Issue 54 · Feb 10, 2016 Weekly edition · 4 min read

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Issue #54 awaits you! Our Top Articles of the past week deal with rebundling instead of unbundling of banks, the question if fintech can restore trust in the financial system and the bright future of mobile banking.

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Data Driven, Customer Oriented, Analytically Motivated: The Future of Retail Banking

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Bitkom Akademie | Mobile Payment: „…(wann) wird das was? und wie?“ Open story ↗ #Fintech 2.0: The Great Rebundling I’ve been presenting the idea for a while now that banks are not being disrupted or unbundled, as so many claim. It’s a nice idea but completely misunderstood. Open story ↗ Breaking Banks: Fintech – Fostering News Innovation [...] To talk about where and how innovation is fostered, Brett is talking to Bank Innovation Editor, Philip Ryan and Fiserv’s Matt Wilcox to talk about their new accelerator, Bank Innovation INV and why the space needs a different voice than what is out there now. Open story ↗ Is it fintech or techfin? (Part 1) Chris Skinner identifies and explains the differences between those who think fintech, and those who think techfin. [for Part 2 search BankNXT] Open story ↗ 2016: The Year That Cash Becomes Available Anywhere The cashpoint, the core convenience innovation in traditional banking in the late 20th century, is being superseded by the rising popularity of money transfer from local outlets and new apps that enable device to device cash transfers worldwide. Open story ↗ Predictions for the payments landscape in 2016 A year ago I published my predictions for the payments landscape in 2015 on my linkedin profile [...] I will publish a summary on how they fared when more statistics are available for 2015, but in the meantime, here are listed my predictions for 2016. Open story ↗ FinTech Is Pushing Banks out of the Remittance Business Recently, the financial and non-financial worlds have been psyched about the impact of FinTech on our everyday life. There is a FinTech startup somewhere for almost any bank service nowadays, taking away the cash cow little by little from the club of monopolists. Open story ↗ There Is a Fintech Startup for Almost Any Bank Service FinTech companies around the world have now reached the potential of substituting almost any service from the banking value chain. The legitimate question to be raised then is: if there is a startup for each service a bank provides, do we really need banks? Open story ↗ How Banking Can Improve the Digital Experience As customers get used to intuitive, seamless and secure experiences from the likes of Amazon, Google or Apple, banking is being challenged to deliver compelling customer experiences that meet increasingly sophisticated expectations. Open story ↗ How to accelerate your fintech startup Aspiring fintech entrepreneurs take note: Having a great idea is one thing, getting it off the ground is another. Thomas Beattie, CEO of Vancouver-based startup Voleo, offers his advice. Open story ↗ Can fintech restore our trust in the financial system? In a new report Intelligent Assets: Unlocking the circular economy potential, the World Economic Forum and Ellen MacArthur Foundation discuss the possibilities of the internet of things as an enabler of the circular economy. In this extract Nicolas Cary, Co-Founder of Blockchain, explores the financial technology that will bring the vision to life. Open story ↗ The Digital Divide: Can Small Banks Keep Pace? The positive impact of a strong digital offering has pushed satisfaction levels for the largest banks above all other sized organizations for the first time ever. Open story ↗ Beyond Mobile Banking – A List of 6 Ways to the Future Financial markets are in turmoil and many economists are miserable about growth prospects. But tell this to the fintech world. The outlook for mobile banking has never been brighter. Open story ↗

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