{"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='5% of Financial Executives Plan on Investing in Bitcoin in 2021'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/5-of-financial-executives-plan-on-investing-in-bitcoin-in-2021\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/9580d275-c44b-4211-87fc-b42bc947a3f3-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-15859\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-15859'>\n\t\t\t\t5% of Financial Executives Plan on Investing in Bitcoin in 2021\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='Central Bank Digital Currencies for Cross-Border Payments'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/central-bank-digital-currencies-for-cross-border-payments\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/ca8a1371-9976-807c-0eb2-10d8d84d77ea1-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-16165\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-16165'>\n\t\t\t\tCentral Bank Digital Currencies for Cross-Border Payments\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item' role='group' aria-label='How generations Y and Z are changing how banks operate'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/en\/how-generations-y-and-z-are-changing-how-banks-operate\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/bulletins.bfconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/multi-ethnic-young-people-using-smartphone-and-tablet-computers_1139-994-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"rpbt-related-gallery-1-8859\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='rpbt-related-gallery-1-8859'>\n\t\t\t\tHow generations Y and Z are changing how banks operate\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}]}}