FinTech Magazine January 2020 | Page 40

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IF you visited this year ’ s Money20 / 20 USA event – indeed , if you have read our exclusive interview with the event ’ s President , Tracey Davies in our December issue – you ’ ll be aware of one of the key themes to come out of those four days in Las Vegas : fintech for good . The question being asked across the industry , Davies told those assembled for her keynote introductory speech , was no longer what we can do with technology , rather , what we should do .

Three days later , when we managed to block out half an hour in her diary , her message was the same . Of course , by that point those gathered at the sprawling Venetian Hotel had seen countless examples of this evolution – including keynote speeches from the likes of Uber , PayPal , Calibra and more . “ There ’ s been a definite shift over the past years that has seen the
JANUARY 2020