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What is fintech? | CNBC Explains
What is fintech? | CNBC Explains
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If you’ve ever paid for something with your phone, transferred money using an app
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or checked your bank statement online,
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then you’re already part of a multi-billion dollar industry.
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It’s called fintech, and it’s changing economies around the world.
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Fintech is short for financial technology - seems simple, right?
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Well, the term fintech includes a huge range of products, technologies, and business models
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that are changing the financial services industry.
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It refers to everything from cashless payments,
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to crowdfunding platforms, to robo-advisors, to virtual currencies.
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So every time you donate to someone’s Kickstarter campaign - that’s fintech.
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Or if you transfer money to someone using Venmo - that’s also fintech.
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And that’s just the beginning.
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Here at a major fintech conference in Amsterdam, hundreds of companies are trying to
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disrupt the banking and finance industries by changing the way we pay and borrow money.
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And investors are buying it.
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Global investment in the fintech sector has added up to nearly $100 billion since 2010.
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In 2017 alone, fintech investment surged 18%.
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Startups focusing on payment and lending technologies received the majority of those funds.
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It’s not just startups that are getting into fintech.
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Some of the world’s biggest companies from Apple to Alibaba are going big on it, too.
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Just think of Apple Pay or Alipay.
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One reason for all of this investment?
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Consumers are adopting fintech - fast.
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One out of every three people across 20 major economies
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report using at least two fintech services in the last six months
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China and India are leading the way with more than half of consumers
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using services like money transfers, financial planning, borrowing and insurance.
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Financial technology has filled a void for people around the world
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who don’t have access to traditional banking services.
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In fact, it’s estimated nearly two billion people worldwide are without bank accounts.
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Now, thanks to fintech, all you need is your phone to take out a loan or insurance.
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Take Kenya, which pioneered a mobile banking system called M-Pesa.
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Kenyans access their M-Pesa accounts directly on their mobile phones
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to transfer money, pay bills or take out loans.
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Today, an estimated 96% of households in Kenya use M-Pesa
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and one study found it has helped lift roughly 2% of Kenyan households out of extreme poverty.
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The rise of fintech has forced traditional lenders, insurers and asset managers
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to embrace new digital technologies.
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For example, wealth managers now have to compete with robo-advisors -
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which are automated financial planning services.
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I mean talk about rise of the robots, right?
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Thanks to high-tech algorithms, these services are available 24/7
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and can be more affordable than traditional asset managers.
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That helps explain why robo-advisors already have billions of dollars under management.
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Like any growing industry, fintech isn’t without risks.
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And some regulators have struggled to keep up with the fast pace of innovation.
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Think of peer-to-peer lending platforms,
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where individuals borrow and lend without going through a bank.
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Compared to traditional banks, these services might not be required to
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set aside as much money in case customers default on their loans.
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This can be risky for companies and consumers.
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Data privacy is another major concern.
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As more financial services go digital, cyber attacks become a bigger risk.
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The challenges facing financial technology are likely to grow as more and more businesses go digital.
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But for many of the companies and consumers here - fintech is more than a buzzword.
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It’s a big business opportunity.
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Hey everyone, Elizabeth here. Thanks so much for tuning in.
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Be sure to check out more of our videos over here
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including one about blockchain and another where I talk to a company that's going cashless.
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Let us know if you have any other ideas for videos in the comments section
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and while you're there, subscribe to our channel.
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See you later!
