0→34 · Financial literacy 0→32
Landmark Fintech Adoption Drivers for Innovation for SMEs in Indonesia · 143 cites
▼ Concerns281 · 31%
▼ 56%→29% share
▼0.5× share momentum0 median citations83% since 2021mostly empirical
Concerns are cooling (56%→29% of field), led by Financial services.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Financial services9→149
  • Financial inclusion1→56
  • Payment2→27
  • Investment (military)1→19
  • Cryptocurrency1→17
Newly emergingFinancial market 0→22 · Big data 0→18 · Corporate governance 0→18
Landmark The FinTech Opportunity · 433 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · United States

Where fintech is researched across United States

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

New York25 · +0.24
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Credit riskOpportunity · Big dataConcern · Financial innovation
Seattle14 · +0.21
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · LoanConcern · Financial inclusion
Philadelphia13 · +0.19
Hot · Digital transformationAdvancing · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Boston12 · +0.34
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Key (lock)Concern · Financial innovation
Los Angeles8 · +0.42
Hot · Credit riskOpportunity · Financial services
Ann Arbor8 · +0.49
Hot · Financial servicesAdvancing · Financial inclusionOpportunity · Risk management
SF Bay Area5 · +0.42
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Leverage (statistics)
Chicago5 · +0.08
Opportunity · Financial market
Atlanta5 · +0.36
Hot · Financial servicesOpportunity · Credit card
PATENT SIGNAL · United States

Who's filing fintech patents in the United States

United States fintech patent filing is accelerating — 20 filings from 16 assignees (2016–2025), led by Mastercard International, Verifone, Financial Cloud Innovations; annual filings 1→7.

20 filings16 assigneespeak 7/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Mastercard International20
  • Verifone4
  • Financial Cloud Innovations2
  • Atombeam Technologies2
  • Salah ALI Khalil1
  • LNW Gaming1
  • Kassetty Nikhil1
  • DR Mariappan RAJA1

Common questions

How many Banking Tech companies are there in Minnesota, United States?
Radar tracks 31 indexable Banking Tech companies headquartered in Minnesota, United States that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Banking Tech companies in Minnesota, United States?
The Banking Tech companies in Minnesota, United States on this list have raised a combined $127.1M in disclosed equity funding across 6 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Minnesota, United States?
Total Expert is the highest-funded Banking Tech company in Minnesota, United States, with $86M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Banking Tech companies in Minnesota, United States are funded?
6 of the 31 Banking Tech companies in Minnesota, United States on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Banking Tech unicorns are there in Minnesota, United States?
None of the Banking Tech companies in Minnesota, United States on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in Minnesota, United States Banking Tech companies?
The most active investors in Minnesota, United States Banking Tech companies on this list include Arthur Ventures, Yabeo, Album VC, America's Credit Union, Commerce Ventures.
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