FinTech Today

Read Time - 3 mins Let us see how FinTech gained traction and how it has evolved in the last 2 decades. As we all know that FinTech is not anything new that has originated from a Pandora's box and has existed since the 1950s. In this article, we'll focus on how has it grown in recent years, what was the need for FinTech and how it took such an elusive pace. How the world started heeding FinTech? As the saying goes "In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity", the FinTech startups saw the opportunities during the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. To understand this, let's understand what the global financial crisis was and how it impacted millions of people.   The Global Financial Crisis centered in the US was a downturn in the housing market of the United States. Easier lending processes and the erroneous AAA accreditations of multiple mortgage-backed bonds were the catalysts for the financial crisis. Millions of peoples lost their jobs, multiple ban

Read Time - 3 mins Shortened for Financial Technology, FinTech is basically a combination of Financial Services and Technology. As the world is advancing more in the technical field and with such advancements in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, the accessibility and accuracy are growing at an elusive pace wherein we all are left with no other option than to adapt to FinTech. Emerging in the 21st century, any innovation which in terms is related to Financial Services and is done with the help of technology can be categorized under FinTech. At its core, FinTech can be used by anyone and everyone and if you observe carefully, we all are surrounded by FinTech and it comes into the picture every time you make payment. There are certain categories in the Finance Sector that are adopting to FinTech or have already adapted to it, there are some huge and recent implementations of FinTech at a global level and to talk a few: Bitcoin is accepted by companies such as