Digital Banking: New Avatar – Banks Watch Out for Banks
A storm is brewing in global retail banking. In the post-Global Financial Crisis era, financial technology (fintech) businesses have encroached not just upon the periphery of finance
(such as payments), they have assumed a place in core banking activities like lending and wealth management. Fintech investments more than doubled in 2015 and there are 19
fintech unicorns (companies valued at US$1 billion or more) globally that are in a position to challenge banks.