FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 01/22/16 Cryptofinance technology gains increasingly serious attention while regulatory agencies try to wrap their collective brains around bitcoin, as banks rush to catch up with mobile payments. I'm also glad to say that my home city of Chicago saw two FinTech events last Tuesday, one hosted my me. Chuck Mackie attended both events and gives … [Read more...] about Crypto Regulation, Mobile Gains
FinTech Trends 2016
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 01/15/16 2015 trends and 2016 predictions continue in FinTech news. This week, I round up a range of views, plus the five trends I'm tracking in 2016: 1. Banking-FinTech Cooperation: from good idea to emerging trend (partnerships, APIs) 2. Ecosystem: from VC investment to consumer use cases and growth 3. Payments: mobile adoption, “faster” … [Read more...] about FinTech Trends 2016
Options Innovation
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 12/11/15 Trading begins today on the new American Financial Exchange (AFX), an overnight market for interbank loans. The startup exchange seeks to create a market in a new financial index, Ameribor. AFX hopes to establish its patented American Interbank Offering Rate as a commonly used benchmark interest rate for loans and trading products. The … [Read more...] about Options Innovation
Warning Banks
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 12/18/15 This week's FinTech news features more calls for banks to tap into their strengths — their wide consumer base for one thing — and begin strategizing in 2016 to prepare for future digital disruptors or risk losing significant profits. Meanwhile, cryptofinance technology gains increasing legitimacy, while mobile payment providers need to … [Read more...] about Warning Banks
Scale and Security
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 12/04/16 FinTech businesses require scale to succeed, and consumers demand security. Those concerns top this week's list, along with lists of influencers and a trio of articles focused on how community banks are responding to FinTech challengers. FinTech rides the CTA The new FinTech firms are focusing on creating scale, and they are using … [Read more...] about Scale and Security
Black Friday Goes Gray
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 11/20/15 Shopping activity is expected to be less robust than in past years, and here in Chicago the skies are gray, the mist is heavy, and the police are out on the Magnificent Mile protecting commerce from protesters with real grievances. It's a good day to stay in and catch up on the week's FinTech news, which brought deeper discussions … [Read more...] about Black Friday Goes Gray