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Fintech Landscape of Dallas

275 Fintech companies in Dallas, in one picture: who is hiring, who is raising money, who founded them, what the news is about, which skills employers want and where the research is going. Updated August 2026.

275companies tracked
$1.7Bdisclosed funding
24hiring right now
167events · 24 months
8,899news articles · 12 months

Who leads Fintech in Dallas

Shows which Dallas fintech firms are most prominent in hiring, funding, and overall coverage, highlighting the top hiring firms and those with disclosed financing.

open roles
Hiring now
ranked by live open roles
  1. 01Apex Fintech Solutions9last posted Jul 2026
  2. 02FICS9last posted Jun 2026
  3. 03Aventiv Technologies9last posted Jun 2026
  4. 04spectrum financial group8last posted May 2026
  5. 05Triumph Financial8last posted Jun 2026
  6. 06ClaimReturn8last posted Jun 2026
  7. 07Ziosk6last posted Apr 2026
  8. 08PCMS6last posted Jan 2026
24 companies hiring · 3 posted in the last 30 days
disclosed funding
Most funded
disclosed totals, all rounds
  1. 01Yendo$450.5MConventional Debt · Feb 2026
  2. 02Bestow$265.6MVenture Debt · May 2025
  3. 03Solutions by Text$145MSeries D · May 2024
  4. 04The Beneficient Company Group$130.3MPost IPO · Apr 2026
  5. 05Ziosk$100MConventional Debt · Feb 2023
  6. 06Onyx CenterSource$86.1MConventional Debt · Oct 2014
  7. 07TaxAct$85MPE · Mar 2005
  8. 08UPTIQ$70MSeries B · Feb 2026
43 companies with disclosed rounds · $1.7B total
headcount
Largest teams
ranked by tracked headcount
  1. 01MoneyGram International3,769tracked employees
  2. 02Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas1,374tracked employees
  3. 03Triumph Financial1,292tracked employees
  4. 04GuideStone543tracked employees
  5. 05Apex Fintech Solutions447tracked employees
  6. 06Bestow218tracked employees
  7. 07Talus Pay131tracked employees
  8. 08Solutions by Text110tracked employees
23 companies with headcount data
share of events
Share of voice
share of all tracked sector news events, 24 months
  1. 01Triumph Financial26.8%72 tracked events
  2. 02Siepe7.4%20 tracked events
  3. 03Bestow6.7%18 tracked events
  4. 04MoneyGram6.7%18 tracked events
  5. 05Mr. Cooper5.6%15 tracked events
  6. 06Oyster5.6%15 tracked events
  7. 07UPTIQ5.6%15 tracked events
  8. 08Apex Fintech Solutions5.2%14 tracked events
269 tracked events across 23 companies
articles
In the news
Prism news coverage, last 12 months
  1. 01MoneyGram601articles in the window
  2. 02Highline131articles in the window
  3. 03Solera81articles in the window
  4. 04TaxAct52articles in the window
  5. 05Apex Fintech Solutions49articles in the window
  6. 06Entrust37articles in the window
  7. 07Mr. Cooper19articles in the window
  8. 08UPTIQ12articles in the window
21 of these companies drew sector coverage in the window
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How the Fintech ecosystem in Dallas grew, 2016–2025

Displays the annual count of fintech startups founded in Dallas, noting a peak of 25 companies in 2021 and 10 in 2025.

Companies founded / year
new Fintech companies in Dallas
2016: 212017: 222018: 132019: 182020: 152021: 252022: 62023: 72024: 152025: 10
20162025
peak 25 in 2021
Companies raising / year
with a disclosed round that year
20162025
peak 11 in 2025
Disclosed funding / year
sum of disclosed rounds (USD)
2016: 5,648,5312017: 22,538,3942018: 30,078,1012019: 7,903,8482020: 159,214,9952021: 59,370,0002022: 68,996,2172023: 93,691,3792024: 468,553,1302025: 250,928,967
20162025
peak $468.6M in 2024
Dallas — home to 275 tracked Fintech companies
Dallas275 Fintech companies tracked here

The Fintech market map of Dallas: what these companies actually do

Breaks down the product categories built by Dallas fintech firms and the primary ways they generate revenue, such as transaction commissions and subscriptions.

