20 October, 2015    New York NY , USA
In five years time, the finance sector will be very different from what it is today. A range of new products, built on recent innovations spanning mobile money and robo-advisors to bitcoin and the block chain, and new players alongside older ones will create new opportunities to serve customers better, to profit more. These changes will also potentially bring dangers, such as even greater incidence of cyber crime, that will require better, smarter regulation. These changes have big implications, not just for banks, insurers and investment firms, but also for the wider economy served by the finance sector. Join The Economist Events to explore how fintech is already transforming many core banking functions, such as deposits, loans and processing payments. Investment in innovative financial technologies has tripled since 2008 and analysts predict that it will continue to grow at an unprecedented pace. Business and retail consumers are starting to see benefits. Lending Club is facilitating over USD1 billion of peer-to-peer loans a quarter. Small businesses are increasingly turning to such crowd-based lending to secure cheaper loans. Bitcoin is just one way, and perhaps one of the least significant ways, in which blockchain technology may change the world.

Speakers:
Bob Diamond, Blythe Masters, Deborah Hopkins, Robert Goldstein, Pat Grady, Mike Cagney and many more...

 

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Location: 10 on the Park
10 on the Park offers 19,000 square feet of pre-function and meeting space that includes advanced audio visual and lighting capabilities such as digital signage, high definition digital projection,..
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