The fintech industry is expected to rapidly grow, reaching an estimated worth of $882 billion by 2030. With advancements in technologies like AI, Machine Learning, blockchain technology, and data analytics, more companies are enhancing their financial services. This upscaling also contributes significantly to the number of fintech startups, hence boosting innovation, competition, and job creation within the sector.
Fintech companies provide easy access to a wide range of B2B services and modern tools via cloud technology. This allows businesses to integrate fintech functions easily and cost-effectively, thereby reducing overheads and boosting market competitiveness. Financial technology in today’s digital economy facilitates companies to adapt to changing market trends and consumer behaviors.
Fintech services appeal to various sectors within finance such as banking, financial institutions, and insurance, offering diverse products like payment processing, peer-to-peer lending, fraud detection, and blockchain technology. Thanks to advancements in technology and wider acceptance within these businesses, fintech services are gaining popularity among investors and consumers, making transactions quicker and more efficient. The increasing use of smartphones and mobile banking has further surged the demand for fintech innovations.
The fintech sector continues to grow due to the digital transformation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This transformation led to an increase in demand for credit services and loans and interest in digital lending platforms and credit rating solution providers. The drive towards digitalization, along with consumers’ changing digital habits, will provide fintech companies with exciting opportunities to transform the financial services landscape.
Currently, North America, with an estimated worth of $89.61 billion in 2022, dominates the global fintech market. Major companies from this region, such as PayPal and Square, significantly contribute to the global fintech landscape. It is anticipated that an increase in technological advancements and reliance on mobile banking and digital payments will further propel the fintech industry in this region.
AppTech, a major player in the market, plans to expand its FinZeo™ platform across over 2,000 credit union locations. The introduction of this platform aims to modernize the banking technologies and provide custom ecological solutions for an engaging user experience, thus offering these banks a competitive edge. The FinZeo™ platform caters to individual banking ecosystem requirements, promising a seamless and user-friendly banking experience. It is dedicated to disciplining credit unions from their competitors by enhancing their tech service capabilities.
Do you truly know yourself?
Your FREE personalized Moon Reading explores the secret depths of your personality, relationships and true purpose in life.
Related Stories from SmallBizTechnology
- Man questions his decision to cut his contribution to family budget after wife breaks their agreement about supporting their non-working adult son
- Here’s how the parenting style you didn’t know was damaging might still be affecting you, according to a therapist
- Woman “furious” after her mother-in-law disrespects her wishes and wakes up their 3-day-old baby, puts MIL on time out