This study investigates the relationship between financial innovations and bank performance of the United States from 2011 to 2019. We use text-based filter analysis to identify fintech patent application filings from USPTO as proxy of financial innovation. Then we adopt bank rating system CAMEL to evaluate banks’ financial performance. Our estimated models are analyzed by the two-step generalized method of moments estimators. The empirical results indicate a positive significant association between fintech and bank performance and the fintech innovation of data analytics being the most valuable among seven main fintech categories. These findings have meaningful implications for banking and financial institutions to formulate fintech strategies under the new wave of digital transformation.