  • Enterprise Tech155 companies · $803.2M raised · 16 hiring
  • Consumer Digital119 companies · $917.6M raised · 7 hiring
  • Enterprise Software83 companies · $607.9M raised · 11 hiring
  • Nbfc Lenders48 companies · $53.4M raised · 1 hiring
  • SaaS46 companies · $240.8M raised · 6 hiring
  • Fintech SaaS33 companies · $118M raised · 5 hiring
  • Business Payments Solutions29 companies · $347M raised · 5 hiring
  • Marketplaces24 companies · $47.2M raised · 1 hiring
  • Commerce Enablers22 companies · $246.2M raised · 3 hiring
  • Internet First Wealth Management Platforms15 companies · $40.3M raised · 1 hiring
  • Internet First Insurers14 companies · $280.8M raised · 3 hiring
  • Online Financial Planners and Advisors14 companies · $15M raised · 1 hiring

Monetization

How Fintech companies make money

How many companies earn revenue each way. Plenty use more than one model, so the counts add up to more than the sector.

Commission on Transaction157
Subscription137
Fee-For-Service77
E-Commerce - Service45
Lending42
Advertising8
E-Commerce - Product7
Renting / Leasing4

Funding, M&A and the deals moving Fintech in Dallas

Lists 167 corporate events over the past two years, including key personnel changes, funding rounds, earnings releases, mergers, and new product announcements.

Leadership 48Funding 30Earnings 30M&A 25Product 16Contracts 11Announcement 4Assets 2Layoffs 1
  • M&AFinally, Worth Asset Management LLC acquired a new stake in Applied Materials in the fourth quarter valued at $1,531,000.2026-04-19
  • M&AReston-based Fortune 500 government contractor announced Monday that it has completed its $2.4 billion acquisition of Illinois-based infrastructure design firm . Leidos acquired the firm from the New York private equity firm Kohlberg & Co.2026-03-30
  • FundingYendo, the Dallas-based fintech company building AI-enabled, asset-secured credit card products for underserved consumers, has secured a further $200 million warehouse commitment from i80 Group to fund new credit card originations, materially expanding its lending capacity at a moment when private debt markets remain tight and selective.2026-02-22
  • FundingUPTIQ has now raised a total of $70.0M in total equity funding and is backed by 645 Ventures, Broadridge, Curql, EPIC Ventures, Evolution VC, First Capital, Green Visor Capital, LiveOak Ventures, Silverton Partners, and Tau Ventures.2026-02-16
  • M&ASolutions by Text (SBT) has acquired Triple Play Pay (TPP) in a move aimed at expanding its FinText payments offering and strengthening embedded payments and conversational commerce capabilities.2026-01-07
  • M&AIn 2019, the investment firm established a foothold in Brazil by acquiring Highline, a cell tower company that belonged to Pátria.2025-12-29
  • FundingNada – $10.0M2025-12-08
  • M&ASolovis, a leading multi-asset-class portfolio management and analytics platform for institutional investors, announced the close of its previously announced sale to global software investor Insight Partners.2025-10-17
  • FundingIn January this year, Ant announced an $880 million acquisition deal for US-based money transfer service MoneyGram International.2025-08-10
  • M&AMr. Cooper acquired Flagstar’s servicing assets2025-06-18

Mergers and acquisitions

Deals from the last 24 months where a Fintech company in Dallas was the buyer or the one bought, newest first. “Undisclosed” means the price was never published — not that the deal was worth nothing.

AcquirerTargetDeal valueStatusDate
Worth Asset Managementapplied materials$1.5MCompleted2026-04-19
leidosEntrust$2.4BCompleted2026-03-30
Solutions by TextTriple Play PayundisclosedAnnounced2026-01-08
rocket companiesMr. CooperundisclosedAnnounced2026-01-05
TriumphPayhubtran$97MAnnounced2026-01-01
digitalbridgeHighlineundisclosedCompleted2025-12-29

Who is listing, hiring leaders, launching and winning work

Provides details on specific events like IPO filings, leadership moves, product launches, and contract wins among Dallas fintech companies.

Leadership moves
13 tracked people moves · last 12 months
  • EntrustErika Cowen · Appointment → Senior Vice President of Customer SuccessApr 2026
  • BestowMeagan Ward · Appointment → Chief Marketing OfficerApr 2026
  • EntrustAjay Jindal · Appointment → Senior Vice President of Business Process & AutomationApr 2026
  • EntrustTony Ball · Appointment → Chief Executive OfficerApr 2026
  • SoleraOmar Nabil · Appointment → Vice President of Sales and Country Leader for Canada InsuranceFeb 2026
  • MoneyGramMarc Winniford · Appointment → Chief Financial OfficerDec 2025
  • Federal Reserve Bank of DallasJulie S. England · Appointment → DirectorNov 2025
  • BestowCindy De Armond · Appointment → Chief Revenue OfficerOct 2025
Product launches
tracked launches · last 12 months
  • MoneyGramModernized Retail Solutions (Retail payment solutions)Apr 2026
  • MoneyGramMoney transfer service directly to any bank account in Ghana (Money transfer)Feb 2026
  • Apex Fintech SolutionsApex AI Suite (AI Suite)Jan 2026
  • Apex Fintech SolutionsAscendOS (Cloud-native trading, clearing and custody platform)Jan 2026
  • UPTIQAI FinServ Launchpad (Program)Nov 2025
Contract wins
4 customer wins · last 24 months

