10 Best Fintech Companies and Stocks in 2021
In this article we are going to discuss the top 10 best fintech companies and stocks in 2021. You can skip our detailed analysis of the trends in the fintech space and jump to the Top 5 Fintech Companies and Stocks in 2021.
IBM drives innovation with new Cloud for Financial Services
“With a focus on data security delivered with IBM’s confidential computing and sophisticated encryption capabilities, we aim to reduce risk in the supply chain for banks, insurers and other financial services industry players, and at the same time accelerating the time by which they can drive and consume innovation,” explained Howard Boville, Head of IBM Hybrid Cloud Platform.
Usability is the secret to success in FinTech developments
The UK FinTech sector received a record investment of £3 billion in 2020, making the UK the second largest FinTech market globally, following the US.
The UK’s Fintech Strategic Review Series
The UK fintech sector’s eagerly awaited Fintech Strategic Review, also known as the Kalifa Review, was recently released and its recommendations – taken together – certainly cannot be criticised for a lack of ambition. Ron Kalifa OBE was asked to conduct the independent review to identify priority areas to support growth and widespread adoption of UK fintech and to help maintain the UK’s global fintech reputation.
Bank of Japan joins the central bank digital currency bandwagon
Joining multiple other Asian countries, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) on Monday kickstarted its central bank digital currency (CBDC) trials, with an aim to explore the technical feasibility of a digital yen in its first phase Proof of Concept (PoC) which will last for a year to March 2022. Although it is undecided if the central bank wants to proceed with a CBDC, Asian countries are so far leading in terms of developing and experimenting with forms of national digital currencies.
These are the coolest neobanks and fintech startups from across the pond
Simple is shutting down, and there aren’t really any great alternatives out there in the US. But what about the other side of the pond? Europe is a hub for financial technology (fintech) startups and some of the innovative new banks are looking to expand their business to the US (some already have).
5 trends and opportunities for the FinTech industry to watch out for in 2021
FinTech is a portmanteau of the terms “finance” and “technology” and refers to any business that uses technology to enhance or automate financial services and processes.
The future of fintech: Forging ahead with digital transformation
As we all begin to look beyond the COVID-19 pandemic and towards what we hope will be a full economic recovery, the Banking and Financial Services (BFS) sector in the UK and Ireland has reason to be cautiously optimistic about its immediate future.
Fintech Innovation Done Right: Be A Creator
Fintech is becoming a powerful force. Last year $2 billion went into the industry. Some have proclaimed fintech is everything and everywhere.
When The Revolution Comes, It Will Be Decentralized
When we are thinking about where the trajectories of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, “smart” “contracts” and decentralised finance (or “defi”) will lead to, it can be helpful to find historical analogies. These can provide a shared narrative both to facilitate communications between stakeholders and to provide foundations for strategic planning.
The Five Best Fintech Books To Get You Started
Fintech is exploding by any metric: funding, customer counts, revenues, corporate acquisitions…
The number of people working in fintech has also grown prodigiously over the last few years. As people migrate from other sectors into fintech for the first time, I frequently get asked the same question: what can I read to learn about the space?
Fintechs could see $100 billion of liquidity in 2021
Three years ago, we released the first edition of the Matrix Fintech Index. We believed then, as we do now, that fintech represents one of the most exciting major innovation cycles of this decade. In 2020, all the long-term trends forcing change in this sector continued and even accelerated.
The 5 Hottest Technologies In Banking For 2021
In the movie All The President’s Men, Woodward and Bernstein meet their informant in a parking garage who tells them: “Follow the money.”
If you want to know which technologies are hot in banking, you should do the same. The truly “hot” technologies in banking are the ones that financial institutions invest in—not necessarily the ones the pundits talk about.
Forbes Fintech Awards 2020: Jack Dorsey Gives Banks A Wake-Up Call
This past year was a whirlwind for fintech. The pandemic hit many businesses like a hurricane, with lenders suffering the most damage. But as government stimulus checks hit bank accounts and consumers began buying everything online, some of the most popular personal finance apps and payments companies thrived. Digital banking startup Chime tripled its valuation in six months, reaching $14.5 billion in September.
Wirecard Prompts Call To Action For Global Regulators In 2021
Wirecard’s stunning collapse exposed a litany of failures: by auditors and accountants who took the company’s statements at face value; by scores of journalists who weren’t willing to dig deeper; and by a swathe of investors who helped inflate the company’s valuation without scrutinizing its financials.