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In the coexisting — and sometimes colliding — worlds of FinTech and traditional financial services, a bit of collaboration often evolves. As reported by Bloomberg , the regulator at the helm of Singapore’s financials has embraced an effort to “bring together” FinTech firms and banks there. MORE
As this has happened, we have seen a counter-trend occurring, as the maturing FinTech specialists branch out to create global monoline services in platforms. Digital Bank Fintech Future Grid Opinion MORE
The first session had Amazon discussing … The post #Money2020 USA: reaching FinTech 3.0 Fintech Grid OpinionI enjoyed chairing a half day stream at #Money2020 in Las Vegas focused upon breaking news and views. MORE
It shows how important FinTech is when major financial centres vie for focus. London has been leading the charge to be the FinTech capital of the world, but many other cities are nipping at their toes. So I was intrigued to see Hong Kong issue their FinTech strategy today. MORE
I launched ValueWeb in Singapore yesterday and my friend Vladislav Solodkiy, Managing Partner at FinTech VC Fund Life.SREDA, hosted the evening. From BaaS and neobanks to FINTECH-BANK Fintech is currently undergoing a natural evolution stage. … Fintech Grid MORE
banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech startups and financial institutions (FIs). has been a hotbed of FinTech startups. Top U.K. MORE
This is a major market validation of our payment acceptance platform, and highlights Mobeewave as an industry leader in the FinTech space.”. This is our first investment in a Canadian FinTech startup, and we’re excited to fuel Mobeewave’s growth by participating in this round of funding.”. MORE
It’s interesting that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) sparked by Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008 sparked the FinTech revolution, according to some. Fintech Grid Opinion MORE
Even in fintech. Smart, early-stage investment in AI and fintech have helped Canada become a research leader in machine learning and deep learning setting the stage for industry 4.0,” said […]. Location matters. MORE
JPMorgan Chase is doubling down with its FinTech aspirations, gearing up to start development of a new FinTech corporate campus in the early part of 2019. Fintech Investments digital payments FinTech jpmorgan News Silicon Valley WePay What's Hot MORE
The battles for the future of fintech The future of financial … The post The battles for the future of fintech appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Chris Skinner Digital Bank Fintech Future Grid Opinion PaymentsWhilst in New Zealand, I had an interview with the country’s most respected business paper: National Business Review. The subsequent article is behind a paywall but, as they sent it across to me, I feel it’s worth sharing here. MORE
With only a few million dollars in combined investments, this week certainly wasn’t the most lucrative for B2B FinTech firms, but the variety and global reach of recent SMB FinTech investments offers a bright spot in an otherwise quiet moment for B2B venture capital. MORE
I blogged about the FinTech themes that came out of the Celero conference the other day and forgot to mention that I recently joined a one-day retreat at Payments International in London, as a facilitator. Fintech Grid MORE
I’m often asked how I got into FinTech. Back in the day, it wasn’t called FinTech. Interestingly, for almost a quarter century, tech … The post Are banks serious about fintech? Digital Bank Fintech Grid Opinion MORE
There are four big things for 2018 from a FinTech viewpoint that are obvious to me however, which are: Getting down to business with Artificial … The post The FinTech outlook for 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Future Grid OpinionI usually start the new year by making some predictions, but so many others have been writing about 2018 trends that I’m not going to. MORE
Privacy is not an afterthought with the “privacy by design” mindset, and FinTech startups may take a similar approach with data security. But how does a FinTech startup decide what to focus on for updates and enhancements? MORE
Following on from talking around the big ten tech themes last Friday, I thought I would follow up with five FinTech themes for right now. It was fun with the CEO, Bob … The post Five FinTech Themes from 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Grid Uncategorized MORE
The ongoing struggle, supposedly existential in nature, that pits upstart, relatively young FinTech firms against arrogantly complacent banks for supremacy in this new and growing world of digital payments and commerce. Pick your metaphor: David vs. Goliath. MORE
That’s because they asked 500 FinTech companies how much they pay the CEO? And it … The post How much is a FinTech CEO worth? Fintech GridGood question, and it all depends on the revenue forecast. MORE
As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. In this week’s rundown, the industry landed the most funding among B2B FinTechs, though other bright spots included cybersecurity, alternative finance and a startup working to prevent firms from losing money when employees commit expense fraud. MORE
