Low-Code Platforms: What’s the Big Deal?
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Low-code platforms allow businesses to building powerful digital applications without complicated coding methods.
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Fintech News Stories
The Data Wars Show No Sign of Slowing Down
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There’s been a long-standing battle between banks (or other financial institutions) and third parties over the sharing of customer data. This scenario is playing out again exactly as you’d expect.
Read MoreThe Rapid Rise of Klarna
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Swedish fintech Klarna has had quite a 2019. Now it aims to expand to Australia and other markets in 2020, in large part spurred by its success in the U.S.
Read MoreInsurers Leave Coal-Based Investments Behind
/Global insurers exit $8.9 trillion coal-based investments
Coal exit policies were announced by 18 of the world’s biggest insurers controlling more than 46% of the reinsurance market and in excess of 9.5% of the primary insurance market.
Venmo Glitch Illustrates Conflict Between Banks, Fintech
/Venmo Glitch Opens Window on War Between Banks, Fintech Firms
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.
Real Estate Tech Deals of Note
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We took note of several funding rounds in the real estate space recently.
Read MoreTis’ the Season (to Save): How Fintech is Changing Financial Health
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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 MoreGodspeed, Paul Volcker
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As our ongoing “200 Financial Revolutionists” series honors leading financial innovators during the coming months, we also lost a leading light of finance and economics this week. Former Fed chairman Paul Volcker passed away at age 92.
Read MoreBig Tech and Big Government
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Can big tech help modernize the U.S. Department of Defense? That’s what Amazon supremo Jeff Bezos hopes.
Read MoreWill 2020 Be the Year of Connected Cars?
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A non-profit is aiming to turn cars into rolling wallets that are able to autonomously make and receive payments in a virtual currency. Drivers would earn small sums for sharing data, and they’d be debited for infrastructure use and contribution to pollution.
Read More200 Revolutionists in Fintech
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Who’s Who in Insurtech — some of the companies that have had big raises and generated considerable buzz this year
Read MoreAre Stock Indices Reliant on Too Few?
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The Wall Street Journal took an interesting look at whether stock markets are too reliant on a small number of companies, specifically Apple and Microsoft.
Read MoreDan Houlihan on Asset Owners’ In-Housing Investment Decisions
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The Head of Asset Servicing, Americas at Northern Trust discusses the trend toward bringing investment decisions in-house. The reasons relate to fees, controls, efficiencies, and investment performance. Funny, isn’t it, since those sound much like the rationale for outsourcing?
Read MoreBlockchain and International Intrigue
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We thought this was a very interesting and somewhat under-the-radar story from the holiday weekend. An employee of the crypto firm Ethereum Corporate was arrested after returning from a blockchain conference in North Korea.
Read MoreData Portability . . . for Selfies and Photos of Your Dog
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We’ve already seen laws enacted to give people more control over their financial data and how it can be shared between entities. Now Facebook has announced a “regulator-friendly” feature wherein users can transfer data to other platforms.
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