Customers of PNC, the Pittsburgh bank, are getting front-row seats on a fight breaking out in the rivalry between the banking and financial-technology industries.
Given financial health’s broad reach and implications, fintech innovation that addresses financial insecurity is a game-changer for individuals, organizations, and beyond. How is fintech doing it? Here are a few key ways.
Read MoreWho’s Who in Insurtech — some of the companies that have had big raises and generated considerable buzz this year
Read MoreHere are five recent deals that caught our attention.
Read MoreWe saw some big deal-making this week. Here’s a roundup of a few.
Read MoreWe found Money20/20 to be abuzz with business and learnings. Here are a few takeaways.
Read MoreWhen the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) said last year that it would seek to offer a special-purpose charter so fintechs could get banking licenses more quickly, it caused a lot of hubbub in the industry.
Read MoreNFL-inspired learnings for your fintech playbook.
Read MorePrivate equity firm Thoma Bravo made another splashy — and large — tech investment this week when it announced it’s acquiring U.K. cybersecurity firm Sophos for $3.8 billion.
Read MoreAnyone who has worked in, around, or even on the periphery of financial services and financial technology has no doubt heard the word “silos” an almost-puke-inducing amount of times. But this time we’re talking about the vertical, cylindrical storehouses farmers use.
Read MoreThe third edition of Boston FinTech Week took place last week, and the event keeps getting bigger and better. The FR was on hand to witness some great panel discussions and see some of the latest and greatest innovative fintech companies show off their wares.
Read MoreTemenos beefs up U.S. presence by acquiring digital fintech leader Kony.
Read MoreA few years ago, financial services used the classic metaphor of David and Goliath to illustrate the industry’s growing disruption: fintech, painted as the agile underdog, versus the formidable and experienced incumbent. But over the past five years, the David and Goliath metaphor in reference to fintech innovation has become increasingly inaccurate.
Read MoreChallenger banks are all the rage these days. Countless news stories speak of how they are disrupting traditional banking. And they are raking in the dough from venture capitalists.
Read MoreIt was a mixed bag for fintech funding during Q2, according to the most recent CB Insights Global Fintech Report released this week. On the positive side, there were 25 mega-rounds (i.e., rounds of over $100 million), which helped drive global fintech investment.
Read MoreThe Financial Revolutionist is weekly newsletter and blog focused on the torrid pace of financial innovation. Today, thanks to the exponential rate of technological change, explosion in global trade and new regulations ushered in by the Great Financial Crisis, a new financial revolution is under way. In this battle, virtually every aspect of the greater financial services sector is subject to rigorous challenge. With the Financial Revolutionist, we are aspiring to create a boots-on-the-ground and highly opinionated assessment of important financial innovation developments in the past week.
