Issue 255 · Feb 13, 2020 Weekly edition · 3 min read

Fintech News

Our latest issue is significantly influenced by the highly recommended Fintech 50 Report from Forbes. But we also found many other interesting articles for you, such as one about new blockchain-based methods for

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The Forbes Fintech 50: The Most Innovative Fintech Companies In 2020

Investors poured more than $53 billion into fintech startups worldwide in 2019, according to Accenture.

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In this issue · 14 items

The Future Of Payments: Fintech 50 2020 Forbes — Payments companies continue to be some of the most highly valued businesses in fintech. Open story ↗ How Insurers Can Deliver Empathy at Scale via Reuters Events Insurers have the tools to provide empathy at scale through automation, according to Liberty Mutual, Farmers, AAA and LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Open story ↗ IEO, STO, and Blockchain IPO: New Blockchain-based Methods for Fundraising FinTech Weekly — While ICOs were touted as one of the killer applications of blockchain technology, they had a fair share of pitfalls. Open story ↗ Fintech has finally cracked the US banking sector Quartz — Varo Money is poised to become a full-fledged bank, making it the first of a new wave of fintech upstarts to win that approval in the US. Open story ↗ Apple Pay is on pace to account for 10% of all global card transactions Quartz — Apple’s mobile wallet is gobbling up a growing chunk of card payments around the world. Open story ↗ Blockchain: The revolution that hasn't quite happened BBC — Imagine you are out shopping and get to the till but your card doesn't work. It turns out that your bank has had a computer meltdown and none of its customers, including you, can pay for anything. Open story ↗ Banking Must Bridge the Growing Digital Transformation Skills Gap The Financial Brand — Financial services organizations must transform to meet the digital needs of consumers. Open story ↗ Revolut automates compliance workflows to fuel expansion Bank Innovation — U.K.-based digital banking startup Revolut is expanding at a rapid clip. Open story ↗ Citi and Goldman Sachs go live with blockchain equity swaps platform The Trade News — Axoni has launched its distributed ledger network for equity swaps, with Citi and Goldman Sachs among the first to adopt the platform. Open story ↗ Digital Overtaking Branches as the Place Consumers Get Advice The Financial Brand — Money-stressed consumers are turning for financial guidance to their primary financial institution more often, but are increasingly doing it digitally. Open story ↗ Challenger bank N26 to shut all UK accounts BBC — Challenger bank N26 is closing accounts for UK customers on 15 April, blaming difficulties created by the Brexit process. Open story ↗ The Future Of Blockchain: Fintech 50 2020 Forbes — With the price of bitcoin more than doubling from $3,400 to $10,000 since last year’s Fintech 50 list, it’s perhaps no surprise to see some of the largest, and most innovative cryptocurrency companies still holding onto their place on the annual list of startups blazing new trails in financial technology. Open story ↗ Bank of America scored 418 technology patents in 2019 Bank Innovation — Bank of America obtained more patents last year than any other year in the history of the company. Open story ↗ Fintech 50 2020: The Newcomers Forbes — As the financial technology industry balloons, with venture capital funding growing at a faster pace than the rest of the tech sector, new fintech startups keep emerging. Open story ↗

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