The Best Fintech eBooks of All Time

Cashless is the first and only book that dives deep into the design and use of China's new central bank digital currency. This represents a roadmap for our shared digital currency future and a long-term threat to US dollar dominance. China is changing the very nature of money and borrowing heavily from cryptocurrency to cement its role as the world's financial technology leader.

Cashless is written by the best-selling author of Innovation Lab Excellence, an award-winning expert in fintech innovation, career banker, and technology expert who has experienced China's cashless revolution firsthand as a former US resident living in China. It reveals how:. China's digital currency can help you better predict and navigate the cashless future coming to the US-and the worldYour company may be tempted to use China's system to make cross-border paymentsThe EU, UK, Japan and India are developing digital currenciesDigital payment will change our relationship with money and promote financial inclusion. Cashless shows you the future. It offers a comprehensive analysis of China's digital payment systems so that you can better prepare for the rise of digital currencies. It is a must-read for all business leaders and professionals looking for a decided competitive advantage.

Community banking can flourish in the face of fintech and global competition with a fresh approach to strategyBankruption + Website offers a survival guide for community banks and credit unions searching for relevance amidst immense global competition and fintech startups. Author John Waupsh is the Chief Innovation Officer at Kasasa, where he helps spearhead financial product development and implementation across hundreds of institutions. In this guide, he draws on more than a decade in the industry to offer clear, practical advice for competing with the megabanks, direct banks, non-banks, and financial technology companies.

The discussion separates futurist thinking from today's realities, and dispels common myths surrounding the U.S. community banking model in order to shed light on the real challenges facing community banking institutions. It follows with clear solutions, proven strategies, and insight from experts across banking and fintech. All arguments are backed by massive amounts of data, and the companion website provides presentation-ready visualizations to help you kickstart change within your team. In the U.S. and around the globe, fintech companies and non-banks alike are creating streams of banking services that are interesting, elegant, and refreshing―and they're winning the hearts and minds of early adopters. Not a one-size-fits-all approach, this book offers many different tactics for community banks and credit unions to compete and flourish in the new world. Analyze fintech's threat to the community banking modelLearn where community banking must improve to competeDisprove the myths to uncover the real challenges banks faceAdopt proven strategies to bring your organization into the futureCommunity banks and credit unions were once the go-to institutions for local relationship banking, but their asset share has been on the decline for three decades as the big banks just got bigger. Now, fintech companies are exploiting inefficiencies in the traditional banking model to streamline service and draw even more market share, as community banking executives are left at a loss for fresh tactics and forward-looking strategy. Bankruption + Website shows how community banks can be saved, and provides a proven path to success.

Examine the depth and breadth of financial technology. This comprehensive, hands-on guide is the go-to source for everything you need to confidently navigate the ever-changing scene of this booming industry. FinTech For Dummies will shed light on this rapidly changing landscape making it an invaluable source of information for anybody working in or interested in this space. This book provides insights, knowledge and guidance from industry experts Steve O’Hanlon and Susanne Chishti on the following:.

Gaining insight fastest growing market segment of the financial marketsLearning the core decision making to effect a growth planSecuring knowledge of the fastest growing fintech companies in the worldNavigating the fintech worldThe ingredients into building a FinTech company.