Fundamentals for Startups: Fintech, DeFi, SuperApps, & Aggregation

(https://comotion.uw.edu) Originally streamed January 7, 2021, 12pm-1pm, this Fundamentals for Startups featured Gilad Berenstein, Founder, Brook Bay Capital, LLC (http://brookbaycapital.com/), who spoke about how fintech, DeFi, super-apps, and aggregation came together to power the correct fintech revolution. Until recently finance and financial services were not a topic of popular conversation and were spheres of our economy reserved for the very wealthy and the highly educated. So why is it that DeFi, financial services, and an endless number of novel financial products are appearing in every direction? Why is it that banking was such a closed-off industry but now we see new neoBanks launching by the dozen? In this talk we will explore the changes brought about by AI, aggregation, and big data which are fueling the wave of new startups in the fintech sector. BECU FinTech Incubator Competition: BECU is interested in a wide array of fintech startups with solutions that would support their members’ financial health, improve BECU’s data capture and analysis, and make their back-office processes more efficient. These include mobile payments, digital wallets, robo-investing, budgeting apps, and more. Any startup with a relevant solution is encouraged to learn more and apply here: https://comotion.uw.edu/becu-fintech-...