There’s a lot of discussion about FinTech and what it means to banks. I personally believe most of the discussion is off-beam … The post What FinTech means to banks appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Digital Bank Fintech Future Grid Innovation OpinionOriginally, everyone was talking about disruption, disintermediation and dissing banks. Then the discussion went to incumbents versus start-ups. Then it ended up last year about partnering and co-creation. MORE
Some people talk about FinTech disruption and how payments and banking is being attacked and unbundled by start-ups, but we often look at banking too simplistically. Blockchain Fintech Grid Innovation MORE
As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017. MORE
Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. MORE
Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett investment company, has been getting in on the FinTech market, investing hundreds of millions of dollars during the past few months. Investments Berkshire Hathaway FinTech investing Investment News Venture Capital Warren Buffett What's Hot MORE
China’s Tencent Holdings paid $180 million for an undisclosed minority stake in Brazilian FinTech Nu Pagamentos SA (known as Nubank). Partnerships / Acquisitions Acquisition banking Banks brazil china consumers FinServ FinTech investments Latin America loans News NUBANK tencent What's Hot MORE
APIs offer third-party FinTech firms new opportunities to make use of valuable data stored within traditional bank accounts. While data stored within bank accounts can be applied to many use cases, either by FinTech firms or the bank itself, cash flow forecasting is not always one of them. MORE
INV Fintech, Bank Innovation’s sister accelerator, has announced its sixth accelerator class, which begins this week with six unique startups seeking to revolutionize financial services. MORE
His latest piece is his take on FinTech, which has the main headline that FinTech is taking away frictions in finance. Fintech Grid Numbers Opinion Technology MORE
I keep trying to define and delineate more and more of this FinTech Wave. It is no longer FinTech, but PayTech, IDTech, InsurTech, WealthTech, RegTech, GulfTech and more. Fintech Grid Innovation Opinion Regulation MORE
At the SIFMA Fintech Conference this week these powerful technologies will be on display in the Big Apple. On Wednesday, Brian Lincoln , Wealth Management Solutions Lead at IBM, will be a panelist on the FinTech and the Future of the Securities Industry session. MORE
EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded. MORE
Banks that get digital and banks that don’t; fintechs that want to change everything and fintechs that don’t; digital currencies to replace fiat currencies and fiat currencies that are going digital; destruction, disruption and disappointment; and more. It just shows the world of … The post The difference between FinTech and TechFin appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Digital Bank Fintech GridThere’s lots of friction around these days. MORE
I count these as my hotbeds of fintech innovation. These are … The post #Singapore’s #Fintech Festival appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Grid OpinionAs I look back on my travels this year, it’s interesting to see where I have and haven’t been. Spent a lot of time in Singapore, Istanbul, London (obviously), New York and Washington. I’ve also briefly dropped in to Hong Kong, Berlin and Bangkok. MORE
South Africa’s Reserve Bank today unveiled a fintech unit. Based on a Finextra report, Groepe said of the fintech unit: Given […]. Exclusive Innovations Insurance Lending Mobile Open Fintech Payments Startups digital payments fintech Mobile banking MORE
Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability. FinTech Improvements. The report’s treatment of artificial intelligence (AI) offers a typical prescription for such a FinTech future. FinTech Helping Itself. MORE
A report earlier this month from Accenture has estimated that the range of financial sector upstarts — from challenger banks to FinTech firms, to new tech firms coming into financial services — will disrupt top-line growth for entrenched financial institutions (FIs). MORE
It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change. MORE
I’m off to Chile next week and thought, in preparation, I’d look at the state of FinTech in Latin America. Equally, I meet a lot of the … The post The State of FinTech in Latin America appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Future Grid Numbers RegulationSo far, I’ve spent fair time in Colombia, Brazil and Argentina, and see these as the three major centres of activity along with Mexico. MORE
This is a big deal, she added, because, for the first time, NovoPayment is seeing corporate customers coming to FinTech firms for solutions to then bring to banks and financial institutions (FIs). Digital Payments API B2B Banks digital payments digitization Featured News FI FinTech Innovation international ipo Latin America News Novopayment PagSeguro Visa YellowPepperWant to understand payments innovation in Latin America ? First, let’s talk about ingredients — as in food. MORE
