Fintech News Issue #257 February 27th, 2020
Podcasts & Videos
Chat Commerce: A Revenue and Engagement Revolution
— via Breaking BanksBrett King takes a deep dive into the driving forces of FinTech on the African continent! He talks to Pieter de Villiers and Hannes van Rensburg of Clickatell and Nico Jacobs of MTN about the growth of the fintech ecosystem in Africa! Episode sponsored by Clickatell.
Top Stories
Fintechs are banking's Transformers. And banks aren’t ready.
— via American BankerMeanwhile, banks are stuck. Stuck with branch networks. Stuck with batch systems. Stuck with paper processes.
First came the statement from the Business Roundtable redefining the role of business in society.
Three Questions for Fintech Product Managers
— via a16zOne of the first challenges I faced when I joined Credit Karma’s product team four years ago was adapting my more generalized product management experience to the specificity of fintech and financial services.
Top Events
Fintech Worldwide, who is hosting their 6th annual London Blockchain week in March is intensifying its focus on Startups.
FinTech Articles
Ethereum 2.0
— via 9ElementsWe have always been big fans of Ethereum, and we've been on the lucky side to have invested into this idea early on.
Will Facebook become a bank?
— via The BankerBankers' greatest fear is that big tech moves into banking. That reality may have just moved closer, writes Brian Caplen.
Reimagining sustainable financing through fintech
— via Business LineIndia needs at least $2.5 trillion to meet its climate change actions between 2015 and 2030.
Magic fintech mirror, who is the fairest one of all in 2020?
— via Irish Tech NewsFrom personal finance to payments; from banking infrastructure to fraud, scores of fintech startups across the globe have upended the previously slow moving world of financial services, changed consumer expectations, and challenged incumbents to move beyond the status quo.
How Fintech Startups Are Disrupting the Payments Industry
— via EntrepreneurThey're forcing a large, entrenched ecosystem to adapt.
Bank of Canada won't issue digital currency - yet
— via FinextraThe Bank of Canada has no plans to issue its own digital currency, but says this could change if cash usage drops off significantly or private options such as the Facebook-backed Libra gain widespread adoption.
Investors splash the cash on British fintech startups
— via City A.M.Global investors poured money into the UK’s fintech sector last year, almost doubling the amount invested here between 2018 and 2019 — despite the rest of the world suffering a slight downturn in funding.
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