ENG - By Fintech we mean an ecosystem of new technologies applied to improve and automate financial services. With the use of softwares and algorithms, new business models are transforming industries previously very traditional and not prone to innovation, such as banking. Among the most known Fintech examples we have cryptocurrency, blockchain, peer-to-peer lending, digital payment. In particular, this latter category has been in the focus of various news in recent times. From the data on the marked increase in digital payments, due to a reduced use of cash through the COVID-19 pandemic, to the fresh news of yesterday 15 June 2020 regarding the launch in Brazil by Facebook Inc. of WhatsApp Pay, a digital payments service via the instant messaging app. To be noted that this time the imitation is not Made in China but Made in the US. Indeed, Tencent Holdings Ltd. has already been providing digital payment services through its WeChat for a while.
ENG - By Fintech we mean an ecosystem of new technologies applied to improve and automate financial services. With the use of softwares and algorithms, new business models are transforming industries previously very traditional and not prone to innovation, such as banking. Among the most known Fintech examples we have cryptocurrency, blockchain, peer-to-peer lending, digital payment. In particular, this latter category has been in the focus of various news in recent times. From the data on the marked increase in digital payments, due to a reduced use of cash through the COVID-19 pandemic, to the fresh news of yesterday 15 June 2020 regarding the launch in Brazil by Facebook Inc. of WhatsApp Pay, a digital payments service via the instant messaging app. To be noted that this time the imitation is not Made in China but Made in the US. Indeed, Tencent Holdings Ltd. has already been providing digital payment services through its WeChat for a while.

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