The Fintech Book – The Financial Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries

SUSANNE CHISHTI is the Founder and CEO of FINTECH Circle and the FINTECH Circle Institute, the leading peer-to-peer learning platform providing in-person and online courses across fintech enterprise innovation, wealthtech, insurtech, artificial intelligence and blockchain applications in finance, crypto-currencies and startup methodologies. As Co-Editor of the global Bestseller The FINTECH Book, she has been selected as a "City Innovator - Inspirational Woman" in 2016 after working for 14 years across Deutsche Bank, Lloyds Banking Group, Morgan Stanley Investment Management and Accenture in London and Hong Kong. JANOS BARBERIS is a Millennial in FinTech, recognised as a top-35 global FinTech leader. He founded FinTech HK, a thought leadership platform, and the SuperCharger - a FinTech Accelerator that strategically leverages on Hong Kong as a gateway to Asia. In parallel, he sits on the advisory board of the World Economic Forum's FinTech Committee and is a PhD Candidate at Hong Kong University Law School.

Preface Acknowledgments About the Editors 1. Introduction Banking and the E-Book Moment Why We re so Excited about FinTech Current Trends in Financial Technology 2. FinTech Themes Banks Need to Think Collaboration Rather than Competition Global Compliance is Key Lending (Capital) in the Twenty-First Century The Next Big Innovation in FinTch Identity Tech Giants Becoming Non-Bank Banks Design is no Longer an Option User Experience (UX) in FinTech 3. FinTech Hubs Nurturing New FinTech Communities La (French) FinTech Connection The Journey towards an Integrated FinTech Ecosystem - The Netherlands Luxembourg, a Future FinTech Hub? Vienna as the No. 1 FinTech Hub in Mobile Payments? India s FinTech Ecosystem Singapore, the FinTech Hub for South East Asia 4. Emerging Markets and Social Impact FinTech - The Not So Little Engine That Can Why Am I Not Gonna Be Able to Enter a Bank? The Rise of the Rest in FinTech Smartphones, FinTech, and Education Helping the Unbanked Reach Financial Inclusion The Social Impact of FinTech in Nigeria India and the Pyramid of Opportunity 5. FinTech Solutions Rewiring the Deal The Path Forward for B2B Supply Chains Payments and Point of Sales (POS) Innovation Predictive Algorithms Building Innovative Online Banking Solutions Big Data is the Cornerstone of Regulatory Compliance Systems FinTech Solutions in Complex Contracts Optimization Behavioural Biometrics a New Era of Security Ultra-Fast Text Analytics in Trading Strategies Regulated Crowdfunding Ecosystems Remittances International FX Payments at Low Cost FinTech Solutions for Small Businesses Payment Solutions Including Apple Pay FinTech Solutions Benefiting other Sectors FinTech Innovation for Wearables 6. Capital and Investment Investment and Capital Back to Basics Angel Investing Access to Smart Money to Fund the Best FinTech Companies Crowdfunding and Marketplace (P2P) Lending Online Capital Marketplaces as New Asset Classes to Access Funding The Digital Investment Space Spanning from Social Trading to Digital Private Banking a FinTech Sector Made for Disruption? Leading the Way with an Investor-led Approach to Crowdfunding My Robo Advisor was an iPod Applying the Lessons from Other Sectors to FinTech Disruption Crowdsourced Alpha To Crowdsource a Hedge Fund Providing Capital and Beyond 7. Enterprise Innovation Can Banks Innovate? So, You Think the Innovation Lab is the Answer? FinTechs and Banks Collaboration is Key Partnerships are the Key to Addressing Financial and Digital Exclusion Corporate Venture Capital The New Power Broker in the FinTech Innovation Ecosystem The Insurance Opportunity 8. More Success Stories eToro Building the World s Largest Social Investment Network Avoka An Overnight Success, 13 years in the Making Bankable Banking as a Service The Next Chapter in Citi s Story of Innovation FinTech Trends from the Frontline Building Collaborative Opportunities for Start-ups, Market Infrastructures, and Wholesale Banks 9. Crypto-currencies and Blockchains FinTech + Digital Currency Convergence or Collision Blockchain and Crypto-currencies 10. The Future of FinTech How Emerging Technologies Will Change Financial Services The Future of Financial Services Banking on Innovation through Data Why FinTech Banks Will Rule the World The FinTech Supermarket The Bank is Dead, Long Live the Bank! Banks Partnering with FinTech Start-ups to create an Integrated Customer Experience The Rise of BankTech The Beauty of a Hybrid Model for Banks FinTech Impact on Retail Banking From a Universal Banking Model to Banking Verticalization Embracing the Connected Economy Banking Like Water Eliminating Friction in Customers Financial Lives FinTech is the Future Itself A Future Without Money Ethics in FinTech? List of Contributors