Who is building Fintech in Dallas

Profiles 108 founders and CEOs across 84 firms, noting their educational backgrounds and prior employers such as Harvard Business School and Amazon.

Founders and chief executives12 of 108, from the best-funded companies on this page
Morgan Lynch
Co-Founder
Morgan Lynch
repeat founder

Ex-Founder Funner. Brigham Young University BA, IMD MBA 2008

Danny Cantrell
Founder
Danny Cantrell

CEO Ministry by Text, Text my MCARD & Marketing Resposne Solutions. Wayland Baptist University Masters in Hard Knox 1986

Snehal Fulzele
Founder & CEO
Snehal Fulzele

Ex-CEO Cloud Lending Solutions, Oracle, Q2ebanking. Carnegie Mellon University MS 2008

Jack Hooper
Founder & CEO
Jack Hooper

Hra Council, ex-The Boston Consulting, ex-Federal Bureau Of Investigation, University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School, 2014

Mauricio Delgado
Co-Founder
Mauricio Delgado

Ex-Co-Founder Pacific Union Financial, Semantic Sciences & Innetvations, CEO Tricolor Auto Group, Ganas Holdings, Investar Financial…

Michael Pusateri
Founder & CEO
Michael Pusateri

Ex-Co-Founder ithought.com. The University of Tulsa BSME 1993

Josh Smith
Co-founder & CEO
Josh Smith

Co-founder & CEO-VRGL. Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business BS.

Gabriel Leon
Co-Founder & COO
Gabriel Leon

Ex - Amazon, Accenture, PROSA, MercadoPago. La Salle University, AC 2002, Tecnologico de Monterrey 2003, 2009

Arun Agrahri
Co-Founder
Arun Agrahri

Ex-Finos, Twine, Vurb, Airseed, NetApp. Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore BTech, University of Minnesota MS

Brandon Hall
CEO
Brandon Hall

Freed-Hardeman University 2011, SMU Cox School of Business Executive Certification 2016

Joseph Melendez
CEO
Joseph Melendez

Cardiff Insurance, New York Institute of Technology

Matt Johnner
President | Co-founder | Director
Matt Johnner

Participate, ex-Gebbs Healthcare Solutions, ex-2m Companies, Texas A&M University, 1992

Where the founders studied
alma mater on record for 10 of 108 founders
Harvard Business School3
Stanford University1
Stanford Business School1
Duke University1
IIM Ahmedabad1
Booth School of Business1
University of Chicago1
IIT Delhi1
Where they worked before
a previous employer on record for 2 of 108 founders
Amazon1
Paypal1
Intel1
Cisco1
Women and men among the founders
first names matched for 99 of 108 founders
13%
of matched founders are women
  • women13
  • men86
Inferred from first names, using 119 million people who state their own gender: a first name counts only where at least 20 of them share it and at least 90% of those share the same gender. The other 9 founders go in neither column.
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Who funds Fintech in Dallas

Summarizes 102 funding rounds since 2016 backed by 145 investors, with a typical round size of $5 million.

Investor · most active investors since 2016RoundsLedLatest
Live Oak Ventures73Feb 2026
New Enterprise Associates61May 2025
Edison Partners55May 2024
Revolution51Jul 2022
Core Innovation Capital5May 2025
Morpheus Ventures5May 2025
MissionOG42Aug 2024
Valar Ventures42May 2025
FINTOP32Aug 2024
Capital Factory31Jul 2022
Stage mix · rounds since 2016
Seed & Angel34
Series A–B35
Series C+ / PE5
Grants, debt & other28

The typical round is $5M — half were bigger, half smaller.

The biggest Fintech funding rounds in Dallas

Highlights the largest disclosed financing, including a $110 million Series D for Solutions by Text, and lists ten major recent rounds.

Venture round sizes · 2023–2025
<$1M0
$1–10M5
$10–50M9
$50–250M3
>$250M0

17 venture rounds with a disclosed amount in the window.

Fresh cheques · last 6 months

What the news says about Fintech in Dallas

Counts 8,899 news articles in the last year, covering topics like cryptocurrency effects on forex, economic indicators, trade wars, and interest‑rate impacts.

