{"id":12137,"date":"2019-01-29T05:53:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=12137"},"modified":"2019-01-29T05:53:02","modified_gmt":"2019-01-29T05:53:02","slug":"2019-looks-for-be-yet-another-lights-out-year-for-fintechs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/2019-looks-for-be-yet-another-lights-out-year-for-fintechs\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 looks for be yet another lights-out year for FinTechs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2018 was a strong year for FinTechs, with the market cap of the Matrix FinTech Index growing 50 percentage points and far outpacing incumbent financial service giants and the S&amp;P 500. Looking ahead to 2019, FinTechs should continue to steal the show by creating innovative tech-enabled products, providing access to underserved demographics and putting consumers first. Specifically, FinTech in 2019 is expected to:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>deliver 200% returns over the previous three years on the Matrix FinTech Index, outperforming incumbents and the S&amp;P 500 by at least 150 percentage points;<\/li>\n<li>exceed a total aggregate value of USD 10 billion in terms of liquidity for the first time ever;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>grow the number of FinTech unicorns to nearly 30, crossing the USD 90 billion figure in terms of total aggregate value.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Digital transformation is here to stay, and FinTech will be a strong driver of financial industry innovations for years to come.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Screen-Shot-2018-12-30-at-9.11.13-PM.png\"><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/4.-Brink-List.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-12137 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Data\u2019s role in digital transformation after COVID-19'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/data-s-role-in-digital-transformation-after-covid-19\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/d9713a92-1cac-4dd3-8d48-c4fea7cb03dc1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15112\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15112'>\n\t\t\t\tData\u2019s role in digital transformation after COVID-19\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='FinTech for the financially excluded'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintech-for-the-financially-excluded\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fintech-for-the-financially-excluded-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-10939\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-10939'>\n\t\t\t\tFinTech for the financially excluded\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Encouraging Georgian SMEs via access to transparent online loans'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/encouraging-georgian-smes-via-access-to-transparent-online-loans\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/skinny-business-man-with-fat-debt-burden-paunch_3446-517-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9866\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/skinny-business-man-with-fat-debt-burden-paunch_3446-517-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/skinny-business-man-with-fat-debt-burden-paunch_3446-517-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/skinny-business-man-with-fat-debt-burden-paunch_3446-517.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-9866'>\n\t\t\t\tEncouraging Georgian SMEs via access to transparent online loans\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2018 was a strong year for FinTechs, with the market cap of the Matrix FinTech Index growing 50 percentage points and far outpacing incumbent financial service giants and the S&amp;P 500. Looking ahead to 2019, FinTechs should continue to steal the show by creating innovative tech-enabled products, providing access to underserved demographics and putting consumers &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12192,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[49,335],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12138,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12137\/revisions\/12138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}