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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Getting to Know FinTech
• Chapter 1: Navigating the FinTech Landscape
• What Is FinTech, Anyway?
• Analyzing FinTech’s Dimensions
• Understanding What Has Changed in FinTech
• Highlighting the Size of Global FinTech
• Discovering a Few Important FinTech Terms
• Chapter 2: Understanding What’s Disrupting the Financial Industry (and Why)
• Providing Trust and Value
• Weighing Wall Street against Silicon Valley: Where Disruptors Live
• Examining the Role of BigTech
• Understanding Where the Disruptions Are Happening
• Looking for the Opportunities
• Chapter 3: The Role of Regulation in FinTech
• Supervising FinTech
• Examining Vendor Risk Issues
• Introducing the Regulators
• Investigating Regulatory Changes
• Highlighting RegTech Opportunities
• Part 2: Learning the Technology
• Chapter 4: Defining the Tech Underpinning FinTech
• Finding a Fix in FinTech
• Creating API Strategies
• Understanding Event-Driven Software
• Building on Agile: Microservices and More
• Bundling Efficiencies: Batch Processing
• Improving Data Management
• Working with CPUs and GPUs
• Choosing a Programming Language
• Chapter 5: Confronting the Compute Conundrum
• Determining Compute Requirements
• Making Sense of DApps
• Understanding Quantum Computing
• Chapter 6: Calling Up the Cloud
• Getting to Know the Cloud
• Developing an Optimal Cloud Strategy
• Understanding Privacy Compliance and Government Requirements
• Seeing How FinTech Helps with Cloud Strategies
• Chapter 7: Understanding Blockchain beyond Bitcoin
• Understanding the Basics of Blockchain
• Discovering How Blockchain Technology Works
• Looking at Blockchain’s Role in FinTech
• Chapter 8: Acclimating to the App Mentality
• Introducing Types of FinTech Apps
• Surveying the FinTech App Landscape
• Looking at the Nonretail Side of FinTech Apps
• Building a GUI Framework
• Establishing the Requirements Needed in the Development of an App
• Chapter 9: Breaking Down BI Tools
• Taking a Strategic Approach to BI
• Exploring BI Tools
• Choosing the Right BI Tools for FinTech
• Chapter 10: Reviewing the Role of Open Source
• Defining Open Source
• Looking at Open Source Development Processes
• Perusing the Pros of Open Source
• Considering the Cons of Open Source
• Evaluating Open Source Solutions
• Chapter 11: Grasping Data Management Fundamentals
• Looking at FinTech’s Role in Helping Companies Manage Their Data
• Understanding ETL: Extract, Transform, and Load
• Managing Market Data
• Dealing with Databases
• Maintaining Data Lineage
• Breaking Down Big Data
• Differentiating between Structured and Unstructured Data
• Comparing SQL and NoSQL
• Chapter 12: Adapting for Future Technologies
• Harnessing the Power of Artificial Intelligence
• Leveraging Machine Learning
• Making the Most of Chat Bots
• Checking Out Alternative Data Sources
• Part 3: Working with FinTech Companies
• Chapter 13: Deciding Whether to Build, Buy, or Partner
• Transforming Your Company Digitally
• Exploring Reasons to Build or Buy
• Finding a FinTech Partner
• Describing the Licensing Models
• Chapter 14: Managing Integration with Legacy Systems
• Understanding and Tackling the Challenges of Legacy Infrastructures
• Walking through the Technical Steps of Updating a Legacy System
• Simplifying Integration with Microservices Architecture
• Chapter 15: Preparing Your Team for a Successful Project
• Assembling a Transformation Team
• Setting Realistic Expectations and Timelines
• Supporting Change Agents
• Retaining Good Employees during Change
• Understanding Data-Driven Decision-Making
• Breaking the Silos
• Chapter 16: Investing in FinTech Companies
• Understanding the Players
• Navigating the Investor Landscape
• Conducting Due Diligence
• Evaluating a Company’s Growth Strategies
• Considering a Company’s Culture
• Chapter 17: Figuring Out the FinTech Endgame
• Bringing the Board Up to Speed on FinTech
• Looking into the Future of FinTech
• Identifying Industry-Driven Networks, Accelerators, and Incubators
• Mulling Over Mergers and Acquisitions
• Part 4: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 18: Ten Symptoms of Ailing Legacy Technology
• A Band-Aid Overload
• A Lack of Backward Compatibility
• Incompatibility with Other Systems
• Disparate Data
• Spreadsheet Risk
• Latency
• Increasing Demand for Support and Maintenance
• Short-Term Gains and Long-Term Pains
• A Shrinking Talent Pool
• Lost Market Opportunities
• Chapter 19: Ten Questions for Determining Whether to Build or Buy
• Is This Functionality Core to Our Business?
• Is the Application Unique?
• Which Approach Is More Cost-Effective?
• Should This Application Be Built?
• What Are the Risks of Building versus Buying?
• When Does Open Source Make Sense?
• When Does Building Make Sense?
• How Can We Accelerate a Build?
• When Does Buying Make Sense?
• How Do We Select a Vendor and a Product?
• Chapter 20: Ten Considerations When Using Open Source Technology
• Your Business Model
• Open Source Community Health
• Tech Support
• Security
• Code Audits
• Reliability
• Hidden Costs
• Updates and Upgrades
• Potential Hardware Impact
• Legal Considerations
• Appendix: Building a FinTech Company from the Ground Up
• Writing a Business Plan
• Developing a Prototype
• Operating Off the Grid
• Raising Capital
• ‘The future of Fintech post the Corona crisis?’
• Index
• About the Authors
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement