Issue #294 - Top 5 Banking And Fintech Trends For 2021

Fintech News Issue #294

2020-12-10

Top 5 Banking And Fintech Trends For 2021
Top 5 Banking And Fintech Trends For 2021
via Forbes

I’ve never been a big fan of “Year of the [fill-in-the-blank]” proclamations. Google the term “year of the customer” and you’ll find that every year for the past 15 years has been heralded as the year of the customer.

China regulator puts country’s fintech giants on notice hinting at more rules
China regulator puts country’s fintech giants on notice hinting at more rules
via CNBC

China’s top banking regulator questioned the power of the country’s large financial technology companies in areas from data privacy to market dominance.

Pandemic brings surge in business for Middle East’s fintechs
Pandemic brings surge in business for Middle East’s fintechs
via The Financial Times

Some of the world’s strictest lockdowns and restrictions were imposed across the Gulf states to combat coronavirus. They caused havoc across oil-reliant economies already hit by low crude prices.

DBS Bank’s Digital Exchange to Begin Trading Crypto ‘Next Week’
DBS Bank’s Digital Exchange to Begin Trading Crypto ‘Next Week’
via Coindesk

The DBS Digital Exchange is 10% owned by Singapore’s SGX stock exchange. It will also provide tokenization of securities and other assets, as well as bank-grade custody for digital assets.

 PPP left many small businesses behind. Next stimulus cannot do the same.
PPP left many small businesses behind. Next stimulus cannot do the same.
via American Banker

As legislators debate another coronavirus relief package, they must include three components: one stimulus directed toward small businesses, another for individuals and a third that makes bank regulation part of the solution, rather than part of the problem.

Fintech, regtech and the role of compliance 2021
Fintech, regtech and the role of compliance 2021
via Reuters

The year 2020 has been a year of digital transformation and acceleration to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UBS CEO Ralph Hamers' Fintech Trends for 2021
UBS CEO Ralph Hamers' Fintech Trends for 2021
via Finews

The Singapore Fintech Festival is currently discussing the hot new trends for the fintech business in 2021. UBS Chief Executive stayed in Switzerland, but he can be trusted to know where things are heading.

Brits still wary of trusting neobanks
Brits still wary of trusting neobanks
via Finextra

Despite racking up millions of customers in recent years, digital challenger banks are still facing a lack of trust among Brits, most of whom do not even have faith that these new lenders will exist in a years' time, two new reports suggest.

Fintech firm Revolut takes aim at Stripe with payment software for businesses
Fintech firm Revolut takes aim at Stripe with payment software for businesses
via CNBC

Revolut’s new acquiring solution lets firms install plug-in checkout software or build their own custom features to take card payments online.

Solactive, a German fintech, takes a $60.4M growth investment from Summit Partners
Solactive, a German fintech, takes a $60.4M growth investment from Summit Partners
via Tech Crunch

German fintech Solactive, a technology-enabled provider of indices and index solutions to the global financial services industry, has taken a $60.4m / €50 million minority investment from growth investor Summit Partners.

Everything Changed In 2020. Will Fintech Ever Be The Same?
Everything Changed In 2020. Will Fintech Ever Be The Same?
via Forbes

2020 is the year consumers, merchants, financial institutions and businesses alike learned to quickly adapt to new behaviors, procedures and mandates in response to COVID-19.

a16z Podcast: The ‘Holy Grail’ of Social + Fintech
a16z Podcast: The ‘Holy Grail’ of Social + Fintech
via Andrehen Horowitz

The intersection of social and finance—as well as shifting attitudes around what we share about money online—have given way to an ambitious new wave of financial products.

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