Equiteq reviewed M&A and investment trends in the increasingly disrupted financial technologies and services industry.
A broad range of technological innovations have transformed the financial services industry in the last five years. Alternative lending platforms, cryptocurrencies, robo-advisers and AI technology as well as other solutions have changed the landscape of the market. According to PwC’s Financial Services Technology 2020 and Beyond, 81% of banking CEOs are concerned about the speed of technological change. Traditional financial services players view the rise of fintech and challenger banks as a threat to their market share.
Expansion of Financial Technology and Services
From banking to payments, fintech has managed to dramatically transform the financial services industry. Customer empowerment initiatives continue to be an overarching theme in the market giving customers access to previously restricted assets and services, while emerging innovations have allowed financial institutions to access new data sets. The urge for companies to implement new fintech technologies has spread globally – adoption in 2019 grew almost four times more than in 2015, according to EY’s Global FinTech Adoption Index 2019.
Through the innovation of financial technology and services, Equiteq has acknowledged the following outcomes:
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