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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... Mobile-Payment Service Gaining in Challenge to PayPal”, 28 January 2015, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-0127/apple-sees-mobile-payment-service-gaining-inchallenge-to-paypal. 3 Bloomberg, “Apple Sees Mobile-Payment Service ...
... pay, send money, borrow, lend, and invest. The most disrupted sectors – or at least the ones that we hear the most about – are payments and money transfer, with TransferWise (money transfer), Square (mobile payments), crowdfunding ...
... payments innovation over the next 24 months? Verdict: FinTech innovation ... phone users. According to the International Telecommunications Union, an estimated ... mobile financial services. While Bangladesh offers a strong micro-finance ...
... wireless connections straight away. In other words, developing countries tend to start and stay on the low-end ... Payment Services Directive 2 (PSD II). Although the whole analysis of PSD II is rather complex and beyond the scope ...
... mobile”, it should come as no surprise that this is and will continue to be the case. Smart wearables, specifically technologically advanced financial apps and an increase in mobile payment.