From Alex Lazarow: This year’s Money20/20 just wrapped up. It had the feeling of waiting—waiting to see what the public markets might bring in terms of stock recovery or new IPOs, waiting to see whether any of the historically transformative technologies would actually pan out (think crypto), waiting to see whether mainstream venture capital would return.
Read MoreIn a piece for The Financial Revolutionist, Social Leverage’s Matt Ober asks: Will we ever see a new entrant that can disrupt the powerhouse index providers?
Read MoreIn an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, Katelyn McCarthy, VP of Payments Strategy and Business Development at Discover Global Network, discusses key insights from Discover's recent report on fintech, and shares how this information guides Discover's core decision-making around product and growth.
Read MoreLeaders from bolttech, Embroker, and Unqork on successful operational strategies for insurtechs in 2023.
Read MoreFrom Alex Lazarow: In 2020, I was convinced that the gospel of Silicon Valley—for startups to grow at any cost—was incompatible with the reality of the rest of the world. At the time, this flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Today, it has become best practice.
Read MoreTo David Embry, CEO of Mylo, high-volume lower-premium transactions face a significant gap in attention from insurtechs and distributors.
Read MoreAccording to Elad Tsur, Co-Founder & CEO of Planck, the startup sees serious potential in—and clear successes from—deploying generative AI in insurance and insurtech.
Read MoreTo Jennifer Lee, Partner at Edison Partners, the firm’s investment in fintech is central to its efforts to modernize core parts of the economy.
Read MoreS&P = Markit + IHS. Does someone make a move to compete? S&P is a data & information services powerhouse and has no competition.
Read MoreTo Sunil Sachdev, Head of Embedded Finance at Fiserv, the company’s new points-focused product is a timely response to current macroeconomic conditions.
Read MoreTo David Scola, US CEO of Form3, the company’s operational and revenue models can help US-based players modernize their tech stacks to accommodate instant payments.
Read MoreFrom concerns over fraud to questions about CBDCs, a dynamic set of regulations will shape how peer-to-peer payments scale over the long term.
Read MoreThe introduction of FedNow and Real Time Payments is an opportunity for new players to shake up the space, and a challenge for incumbents to grow their user base.
Read MoreThrough the introduction of new technologies, asset classes, and legal frameworks, P2P payments has seen product features and use cases evolve significantly over time.
Read MoreWealth management has stuck to a fairly traditional operational strategy since its genesis—emphasizing high-touch relationships, trust, and superlative service.
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.
