Issue 228 · Aug 1, 2019 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

This weeks issue deals with fintechs future in 2020. Another interesting article is about the new competitors in fintech and who they actually are. Our last top story of the week is about a new fintech bank that invests

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How Testing FinTech Supports Catering to the Baby Boomers

We are living in a revolutionary time, a disruptive era, led by smart devices and a smart generation. Digitization has become the norm, the acceptable way of doing things[...]

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In this issue · 11 items

Connecting with Customers in a Wireless World Breaking Banks — Banks frequently claim their unique competitive advantage is their relationship with their customers. How do you build relationships in an increasingly saturated world and one where face to face interactions are less frequent. Jason Henrichs hosts Allie LeFevere, Obedient, talking the use of humor to build emotional connections. Nicolas Kopp, N26, shares what they’ve learned building one of the largest mobile first banks in the world. Open story ↗ Top 5 Fintech trends that will dominate 2020 Analytics Inside — Individuals need targets, lighthouses that guide us and round numbers are always a decent grapple. That is the reason 2020 is an enormous year of achievement at all levels, additionally in the Fintech business, and 2019 is the last year to affirm that that have been reached or not. Open story ↗ Should fintechs be regulated like banks? BAI — More than a few bankers believe fintechs (and would-be fintechs) should play by the same rules they do. And they’re certainly not alone. Open story ↗ New Fintech Bank Reinvents Itself With Bold Brand Position The Financial Brand — Aspiration Financial shifts its deposit strategy in order to have greater control over innovation. Open story ↗ How Innovative Technologies are Transforming the Banking and Financial Industry Global Banking and Finance — The banking and financial services industry has changed dramatically over the years. About half a century ago, consumers regularly walked into a bank branch to withdraw or transfer funds, [...] Open story ↗ Why Fintech Startups Fail Forbes — Impact Alpha reported that robo-advisor platform Swell was shutting down at the end of August, noting the company said it was [...] Open story ↗ The Fintech Revolution: Who Are The New Competitors In Banking? Forbes — Innovation is the law of tomorrow. Disruption has occurred in virtually all industries in the last two decades, and it’s also starting to transform the financial industry. Open story ↗ Why fintech has become ‘the new normal’ T_HQ — If you thought fintech companies were still up-and-coming challengers to the traditional financial services industry, the results of a recent survey by deVere Group may come as some surprise. Open story ↗ The role of fintech in digital transformation of SMB’s ET Rise — Fintech players are definitely the right players to help SMB with technology for accessing markets and capital through technology. Open story ↗ Banking the Un(der)banked: Opportunities and Limits of Blockchain Technology Medium — Recently, Facebook released their specification for the Libra project, a global currency to connect the world and empower millions of people who might suffer from financial exclusion [...] Open story ↗ Why the Next Fintech Wave in Latin America will focus on B2B Crowdfund Insider — Latin America’s Fintech industry is booming, with more than 1,166 Fintech startups creating more inclusive financial systems and boosting economic growth in the region. Open story ↗

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