AI for Financial Advisors: How Does It Help?
For years, financial advisors have been a mainstay of the investment and finance world, offering investment advice and guidance to individuals, companies, and institutions looking to grow their wealth. However, in recent years there has been a growing chorus of criticism directed at human financial advisors and at the financial advisory industry in general, with […]
Is Your Mobile App Targeting the Right Customers?
There are many steps in the development cycle of a mobile application. And as a leading iPhone app developer, we don’t take this lightly in saying that any mobile app an organization brings to market is doomed to fail if your company doesn’t know its target audience. Perhaps before it even launches. The best – […]
Russia’s Invasion and Its Impact on FinTech
When President Putin ordered his military forces to invade Ukraine, this decision set off a worldwide ripple effect. Steadily increasing sanctions from many countries followed the swift condemnation of the invasion from global leaders. A brief but massive dip in the US stock market accompanied rising prices in the energy sector. Intense ground fighting of […]
FinTech and the Future of Crypto
Perhaps it was a natural expansion of the cryptocurrency boom. Popular digital cryptocurrency options like Bitcoin or Dogecoin are an increasingly accepted form of payment for real-world items. This additional form of spending power moves cryptocurrency beyond a part of an investment portfolio. People with cryptocurrency investments have a digital wallet that holds electronic coins. […]
How Remote Work is Disrupting Innovation
Over the past year, the novel coronavirus has caused a massive disruption in how we work. Through some research produced by Statista, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, 17% of organizations supported a fully remote-style work environment and following the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 that number shot up to 44%! Of course, we’ve seen this […]
How China Has Become the Front Runner in FinTech
Want to get a glimpse of the future of FinTech development? Look no further than China. Apps like Tencent’s WeChat and Ant Financial’s Alipay have changed how the country’s citizens control and interact with their finances. In this post, we’ll examine how China got a huge headstart in revamping financial transactions. We’ll also explore if […]
App-Only Banks Are Challenging Traditional Institutions in Europe
Banks are still selling many services under one roof. But they’re seeing increased competition from financial technology startups that specialize in one service. Although these FinTech startups offer one service, they do it well; Robinhood lets you trade stocks for free, Acorn invests your change for you, and Prosper offers loans through a marketplace. As […]
Google’s Launchpad Studio Accelerator Sets Its Sights on FinTech Startups
Wait — Google has an accelerator program? Of course they do! Last year’s Accelerator program focused on MedTech, although Google does accept applicants on a rolling basis across different verticals. This year’s Google Accelerator participants are from a variety of financial technology (FinTech) firms from around the world. A Different Kind of Accelerator The Launchpad Studio Accelerator program […]
Y Combinator’s Bold Basic Income Plan Is off to a Rocky Start
Ideas strictly in the realm of FinTech development aren’t the only ones making waves amongst finance industry insiders and economists. Universal basic income, a program in which citizens of a society receive a predetermined amount of money with no strings attached, has gained its fair share of media attention in recent years. And Y Combinator wants […]
Dogtown Media Announces New Partnership With Hydrogen
Dogtown Media is excited to announce that we’ve joined forces with revolutionary FinTech development platform Hydrogen! Fueling the Future of FinTech Headquartered in the Flatiron District of New York City, Hydrogen is the maker of the Hydro blockchain, a new public ledger for a new global economy. Hydrogen’s set of APIs allows developers around the world […]