Insurtech Played Catch-Up During Covid-19 – It’s A Digital World Now, Says Ensight
Today, every financial service experience out there, whether it’s financial planning software like eMoney or MoneyGuidePro, or the technology in our 401(k) account, all the way to our investment accounts is consumer-centric and driven by a digital experience. The last bastion is in what we would call complex insurance products.
Has The Fed Taken Up “Trash Talking?”
It looks like the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell (or, JPow), and his new "sidekick" Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen (JYell?) have realized they may have a big problem on their hands.
A Look At Advisor-Facing Fintech From Three Different Vantage Points
The world looks different depending on what level of advisor-facing fintech a company operates on.
Coming to a Location Near You: Bitcoin ATMs
A lot of people are beginning to use a Bitcoin ATM and those devices are popping up at more and more locations at very rapid pace.
Financial Advisor Digital Marketing in a Post-Pandemic World
While it’s hard to predict with certainty when COVID-19 will be in the rearview mirror, the end does seem to be in sight as firms, industry associations and advisors are all starting to contemplate holding certain events and meetings on an in-person basis, commencing in the closing quarters of this year.
With The Bang Of An Auctioneer’s Gavel, NFTs Burst Into The Zeitgeist
While crypto art has been around in various forms since 2015, the medium made a huge splash last week at Christie’s in New York as “Everydays: The First 5,000 Days” by Beeple sold for $60.25 million at auction, which cost the buyer $69 million when Christie’s buyer’s premium is included. That makes “Everydays” as the most valuable piece of digital art to be sold at auction thus far.
When Goldman Sachs Smells Money, Take Note
Recognizing the potential for an explosion in customer demand for bitcoin, Goldman Sachs is re-entering a sector they exited just a couple years or so ago by relaunching its cryptocurrency trading desk, thus allowing them to deal Bitcoin futures and non-deliverable forwards to clients.
Move Over Digital Assets. A NFT Just Moved Into Music
Just last week the rock band Kings of Leon released their latest album in the form of a NFT, becoming the first band to ever do so.
These Reese’s Cups Fintechs Are Bringing Decentralized and Traditional Finance Together
Fintech has a metaphorical chocolate and peanut butter. The chocolate would be decentralized finance, fintech applications that put the power of banking, lending and investing directly into the user’s hands, with less reliance on financial intermediaries, or no reliance on them at all.
$5 Billion is the New Aspirational Number for Fintech SPACs
In what is surely a MOST uncanny coincidence, two major fintech SPAC deals were recently announced at $5 Billion dollar valuations First, what are the odds, and second, HOLY CANNOLI, that's a lot of money.