Issue 231 · Aug 22, 2019 Weekly edition · 2 min read

Fintech News

This week in fintech: Visa doubles down on fintech, five technologies that will transform fintech in 2020 and should fintechs be more regulated? Enjoy our top stories and more interesting articles from the world of

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Artificial Intelligence Beyond The Buzzword From Two Fintech CEOs

AI seems to be well on its way to becoming the most overused buzzword of the tech industry, but don't be put off by the hype.

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Visa Doubles Down on Fintech The Motley Fool — The world's largest credit card company is showing a renewed interest in how financial technology can grow its network. Open story ↗ Payments driving fintech M&A Finextra — Payments processing is the engine driving the financial technology venture market, with three mega-transactions accounting for $87 billion in deal value during the first half of 2019. Open story ↗ Apple Card Rollout Threatens Traditional Financial Institutions The Financial Brand — The first product of a joint venture between one of planet’s most iconic brands and Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs is now in the hands of consumers. Open story ↗ Top five technologies that will transform the Fintech sector in 2020 Information Age — Alexey Kutsenko of DDI Development, discusses five technologies that will transform Fintech in 2020: blockchain, RPA, AI, RegTech and conversational banking Open story ↗ Fintechs Need To Help Baby Boomers Boom Forbes — Helping baby boomers retire is where the money is. Open story ↗ Regulate Fintechs for What They Do, Not What They Don’t Fortune — We need to change how we regulate financial technology (fintech) companies, writes Kabbage president Kathryn Petralia. Open story ↗ Global fintech investment plummets IT Pro Portal — Accenture blames the deteriorating relations between the US and China. Open story ↗ Consumer Use of Fintechs For Banking Services Skyrockets The Financial Brand — Awareness of fintech options among digitally active consumers is nearly universal, new study finds. Open story ↗ Emerging Fintech Trends Medium — As home to the world’s leading financial institutions, New York City can uniquely spearhead and benefit from innovation, which is why the Partnership Fund for New York City and Accenture have partnered to run the FinTech Innovation Lab since 2010. Open story ↗ Six diverse picks of Fintech shovels & Fintech stacks Daily Fintech — The transformation of Financial services continues and re-bundling is one of the trends that is at work. Fintechs are collaborating and creating fuller stacks by bundling several services and growing their businesses. Open story ↗ Diversity and Inclusion in Fintech: More Than a Business Model Impakter — The fintech industry has a gender diversity problem, with women representing only 29% of staff in the sector. Open story ↗

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