Issue 233 · Sep 5, 2019 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

This weeks top stories are about fintech 4.0 - how technology is reshaping the insurance sector. Another top story is about 10 fintech startups to watch out for in 2019 and beyond. Find out in this week's fintech news

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Can Robots Write Better Financial Ad Copy Than You?

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The Fintech 300 Breaking Banks — Don’t miss this massive show! Breaking Banks celebrates +300 episodes featuring an all-star lineup: Brett King, JP Nicols, Jason Henrichs, Chloé James, Theodora Lau, Jim Marous, Chris Skinner, Ron Shevlin, and John Best Open story ↗ Goldman Ready to Invest More in German Fintechs Bloomberg — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is preparing to invest in more German financial startups at a time when the industry is seeing a record inflow of money as well as a wave of failures. Open story ↗ Fintech 4.0 — How Technology Is Reshaping The $5 Trillion Insurance Sector Medium — The concept of insurance dates back to ancient history with the first form of written policy appearing in the code of King Hammurabi,[...] Open story ↗ Lending Trends to Watch in 2019 Habile Technologies — The world around us is continuously evolving and the financial sector is not an exception. With the start of 2019, there are some important trends to be watched in lending trends. Open story ↗ Fintech and banks: collaboration or competition? e27 — Banks can either choose to embrace fintech and innovate together or lose the competitive edge over to other banks Open story ↗ 10 fintech startups to watch out for in 2019 and beyond EU-Startups — Fintech has been exploding in recent years, disrupting the financial sector and attracting billions in investment globally. Open story ↗ PNC Launches A Fintech Startup Inside The Bank Forbes — Banking incubators come in all sorts of flavors — often a program to attract outside companies and offer them mentors and perhaps some financial sponsorship for a set period working at the bank or virtually. Open story ↗ China’s Fintech Development Plan: Six Key Tasks Crowdfund Insider — While China has obviously morphed from a command economy to one that has wholeheartedly embraced the benefits of capitalism and a market economy there still remains substantial central planning. Open story ↗ Fintech Stocks to Make Your Portfolio Shine Yahoo Finance — In 1950s, the launch of the Diners Club Card planted the seed of cashless payment in the society, though debit cards came in much later in 1966. Open story ↗ Fintech Doing 'Good' Can Turn Into Something Bad For Poor People Forbes — Fintech, or financial technology, has become the latest area to expand the tech industry. Open story ↗ Accion Venture Lab launches $23M inclusive fintech startup fund Tech Crunch — Accion Venture Lab — the seed-stage investment arm of nonprofit Accion — has raised $23 million for a new inclusive fintech startup fund. Open story ↗

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