FinTech Rising

Reports at the intersection of money, banking, securities, and payments with digital technologies

FinTech Trends

FinTech Trends in 2016, So Far

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The surge in financial technology, encompassing every sector of financial services, shows no signs of stopping, despite some highly publicized problems. A recent Accenture survey, for instance, puts global investment growth at $5.3 billion, a 67% increase over last year, with total investment at just over $22 billion. FinTech is a shorthand for technologies, ranging from … [Read more...] about FinTech Trends in 2016, So Far

Banking, Uber, and Tesla

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 05/01/16 This week brought a fascinating series of articles to my Twitter feed and inbox. Banking industry analysts, consultants, FinTech VCs, and startup founders published a series of points and counterpoints on the changing nature of financial services and banking. "Uber moment" works really well in a quote, and comparisons with the … [Read more...] about Banking, Uber, and Tesla

Finance, Meet Technology

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 04/01/16 The combination of finance and technology is, quite literally, FinTech and why some technologists, marketers, and bankers see an evolution in digital, electronic technologies going back more than 40 years. That's also the mindset that the FinTech startups seek to disrupt. In working on (OK, struggling with) a marketing article that … [Read more...] about Finance, Meet Technology

FinTech Investment and Application

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 03/18/16 Whether the FinTech market is in its early stages or past its peak, depending on the report you read, investors are still betting on it, as a report from KPMG and CBInsights shows. In terms of use, the market is clearly in the innovator-to-early adopter stages of the classic diffusion of innovations theory. This week also brings a more … [Read more...] about FinTech Investment and Application

FinTech Adoption

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 02/16/16 Banks continue trying to discern whether blockchain technology is an asset or liability, early FinTech adoption continues to skew toward the urban, young, and tech-savvy population, while security tops a list of 2016 FinTech concerns. EY FinTech Adoption Index lays out key trends The early FinTech adopters are typically young, high … [Read more...] about FinTech Adoption