Fintech News Issue #236 September 26th, 2019
Podcasts & Videos
A Futurist’s View of Banking and Technology
— via The Financial BrandDigital disruption is occurring globally, impacting not only the way products and services are consumed, but how they are marketed and delivered using modern technologies.
Top Stories
London has beaten New York in luring the largest amount of fundraising deals for financial technology companies so far in 2019, fresh research shows.
Five Ways Fintech Startups Can Find Customers
— via a16z.comWhen founding a company, we all secretly hope that the best product (ours, of course) will win on its own merits.
Three Overlooked Trends In Fintech
— via ForbesWhen I tell someone that I work in fintech they assume I am helping move money more efficiently: borrowing it, sending it, or keeping it safe.
Top Events
For Europe’s leading insurance minds to share explosive content and unmissable networking under one roof. Get your burning questions answered on all of the hottest topics in the industry right now; from pull platforms and data goldmines, to open APIs and insurtech partnerships – the Summit will cover it.
Fintech Company of the week
It’s a common knowledge that fintech in Africa is booming. According to a Partech report, 2018 was a monumental year for African tech start-ups, raising a 108% YoY growth in equity funding. This trend is only growing stronger in 2019.
FinTech Articles
How can we close fintech’s gender gap?
— via NS TechThere should be no mistake. Financial technology (fintech) is fundamentally transforming the old world of financial services.
Visa Aims To Be An Ally To Fintechs
— via ForbesWith the digital payments market taking off around the globe, Visa wants to make sure it’s the partner financial technology startups turn too.
A New Framework for Fintech
— via MediumI have spent the better part of the past decade looking at and thinking about opportunities in fintech.
Cracking the Code on Fintech for Your Business
— via smallbiztrends.comBusinesses of all sizes have used fintech for years to save time or grow. As a result, many SMBs rely on fintech every day to operate efficiently.
How Fintech Innovations Are Making Payments More Efficient
— via Entrepreneur EuropeSmart entrepreneurs can tap into its various facets to build successful businesses.
Financial services infrastructure will be radically changed by blockchain technology: R Venkattesh, DCB Bank
— via Money ControlWhile blockchain will eventually change the core of a business, in the next five years, it will mostly affect how an organization executes its business.
How BankMobile Uses Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Experience
— via The Financial BrandA young mobile-first bank finds that overcoming AI risk worries brings improvements in retail banking service, better consumer lending performance than [...]
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