The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted the economy, but it has also had the unintended consequence of accelerating a range of hugely disruptive macro trends already in place. One of these trends is the digitization of financial services, neatly if not wholly encapsulated in the sector known as FinTech. Previously described as a steady transformation of everything related to monetary or marketplace interactions – payments, trading, capital formation, digital currency, credit insurance, real estate, etc. – the pandemic has unlocked a wave of adoption for FinTech startups across one of the fastest-growing and best-funded areas of technology. To read the full article, click here.