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Creating strategic value through financial technology

Wilson, Jay D. 1981- (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9781119243755 (Cloth)
ISBN: 1119243750 (Cloth)
Physical Description: print
xv, 267 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Hoboken : Wiley, c2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

What is financial technology? -- Technology's impact on financial services -- What is FinTech and who are the players? -- Why the hype for FinTech? -- Why is FinTech potentially so important to society? -- Recent trends and market conditions for the FinTech industry -- Community banks and FinTech -- Is FinTech a threat or an opportunity for community banks? -- FinTech's potential impact on bank valuation -- How community banks can help FinTech companies -- The historical context for FinTech -- FinTech history -- Visa and MasterCard: the largest IPOs in FinTech history -- Core vendors -- State of community banks embracing FinTech today -- Overview of U.S. community bank industry trends -- Banks and FinTech increasingly intersect -- Serving more customers digitally -- Evolving regulatory oversight of FinTech -- The alternative lending niche -- The mortgage market -- The consumer lending market -- Government regulation of alternative lending platforms -- The payments niche -- Trends to watch -- Digital currencies and blockchain technology -- The wealth management niche -- The evolution of the online brokerage industry -- The rise of robo-advisors -- InsurTech and the future of insurance -- Introduction to insurTech -- Technology trends in insurance -- Partnering with a FinTech company -- Early stage FinTech valuation issues -- Why you should have a valuation performed -- Valuation considerations for FinTech companies -- What about preferences and FinTech valuations? -- Special issues: valuations for other stakeholders -- Acquiring a FinTech company -- Recent trends in FinTech M&A activity -- Metrics to analyze FinTech transactions -- Accounting considerations and Goodwill creation in FinTech deals -- Special issues to consider with FinTech M&A -- Liquidity options beyond a sale -- Liquidity options -- Is your buy-sell agreement solidly built? -- Is there a bubble forming in FinTech? -- Factors leading to a bubble? -- Signs that a bubble may be forming in FinTech -- Case study of a FinTech failure -- Index.