Issue 229 · Aug 8, 2019 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

This weeks issue is about major trends in retail banking. Another topic is how fintech is eating the world and the last top story of the week deals with five technologies worth investing in for the banking industry. We

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Three Major Retail Banking Trends Financial Marketers Must Watch The Financial Brand — Looking at bank and credit union statistics on a trio of major fronts — deposits, loans and branching — flags strategic issues that planners must address immediately so they aren't caught unaware. Open story ↗ Snoop Dogg-Backed Klarna Now EU’s Most Valuable Fintech Startup Bloomberg — Swedish payments and banking firm Klarna became the most valuable European fintech startup after new funding pushed its post-money valuation to $5.5 billion. Open story ↗ How Fintech Is Eating The World Forbes — In the early 2000s, people thought of technology as its own industry. There was healthcare, industrials, finance, and… Open story ↗ Fintech overtaken The Global Recruiter — Demand in numbers for high-salaried insurtech executives has for the first time overtaken fintech, according to the needs of major global companies in technology, digital and financial sectors. Open story ↗ Tech Whisperer: How to Invest in FinTech Barron's — Fintech opportunities are exploding. In 2018 there were over 1,700 deals worth nearly $40 billion-- more than double the deal value from 2017. Open story ↗ Meet The Mega Fintechs: Nine UK Businesses That Are Super-Charging Funding Forbes — The UK’s fintech sector raised more money in the first half of the year than in any equivalent period on record [...] Open story ↗ Fintech firm Revolut launches a Robinhood-style stock trading service CNBC — British fintech firm Revolut is jumping into the online brokerage space with its own commission-free stock trading platform. Open story ↗ 5 Technologies Worth Investing In For The Banking Industry CEOWorld Magazine — The banking industry continues to advance with the latest technologies. Open story ↗ Nordic banks move into wearable payment technology ComputerWeekly.com — Payment by watch or watch strap is now an option for customers of two banks in Sweden Open story ↗ How Financial Marketers Can Unlock Data for Lifestyle Segmentation The Financial Brand — Why do banks and credit unions often flop in their efforts to pinpoint the right services for consumers? Open story ↗ In a few short years, the narrative around FinTech in banking has softened noticeably from competition to collaboration. edgeverve — Anthony Jenkins, ex-CEO, Barclays, warns that banks will be dealt a “Kodak moment” by FinTech companies if they are not careful. Open story ↗

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