Fintech Rising 2018
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2018: Toward a Golden Age in U.S. Markets Order Now! Multiuser PDF http://bit.ly/GETFTR2018 Amazon Kindle http://bit.ly/FTR2018-Amazon FINTECH RISING 2018 ......................................................1 PAYMENTS POSSIBILITIES ........................................... 18 Capital Markets ................................................................................1 The Rise of Customer- Payments ..........................................................................................1 Focused Payments Schemes.................................................. 19 Lending..............................................................................................1 Broadening Bank Services...................................................... 19 Wealth-Personal Financial Management........................................1 Locally Focused International Payments .............................. 19 Regulation ........................................................................................ 2 B2B Payments .........................................................................20 Banking ............................................................................................ 2 Simplifying Cross-Border Payments .....................................20 FinTech Marketing and Sales ......................................................... 2 Faster Payments Power ................................................................ 21 The Year in FinTech: 2018 Predictions .......................................... 2 The Payments Elephant..........................................................22 Toward A Golden Age of FinTech.................................... 3 Payments for Pot.....................................................................23 A Different Breed of Entrepreneur................................................. 4 Cannabis Banking Difficulties.......................................................23 Focus on Customers, Not Products .............................................. 4 A Cannabis Payment Clearinghouse............................................24 How FinTech Delivers Value ........................................................... 4 The Trouble with Mobile Payments in the United States ...25 Data and Analytics Drive FinTech ............................................5 Transit PaymentsCopy ..........................................................................25 Apple Pay........................................................................................26 CAPITAL MARKETS .......................................................... 8 P2P Payments................................................................................27 The Chip .........................................................................................28 Crypto Goes Institutional? ...................................................... 8 The Present Future of Tokenized Fundraising.............................. 9 In-App Payments ...........................................................................29 The Requirements for Going Institutional ..................................... 9 FinTech Profiles: Payments Firms.........................................30 A Monetary Irony........................................................................... 10 Braintree...................................................................................30 Currencycloud ......................................................................... 31 Blockchain, Baby!..................................................................... 11 Dwolla ....................................................................................... 31 Crypto Currents: A Short Introduction.........................................12 LevelUp..................................................................................... 31 FinTech Profiles: Capital Markets..........................................15 Pangea...................................................................................... 31 Bloq ...........................................................................................15 PayPal.......................................................................................32 Chain .........................................................................................16 Square ......................................................................................32 Circle .........................................................................................16 Stripe ........................................................................................32 Coinbase ...................................................................................16 Token........................................................................................33 IEX Group..................................................................................16 TransferWise............................................................................33 Ripple ........................................................................................17 Venmo ......................................................................................33 Xignite .......................................................................................17REVIEWXoom ........................................................................................33 LENDING .......................................................................... 35 FinTech Firms: Wealth/Personal Financial Management............................................................50 The Digital Future Acorns ......................................................................................50 of Small-Business Lending .................................................... 35 Aspiration ................................................................................. 51 How Online Lending Partnerships Work...................................... 36 Betterment............................................................................... 51 Monetize Declines ......................................................................... 37 Credit Karma............................................................................ 51 Partner on Lending........................................................................ 37 Geezeo...................................................................................... 51 License Technology ...................................................................... 37 Gradifi .......................................................................................52 Mint...........................................................................................52 How Intrust Bank Collaborates Moneythink ..............................................................................52 with Funding Circle ................................................................. 38 NerdWallet ...............................................................................53 Filling Credit Gaps ......................................................................... 39 Nutmeg.....................................................................................53 Inefficient Lending Processes ...................................................... 39 Qapital ......................................................................................53 Technology Collaboration.............................................................40 Quovo .......................................................................................53 SoFi ...........................................................................................54 The Mortgage Blockchain ......................................................40 WealthfrontCopy ..............................................................................54 FinTech Profiles: Lending Firms............................................ 42 Affirm........................................................................................ 42 REGULATION ...................................................................55 Avant ........................................................................................ 43 Enova........................................................................................ 43 Slouching toward Kabbage ................................................................................... 43 Regulated Cryptoassets .........................................................56 LendingClub............................................................................. 44 Regulatory Roulette.......................................................................56 LendUp..................................................................................... 44 Regulated Tokens and the JOBS Act ...........................................57 OnDeck..................................................................................... 44 Regulation Creates FinTech Opportunities .................................58 Prosper..................................................................................... 45 Central-Bank Digital Currencies: SoFi........................................................................................... 45 Not Quite Ready for Prime Time but Rehearsing ................59 Crypto Just Isn’t Money ................................................................59 WEALTH/PERSONAL But Central Bank Crypto May Be Useful..................................... 60 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ...........................................46 Equifax,