Analysis
Explore in-depth fintech analysis covering industry trends, technological shifts, market developments, and company strategies. Fintech Review delivers thoughtful commentary on the ideas, forces, and innovations shaping the future of financial services.
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Cybersecurity: Should Fintechs Care?
As the fintech industry matures, it starts to worry about the same things as the big old banks. The focus …
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Kodak Moment in Financial Services
Business leaders want to avoid their Kodak moment. That is true for the executive teams of traditional financial institutions. Actually, …
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Back to Basics: What is a Bank?
Maybe that sounds like a silly question to ask. You know what a bank is, you use their products and …
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What’s Going On With Fintech Startup Exits?
All the SPAC activity around fintechs is kind of normal. If you have not followed this new craze, here is …
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ESG and Fintech: A Perfect Match Made in Heaven?
It’s not just Greta. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) criteria are increasingly important in the business world. ESG is therefore …
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Big Tech in Financial Services
Beware, Big Tech is here to eat your lunch. That is today’s equivalent for the financial services industry of the …
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Hedge Funds, Reddit and GameStop: is Fintech Democratizing Finance?
Quite a fascinating story that unfolded over the past weeks. A finance drama from films like the Big Short. David …
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Why Banks Cannot Buy Their Way Into Innovation
Recent news that BBVA is shutting down neobank Simple, that it had acquired for $117 million a few years …
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What is Going on With Bitcoin?
What is Bitcoin? Obviously joking here. If you are not familiar with the most popular cryptocurrency, you must be …
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5 Top Trends for Fintech in 2021
It is this time of the year. No, not the Mariah Carey’s “All I want For Christmas Is You” time …
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2020 Retrospective
At the beginning of last year, everybody made a few predictions for what 2020 would mean for the fintech industry. …
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Private Banking Market: Can Neobanks Crack It?
Is the private banking and wealth management market up for disruption? When the fintech industry first emerged, startups attacked …
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Are Fintechs Better at Lending than Banks?
Banks have been lending money to people and businesses for a long, long time. A lot of the incumbent banks …
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What Can You Do With AI in Financial Services?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is probably the biggest buzzword in the business and finance world. Yes, even more than blockchain. …
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Can Fintech Help With Financial Inclusion?
One of the biggest premise of fintech, perhaps somehow implied, is that it would change banking for the better. …
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Partnerships Between Banks and Fintechs: Good Idea?
When fintech first really emerged as an industry 15 years ago, it was all about how it would replace banking …
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Is Covid-19 killing Cash?
Everybody has heard the motto “Cash is King” right? But is it really? Or is it slowly dying …
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Are Low Interest Rates Good for Banks and Fintechs?
As the fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic takes its toll on economies around the world, central banks are cutting their …
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Fintech Funding Reaches New Records
It seems that when it comes to funding for fintech startups, sky is the limit… Investors splash the cash on …
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What it’s Like to Work in Fintech Today
Now that you know what Fintech is (and if not, have a quick read), we can have a look at …
