Fig. 1

Financial Technology Funding hugely up.

HandlePort's consultants have been in the Financial Technology arena since 1998, working across execution, reg tech, and commodities.  At no point since our involvement in the market has there been so much demand and so much offered.  The market is confusing and lots of the investments will come to nothing.  We can help you work through this.

$34 bn

Amount raised by Fin Tech companies in 2019

327

Number of companies that raised capital from VCs in Q1 2019

30%

Number of major financial institutions that are investing in AI

Fig. 2

Survival rate is low.

So many of the projects that are started in Blockchain fail, numbers are better in other fin tech projects, but the failure rate, particularly for projects inside internal companies is very high. 

Fig. 3

Regulatory Technology 

A less exciting, but consistently producing area is regulatory technology, and technologies being generated from regulatory changes. These projects are generally mandatory, or the businesses solid, but opportunities are still frequently missed in this space to drive top line and better client relationships.

Summary

Financial Technologies are complex, projects are often under resourced. Expertise is stretched because of the bubble in Fin Tech. Making sure you succeed requires having the right expertise in place.