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. |
From inside the book
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... offering new and fresh services at lower costs, through well-designed platforms or mobile apps. To sum it up, FinTech companies offer trust, transparency, and technology. Responding to a trust crisis towards banks, start-ups are able to ...
... offers a fresher perspective that can often see beyond the scope of established business models.”7 In addition, whereas FinTech services in developed countries are focused on online customers, start-ups in developing countries are ...
... offer a wide scope of services, there are many innovative FinTech companies that just focus on the development of ... offering overall is “unbundled” by the best FinTech providers in each category. While the residents of developed ...
... offering or service. Application Programming Interface (API) is the term used to describe a set of tools that enable different software components or systems to effectively communicate with one another.1 Using an API, banks or ...
... offer their specialist services to other businesses and banks, via APIs. A company that wanted to support musicians could, for example, use one technology firm such as Kickstarter to provide loans, and another firm such as Currency ...
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 | |