Fintech Trends 2018: Disruptive technology in financial services come with challenges that need time to solve

Disruptive technology in financial services come with challenges that need time to solve. The financial sector is increasing its investments in Fintech firms as the research suggests that customers go for the idea of on-demand finance.

This is to challenge the agility and flexibility afforded by the Fintech firms that make them lethal to the traditional structures.

According to the Goldman Sachs equity report, these young Fintech firms are expected to eat away $4.7 trillion in revenue and $450 billion in profit from the traditional financial services firms.

Future Fintech trends

In this regard, the Deloitte’s report highlights the following present and future trends:

  1. Trend 1: Financial firms are taking the role as venture capitalist for the new Fintech firms
  2. Trend 2: The potential benefits of blockchain technology continue to grow.
  3. Trend 3: Regulator are also heeding to these Fintech companies, but they are giving them enough laxity so that they can solve their problems on their own.
  4. Trend 4: The executives are beginning to understand the challenges associated with the technology.
  5. Trend 5: The industry is realizing that the implementation of the technology will take time.
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Salih Sarikaya is an award winning financial technology influencer and journalist for more than 10 years of experience. He has been recognized as one of the best tech influencers of USA in 2017 at CES, the world's biggest technology show. He has been honored with a top expert badge by Klout, social rating platform, in the areas of Business, Finance, Technology and Growth Hacking. Moz Social Ranking categorizes him as key influencer about the cryptocurrencies and fintech. He is a best-selling author with three published books. He is Professional Member of PEN America and Society of Professional Journalists. You can reach him at salih@theoofy.com.