Issue 289 · Nov 5, 2020 Weekly edition · 3 min read

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The ‘Fintechization’ of Everything: The 7 Hottest Fintech Trends in 2021

Experts say that crypto, p2p financial services, regulatory harmony, and more are on the horizon in 2021.

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FinTech und InsurTech Meetup Cologne - Bonn This is a group for anyone interested or working in FinTech and InsurTech Projects, Startups, Topics. In this Meetup series I would like us to come together and discuss facets of this young and thrilling industry. Tag cloud: crowdinvesting, crowdfunding, P2P Lending, mobile payment, crypocurrencies, new banking, wealth building, investing, banking APIs, finance portals, insurance, insurtech, web mobile and embedded apps. Open story ↗ The impact of the US election on finance and FinTech The Finanser — No politics from my side here, but just reflecting on the politics of America. The US election – whatever your view of its process and outcome – leaves us with a different perspective on financial markets and, specifically, on FinTech start-ups and funding. Open story ↗ Beijing Wants to Treat Ant Like a Bank and Its Value Hangs in the Balance The Wall Street Journal — Move prompts reassessment of whether the company’s growth and profitability will be curtailed Open story ↗ Revolut set to hire a CCO to lead new division amid profitability push Sifted — London-based fintech Revolut is on the hunt to find its first-ever chief commercial officer to build an ambitious new sales stream. Open story ↗ Which? calls for banks to reimburse victims of computer takeover scams Finextra — Campaigning group Which? is calling on banks to refund victims of computer takeover scams, with new figures from Action Fraud showing £16 million was defrauded from consumers using this technique last year. Open story ↗ Consumers have too little control over how their data is shared American Banker — Consumer data remains widely used in a majority of today’s businesses, from banks and lenders, to marketers and employers. Open story ↗ Now More Than Ever … There Is a Need For Speed in Banking The Financial Brand — With the onset of COVID-19, financial institutions made decisions quickly ... in a crisis mode. New solutions were created and deployed and new processes were leveraged to facilitate a remote working reality. Open story ↗ Hong Kong prepares for 'next era' of fintech Finextra — The Hong Kong Monetary Authority has outlined a slew of new initiatives on bank data exchange, CBDC research, trade finance digitisation and RegTech, as the island state kicks off its annual Fintech Week. Open story ↗ How to Secure Fintech Applications and Protect Customer Data DevOps — All industries are feeling the pain of preventing rising risks to their applications, private information and customers’ data, and it is not surprising that this is especially true in the financial services sector. Open story ↗ The pandemic is spurring fintech regulation across the globe Business Insider — The pandemic has pushed regulators globally to ramp up fintech oversight. Open story ↗ PayPal’s earnings don’t excite Wall Street, but bring good news for consumer fintech Tech Crunch — PayPal’s earnings don’t excite Wall Street, but bring good news for consumer fintech Open story ↗ Q: Why did China block Ant Group’s IPO? A: Jack messed up The Finanser — I reported last week Jack Ma’s rant at the banking industry as having Basel Accords created by “an old people’s club” and that banks have a “pawnshop” mentality. I said that I agree with his sentiment – which I do – but it ain’t what you say, it’s the way that you say it and he said it wrong. Open story ↗

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