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Forbes discusses the potential for continued fintech growth worldwide; cites a report from G.P. Bullhound highlighting the fintech industry's resilience following a challenging 2016; success from Ant Financial's $4.5 billion funding round and the firm's industry valuation are increasing confidence; investors also have a positive outlook on fintech in the UK with significant capital funding for Funding Circle, iZettle, Atom Bank and Monzo already announced this year and three top fintech unicorns (Funding Circle, Paysafe and Transferwise) all located in the region; the G.P. Bullhound report provides numerous other statistics supporting global fintech growth in 2017 and beyond. Source

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Aug. 4, 2017

LendIt Webinar: Blockchain Technology: Helping to Transform Wealth Management & Insurance

Join LendIt for a webinar about blockchain technology and how it can streamline operations for wealth managers and insurance back office operations; register here for the August 14 webinar at 2:00 PM EST; presenters include Jayant Khadilkar, global head of analytics and technology at Tiger Risk, and Ryan Rugg, business development at R3. Source

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Fintech News Roundup USA

·Apr. 16, 2018

Will 2018 be a Year of Falling Valuations in Fintech?

Writing a guest post for FT Alphaville Victor Basta, managing director of boutique investment bank Magister Advisors, says 2018 will be a year of falling valuations. The drop could hurt aspiring companies looking to go public soon, though a correction in valuations could be a long term positive for the market. Source.

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