FinTech Rising

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

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THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 03/10/16

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"The frenzy around blockchain and distributed ledgers is unprecedented," writes Institutional Investor in "How to Move Distributed Ledger Foward". Business Insider UK provides a guide on understanding the emerging technology, Chris Skinner notes that banks continue in their attempts to understand how blockchain can improve their processes, the Breaking Banks podcast asks, "Is … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 03/10/16

Payments Push

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 03/04/16 Google makes a technology play to push payments out of the wallet while keeping the phone in the purse or pocket, while the pain at the POS looks to be Apple's next big product. Still, mobile and faster payments face technological, cost, and awareness hurdles, as critical as they may be to the digital success of financial institutions. … [Read more...] about Payments Push

THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 03/03/16

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Another top financial executive makes distributed ledger technology personal, as Sallie Krawcheck, a former top wealth management Wall Street exec, joined the board of the software startup Digital Asset Holdings, The New York Times reports. The startup develops software to speed up trade settlement, money transfer and other transactional activities using bitcoin. In the U.K., … [Read more...] about THE BLOCKCHAIN WATCH 03/03/16

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

FinTech for Whom?

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 02/05/16 The Federal Reserve moves on faster payments. Articles this week show the progress and the practicalities. Meanwhile, a secondary market starts to develop for marketplace lenders while two of our 2016 trends, regulation and the blockchain, heat up. Fed provides payments progress report Following the release of its Strategies for … [Read more...] about FinTech for Whom?

FinTech Present and Future

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 11/20/15 The present of financial technology reflected itself this week in the IPO of payment processor Square. Regarded as a test of FinTech investment potential, shares soared by 45% after offering, reports The New York Times DealBook. Meanwhile, the relationships between banks and startups continue to shift toward mutual cooperation. Yet the … [Read more...] about FinTech Present and Future