r/fintech rules, stats, and what to post
Know the rules before you post. So easy grandma can do it.
- To post
- No minimum in the rules
- To comment
- No minimum in the rules
- Self-promotion
- Allowed with conditions
- You must disclose that you wrote the content at the beginning of your post.
- Links
- Not mentioned in the rules
- Promo risk
- High
- From the rules, not from removal counts
- Community age
- 14 years
- Since Jun 2012
About r/fintech
A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/fintech: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.Checked from the r/fintech rules on Reddit.
r/fintech rules
3 rules, in the community's own words.
- 1
Be nice to others
Just be nice and play nicely together. The world doesn't need more jerks.
- 2
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.
- 3
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.
What to post in r/fintech
What fits the room, and what gets removed.
Works well
- A writeup of a hard problem you solved while building a payments, lending, or banking product, with a disclosure in the first line that you wrote it
- An honest breakdown of what you learned launching a fintech product, shared as your own work with clear authorship upfront
- A genuine analysis of a shift in the industry, like how AI or stablecoins are changing a specific workflow
- A question asking practitioners about real world experience with a regulation, tool, or business model
- A technical or operational deep dive that practitioners in banking, payments, or insurance would actually learn from
Avoid
- Hiding your link or product inside a post that pretends to be a neutral discussion, because “No discreet self promotion” targets exactly that
- Sharing your own article without saying at the very start that you wrote it
- Posting a press release about your funding round or product update
- Posting a top 10 list of tools, apps, or trends
- Being rude or combative in comments, because “Be nice to others” applies there too
- Dressing up low quality promo content as news and hoping it slips through
Best hours to post in r/fintech
No pattern yet. r/fintech does not have enough top posts from the last 90 days to name its best hours.
What r/fintech Is For
r/fintech is a community for people who work in or follow financial services. The description says it is for practitioners, founders, investors, and curious minds who track the builders, breakthroughs, and business models reshaping banking, payments, lending, insurance, and investing. The topics range from AI to stablecoins to things nobody has named yet. So the room is working professionals and builders, not casual readers. They want substance about how financial products and companies actually get built and scaled.
Rules That Matter Before Posting
Three rules decide everything here. “Be nice to others” is the baseline, so keep your tone friendly even when you disagree with someone. “No discreet self promotion” is the one marketers trip over most, because it does not ban self promotion at all, it bans hiding it. If you wrote the thing you are sharing, you must say so at the beginning of your post. “Keep quality high” is the filter that kills lazy marketing, since the moderators say they remove press releases and top ten lists as low quality content.
What To Post
The good news is that self promotion is not banned here, it just has to be honest. If you wrote an article, a breakdown, or a lesson from building in fintech, post it and say in the first line that you wrote it. That disclosure is the whole trick. Beyond that, aim for the quality bar the rule asks for. A detailed writeup of a payments problem you solved, an honest lesson from building a lending product, or a genuine analysis of a shift in banking will land far better than anything that reads like a press release. Write for the practitioners and founders in the room, not for a marketing funnel.
What To Avoid
The fastest way to get removed is hidden self promotion. If you share something you wrote and do not disclose that at the start of the post, the moderators say they will remove it. Press releases and top ten lists are named directly as low quality content to stay away from, so skip both formats entirely. Rudeness gets you in trouble under “Be nice to others”. And in general, anything that reads like spammy marketing content is what this community exists to filter out.
A note from Anthony
The disclosure rule here is unusually generous. Most communities just ban self promotion outright, but this one says go ahead, just tell people you wrote it. That tells me the room respects builders who are honest about what they made, and punishes anyone who tries to sneak a link past them.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog. Every guide is built from the community's own public rules and data, then checked by Rankhog's grounding audit before it goes live.
Common questions about r/fintech
Can I share my own blog post or product here?
Yes, but only if you say at the beginning of the post that you wrote it. The rule “No discreet self promotion” allows it when you disclose upfront.
Are links to my site allowed?
The rules do not say links are banned, but any link to your own work must come with a disclosure of authorship at the start of the post.
Is AI written content allowed?
The rules do not address AI content directly, so the practical test is the quality rule. If it reads like a press release or a top 10 list, it risks removal.
Can I announce my fintech startup launch?
The rules do not ban launches outright, but a launch announcement written like a press release will likely be removed under “Keep quality high”.
How often can I post my own content?
The rules do not say how many posts you can make, so follow the disclosure rule every time and keep each post genuinely useful.
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