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Possible Consequences of Brexit on the FinTech Industry
June 29th, 2016
Financial Technology (FinTech) is an economic ecosystem or industry consisting of companies, mainly startups, that employ technology in an innovative way in order to improve the way that financial services operate, e.g. payments and transfers, auditing, contracts, policy enforcement, ...
Wealth management firms told to target social media as they face fintech challenge
June 24th, 2016
Wealth management firms are being encouraged to up their game on social media to better cater for the digital needs of high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs). Capgemini’s 20th World Wealth Report also warned fintech companies are “making inroads along the entire ...
Biggest developments in fintech in 2016
June 23rd, 2016
To get to grips with one of the 21st century’s biggest changes in digital – especially in regards to finance and investment – is no easy task for any business. Startups, SMEs and even multi-national corporations have discovered that ...
Is One Of These Companies The Next FinTech Unicorn?
June 21st, 2016
What happens when you take FinTech, one of trendiest sectors out there right now and put it together with the equally popular field of behavioral economics? You get a new sweet spot in finance that’s attracting more than its share ...
Fintech revenues might double to $2.4 bn by 2020
June 10th, 2016
Growing smartphone penetration, evolving e-commerce ecosystem and customer expectations to give the big push The market for financial technologies (fintech) software in this country is estimated to double to $2.4 billion by 2020 from around $1.2 bn at present. This would ...
Five fintech start-ups aiming to replace traditional banking
June 9th, 2016
According to recent data from Accenture, funding for fintech companies reached a staggering £3.7bn in the first quarter of 2016 alone. With global investment growing at such a rapid rate, traditional banking services are finally beginning to realise the ...
What is fintech?
June 3rd, 2016
If nothing else it is on course to become a $20bn market this year. Fintech was once simply shorthand for financial technology (a portmanteau). But in 2008-09 in the post financial crisis world, Fintech began to take on a ...
AMF France is creating a FinTech division
May 31st, 2016
The AMF announces the creation of a FinTech, Innovation and Competitiveness division headed by Franck Guiader The AMF is creating a separate division, operational as of 1 June, to respond to changes in consumption patterns which have been amplified ...
Top 15 VCs in FinTech Right Now
May 30th, 2016
The FinTech industry is continuously growing No matter if you’re a new business owner or a seasoned entrepreneur, it’s crucial to know who the top names in FinTech VCs are. The FinTech industry is continuously growing, adding more to ...
International law firm launches first fund of its kind to provide free of charge legal advice to FinTech startups
May 30th, 2016
International law firm Simmons & Simmons has today launched the first fund of its kind designed to help early stage FinTech businesses solve some of the difficult legal problems they often encounter at the infancy of their businesses. The ...
