Subscribe
Logo
Logo
  • Topics Icon Topics
    • AI Icon AI
    • Banking Icon Banking
    • Blockchain/DeFi Icon Blockchain/DeFi
    • Embedded Finance Icon Embedded Finance
    • Fraud/Identity Icon Fraud/Identity
    • Investing Icon Investing
    • Lending Icon Lending
    • Payments Icon Payments
    • Regulation Icon Regulation
    • Startups Icon Startups
  • Podcasts Icon Podcasts
  • Products Icon Products
    • Webinars Icon Webinars
    • White Papers Icon White Papers
  • TechWire Icon TechWire
  • Search
  • Subscribe
Reading
Digital Banks and Big Tech Are Starting to Look Similar
ShareTweet
Home
Fintech
Digital Banks and Big Tech Are Starting to Look Similar

Digital Banks and Big Tech Are Starting to Look Similar

Peter Renton·
FintechNews Roundup
·Jan. 18, 2019·1 min read

Chris Skinner writes in The Finanser that big banks are hiring people from the big tech firms and at the same time sending their executives on courses to learn to code; meanwhile big tech firms are looking to hire bankers who can help explain payments and credit and how profit is made from banking products; he predicts that within 25 years big tech firms and banks will look and operate in basically the same way. Source.

  • Peter Renton
    Peter Renton

    Peter Renton cofounded Fintech Nexus as the world’s largest digital media company focused on fintech before it was acquired by Command. Peter has been writing about fintech since 2010 and he is the author and creator of the Fintech One-on-One Podcast, the first and longest-running fintech interview series.

    View all posts
Tags
big banksbig techChris Skinner
Related
bigtech

Is targeting Big Tech a bad idea?

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Rohit Chopra PHOTO: ROD LAMKEY/ZUMA PRESS

CFPB Takes Aim at Big Tech’s Tap-to-Pay Monopoly

The Role of Banks in Closing the Racial Wealth Gap

TechFin’s are the Real Challengers

Popular Posts

Today:

  • FNThe Bank Charter Gold Rush: What’s Really Happening and What it Means for Banking Feb. 12, 2026
  • Sphinx CEOFUNDED: Sphinx Raises $7.1M to Automate Compliance  Feb. 20, 2026
  • Santiago SuarezInside Addi’s mission to build a fairer financial system in Colombia Feb. 19, 2026
  • FNWhy Your Loan Portfolio Models Are Lying to You (And What to Do About It) Nov. 4, 2025
  • Mike ReustBetterment’s Mike Reust on GenAI and WealthTech Nov. 18, 2025
  • The Unintended Consequences of the BaaS CrackdownThe Unintended Consequences of the BaaS Crackdown Apr. 10, 2025
  • TISC Salmon Problem HD“The Salmon Problem” – Building AI For High Stakes Decision Making Jan. 22, 2026
  • imageAbacum’s CEO: The Future of Finance Looks Like Product Mar. 5, 2026
  • Jennifer Lassiter, Standard CharteredScribe CEO Jennifer Smith on what happens when AI joins your team Feb. 26, 2026
  • Check-and-gusto-logoPayroll Is a Nightmare. Can Embedded Finance Fix It? Mar. 27, 2025

This month:

  • FNThe Bank Charter Gold Rush: What’s Really Happening and What it Means for Banking Feb. 12, 2026
  • Santiago SuarezInside Addi’s mission to build a fairer financial system in Colombia Feb. 19, 2026
  • Jennifer Lassiter, Standard CharteredScribe CEO Jennifer Smith on what happens when AI joins your team Feb. 26, 2026
  • Copy of Fintech Nexus – Newsletter Creative (1)Unpacking PayPal’s Missed Moment: 7 Takeaways Feb. 5, 2026
  • The Unintended Consequences of the BaaS CrackdownThe Unintended Consequences of the BaaS Crackdown Apr. 10, 2025
  • imageAbacum’s CEO: The Future of Finance Looks Like Product Mar. 5, 2026
  • Copy of Fintech Nexus – Newsletter CreativeWhy PDF Table Extraction Fails in Production—and What Banks Need to Do About It Feb. 5, 2026
  • Chris Taylor Fractional AIFractional AI’s CEO Chris Taylor on Scaling the Unscalable Jul. 23, 2025
  • TISC Salmon Problem HD“The Salmon Problem” – Building AI For High Stakes Decision Making Jan. 22, 2026
  • 2026 FintechWhat does 2026 hold for Fintech?  Jan. 29, 2026

More News
  • About
  • Contact
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms
Subscribe
Copyright © 2026 Fintech Nexus
  • Topics
    • AI
    • Banking
    • Blockchain/DeFi
    • Embedded Finance
    • Fraud/Identity
    • Investing
    • Lending
    • Payments
    • Regulation
    • Startups
  • Podcasts
  • Products
    • Webinars
    • White Papers
  • TechWire
  • Contact Us
Start typing to see results or hit ESC to close
lis digital banking USA Lending Club UK
See all results