Issue 79 · Aug 3, 2016 Weekly edition · 4 min read

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Issue #79 contains a few striking articles on topics not exactly fintech, but closely related and highly relevant. Should we be ashamed? I don't think so! – Michael and the FinTech Weekly Team

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Why financial services still have not mastered innovation We're midway through 2016. We've been talking about innovation in financial services for a long time. In some ways, it feels like we're fighting the same battles as we were a 3 years ago. Open story ↗ Augmented reality, Pokemon Go and bank marketing Brett King hosts Breaking Banks, which talks about bank accounts in the gigging economy, money transfer, augmented reality, Moven, Uber, Apple, Pokemon Go and much, much more. Open story ↗ BarCampBankLondon8 :Reboot BarCampBankLondon is an informal event for FinTech practitioners in and around London [that includes Kraków and New York]. The first events were an offshot of BarCampBankParis and held in 2008. After a brief hiatus we're back! BCBL gives practitioners a chance to discuss and socialise with other knowledgeable professionals. Escape the permissioned vs. permission-less blockchain debate for a day and come to a place that understands your pain when the CSV file isn't escaped properly and it's not clear what the comma in the FCA handbook really means. Open story ↗ Disruptive Mentality in Banking Banks must lower their services cost to at least 10% of their current cost. How is it possible that my credit card costs the same today as it did in 2007? Open story ↗ How Bots Can Connect Banks and Millennials Imagine that before responding to a co-worker's Slack message about going to lunch, consumers could ping their bank from the popular office messaging system to ask if a $12 burrito bowl at Chipotle fits within their budget. The bank's bot says the bowl is OK, but maybe skip the guacamole. After all, that's extra. Open story ↗ MARCH OF THE MACHINES What history tells us about the future of artificial intelligence—and how society should respond. Open story ↗ Behavior Modification is Key to Transformation Success Many banks and credit unions may forget that the key to successful introduction of new products, processes and strategies is the employee. Understanding how the employee is impacted by change, and helping them modify behaviors will go a long way towards a positive end result. Open story ↗ M2Banking & Fintech LATAM 2016 Join us for a complete tour of financial innovation in the heart of Silicon Valley. Attend site visits to leading fintech companies and incubators, participate in world class workshops, mingle with the finalists of LATAM’s Fintech Award and finish off with a highly curated agenda program. Open story ↗ Want to innovate? Then collaborate. During the course of my career I have learned that innovation has to be open and collaborative. Gone are the days when companies worked behind closed doors to develop the "next big thing." Today you need to be part of an ecosystem, to collaborate and partner with the broader community in the area of innovation relevant to your organization. Open story ↗ View All Events and Conferences @ fintechweekly.com A full list of conferences and events is available via our website https://www.fintechweekly.com/fintech-conferences Open story ↗ Here's why banks are embracing cloud technology DBS has said that using cloud will help it better meet customer needs and speed up the pace of innovation. It is one of a growing number of financial services firms that are testing or using AWS cloud, including Capital One and JPMorgan. Here are some reasons why banks are using cloud technology: Open story ↗ The Great FinTech Robo Advisor Race Innovation in the investment technology space is creating a fierce race among startups, brokerages, wealth management firms and insurance companies to serve a shifting and evolving account base. But there are many factors to consider as competition heats up. Open story ↗ Blockchain Technology is Promising but not the Solution to Every Problem In practice, the Bitcoin Blockchain was a solution designed to solve one problem: solving the double spending problem in a P2P and trustless environment. Financial Institutions operate in a B2B/B2C, trusted and heavily regulated environment. It should be obvious that for a different problem, you need a different solution! Open story ↗

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