Some high-flying digital banking and fintech stocks such as Square and PayPal have cooled a bit this year, but stimulus checks going out might bump up results later this year. READ MORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE

“Mindfulness” is one of those zeitgeisty words that has invaded everything from beauty routines to breakfast cereal. Myriad brands promise mindful solutions to eating, exercising and using technology. Understandably, all the noise about mindful living may leave some consumers confused about what, exactly, it means. Even the finance industry has jumped on the bandwagon, which

The industry is entering a critical phase. Legacy technology will finally be superseded by a combination of cloud computing and AI, putting banks and credit unions closer to par with fintechs. But without phasing out the traditional product silo/back-office environment, that change won't happen. READ MORE FROM THE ORIGINAL SOURCE HERE

Fintech is becoming a powerful force. Last year $2 billion went into the industry. Some have proclaimed fintech is everything and everywhere. This misses a key subtlety: not all fintech is created equally. Like all innovation (and as I argued in my recent book: Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs - from Delhi to Detroit - Are

For five years, we’ve published our Fintech 50 list, highlighting the top private companies that are reinventing finance through technology. (Here’s last year’s list.) From buy now, pay later lenders to payments startups making money flow faster, these businesses are dramatically improving the cost, efficiency and access of financial services. We’re updating the list for

Fintech is exploding by any metric: funding, customer counts, revenues, corporate acquisitions... The number of people working in fintech has also grown prodigiously over the last few years. As people migrate from other sectors into fintech for the first time, I frequently get asked the same question: what can I read to learn about the

“Huge.” “Surging.” “Very hot.” Those were just a couple of the terms financial news outlets used to describe the fintech market in 2020. They weren’t just buzzwords. Fintech has seen double-digit growth in transaction numbers and volumes during the pandemic, according to a study that included the World Bank. And digital banking surged during Covid-19,

Americans want to support their local economy by shopping small. More than half—53%—of consumers indicated that they are more likely to buy from a local business than a national retailer during the coronavirus pandemic, according to ZypMedia, a TV platform for local media companies. Shopping small is one way to help, but there are others.

Collaboration to finally realize GFC reforms via digitalization The good news about compliance is that financial firms are finally getting the last generation of G20 Global Financial Crisis (GFC) regulations under control, said PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of JWG, a financial regulation think-tank based in London. The not so good news is that the industry

The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically transformed the way we do business, and one of the pandemic's greatest impacts has been on fintech. Tens of thousands of businesses and millions of consumers began using contactless payment systems that have allowed them to stay safe. Similarly, e-commerce and delivery platforms like Instacart and DoorDash have grown exponentially