9 Best Articles in 2020
Harvard Business Review
The Blockchain Will Do to Banks and Law Firms What the Internet Did to Media
Harvard Business Review
6 min read · 275 saves · From 2017 · What we can learn from the evolution of another groundbreaking technology.
Forbes
What’s New In Gartner’s Hype Cycle For Emerging Technologies, 2020
Forbes
5 min read · 226 saves · Aug 23rd · Gartner continues to expand its coverage of AI’s potential in this year’s Hype Cycle, with several categories added this year, including Composite AI, Generative AI, Responsible AI, AI-augmented…
a16z
Every Company Will Be a Fintech Company
a16z
~12 min read · 215 saves · Jan 21st · Fintech startups are providing complex banking infrastructure "as a service." That means every company can now benefit from financial services.
McKinsey & Company
Blockchain beyond the hype: What is the strategic business value?
McKinsey & Company
20+ min read · 207 saves · From 2018 · Companies can determine whether they should invest in the blockchain market by focusing on specific use cases and their position.
CoinDesk
PayPal, Venmo to Roll Out Crypto Buying and Selling: Sources
CoinDesk
2 min read · 205 saves · Jun 22nd · Ian Allison · Fintech giant PayPal plans to roll out direct sales of cryptocurrency to its 325 million users, according to three people familiar with the matter.
McKinsey & Company
AI-bank of the future: Can banks meet the AI challenge?
McKinsey & Company
202 saves · Sep 21st · AI in banking may be the next big differentiator. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization.
Forbes
Bitcoin’s Guardian Angel: Inside Coinbase Billionaire Brian Armstrong’s Plan To Make Crypto Safe For All
Forbes
9 min read · 174 saves · Feb 19th · Coinbase serves as an exchange for investors and traders of digital currencies?such as bitcoin. The firm provides users with the tools to conduct cryptocurrency transactions, but for co-founder Brian Armstrong, that is just the beginning of a greater aspiration to upend the global financial system. In this informative article, journalists Michael del Castillo and William Baldwin take a deep dive into Armstrong’s mind-set and ambitions for Coinbase. Financial professionals and blockchain enthusiasts will glean some important insights about this fintech’s disruptive plans.
Harvard Business Review
AI Should Change What You Do — Not Just How You Do It
Harvard Business Review
6 min read · 163 saves · Sep 21st · Mike Walsh · What’s possible now that wasn’t before?
HackerNoon
Mastering Shitcoins: The Poor Man’s Guide to Getting Crypto Rich
HackerNoon
~14 min read · 156 saves · From 2017 · So you missed out on the crypto boom?
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6 min read · 131 saves · Dec 11th · Sifted journalists' favourite startup and tech-related newsletters — from fintech to food to funding round analysis.
Forbes
Top 5 Banking And Fintech Trends For 2021
Forbes
7 min read · 87 saves · Dec 7th · The top 5 trends in banking and fintech for 2021 aren't about AI or digital transformation. They're about the battle for the value chain.
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The global boom in digital banks: What the data tells us
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5 min read · 75 saves · Dec 21st · Banks, banks, and even more banks
CB Insights
Unbundling Bank Of America: How The Traditional Bank Is Being Disrupted
CB Insights
5 min read · 50 saves · Dec 10th · From mortgages to robo-advisors to trading software, here’s how fintech companies are unbundling Bank of America’s front office.
medium.com
Three predictions for FinTech Infrastructure in 2021
medium.com
7 min read · 44 saves · Dec 18th · Natalie Luu · Lightspeed’s predictions for the future of payments and financial technology infrastructure
a16z
The Big Ideas Fintech Will Tackle in 2021
a16z
6 min read · 43 saves · Dec 18th · Democratizing investing, embracing social+, embedding insurance, revamping distribution, empowering community, and disintermediating the banking system.
TechCrunch
Making sense of Klarna
TechCrunch
~11 min read · 34 saves · Dec 8th · Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the co-founder and CEO of Klarna — the Swedish fintech “buy now, pay later” sensation that is currently Europe’s most valuable private tech company — is dismissive of the…
AltFi
Our favourite fintech apps of 2020
AltFi
3 min read · 33 saves · Dec 16th · Team AltFi may have spent most of 2020 in lockdown... but we also downloaded quite a few apps.
Stripe
Stripe’s payments APIs: the first ten years
Stripe
20+ min read · 32 saves · Dec 15th · Abstracting away the complexity of payments has driven the evolution of our APIs over the last decade. This post provides the context, inflection points, and conceptual frameworks behind our API…
on.china.cn
China's fintech innovation thrives in unusual year
on.china.cn
3 min read · 24 saves · Dec 14th · Photo taken on Sept. 24, 2020 shows a view in the innovation exhibition zone of the INCLUSION Fintech Conference held in Shanghai, east China. [Photo/Xinhua]The long queues at automatic teller…
