{"id":14863,"date":"2020-05-01T14:22:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=14863"},"modified":"2020-05-01T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T14:22:10","slug":"fintech-s-new-realities-in-a-covid-19-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintech-s-new-realities-in-a-covid-19-world\/","title":{"rendered":"FinTech\u2019s new realities in a COVID-19 world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In recent years, FinTech has been on a tear, recording record levels of funding and valuations. With so many competing in the market, it\u2019s little surprise that most FinTechs have prioritized growth and customer acquisition over profitability. But the COVID-19 pandemic has put an end to that.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funding has dried up, and FinTechs must now quickly shift their focus to balancing their books and managing their cash flows. For the FinTech space in general, this new landscape means that early-stage FinTechs will have a difficult time as they look to maintain profitability while still having to compete against better-capitalized and larger companies. Moreover, any sustained economic slowdown is likely to reduce consumer and business spending, meaning that FinTechs must compete for an increasingly smaller piece of the pie. While the full implications of how the COVID-19 pandemic will impact the FinTech industry, it is clear that the industry is entering into a new period of less-than-ideal conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-14863 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Cyber\u200b\u200bfraudster activity spikes amid COVID-19 crisis'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/cyber-fraudster-activity-spikes-amid-covid-19-crisis\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/1ffd709a-d89d-4af7-964e-6ad743dc19fe-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14785\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14785'>\n\t\t\t\tCyber\u200b\u200bfraudster activity spikes amid COVID-19 crisis\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='FinTech in a post COVID-19 world'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintech-in-a-post-covid-19-world\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cover1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14741\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14741'>\n\t\t\t\tFinTech in a post COVID-19 world\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='FinTech\u2019s strange relationship with COVID-19'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/fintech-s-strange-relationship-with-covid-19\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/dbce19a6-cc68-4ebd-a56f-14a832c39460-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14869\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14869'>\n\t\t\t\tFinTech\u2019s strange relationship with COVID-19\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In recent years, FinTech has been on a tear, recording record levels of funding and valuations. With so many competing in the market, it\u2019s little surprise that most FinTechs have prioritized growth and customer acquisition over profitability. But the COVID-19 pandemic has put an end to that.&nbsp; Funding has dried up, and FinTechs must now &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":14864,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[496,477],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863"}],"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\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14865,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14863\/revisions\/14865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}