Fintech News Issue #252 January 23rd, 2020
Top Stories
How Fintech Innovations are Eroding Banking's Dominance
— via Entrepreneur EuropeCryptocurrency and peer-to-peer lending are helping upend norms in consumer finance.
Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company
— via a16zIn the not-too-distant future, I believe nearly every company will derive a significant portion of its revenue from financial services.
How Google Keeps Changing Financial Marketing
— via The Financial Brand20 years ago Google began taking advertising, and what started as a search engine became a marketing behemoth.
FinTech Articles
Too many deals, too little time per deal, and constant hyper-competition with other VCs for the same equity.
What’s Visa Going To Do With Plaid?
— via ForbesA lot of smart people have already weighed in on what this deal might mean for Visa and the industry. Here are four different “views”
Who is the World's True Fintech Capital, and Who is next?
— via LinkedInA few days ago the classic debate over who is the world's capital of Fintech again hit the Twitterverse as it does periodically.
Vodafone quits Facebook's Libra project
— via FinextraVodafone has become the latest Associate Member to quit Facebook's beleaguered digital currency project, Libra.
Fintech’s next decade will look radically different
— via Tech CrunchThe birth and growth of financial technology developed mostly over the last ten years.
AI Will Give Rise To FinTech 2.0 And Longevity Banks
— via ForbesOver the past 100 years the financial industry has largely excluded people in retirement
Why 2020 Is The Year For Fintech
— via ForbesIt may also be a bellwether for the year: 2020 may be the year for fintech. Four important and interlocking trends will drive this.
How FinTech Is Transforming Microfinance
— via Business 2 CommunityThe world is moving towards digitalisation in true sense. Digital payments are strengthening the movement. Staggering statistics are coming to the fore that are pointing at the extent to which people are embracing fintech.
Delegates at World Economic Forum urged to commit to fintech by deVere Group CEO
— via Information AgeDavos delegates urgently need to commit to fintech this year, according to the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial services and advisory organisations
Recent News
Cryptocurrencies and ICOs – A Rough Guide to Regulation
David Ramm, Jack Shawdon, Philip Stone
Over the past few years there has been a growing proliferation of cryptocurrencies. More recently, companies which may have limited... Full Article
2020 Fintech Trends to Watch Out For
Michael Dehoyos
Fintech remains fearless in the face of traditional banking. Rapidly evolving to meet consumer needs that they never even knew... Full Article
Banking Reinvented: How Advanced Generative AI Models Are Shaping the Industry
Aayush Mittal
Advanced generation AI models are shaping the future of the banking industry, offering transformative potential and creating new challenges. In... Full Article
How Online Identification Will Change Businesses – Rupert Spiegelberg and Armin Bauer, IDnow
FinTech Weekly / IDnow
FinTech Weekly talked to online identification provider IDnow about why identity management will be one of the most interesting areas... Full Article
Viewing Digitalization as a chance (1/2)
Robert Freitag
Business Cases The financial industry is currently still trying to catch up on their delayed start into the digitalized future.... Full Article
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