The FINTECH Book: The Financial Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and VisionariesA front-line industry insider's look at the financial technology explosion The FINTECH Book is your primary guide to the financial technology revolution, and the disruption, innovation and opportunity therein. Written by prominent thought leaders in the global fintech investment space, this book aggregates diverse industry expertise into a single informative volume to provide entrepreneurs, bankers and investors with the answers they need to capitalize on this lucrative market. Key industry developments are explained in detail, and critical insights from cutting-edge practitioners offer first-hand information and lessons learned. The financial technology sector is booming, and entrepreneurs, bankers, consultants, investors and asset managers are scrambling for more information: Who are the key players? What's driving the explosive growth? What are the risks? This book collates insights, knowledge and guidance from industry experts to provide the answers to these questions and more.
The fintech market captured over US$14 billion in 2014, a three-fold increase from the previous year. New startups are popping up at an increasing pace, and large banks and insurance companies are being pushed toward increasing digital operations in order to survive. The financial technology sector is booming and The FINTECH Book is the first crowd-sourced book on the subject globally, making it an invaluable source of information for anybody working in or interested in this space. |
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... successes. The FinTech Book not only provides valuable insight into the industry from some of the leading experts in ... success stories, and current and future trends in the financial technology space. A must-read for anyone who is ...
... Success Stories eToro – Building the World's Largest Social Investment Network 196 Avoka – An Overnight Success, 13 Years in the Making 198 Bankable – Banking as a Service 201 The Next Chapter in Citi's Story of Innovation 203 FinTech ...
... success of Apple's contactless payment system Apple Pay, which allows consumers to purchase and pay for goods and services simply by placing an iPhone 6 in proximity to a point-of-sale terminal. Apple Pay is just launching in the UK ...
... successful payment system or bitcoin wallet will come from. And for all those ideas that make it to the market, many others will fail. The services that succeed will be those that 10 Half of the world's banks set to fall by the digital ...
... success in over-banked and heavily entrenched economies in the West. As one of the report's contributors perfectly sums up, “the developing world is not bound by existing legacy systems, business models or customer behaviors and as such ...
Contents
3 FinTech Hubs | |
4 Emerging Markets and Social Impact | |
5 FinTech Solutions | |
7 Enterprise Innovation | |
8 More Success Stories | |
9 Cryptocurrencies and Blockchains | |
10 The Future of FinTech | |
List of Contributors | |
Index | |
EULA | |
6 Capital and Investment | |