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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... crowdsourced 155–9 alternative investment market (AIM) 139 Amazon 88, 110, 125, 126, 128 analytics Apple 127 applying to SMEs 99 text analysis 112–16 angel investing 141–3, 150–1, 162, 163–5 Angel List 241, 242, 243 anonymity 28 API ...
... crowdsourced hedge funds 160–1 crypto-currencies 14, 212–20 crypto-technologies 228 customer expectations, change in ... crowdsourcing 155–6 data, innovation through 232 data monetization 228 data revolution 232–3 databases/data ...
... crowdsourced 156–7 foreign exchange (FX) 14 international remittances 120–1 forward market in media buying 129–30 ... crowdsourcing 160–1 Holland FinTech 48–50 Hong Kong 74, 123 hybrid digital finance platform convergence 214–15 hybrid ...
Contents
Preface | viii |
Introduction | 6 |
Current Trends in Financial Technology | 13 |
Banks Need to Think Collaboration Rather Than Competition | 20 |
The Next Big Innovation in FinTech Identity | 28 |
Design is No Longer an Option User Experience UX in FinTech | 34 |
FinTech Hubs | 42 |
The Journey Towards an Integrated FinTech Ecosystem The | 48 |
Crowdfunding and Marketplace P2P Lending Online Capital | 144 |
My Robo Advisor was an iPod Applying the Lessons from | 152 |
To Crowdsource a Hedge Fund | 160 |
Enterprise Innovation | 170 |
FinTechs and Banks Collaboration is Key | 179 |
Corporate Venture Capital The New Power Broker in | 186 |
More Success Stories | 196 |
The Next Chapter in Citis Story of Innovation | 203 |
Indias FinTech Ecosystem | 56 |
Emerging Markets and Social Impact | 66 |
The Rise of the Rest in FinTech | 72 |
FinTech Solutions | 88 |
Predictive Algorithms Building Innovative Online Banking | 95 |
FinTech Solutions in Complex Contracts Optimization | 106 |
UltraFast Text Analytics in Trading Strategies | 112 |
Remittances International FX Payments at Low Cost | 120 |
FinTech Solutions Benefiting other Sectors | 128 |
Capital and Investment | 138 |
The Future of FinTech | 226 |
Banking on Innovation Through Data | 232 |
The FinTech SupermarketThe Bank is Dead Long Live the Bank | 238 |
The Rise of BankTech The Beauty of a Hybrid Model for Banks | 245 |
Embracing the Connected API Economy | 253 |
Eliminating Friction in Customers Financial Lives | 261 |
A Future Without Money | 267 |
List of Contributors | 273 |
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