I recently hosted the FinTech University – FU for short – for BBVA in Madrid. #FU The whole day was filmed and the videos are now all … The post Need some #FinTech Education? Fintech Grid MORE
In FinTech and FI collaborations , borders fall to bits and bytes. On FinTech collaboration writ large, Singapore and Dubai are working together to encourage strides in digital payments and commerce done by mobile means. It is no secret that as banks and FinTechs band together, seamless integrations of product and processes become paramount. B2B Payments B2B big data Blockchain digital payments FinTech international payments News Open Banking API wealth management MORE
The big banks are getting bigger, and the FinTech community is nibbling … The post Big banks are not feeling the FinTech heat (yet) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Digital Bank Fintech Grid NumbersA few years ago Jamie Dimon was renowned for saying that bitcoin developers “are going to try and eat our lunch” and that silicon valley was coming to get the banks. Three years later, it’s not quite the case. MORE
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NOVEMBER 13, 2018
Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
This is a major market validation of our payment acceptance platform, and highlights Mobeewave as an industry leader in the FinTech space.”. This is our first investment in a Canadian FinTech startup, and we’re excited to fuel Mobeewave’s growth by participating in this round of funding.”.
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
I’m often asked how I got into FinTech. Back in the day, it wasn’t called FinTech. Interestingly, for almost a quarter century, tech … The post Are banks serious about fintech? Digital Bank Fintech Grid Opinion
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 8, 2018
banks and financial technology firms have worked together to create a set of guidelines to improve the relationship between FinTech startups and financial institutions (FIs). has been a hotbed of FinTech startups. Top U.K.
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
It’s interesting that the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) sparked by Lehman Brothers collapse in September 2008 sparked the FinTech revolution, according to some. Fintech Grid Opinion
Chris Skinner
OCTOBER 24, 2018
The first session had Amazon discussing … The post #Money2020 USA: reaching FinTech 3.0 Fintech Grid OpinionI enjoyed chairing a half day stream at #Money2020 in Las Vegas focused upon breaking news and views.
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
That’s because they asked 500 FinTech companies how much they pay the CEO? And it … The post How much is a FinTech CEO worth? Fintech GridGood question, and it all depends on the revenue forecast.
PYMNTS
AUGUST 3, 2018
Getting bogged down in a maze or taking unnecessary risks — the current climate for FinTech in the United States often leaves players with only those two stark choices, according to Bruce Parker, founder and CEO of Modo , which describes itself as a “cloud-based utility” that enables payment system interoperability. FinTech Improvements. The report’s treatment of artificial intelligence (AI) offers a typical prescription for such a FinTech future. FinTech Helping Itself.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
As legal cannabis spreads, the industry is a big opportunity for FinTech, as industry players struggle to manage intense compliance requirements and limited access to traditional financial services. In this week’s rundown, the industry landed the most funding among B2B FinTechs, though other bright spots included cybersecurity, alternative finance and a startup working to prevent firms from losing money when employees commit expense fraud.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Privacy is not an afterthought with the “privacy by design” mindset, and FinTech startups may take a similar approach with data security. But how does a FinTech startup decide what to focus on for updates and enhancements?
Chris Skinner
OCTOBER 9, 2017
Following on from talking around the big ten tech themes last Friday, I thought I would follow up with five FinTech themes for right now. It was fun with the CEO, Bob … The post Five FinTech Themes from 2017 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Grid Uncategorized
Chris Skinner
OCTOBER 11, 2017
I blogged about the FinTech themes that came out of the Celero conference the other day and forgot to mention that I recently joined a one-day retreat at Payments International in London, as a facilitator. Fintech Grid
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 1, 2018
The ongoing struggle, supposedly existential in nature, that pits upstart, relatively young FinTech firms against arrogantly complacent banks for supremacy in this new and growing world of digital payments and commerce. Pick your metaphor: David vs. Goliath.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2018
A report earlier this month from Accenture has estimated that the range of financial sector upstarts — from challenger banks to FinTech firms, to new tech firms coming into financial services — will disrupt top-line growth for entrenched financial institutions (FIs).
