JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon has released his annual letter which provides details on the bank's fintech spending and future initiatives; in 2016 the bank spent $9.5 billion on technology with approximately $3 billion allocated to new initiatives, including $600 million specifically focused on fintech solutions and projects; in 2017 it plans to introduce new technology services for digital banking, online investment advice and electronic trading; Dimon also said that the firm is "collaborating with some excellent fintech companies to dramatically improve our digital and other customer offerings"; business partners include Zelle for consumer payments, Roostify for online mortgages, TrueCar for auto finance and On Deck Capital, for small business loans. Source
Fintech
From the deal, Finicity will gain data sharing access to Wells Fargo's customer data for its clients which include personal financial management providers and online lenders; the deal is one of many currently underway for Wells Fargo and Finicity as well as numerous other market participants; overall, market consensus from American Banker shows less tension between banks and third party providers with companies such as Intuit reporting an increased interest from all parties involved in improving the experience for customers; American Banker also notes that as data sharing becomes more prevalent there's likely to be an evolution of technology that helps facilitate the connectivity. Source
Fintech innovation has been emerging in Latin America; LendIt USA 2017 featured a panel of Latin American market leaders moderated by Andres Fontao of Finnovista; panelists discussed what is happening in the Latin American fintech market and why there is an opportunity for fintech firms and specifically online lenders to be successful. Source
CB Insights details wealthtech exits from 2012 reporting a total of 29 exits with 28 mergers or acquisitions and one IPO from Yodlee; during the sample timeframe, TradeKing was active in the wealthtech market acquiring Zecco, GAIN Capital Securities, TraderOS and MB Trading before being acquired by Ally Financial; also active in wealthtech deals has been Envestnet who has acquired Yodlee, Wheelhouse Analytics, Finance Logix and Upside. Source