Can I share something I wrote if it is genuinely useful to the community?
Yes, but you must state clearly at the very beginning of your post that you wrote it. The rule against discreet self promotion is strict about disclosure.
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r/fintech rules, stats, and what to post
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/fintech: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
Subreddit guides combine public Reddit source URLs, captured rules, visible verification dates, and Rankhog's account-safety workflow.
Current public stats
- Members
- 95,541
- Verified
- September 18, 2026
- Category
- Startup founders and entrepreneurs
Rules can change, so Rankhog keeps verification dates and the original public Reddit sources visible.
Rule summary
- Be nice to others: Just be nice and play nicely together. The world doesn't need more jerks.
- No discreet self promotion: We don't like discreet self promotion. If you think you have written something which you think is beneficial to the community, mention that you wrote it it in the beginning of the post.
- Keep quality high: A lot of news and content which comes out in the Fintech world is spammy and low quality. Try to stay away from press releases and top 10 lists.
Works well
- A founder shares a detailed breakdown of a specific challenge they faced building a payments product, discloses they wrote it at the top, and invites discussion.
- An investor posts an analysis of a new trend in stablecoins or AI in banking, written in plain language, with no link to a company site.
- A practitioner asks a specific technical or regulatory question about lending or insurance technology, framed to start a real conversation.
- Someone shares a well reasoned opinion on a recent fintech development, written as a text post rather than a link to a press release.
Avoid
- Posting press releases or top ten lists, which the rules explicitly call out as low quality spam.
- Sharing your own article or content without stating at the very beginning that you wrote it.
- Being rude or dismissive to other members, since the community asks everyone to play nicely.
- Dropping links to your product without context or disclosure, which reads as discreet self promotion.
What r/fintech Is For
This community is for people working in or curious about financial technology. The description says it is a place for practitioners, founders, investors, and curious minds who are tracking the builders, breakthroughs, and business models reshaping banking, payments, lending, insurance, and investing. Topics range from AI to stablecoins to whatever comes next that nobody has named yet. It is a room full of people who care about the real mechanics of how financial services are changing.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Three rules decide whether your post survives here. The first is "Be nice to others," which means rudeness will get you removed. The second is "No discreet self promotion," which requires you to say at the start of your post if you wrote the content you are sharing. The third is "Keep quality high," which explicitly calls out press releases and top ten lists as the kind of low effort posts they do not want.
What To Post
A good post here is a substantive discussion about something real happening in financial technology. If you are a founder, share an honest observation or lesson from your own work in banking, payments, lending, insurance, or investing. If you wrote the content you are sharing, say so in the first line of the post. Write something that a practitioner would find genuinely useful, not a press release or a listicle. The community wants depth and honesty, not promotion dressed up as content.
What To Avoid
Do not post press releases or top ten lists. The rules call those out directly as spammy and low quality. Do not share your own writing without disclosing it at the very beginning of the post, because that is what the community calls discreet self promotion. Do not be rude or dismissive to other members, since the first rule is simply to be nice.
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Common questions about r/fintech
Are press releases or listicles acceptable here?
No. The rules specifically call out press releases and top ten lists as low quality spam that the community wants to stay away from.
What topics does this community actually care about?
The community covers banking, payments, lending, insurance, investing, AI, stablecoins, and emerging business models in financial services. Anything about builders, breakthroughs, or business models in those areas fits the description.
How strict is the tone here?
The rules say to be nice and play nicely together. Rudeness is one of the three things moderators say they remove posts for.
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