News volume
Fintech coverage tagged Dallas · articles per quarter
2021Q2: 1,5782021Q3: 1,9152021Q4: 1,6772022Q1: 2,2392022Q2: 1,7322022Q3: 1,6422022Q4: 1,9442023Q1: 2,1732023Q2: 2,1222023Q3: 1,8022023Q4: 2,0972024Q1: 2,3692024Q2: 2,2562024Q3: 2,1652024Q4: 2,1402025Q1: 3,1352025Q2: 2,0352025Q3: 2,5412025Q4: 1,8922026Q1: 2,206
2021Q22026Q1
peak 3,135 in 2025Q1 · 8,899 articles in the last 12 tracked months
Tone of coverage
share of articles by dominant sentiment (positive / neutral / negative)
202120232025
Positive-tone share moved 72% → 74%, negative 26% → 25% across 2021–2025.

What the coverage is about

The subjects that dominate Fintech news in United States. The arrow shows whether each one is being written about more or less than a year ago.

  • Cryptocurrency impact on forex markets256,685▲+41%
  • Economic indicators (gdp, cpi, unemployment)85,368→+7%
  • Trade wars and geopolitical impacts83,564▲+17%
  • Interest rate decisions and impacts72,480▲+17%
  • Central bank monetary policy announcements65,419→+10%
  • Federal reserve policy meeting summaries64,366▲+17%
  • Global recession risks and forecasts63,436▲+13%
  • Regulatory compliance in foreign exchange trading50,230▲+85%
  • Foreign exchange (forex) rate fluctuations49,040▲+40%
  • Quarterly and annual financial results48,582▲+28%
Most-covered companies · last 12 months

21 Fintech companies here were named in the news over this period.

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Watch Fintech coverage in United States as it happens

Prism follows these subjects story by story — which companies are named, what is said about them and how the tone moves.

Momentum

The words getting louder — and quieter

Which terms are showing up in more stories than a year ago, and which are fading. The percentage is the change in how many articles mention them.

stablecoin fx impact+124%stock price+115%investment deal+422%decentralized forex+97%etf trading+97%share price+155%etfs+95%forex liquidity+52%sector etfs+92%etf structures+96%
flood stage forecasting-99%hydrologic risk modeling-100%coastal flooding study-97%flood control measures-98%severe weather warning-90%

The pressures the press keeps returning to

Three recurring angles in United States Fintech coverage, and whether each is getting more attention year on year (through 2025).

Regulatory Risk ▲ rising
1,276,365 articles touch this dimension · 49.0% critical tone
20212025
signals: economic slowdown, stock performance, currency intervention policies
Funding Momentum ▲ rising
268,477 articles touch this dimension · 37.5% critical tone
20212025
signals: inflation reports fx, currency intervention policies, trade deficits fx
Growth ▲ rising
402,987 articles touch this dimension · 43.1% critical tone
20212025
signals: gdp growth forex, inflation reports fx, trade deficits fx

Fintech jobs in Dallas: who is hiring and what they ask for

Aggregates 1,860 job postings from 43 firms, showing demand for skills such as Python and SQL and a median advertised salary of $55 k per year.

1,860postings · last 12 months
2,256postings tracked overall
43employers advertising
$55kmedian advertised salary/yr (n=79)

Demand

The Skills Employers Ask For

What Fintech employers in Dallas put in their job ads. The bar is how many postings ask for it; the arrow shows whether demand grew or shrank against the year before.

  • python26
  • docker25
  • java20
  • sql18
  • gcp18
  • aws16
  • conduit15
  • telecommunications hardware14
  • postgresql14
  • wireless13
What level are these roles?
Entry12
Intern20
Senior126
Lead46
Manager351
Most advertised titles
  • Airport Ramp Agent86
  • Field Claim Representative69
  • Loan Originator51
  • Customer Service Agent29
  • Cabin Agent21
  • Field Account Manager20

What the research says

The Fintech research read is national: 907 United States-affiliated papers, clustered into themes such as Mobile Payments Adoption Barriers, Financial Crime Detection Challenges, Algorithmic Trading Liquidity Risks, Mobile Money Inclusion Pitfalls. It is measured at country level, so it is the same signal for every city in United States — the full read, with the theme clusters, growth and blind spots, lives on the national page.

Read the full Fintech research analysis for United States →

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About this data: built from Fliar's company, founder, funding, hiring, jobs, news and research trackers, covering Dallas. Counts are of companies we track, not of every company that exists. Updated August 2026.
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