Swap is a P2P mobile payment app that allows users to send money to anyone on their contact list, any bank account, and any debit card number. The application has already established itself on the Mexican FinTech market. However, after the project matured, Swap's team needed help in adjusting the design to include new services and functionalities. They hired an external design team to help them with the transformation. It worked.
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An investing robo-advisor managing $15bn in assets, a challenger bank for teens, and a credit card without any fees accessible to people without credit history - we present the 10 hottest fintechs from NYC right now. New York City isn’t the greatest city in the world for Jeff Bezos but it definitely is for a vast array of fintech companies that run their operations in the Great Apple. Close proximity to one of the most important stock markets on Earth is a treat for them, for sure.
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How to Transform a 300-Year-Old Bank? Meet Dan Makoski, the Silicon Valley Exec on a Mission to Redesign Lloyds Banking Group
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
How to win in the financial world with the fintech expansion in full bloom? One of the largest UK banks decided to pull out the biggest guns - Lloyds Banking Group is investing more than £3bn in transforming the company and scouting talent from the digital world.
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Uber for machine learning, the ultimate case law database, and AI assistant that will solve the worst nightmare of every workplace - meet the top 10 NYC startups that originated at Work-Bench.
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NYC and US Fintech Scene From the Backstage. Learn Key Takeaways from Our Disruption Forum Fintech
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
How about a fintech evening in the heart of NYC, one of the strongest fintech hubs in the world? What started as a mere thought ended up being the most successful event in our Disruption Forum series - with over 200 attendees that joined Netguru in Manhattan to hear tips from executives of top fintech companies.
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“We Need to See a Shift Towards Global Thinking”. An Insider Look at the NY Fintech Scene
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
Whereas most people think of Silicon Valley as the promised land for startups, when it comes down to fintech, the landscape changes. The numbers speak for themselves - New York has beaten San Francisco in terms of fintech funding to become one of the strongest fintech hubs in the world.
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5 Years Ago Nobody Took Their Bank Seriously. Today This Fintech Attracts 2,000 Customers a Day [Updated]
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
At first, traditional incumbent businesses seemed to neglect N26’s existence.
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AI and Machine Learning in Fintech. Five Areas Which Artificial Intelligence Is Changing Banking [Updated]
Timothy Clayton
AI and machine learning have moved from the fringes to the very centre of the technology debate. But which industry has the huge datasets, along with the capital and staffing resources, to make the most of AI? As recently reported by both PwC and Gartner, it is the financial sector.
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How to Build and Scale Your Fintech Product? Join Revolut, N26, Transferwise and Others in NYC
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
Looking for an impossible task? Try to find a corner of the global finance world yet unturned by fintech startups.
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The Best Proof That Fintech Is Disrupting The Banking Industry (In Case You Still Need One)
Tomasz Grynkiewicz
To say that a lot has happened in the last quarter of 2018 would be an understatement. Just a few weeks ago the Bank of Lithuania has granted a licence to Revolut - which basically means that the UK fintech champion can launch current accounts, loans (business and consumer), and overdrafts. First in Lithuania, later on across the EU.
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