FinTech Rising

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

Mobile Payments Past and Future

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/31/17 More than 50 people showed up on a lovely late-summer Chicago evening to listen to me and two panelists from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago talk about “Mobile Payments: Looking Back, Looking Forward.” We were thrilled at the turnout, as was co-sponsor FinTank. In the first of what will be an ongoing series, participants got a sense … [Read more...] about Mobile Payments Past and Future

FinTech Waves

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/17/17 This week’s headline comes from a Bernard Lunn Daily FinTech column, in which he charts three “waves” of FinTech development. Those waves fit my own experience, though some of the milestones I would have picked are different. Click on the chart below to read the article. I spent a lot of time this week looking at bank websites. That, … [Read more...] about FinTech Waves

Capital-Markets FinTech

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/09/17 FinTech in the capital markets sector is at once intensifying while becoming more pragmatic. For all practical purposes, excitement and hype around blockchain has marked the sector's FinTech profile. By now, expectations are more realistic, and FinTech firms are taking greater interest in other capital-markets applications. "Until … [Read more...] about Capital-Markets FinTech

FinTech Investment Soars

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 08/01/17 Global surveys covering second-quarter 2017 FinTech investments are coming in, and the results bode well for the development of the FinTech ecosystem. "Financial technology startups are on pace to see funding reach a record as insurance, wealth management, lending and blockchain-related companies attract new dollars,” reports Bloomberg. … [Read more...] about FinTech Investment Soars