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E-commerce firms and payment apps can reach new users and investors through crowdfunding, says Prime Trust's Bruce Dyer.

Bankers cannot say that real-time doesn’t matter or that the status quo is fine, according to Neocova's Sultan Meghji and Kelsey Weaver.

As the fintech industry looks for ways to bring on more women, crossover hiring — recruiting from traditional financial services firms to fintechs — has emerged as an effective strategy, Donna Parisi of Shearman & Sterling and Michelle Tran of NYC Fintech Women write.

The Amazon effect in financial services will be much bigger than the one experienced by the retail industry—it will have a deeper impact due to the financial services industry being bigger and more vulnerable, and because consumers are now more comfortable with change, says TigerGraph's Todd Blaschka.

As the fintech industry looks for ways to boost the number of women, crossover hiring – recruiting from traditional financial service firms to fintechs – has emerged as an effective strategy, according to Shearman & Sterling's Donna Parisi and NYC Fintech Women's Michelle Tran.

Young consumers are demanding for new ways to pay, expecting more features and transactions to happen at a much faster pace, which means that companies need to keep up with the pace to adapt and offer the payment experience that this generation looks for, says EBANX's Henrik Nilsmo.

The chairwoman of the House Financial Services Committee should call on regulators to take more aggressive steps with bad banking practices, starting with Wells.

The Fed can take steps now to speed up existing networks.

Community bankers keep harping on the illusory issue of "too big to fail." If they're serious about strengthening the economy, they should make more of an effort to unite the industry, not divide it.

As we launch into a new decade, today’s new workforce wants, expects and demands easy-to-use apps in the vein of what they’re used to in their day-to-day lives, says Fyle's Yash Madhusudan.