It’s hard to say when the term ‘fintech’ was first coined, but Chris Skinner, the global FinTech pundit, heralds the beginning of FinTech with the launch of Zopa, a UK peer to peer lender in 2005. Since then, the sector has grown steadily until 2020 when we saw a dramatic 72% rise in European fintech app usage. While lockdown certainly pushed fintech services into the mainstream, there are a number of other trends that have been shaping the future of fintech startups, banks, and other players entering the industry behind the scenes. These influences will have a major impact on…
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