Issue 97 · Dec 15, 2016 Weekly edition · 4 min read

Fintech News

Let's bring this year to an end with great news and great events. Here's your fintech news update #97. Thanks for reading and sharing.

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Banking is not an industry, nor a business model Periklis Thivaios presents lessons from the transportation industry, and how they can be applied to banking. Open story ↗ Could Fintech’s Insurance Innovations Disrupt the Industry? Open story ↗ Can FinTech Outcompete Banks by Betting on User Experience? Bill Gates said that banking will always be needed, but banks as we know could easily disappear. And FinTech is all about winning changes and everyday finance improvements. Open story ↗ Forget Bitcoin and Mobile Pay. Cash Is Still King of the World Open story ↗ InsurTech Futures: Five Insurtech predictions for 2017 Open story ↗ Why we are still light years away from full artificial intelligence Open story ↗ More than 1,000 high street bank branches closed over two years Open story ↗ Why Millennials Flock To Fintech For Personal Investing It seems as if millennials would prefer to avoid face-to-face business interactions when there exists a more efficient way of getting what they want accomplished. Open story ↗ Are Consumers Emotionally Connected With Your Brand? Open story ↗ Help wanted: fintech growth will drive tech diversity Who will provide the IT skills necessary to growing fintech companies in the middle of a skills shortage? Open story ↗ 63 Companies Shaping Africa’s FinTech Ecosystem Open story ↗ The Fintech Trends for 2017: SME Banking and More With the end of the year approaching, the amount of predictions for 2017 is steadily increasing. How will the industry develop and what will be the next big thing? Open story ↗ Top 10 Fintech Companies Germany Read More http://www.techbullion.com/top-10-fintech-companies-germany Open story ↗ The Great A.I. Awakening Open story ↗ UK challenger banks: who’s who (and what’s their tech) Open story ↗ Swift’s Global Head of Banking Argues Blockchain Isn’t a Disruption Long before blockchain, inter-bank communication platform Swift was working to modernize the way financial institutions do business. Open story ↗ These are the top financial services providers and fintech startups Open story ↗ THE FINTECH REPORT 2016: Financial industry trends and investment The explosive growth of the financial technology industry continued in 2016 thanks to new financial industry trends and a slew of fintech investments. Open story ↗ 4 Things Businesses Need to Know about Fintech The term ‘Fintech’, applies to a very broad range of innovative solutions for the financial sector. Because this term is so broad, it doesn’t just impact financial businesses. Open story ↗ Gartner's Top 10 Tech Trends You Can't Afford To Ignore in 2017 Steadfast robots replace hotel desk clerks and retail workers, autonomous cars and drones transport robots that deliver packages more efficiently, shopping sprees take place in virtual reality. Open story ↗ Top 5 Fintech Trends That are Shaping the Future of Our Society In the fintech industry, startups and entrepreneurs are working hard to bring products and services of the future to the masses today. Open story ↗ AI Is the Answer to Regulatory Uncertainty A change in political leadership with Donald Trump's presidential victory and GOP control of Congress has raised expectation of policy shifts that could affect the regulatory compliance process. Open story ↗ Why you still can’t trust banks (and what FinTech is doing about it) Banks acting in a manner that leads to distrust of financial services is nothing new. The financial crisis, market rigging and - most recently - a scandal at Wells Fargo show that banks continue to work for no-one but themselves. Open story ↗ FinTech Chatbots - The Millennial Command Line I have a confession to make - I'm not really a millennial! Despite my liberal use of emojis in my tweets and the word 'awesome', the fact of the matter is I missed out on the crucial millennial cutoff point by a few months. Open story ↗

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