Banking experience transfers well to fintech, and the job data shows where. As of 20 October 2026, Finjobsly tracks 4,187 active fintech roles, and the skills that banks build appear often. Compliance is tagged on 1,086 roles, Fraud on 390, Risk Management on 281, Account Management on 263, Trading on 221 and Treasury on 211. This guide maps banking backgrounds to the fintech roles that are open, the employers hiring and what the roles pay.
Key findings
- Compliance is tagged on 1,086 of 4,187 roles (about 25.9%), and 144 roles carry a compliance, AML, KYC, financial crime or regulatory title.
- Risk, compliance and legal titles total 307 roles, finance titles 178 and legal titles 103.
- Median midpoints for US roles that state pay are $184,800 for risk, compliance and legal (n=85), $194,306 for sales and go-to-market (n=145) and $225,000 for product and design (n=137).
- 70.1% of labelled roles are Senior or above, which favours experienced bankers over new graduates.
Which banking skills are in demand in fintech?
The skills tags give a direct read on demand. Compliance (1,086 roles) is the clearest match for anyone from a bank control function. Fraud (390), Risk Management (281) and Stakeholder Management (269) follow. For front office and client-facing bankers, Account Management (263), Negotiation (215) and Salesforce (554) matter, and for markets and treasury profiles, Trading (221) and Treasury (211) appear. Excel (220) still shows up in finance roles. Payments, tagged on 1,966 roles (47.0%), is the skill most bankers need to add.
Which fintech roles suit bankers best?
Compliance and financial crime are the most direct switch, with 144 titled roles led by Adyen, Coinbase and Stripe at 13 each, Block at 12 and Qonto at 10. Risk and fraud roles are the next step, and sales and account management roles suit relationship bankers, with sales titles accounting for 914 roles (21.8%). Finance titles total 178 roles, which suits finance and treasury profiles. See the guides to fintech compliance jobs and fintech jobs without coding.
Which fintech employers hire the most?
The biggest employers in the panel are Stripe (776 roles), Toast (337), Brex (263), Adyen (240), Coinbase (226), Affirm (218), Block (217), Checkout.com (171), Ramp (169) and Robinhood (155). Trading and markets profiles should look at the crypto and brokerage employers, including Coinbase, Kraken and Robinhood. See the full ranking and the employer directory.
What do these roles pay compared with banking?
Finjobsly does not track banking pay, so we cannot compare directly. What the data shows is fintech pay for roles that state it. Among US roles, risk, compliance and legal has a median midpoint of $184,800 (n=85), sales and go-to-market $194,306 (n=145), engineering $216,000 (n=354) and product and design $225,000 (n=137). Only 1,491 of 4,187 roles (35.6%) disclose pay, and many fintech packages include equity, so compare total compensation. Use the salary benchmark for role-level ranges.
Where are the jobs for former bankers?
Location text on active roles puts the volume in a few cities. New York has 844 roles at 25 employers, San Francisco 711 at 18 and London 358 at 21, with smaller hubs in Atlanta (52) and Miami (31). Bankers in London or New York have the deepest choice of local employers. Read the guides to London and New York, or browse all cities and remote roles, which are 59.8% of roles that state a work style.
How to make the move
- Choose the target function first, then map your bank experience to the skills tags above.
- Learn how payments, card networks and lending products work, since Payments is on 47.0% of roles.
- Seniority favours you. 70.1% of labelled roles are Senior or above and only 8.1% are junior or internship.
- Check your CV with the resume analyzer and rehearse with the career coach.
FAQ
Can a banker move into fintech?
Yes. Compliance, risk, fraud, account management and finance skills appear on hundreds of active roles, and most roles are open to experienced hires.
Which fintech role is closest to compliance in a bank?
Compliance, AML, KYC and financial crime roles, which total 144 titled roles on Finjobsly as of 20 October 2026, led by Adyen, Coinbase and Stripe.
Do fintechs hire experienced bankers?
The data points that way. 2,896 of 4,129 labelled roles (70.1%) are Senior or above.
Methodology and data notes
Figures come from the Finjobsly tracked employer panel, which held 4,187 active roles at 36 employers on 20 October 2026. Skill counts use skills tags, where one role can carry several, and title counts use keyword matching. Seniority shares use the 4,129 roles with a seniority label. Pay medians use US roles that state a range, with sample size shown. The panel covers the employers we track and not the whole market. Last updated: 20 October 2026. See the methodology page and fintech jobs.