FinTech Magazine December 2019 | Page 43

“ THERE ’ S BEEN A DEFINITE SHIFT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAS SEEN THE SECTOR MOVE AWAY FROM ‘ SHINY AND NEW ’ TECHNOLOGY TO THINKING ABOUT FINTECH FOR SOCIAL GOOD ”

“ THERE ’ S BEEN A DEFINITE SHIFT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS THAT HAS SEEN THE SECTOR MOVE AWAY FROM ‘ SHINY AND NEW ’ TECHNOLOGY TO THINKING ABOUT FINTECH FOR SOCIAL GOOD ”

Tracey Davies , President of Money 20 / 20 and Rise Up founder
43 a strong event with “ really high energy ” that showed a market characterised by positivity and excitement , particularly around those ideas outlined in her introductory speech . In particular , she pointed to the Monday morning keynote speeches – delivered by Uber ’ s Head of Payments Peter Hazlehurst ; Head of Calibra , David Marcus ; and Dan Schulman , President and CEO of PayPal – as both a favourite collective moment and being indicative of shifting market sentiment .
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