
The Money Hackers
How a Group of Misfits Took on Wall Street and Changed Finance Forever
By: Daniel P. Simon
Hardcover | 14 April 2020
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Whether you've heard of fintech or not, it's already changing your life. Have you ever “Venmoed” someone Do you think of investing in Bitcoin-even though you can't quite explain what it is If you've deposited a check using your iPhone, that's fintech. And if you've gone to a bank branch and discovered it has been closed and shuttered for good, odds are that's because of fintech too.
The Money Hackers focuses on some of fintech's most powerful disruptors-a ragtag collection of financial outsiders and savants-and uses their incredible stories to explain not just how the technology works, but how the Silicon Valley thinking behind the technology, ideas like friction, hedonic adaptation, democratization, and disintermediation, is having a drastic effect on the entire banking and finance industry. Turn to this remarkable new guide to:
- Feel empowered with the knowledge needed to spot the opportunities the next wave of fintech disruptions will bring.
- Understand the critical pain points that fintech is resolving, through a profile of the major finsurgents behind the disruption. Topic areas include Friction (featuring founders of Venmo), Aggregate and Automate (featuring Adam Dell, founder of Open Table and brother of Michael Dell), and Rise of the Machines (featuring Jon Stein, founder of robo-advisor Betterment).
- Learn about some of the larger-than-life characters behind the fintech movement.
About the Author
Dan Simon is chairman of the Museum of American Finance communications board and CEO of Vested, a global financial communications firm. He represents some of the most recognizable brands in finance and fintech, including Morgan Stanley, Bloomberg L.P., and Goldman Sachs. He's a regular columnist for Forbes, Markets Media, and Cointelegraph and is a regular commentator on platforms like Cheddar, Asset TV, and FinTech TV, and his podcast Wall & Broadcast has over 100,000 downloads.
ISBN: 9781400216604
ISBN-10: 1400216605
Published: 14th April 2020
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: HarperCollins Leadership
Country of Publication: US
Dimensions (cm): 23.6 x 16.2 x 2.5
Weight (kg): 0.41
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