digest | Global fin-tech investment is accelerating

The transformation of traditional banking + financial services.
January 1, 2020


— story —

Here is a recent table showing the tremendous increase world-wide in fin-tech investment.

Experts explain that this level of accelerated investment represents a major change in the way banking + financial services are: created, managed, and supported.

Traditional, incumbent companies feel the pressing urgency to keep-up with the fin-tech trends. Or they’ll be left behind as both business + retail customers move away from old-fashioned financial products — and into contemporary fin-tech services that are more affordable, inclusive, and portable.


on the web | reading

publication: the Street
deck: What is fin-tech?

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Fin-tech uses + examples in year 2020. Today: the phrase “fin-tech” refers to innovations in the financial + tech cross-over space — and typically refers to companies or services that use tech to provide financial services to businesses or consumers.


— table —

table topic: global fin-tech investments
from: Accenture
from: CB Insights


$    global investments — in fin-tech products + services
year 2010 $ 1.9 billion
year 2011 $ 2.5 billion
year 2012 $ 3.2 billion
year 2013 $ 4.8 billion
year 2014 $ 13.3 billion
year 2015 $ 21.2 billion
year 2016 $ 23.3 billion
year 2017 $ 27.4 billion

* CB Insights = historical name ChubbyBrain