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FinTech year in review: What we saw and where we’re going

Insights on Business

The dominant story is that fintech startups and banks are better off as friends than foes. Fintech, once seen as a disruptor, is now becoming a mainstream and also a collaborating partner. Consumers have been conditioned by Google and Apple to see that banking services can be much more accessible and convenient from a mobile device.

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Former Google Exec Tries Blockchain Banking On For Size

PYMNTS

You may not have heard of this engineer, but if you use an Android smartphone, you probably use his technology. Paul Taylor is a former Google engineer who developed the speech recognition software used in the smartphones. Now, he’s taking his talents to a new arena.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

million podcasts in the world, you might find it daunting to weed through the lists on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, or other platforms to find the best banking podcasts. Breaking Banks Breaking Banks , billed as the #1 global fintech podcast and radio show, began in 2013 and is hosted by media firm Provoke.fm. Indeed, with 2.8

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Grab Launches Microinvestment Solution, Consumer Loans, BNPL Plans

PYMNTS

Grab Financial Group (GFG), a Southeast Asia financial technology (FinTech) and ridesharing company, is expanding its reach with the announcement on Tuesday (Aug. More than 70 percent of Southeast Asians are underbanked, according to a Google, Temasek and Bain & Co.

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Transformation Time Bomb?

Independent Banker

Three ways millennials could accelerate FinTech trends in 2016. When it comes to finance, millennials are a generation known to be conservative in spending and distrustful of financial institutions. Thus, it’s not shocking that millennials are a driving factor in the growing financial technology, or FinTech, movement.

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Major Banks Are Pushing Real-Time P2P Payments Forward

Let's Talk Payments

Thanks to financial technology startups and technology giants like Google, consumer expectation for the speed and security of payments transformed significantly. Instant payments or real-time payments are our inevitable future.

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FinovateEurope 2016: Meet the Faces of Fintech

Fintech Labs Insights

With more than 1,500 expected to attend FinovateEurope 2016 , and a wide array of themes and topics to be discussed, we don’t know exactly what you’ll be talking about when you’re meeting, chatting, and networking with your fellow fintech fans next month in London. Download the app and search for “Finovate.”

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