At the end of April I had the opportunity to attend Finovate Startup in San Francisco. I already blogged about my experience the day after returning. I also decided to writeup a report on financial technology startups - that report will be coming out next week. I decided to produce the report because much of the competition (to banks) and innovation in the financial services sector is coming from non-banks. The report singles out the innovative startups that Celent believes will have an impact on the banking space and/or the consumer market (many of these startups bypass the bank channel and market their products directly to consumers). Celent has selected the following companies to profile in this report:
I am curious to hear your comments on these firms as well as your thoughts on innovation in the banking industry. Please feel free to post your comments and interact!