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 26, 2018
With only a few million dollars in combined investments, this week certainly wasn’t the most lucrative for B2B FinTech firms, but the variety and global reach of recent SMB FinTech investments offers a bright spot in an otherwise quiet moment for B2B venture capital.
Chris Skinner
JULY 5, 2018
The battles for the future of fintech The future of financial … The post The battles for the future of fintech appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Chris Skinner Digital Bank Fintech Future Grid Opinion PaymentsWhilst in New Zealand, I had an interview with the country’s most respected business paper: National Business Review. The subsequent article is behind a paywall but, as they sent it across to me, I feel it’s worth sharing here.
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 9, 2018
China’s Tencent Holdings paid $180 million for an undisclosed minority stake in Brazilian FinTech Nu Pagamentos SA (known as Nubank). Partnerships / Acquisitions Acquisition banking Banks brazil china consumers FinServ FinTech investments Latin America loans News NUBANK tencent What's Hot
Chris Skinner
JANUARY 1, 2018
There are four big things for 2018 from a FinTech viewpoint that are obvious to me however, which are: Getting down to business with Artificial … The post The FinTech outlook for 2018 appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Future Grid OpinionI usually start the new year by making some predictions, but so many others have been writing about 2018 trends that I’m not going to.
Chris Skinner
JUNE 21, 2018
Banks that get digital and banks that don’t; fintechs that want to change everything and fintechs that don’t; digital currencies to replace fiat currencies and fiat currencies that are going digital; destruction, disruption and disappointment; and more. It just shows the world of … The post The difference between FinTech and TechFin appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Digital Bank Fintech GridThere’s lots of friction around these days.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
APIs offer third-party FinTech firms new opportunities to make use of valuable data stored within traditional bank accounts. While data stored within bank accounts can be applied to many use cases, either by FinTech firms or the bank itself, cash flow forecasting is not always one of them.
PYMNTS
APRIL 30, 2018
It’s a thought that was triggered recently after reading and reflecting on recent developments across three innovations heralded as FinTech’s poster children — disruptors out to change the world and eat the proverbial lunches of incumbents they say are too big and too unmotivated to change.
Chris Skinner
AUGUST 4, 2017
Some people talk about FinTech disruption and how payments and banking is being attacked and unbundled by start-ups, but we often look at banking too simplistically. Blockchain Fintech Grid Innovation
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 16, 2018
In the coexisting — and sometimes colliding — worlds of FinTech and traditional financial services, a bit of collaboration often evolves. As reported by Bloomberg , the regulator at the helm of Singapore’s financials has embraced an effort to “bring together” FinTech firms and banks there.
Chris Skinner
JULY 11, 2017
As this has happened, we have seen a counter-trend occurring, as the maturing FinTech specialists branch out to create global monoline services in platforms. Digital Bank Fintech Future Grid Opinion
Chris Skinner
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
My good friend Slava of Life.SREDA has just written a book called The First Fintech Bank’s Arrival. Fintech for the … The post Fintech for the Snapchat generation appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Grid
Chris Skinner
AUGUST 17, 2017
I keep trying to define and delineate more and more of this FinTech Wave. It is no longer FinTech, but PayTech, IDTech, InsurTech, WealthTech, RegTech, GulfTech and more. Fintech Grid Innovation Opinion Regulation
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 27, 2018
This is a big deal, she added, because, for the first time, NovoPayment is seeing corporate customers coming to FinTech firms for solutions to then bring to banks and financial institutions (FIs). Digital Payments API B2B Banks digital payments digitization Featured News FI FinTech Innovation international ipo Latin America News Novopayment PagSeguro Visa YellowPepperWant to understand payments innovation in Latin America ? First, let’s talk about ingredients — as in food.
Chris Skinner
JULY 30, 2018
The big banks are getting bigger, and the FinTech community is nibbling … The post Big banks are not feeling the FinTech heat (yet) appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Digital Bank Fintech Grid NumbersA few years ago Jamie Dimon was renowned for saying that bitcoin developers “are going to try and eat our lunch” and that silicon valley was coming to get the banks. Three years later, it’s not quite the case.
