Issue 57 · Mar 2, 2016 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

Hello and welcome to another issue of FinTech Weekly. This week, we shed light on the big data science revolution and see who's got the biggest (fintech economy). Payments will save retail and China will change the

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How Payments Will Save Retail

I, Shopper, take thee, Online Retailer, to be my faithful partner in commerce. To have and to hold from this day forward — for better, for worse; for richer, for poorer; in sickness and in health — to love and to cherish, till death us do part.

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Exec I/O Fintech | #execfintech Exclusive FinTech Weekly 25% discount for 5 tickets - first come, first served. Open story ↗ FinTech Weekly Short News Find out about the latest products, start-ups, cooperations and much more in the business. Don't miss a thing with our continually updated Short News section. Open story ↗ The force awakens: data science in banking A quiet revolution powered by the force of data science has begun to deliver significant improvements in many areas including national security, business intelligence, law enforcement, financial analysis, healthcare and disaster preparedness. Open story ↗ Who’s got the biggest (#Fintech economy)? So as I travel around these global conferences, startup challenges and Fintech daze, I often get asked: what does it take to be a Fintech centre? Open story ↗ Why China's Fintech Will Change How The World Thinks About Banking With digitalization and FinTech high on the banking agenda, the disruption of financial services looks like a given. The question, however, is where will the real change come from. Will Open story ↗ Hybrid lending will become the new normal Auke Douwe Veenstra describes the main drivers behind hybrid lending. Open story ↗ We Must Regulate Bitcoin. Problem Is, We Don’t Understand It Bitcoin has failed. Bitcoin is the future. Bitcoin cannot be regulated. Bitcoin needs to be regulated. Open story ↗ P2P Lending: Best Investment of 2016 Peer-to-peer lending has shot to fame in its 10 years in existence. Since being created in 2005 in the UK by Zopa, peer-to-peer lending growth has risen dramatically, resulting in a cumulative market value of £4.4bn by Q4 of 2015. Open story ↗ The Disruptive Force of the Overbanked Consumer Banks and credit unions face a significant portfolio risk when financially literate, tech-savvy and affluent consumers reevaluate their relationships with multiple providers. Open story ↗ How do you spot a successful startup? Chris Skinner has his own criteria by which to judge a successful startup, and looks at the merits of TransferWise and Number26 against the business history of Amazon. Open story ↗ How Community Institutions Can Fight The Megabanks The banking industry pits a handful of big, multinational bank brands against everyone else — community banks and credit unions. It's a classic David vs. Goliath matchup that can sometimes feel like an unfair fight. Here's how smaller players can win when competing against giant-sized opponents. Open story ↗ How Regulatory Oversight Can Be Fixed To Protect Consumers And Promote Fintech Innovation Innovation in financial technology (fintech) brings risk and reward to consumers. As new technologies are brought to market, however, regulators struggle to keep pace by enforcing antiquated regulations, causing pro-consumer technologies to suffocate. Open story ↗

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