Fintech An Introduction
Fintech An Introduction
Introduction
Traditional Financial
System
What is Fintech?
Fintech is generally described as an industry that uses technology to make
financial systems and the delivery of financial services more efficient (RBI,
2020).
→ For users, digital technologies enabled by the near-ubiquity of cell and smart
phones offer an opportunity to access faster, more affordable, more tailored, more
secure, and more convenient financial services.
→ For both incumbents and new fintech financial service providers, the costs of
offering customers digital products can be considerably lower than those using
physical infrastructures and relying mostly on paper- and human-based business
models. Fintech enables remote, contactless, and cashless transactions.
Fintech- few important points to note
→ Big tech companies have expanded into financial services by leveraging their large
platforms and troves of alternative customer data that can be analyzed for insight
through big data analytics.
→ Over the past decade, fintechs have attracted more than $500 billion in funding.
→ Since 2019, they have received roughly 20% of global venture capital outlays—
attracting large amounts of capital from generalist, technology private investors and
hedge funds—beyond the financial services specialists who had historically funded
these businesses.
Revenue multiple of the sector
1. How has this financial service changed over the last decade?
3. Highlight any two prominent fintech players within the financial service and their
business model in brief
4. What is the Indian scenario wrt this financial service (status and a few players)
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