[We] are in favor of fintech partnerships … And we’re also in favor of developing technology and being entrepreneurial on the bank side.

Jelena McWilliams | FDIC Chairperson, April 24, 2019

Banks need fintech and fintech need banks.

Hugues Delcourt | CEO, BIL

By lowering the barrier to create new digital currency applications, we’ll see an explosion in the number of ideas tried.

Brian Armstrong | CEO, Coinbase

Technology innovations will be the heart and blood of the banking industry for many years to come and if big banks do not make the most of it, the new players from fintech and large technology companies surely will.

David M. Brear | Partner, Think Differently Group

The biggest opportunity that fintech provides that I’m excited by is the opportunity for financial inclusion … there’s tremendous opportunity that new technology and new ways of unlocking liquidity in the financial system allow for access, allow for growth in these areas.

David Shrier | CEO, Distilled Analytics

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Posted December 4, 2019

Falls Fintech with Trent Sorbe

via Tearsheet Smaller financial institutions are finding a way to compete in a world of too big to fail banks. The Central Bank of Kansas City is an interesting case study. The bank is one of a small number of …

Posted December 4, 2019

The Fintech Accelerator and Middle America with Nikkee Rhody

via Payments Innovation Podcast A lot of people ignore the middle part of the United States. The “flyover” states, as they’re called, get a bad rap. They’re ignored for the likes of New York, LA, Silicon Valley, and Austin. But …