Banks are expected to spend more on technology in the coming year, with the cash earmarked for things like upgrading mobile apps and adding self-service tech in branches.
Our FinTech Forward Companies to Watch are helping banks step up their game by offering virtual assistance, better money management tools and other solutions.
Funding of startups will cool overall, but venture capitalists anticipate growth in new areas of financial services that are ripe for innovation, including wealth management, insurance and back-office operations.
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Capital One's dispute with Plaid raised questions about the ability of banks and aggregators to work together. But the end of that fight, and Capital One's deal with Finicity, show common ground can be reached — eventually.
Mobile phones are only going to become a bigger part of how banks interact with their customers, so several institutions are looking to enhance that experience.
