Fintech disrupts finance services industry

Fintech disrupts finance services industry

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In his words: Marc Andreessen on big data, bitcoin and upending the world of finance
Washington Post
The venture capitalist talks about big data, the beneficial disruption of bitcoin and the unbundling of banks.
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Uber and the coming disruption of finance
Bloomberg
Uber's peer-to-peer model is likely to expand to financial sectors, including the consumer credit industry.  
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The sharing economy and the future of finance
TechCrunch
Banking has gone from somewhere you go to something you do. If we are to believe that the sharing economy will shape our future, banking and all financial services will become something that merely exists in the background, similar to other basic utilities.
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CITI: The 'Uber moment' for banks is coming — and more than a million people could lose their jobs
Business Insider
"Specifically, it will mean the shift to mobile distribution being the main channel of interaction between customers and the bank," the report reads.
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The robots are coming for wall street
The New York Times
Hundreds of financial analysts are being replaced with software. What office jobs are next?
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How to get future-ready: Five recommendations for finance teams
IBM Big Data Hub
Discover what practices author and analyst David Parmenter believes finance teams can implement to heighten their efficiency and effectiveness.
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Wall Street jobs won't be spared from automation
Harvard Business Review
If an entry-level employee can do it, a machine probably can too.
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The next step in finance: Exponential banking
MIT Technology Review
The financial industry—especially banking—has characteristics that make it a candidate for rapid and early digitalization, mainly because its fundamental raw materials and products boil down to two: data (or information) and money. And money can be turned into accounting figures, that is, data or information. Still, banking has not suffered anywhere near the level of…
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Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency 'poses risks to global banking'
The Guardian
Move could affect competition and data privacy, warns Bank for International Settlements
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What does the future of global fintech hold?
Forbes
This month, KPMG and H2 Ventures released their list of the top FinTech companies in the world in 2015: FinTech 100.
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The future of financial infrastructure: An ambitious look at how blockchain can reshape financial services
We Forum
The report builds upon the findings from Deloitte/World Economic Forum report Disruptive Innovation in Financial Services and looks at the impact of implementing distributed ledger technology across nine sectors of financial services. Our findings suggest this technology has the potential to “live-up to the hype” and reshape financial services, but requires careful collaboration with other eme
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Next generation of machine learning rockstars will trade Google and Facebook for top secret hedge funds
International Business Times
IBTimes UK spoke to AI finance startup Walnut Algorithms about machine learning and the financial sector.
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Fintech startups bedding deeper into the banking value chain - McKinsey
Finextra
The fintech phenomenon is moving away from an obsessive focus on front-end customer experience, extending the reach of startups into at least 30 new areas of traditional banking activity, according to an analysis by McKinsey.
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The problem with the 'financial services elite'
Medium
The “sharing economy” of Silicon Valley parlance makes an Orwellian mockery of the word “sharing”; if you are sharing something with other people, by definition, you aren’t making them pay. But…
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Digital wallet companies can bank the unbanked, while traditional banks cannot
Ark Invest
Low customer acquisition costs should enable Digital Wallet companies to capture more lifetime value per account than retail banks garner today.
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Get ready for self-driving money
Quartz
Within five years our finances could be fully autonomous, according to Ken Lin, CEO of credit advisory service Credit Karma.
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Why Google, Amazon and T-Mobile suddenly want to offer checking accounts
Bank Rate
Consumers in the market for a new checking account will soon have multiple alternatives to what’s available at traditional and online banks. There’s a reason more startups and fintech companies are planning to offer checking accounts. But should you sign up?
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Fintech pros think the trend of rebundling financial services will continue in 2020
Business Insider
Given that rebundling can help fintechs diversify revenue and boost costumer satisfaction, our pros think the trend will continue in 2020.
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Any company can offer financial services
a16z
Download the slide presentation from Angel's talk here: http://bit.ly/39NSOzdThe first wave of fintech companies a decade ago proved that we don’t need physi...
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PayPal moves toward traditional banking features
CBC News
PayPal is moving toward a more traditional banking model, offering debit cards and direct deposits to customers.»»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more video...
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Davos 2016 - Issue briefing: Disruptive forces in financial services
World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/Learn first-hand about the disruptive power of big data and automation in the context of financial services.Speakers:- John Flint, Chi...
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Davos 2016 - The transformation of finance
World Economic Forum
http://www.weforum.org/What trends and uncertainties are shaping the future of financial services? Transformations to be addressed:- Digitization and new bus...
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A new breed of trader on Wall Street: Coders with a Ph.D.
The New York Times
In the world of exchange-traded funds, a $2.8 trillion industry, Jane Street takes the marriage of high tech and high intellect to a new level.
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Podcast: OCC’s Brooks plans to unveil ‘Payments Charter 1.0’ this fall
Banking Journal
The OCC is planning to unveil what Acting Comptroller Brian Brooks called "payments charter 1.0" for nonbank fintech firms as soon as this fall.
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Shopify & embedded finance, part 1: Analyzing shop pay's flywheel
Fintech Today
Shopify is becoming a fintech behemoth for consumers and businesses alike.