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Best Fintech Stocks To To Buy In April 2021? 4 Names To Watch

With emerging fintech services taking the world by storm, do you have these fintech stocks on your watchlist?

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Are These The Best Fintech Stocks to Watch This Month?

Fintech stocks are growing in popularity in the stock market today. But before we dive in, what exactly is fintech? It is a term used to describe new tech that seeks to improve and automate the delivery and use of financial services. Essentially, it is used to aid companies and consumers in managing their financial operations, processes, and lives by utilizing specialized software and algorithms. Basically, a combination of words between “financial” and “technology”.

While traditional means of financial transactions such as banknotes are still prevalent globally, many other cashless transaction methods have emerged. For example, fintech giants such as Visa Inc (NYSE: V) and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) have adopted cryptocurrency transactions. Visa recently announced that it would allow the use of cryptocurrency (USD Coin) to settle transactions on its payment network. This move further strengthens Visa’s “network of network” strategy. In detail, the strategy is an ambition to accept a wide variety of monetary sources for payments within its ecosystem.

Hence, with cryptocurrency gaining traction globally, fintech companies are not resting on their laurels. Now, with all these companies adapting to the trends of financial technology, are you convinced by the use of technology to improve financial services? If the answer is a firm yes, here are four of the best fintech stocks to watch right now.  

Top Fintech Stocks To Watch In April

Square, Inc

Square is a mobile payment company that also offers a suite of business software. It also includes payment hardware products and small business services. Unlike most payment processors, Square is available to businesses of all sizes. Furthermore, it offers the most comprehensive free point-of-sale (POS) system on the market. Therefore, millions of businesses use Square as part of their day-to-day operations. Having traded sideways since the start of the year, it is easy to forget that SQ stock has quadrupled over the past year.

The company has attracted even more attention with the recent partnership with Miley Cyrus. The singer tweeted last week claiming there will be a giveaway of $1 million worth of stocks. Financially, the company is in a very healthy state. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, Square’s revenues increased by a whopping 101% from $4.71 billion to $9.5 billion.

It is worth noting that Square previously invested over $200 million in Bitcoin in the last year. This has led to a start of a new round of cryptocurrency adoption by mainstream players. With bitcoin nearing its all-time highs, SQ stock would also attract investors who believe in the rapid development of the crypto market. With such a strong performance over the past year, can SQ stock continue to thrive? 

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Paypal Holdings, Inc

Paypal is a company that has remained at the forefront of the digital payment revolution for more than 20 years. This is achieved by leveraging technology to make financial services and commerce more convenient, affordable, and secure. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying, or getting paid.

In the financials for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, revenue came in 21% higher year-over-year to $21.45 billion. Also, net income had an increase of 71% to $4.2 billion. The company also announced that it now allows U.S. consumers to use their cryptocurrency holdings to pay online merchants globally.

Users who hold bitcoin and other top altcoins in PayPal digital wallets will now be able to convert their holdings into fiat currencies at checkouts to make purchases. This is a significant move that would boost the use of digital assets in everyday commerce. Given the activity by the company to keep up with global trends, would you consider buying PYPL stock?

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Paysafe Limited

Paysafe is a leading specialized payments platform. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With over 20 years of online payment experience, the company boasts an annualized transactional volume of $92 billion in 2020. It also has approximately 3,400 employees located in 12+ global locations. In detail, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 70 payment types in over 40 currencies around the world. The company has recently made its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on March 31, 2021. 

This came after the recent completion of the merger between Paysafe and Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: BFT). William P. Foley, II who is now the new chairman of Paysafe’s newly formed Board of Directors is very optimistic about the future of the company.

The new chairman had this to say, “Paysafe has the right assets, team, and strategy in place to capitalize on a tremendous opportunity for long-term value creation in the payments industry, especially in iGaming which is beginning to open up across the United States.” With iGaming revenues increasing year-to-year, could this be an indication of greater things to come with PSFE stock?

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Goldman Sachs Group, Inc

Fintech is typically not the first thing that comes to mind when people hear Goldman Sachs. The company is a leading global investment banking, securities, and investment management firm. However, this could change as the company has started to adopt and innovate around the idea of financial technology.

Just as recent as March this year, Goldman Sachs invested in a Turkish fintech company known as DGPays. This shows that the company is a believer in financial technology. The stock has risen by over 20% year-to-date.

Goldman Sachs has also recently announced that it will be offering a “full-spectrum” of cryptocurrency investments for its clients in the coming months. This suggests that Goldman indeed has quite a few tricks up its sleeves. Being a traditional financial institution has prevented the company from keeping up with times. With all these in mind, do you think GS stock is a buy?

By Brandon Michael

Brandon Michael is a financial specialist and financial contributor to the stock market. He enjoys writing about rising stocks and how the market changes over time. He specializes in multimedia and events, as well as social media management and media contributing. He has managed and marketed hundreds of events, as well as grown social media pages upwards of 200,000 followers and everything in between. As an active social media influencer in the car community, he understands how to recognize trends and curate content for niches. From an early age, Brandon was fascinated by the power of social media and how it built companies and careers for many. Over time he has developed many different strategies for different platforms on how to grow different kinds of pages. In addition to social media skills, he is passionate about events, it is second nature to him to promote them and make sure that everything is executing perfectly. This has allowed him to partner with some of the largest companies in the industry to run events for hundreds of thousands of people. Brandon has written many articles for many notable top websites for the last 3 years. His focus in his writing is generally rising stocks and emerging trends in the stock market, as well as bringing companies with market potential to the frontlines of the media. It is easy for him to identify trends and do extensive research to make sure he’s providing the most accurate research possible. In his free time, he continues to improve his research skills and financial knowledge to continue providing the best work possible.

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