{"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='Is it really a digital financial institution?'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/is-it-really-a-digital-financial-institution\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/is-it-really-a-digital-financial-institution-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-14331\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-14331'>\n\t\t\t\tIs it really a digital financial institution?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Banking for Modern Couples'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/banking-for-modern-couples\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/77b23e65-890f-420e-940b-a7cea2a2998f1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15874\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15874'>\n\t\t\t\tBanking for Modern Couples\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Self-boarding of corporate clients becoming more popular'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/self-boarding-of-corporate-clients-becoming-more-popular\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Self-boarding-of-corporate-clients-becoming-more-popular-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-6801\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Self-boarding-of-corporate-clients-becoming-more-popular-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/Self-boarding-of-corporate-clients-becoming-more-popular-100x100.jpg 100w\" 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-1-6801'>\n\t\t\t\tSelf-boarding of corporate clients becoming more popular\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":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16247"}],"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}]}}