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FinTech’s approach to Payments

Payments Advances in the way we carry out payments represents the birthplace of FinTech. From the first credit card transactions carried out by Diners in the 1950’s there has been progression in the way we make payments. This means that the landscape for payments is a varied mix of new and old as well as large incumbents and tiny startups. It is also a hotbed of acquisitions and mergers. New approaches to payments are wide spread and have been the focus of banks and credit card companies for a long time. We have come a long way from the carbon copy credit card ‘machines’ some might remember from the early […]

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BestExchangeRates

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DomaCom

Fractional Property Investing

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CoinJar

The simplest way to buy & sell cryptocurrency.

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Envestnet | Yodlee

Financial Innovation and Insights

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OnDeck Australia

The small business loan specialist

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Nimble

Making finance faster.

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About FinTech

About FinTech The global events that occurred in the mid 2000's provided the perfect storm for this emerging industry. The GFC meant that experienced people lost their jobs, there was declining costs involved for startups and an increasing number of new graduates with no industries to enter, meant the talent that usually advanced the banks' dominance were encouraged to build their own businesses. The enormous success of early entrants such as PayPal and Square has had a profound effect on the industry with smart people the world over making products that focus on the user not the “middleman” (bank/incumbent). As more and more people are discovering FinTech they are realising […]
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