FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/28/16 FinTech hubs come together under the auspices SWIFT, an organization that needs innovation to increase security and has a franchise to protect in the long term. Regulators are balancing innovation as well, and the obvious tip of the balance toward plastic payments is not so obvious to a generation that experienced the financial crisis in … [Read more...] about The FinTech Balancing Act
THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 08/28/16
Big banks band together to launch ‘settlement coin’ BNY Mellon, Santander, UBS, and Deutsche Bank, are aiming to launch a mainstream blockchain system by 2018, CoinDesk reported. According to Financial Times reporter Martin Arnold, a formal announcement is pending. The coin will allow financial institutions to purchase securities without waiting for additional traditional … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 08/28/16
How P2P Lending Works
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/21/16 It's clearly the end of summer doldrums here in Chicago, though the tourists are still about town before the school begins, and the weather has been perfect hot summer days and warm nights. FinTech news seems a bit less frenzied. It may even appear that you haven't missed the boat yet on the money and applications of the future. The most … [Read more...] about How P2P Lending Works
THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 08/21/16
FemTechLeaders: Beth Shah talks with FemTech Leaders about her switch from sports journalism aspirations to finance. The London native turned New Yorker describes work as head of business development at cryptofinance startup Digital Asset Management as being “like a scene out of ‘A Beautiful Mind’” and names blockchain as one of the future game-changers in FinTech. Get a … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 08/21/16
Conventions, Convergence, and Competition
Innovation, a favorite topic of debate in the business of technology, gets a FinTech work over in this week's links. Plus more blockchain endorsements and reports, along with some timely cautions. FinTech food for thought Pascal Bouvier, venture partner with Santander InnoVentures, challenges the conventional notions of FinTech innovation. It’s often said that traditional … [Read more...] about Conventions, Convergence, and Competition
THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 08/14/16
Digital banking expert and entrepreneur Brett King’s “Breaking Banks” radio show continued its series on blockchain. "We don't focus enough on building systems that don't have the inherent flaws of our current system, so there is the same inequality," remarked FinTech reporter and writer Bailey Ruetzel, during a conversation on the technology's democratizing effects. The … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 08/14/16