Issue 246 · Dec 5, 2019 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

This weeks first top story will tell you something about the biggest technology trends that will disrupt banking in 2020. Another story of the week is about California's fintech Startups which are invading in New York.

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379. News: Is Goldman Sachs going mass market?

Our expert hosts, Simon Taylor and David Brear are joined by some returning guests to talk about the most notable fintech, financial services and banking news from the past week.

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The Biggest Technology Trends That Will Disrupt Banking in 2020 The Financial Brand — The rapidly changing technology landscape, led by the global rollout of 5G networks, will impact every component of the banking industry. Open story ↗ Crossing Borders - U.K. Fintechs Partner To Launch International Recurring Payments Service Forbes — When I spoke to Hiroki Takeuchi at the beginning of 2019, he was bullish about the international potential of his fintech business, GoCardless. Open story ↗ Compliance, but radically simple The burden of complex regulations often acts as an unmanageable obstacle. Almost everywhere, piles of paper-based regulations prevent companies from fully focussing on their core business objectives. This is why the RegTech startup Apiax aims to revolutionise the way companies handle compliance. Apiax’s powerful tools enable financial services professionals to master complex regulations in a lightweight fashion. If you want to learn more, let’s get in touch. Open story ↗ The 5 Debates That Will Shape Fintech In The 2020s Forbes — It’s that time of the year when banking industry pundits turn their thoughts to the top trends of the upcoming year. Open story ↗ California's Fintech Startups Are Invading New York Bloomberg — Brex has moved its CFO to Manhattan, and Stripe is on a New York hiring spree. But the city’s fintech sector still lags California’s. Open story ↗ Banking beyond 2020: Fintechs to spearhead innovation Money Control — Innovation sandbox allows technology-led companies to access user and banking-related data that used to be heavily restricted. Open story ↗ How Fintech Startups Are Helping SMEs Keep Cash Flowing Forbes — Chatham House Rules, whereby what’s spoken in a meeting or forum can be repeated, but sources of the information can’t be disclosed, can be a very irritating imposition for journalists trying to cover an event. Open story ↗ New Banking Technologies Demand Product Development Reboot The Financial Brand — Banks and credit unions that want to pioneer, or simply keep up, must stop clinging to old ways of deploying talent to drive innovation. Open story ↗ Fintech is raising the bar for financial inclusion Fintech Finance — Besides the talks of how much easier and fastest financial technologies make the whole paying process, and how decentralized financial infrastructure is largely being favored by people something that often escapes the conversation is the inclusion factor. Open story ↗ Start-up Robinhood tops 10 million accounts even as industry follows in free-trading footsteps CNBC — Robinhood has grown rapidly from its one million subscribers in 2016 and six million users in October of 2018. Open story ↗ Who Accepts Bitcoin as a Mode of Payment? (Infographic) Cryptopolitan — Bitcoin is a status symbol for companies daring enough to test the status quo and accept Bitcoin. Open story ↗ Africa Roundup: Nigerian fintech gets $360M, mints unicorn, draws Chinese VC Tech Crunch — November 2019 could mark when Nigeria (arguably) became Africa’s unofficial capital for fintech investment and digital finance startups. Open story ↗

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