{"id":16247,"date":"2021-09-05T10:46:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-05T10:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/?p=16247"},"modified":"2021-09-17T10:47:42","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T10:47:42","slug":"the-pulse-of-fintech-in-the-first-half-of-2021-a-new-kpmg-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-pulse-of-fintech-in-the-first-half-of-2021-a-new-kpmg-report\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pulse of FinTech in the First Half of 2021: A New KPMG Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KPMG has released their <em>Pulse of FinTech H1\u201921<\/em> report, detailing the incredibly strong start for the global FinTech market in 2021. Moreover, this strong performance isn\u2019t just dominated by one sector. We\u2019ve seen robust investment and growing deal sizes in a wide variety of FinTech subsectors \u2013 from WealthTech and RegTech to crypto and cybersecurity. Here are some key trends we\u2019ve seen this year:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Growing recognition that consumers\u2019 digital behaviors that accelerated due to the pandemic are here to stay<\/li>\n<li>Growing interest in SPAC mergers<\/li>\n<li>Increasing interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain solutions<\/li>\n<li>Embracing of mergers and acquisition (on the part of corporates) as a way to obtain capacities, broaden consumer offerings and continue to grow<\/li>\n<li>Growing use of platform-based and super-app models<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In short, the pandemic has truly pushed the FinTech space into place unimaginable just a few years ago. While this is, overall, a good thing, it is important to keep moving forward and not rest on the laurels of past (and current) success.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.kpmg\/content\/dam\/kpmg\/xx\/pdf\/2021\/08\/pulse-of-fintech-h1.pdf\">full KPMG report<\/a> for more detailed information!<\/p>\n<div class=\"rpbt_shortcode\">\n\n<div id='rpbt-related-gallery-1' class='gallery related-gallery related-galleryid-16247 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Asian financial market benefits greatly from IoT'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/asian-financial-market-benefits-greatly-from-iot\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/asian-financial-market-benefits-greatly-from-iot-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-11858\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-11858'>\n\t\t\t\tAsian financial market benefits greatly from IoT\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='The potential of biometrics in finance'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/the-potential-of-biometrics-in-finance\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/circuit-board-in-finger-shape_35913-276-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-9548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/circuit-board-in-finger-shape_35913-276-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/circuit-board-in-finger-shape_35913-276-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/circuit-board-in-finger-shape_35913-276.jpg 626w\" sizes=\"auto, (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-1-9548'>\n\t\t\t\tThe potential of biometrics in finance\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='IMF head: cryptocurrencies not a threat to central banks'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/imf-head-cryptocurrencies-not-a-threat-to-central-banks\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1507029067_7510594329_f7kmmvllxB-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-7384\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-7384'>\n\t\t\t\tIMF head: cryptocurrencies not a threat to central banks\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KPMG has released their Pulse of FinTech H1\u201921 report, detailing the incredibly strong start for the global FinTech market in 2021. Moreover, this strong performance isn\u2019t just dominated by one sector. We\u2019ve seen robust investment and growing deal sizes in a wide variety of FinTech subsectors \u2013 from WealthTech and RegTech to crypto and cybersecurity. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":16248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-fintech","category-international-fintech","bulletin_edition-08_august-fintech-2021","bulletin_edition-fintech-2021","b_post_type-bfc-recommends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"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=16247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16250,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16247\/revisions\/16250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}