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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3 Bloomberg, “Apple Sees Mobile-Payment Service Gaining in Challenge to PayPal”, 28 January 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-01-27/apple-sees-mobile-paymentservice-gaining-in-challenge-to-paypal. real-time bank ...
Challenge. to. the. Banks. So how will financial institutions – and particularly the big banks – respond to this wave of FinTech innovation? The banking sector is vulnerable to disruption, partly as a result of recent history.
Yet, the rise of FinTech newcomers in the industry does not need to send banks panicking about the challenges involved with overhauling their entire IT infrastructure in order to compete. The “us versus them” debate Banks Need to Think ...
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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 | |