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
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Party, Panic, Pay
FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 03/11/16 "The FinTech party's just getting started," two entrepreneurs and innovators write, while a senior economic analyst notes that banking is ripe for disruption because many services "aren't done very well." This week's FinTech news also brings a call for FinTech regulation and reports on mobile-payments friction. Meanwhile, Institutional … [Read more...] about Party, Panic, Pay
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