Chris Skinner
APRIL 25, 2016
I launched ValueWeb in Singapore yesterday and my friend Vladislav Solodkiy, Managing Partner at FinTech VC Fund Life.SREDA, hosted the evening. From BaaS and neobanks to FINTECH-BANK Fintech is currently undergoing a natural evolution stage. … Fintech Grid
Chris Skinner
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
I count these as my hotbeds of fintech innovation. These are … The post #Singapore’s #Fintech Festival appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Grid OpinionAs I look back on my travels this year, it’s interesting to see where I have and haven’t been. Spent a lot of time in Singapore, Istanbul, London (obviously), New York and Washington. I’ve also briefly dropped in to Hong Kong, Berlin and Bangkok.
Insights on Business
JUNE 18, 2018
At the SIFMA Fintech Conference this week these powerful technologies will be on display in the Big Apple. On Wednesday, Brian Lincoln , Wealth Management Solutions Lead at IBM, will be a panelist on the FinTech and the Future of the Securities Industry session.
Insights on Business
DECEMBER 27, 2017
As we wrap up an unpredictable and sometimes tumultuous year in both the fintech industry and the world, we’re looking back at the last 12 months of IBM FinTech blogs to pick out some of the more popular and insightful posts of 2017.
Chris Skinner
APRIL 4, 2018
There’s a lot of discussion about FinTech and what it means to banks. I personally believe most of the discussion is off-beam … The post What FinTech means to banks appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Digital Bank Fintech Future Grid Innovation OpinionOriginally, everyone was talking about disruption, disintermediation and dissing banks. Then the discussion went to incumbents versus start-ups. Then it ended up last year about partnering and co-creation.
Chris Skinner
MAY 10, 2017
It shows how important FinTech is when major financial centres vie for focus. London has been leading the charge to be the FinTech capital of the world, but many other cities are nipping at their toes. So I was intrigued to see Hong Kong issue their FinTech strategy today.
Chris Skinner
JULY 29, 2016
I recently hosted the FinTech University – FU for short – for BBVA in Madrid. #FU The whole day was filmed and the videos are now all … The post Need some #FinTech Education? Fintech Grid
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 11, 2018
In FinTech and FI collaborations , borders fall to bits and bytes. On FinTech collaboration writ large, Singapore and Dubai are working together to encourage strides in digital payments and commerce done by mobile means. It is no secret that as banks and FinTechs band together, seamless integrations of product and processes become paramount. B2B Payments B2B big data Blockchain digital payments FinTech international payments News Open Banking API wealth management
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 12, 2018
INV Fintech, Bank Innovation’s sister accelerator, has announced its sixth accelerator class, which begins this week with six unique startups seeking to revolutionize financial services.
Chris Skinner
AUGUST 1, 2018
I’m off to Chile next week and thought, in preparation, I’d look at the state of FinTech in Latin America. Equally, I meet a lot of the … The post The State of FinTech in Latin America appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Fintech Future Grid Numbers RegulationSo far, I’ve spent fair time in Colombia, Brazil and Argentina, and see these as the three major centres of activity along with Mexico.
Bank Innovation
MAY 30, 2018
Even in fintech. Smart, early-stage investment in AI and fintech have helped Canada become a research leader in machine learning and deep learning setting the stage for industry 4.0,” said […]. Location matters.
Bank Innovation
MARCH 7, 2018
EXCLUSIVE (SAN FRANCISCO) -- Welcome back to the fintech boom. At this time last year, fintech was in a downturn. Fintech venture funding was down more than 9% year-over-year; valuations seemed stuck. But the fintech market has rebounded.
Chris Skinner
MAY 5, 2017
His latest piece is his take on FinTech, which has the main headline that FinTech is taking away frictions in finance. Fintech Grid Numbers Opinion Technology
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2018
Berkshire Hathaway, the Warren Buffett investment company, has been getting in on the FinTech market, investing hundreds of millions of dollars during the past few months. Investments Berkshire Hathaway FinTech investing Investment News Venture Capital Warren Buffett What's Hot
Bank Innovation
JANUARY 30, 2018
South Africa’s Reserve Bank today unveiled a fintech unit. Based on a Finextra report, Groepe said of the fintech unit: Given […]. Exclusive Innovations Insurance Lending Mobile Open Fintech Payments Startups digital payments fintech Mobile banking
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