The FinTech Effect on the Overseas Money Transfer Industry: Sending money from one country to a different was not particularly easy until the turn of the last century, when individuals needed to choose from banks and a few high-street forex brokers. The arrival of numerous FinTech companies within this...
The developer portal of ING was used by internal employee since a long period of time. Recently, ING opened a developer portal for coders from the Fintech start-ups as well as from their clients as well. With the help of APIs they will not be able to easily test...
Slack is prepared to go public in less than 20 days (on June 20). We can now easily see how when it comes to the company's first quarter financial results, a huge growth can be seen and a few losses they are still able to work on. We definitely...
Fintech companies are trading at a higher valuation. In spite of that, the merger and acquisitions activity in the sector is not slowing down. Paypal recently acquired iZettle. This clearly indicates that not only the merger and acquisition activity is increasing but also the deal size is increasing as...
We were all able to hear and see how much talk came about the upcoming Slack IPO. Slack clearly realized how their company is able to earn so much money if they decide to sell their shares in a proper moment. Yet, that is not the only story coming from...
3 Trends could give fintech a bigger say in your money matters: Fintech, brief for “financial technology,” is significantly changing how customers and businesses access and handle their funds. These days, due to technology and the internet, customers have accessibility to numerous financial products, from peer to peer payments to...
The State of Fintech industry: Call leads, the leading financial monitoring and notification services provider, has recently published an infographic entailing the key developments that are taking place in the Fintech industry. The key insights provided are following: Global investment in the five years from 2010 to 2015, surged by...
Square CEO Regards Bitcoin As “Transformational Technology”: Square, a digital payment firm, sees Bitcoin as a transformational technology. And, according to analysts, Square could effectively unveil a cryptocurrency platform. Square made news in 2017 when the company said it would release Cash App, a Bitcoin trading pilot program and peer-to-peer transaction...
Fintech firms are mitigating the fighting talk, which manifested the start of the movement where it was evident that they have no other choice but to succeed without seeking help from incumbent banks. Capgemini's World Fintech report draws a conclusion regarding 'fizzling out' of the most talked about Fintech revolution. Moving...
FinTech Australia CEO Will Step Down. Danielle Szetho, FinTech Australia’s first CEO, will leave her post after two years of lobbying successfully for changes in the country’s financial sector. Interim CEO is Sarah Worboys Worboys is a former chartered accountant who works actively with startup companies. In her more recent post, she...