Mobile Forecast: Where Will FinTech Be in Five Years?
FinTech is an exciting place for Los Angeles app developers to be right now. Startups have been disrupting everything from stock trading to credit card payments, translating to big wins for smartphone users and financial institutions alike. Perhaps the best part of the FinTech revolution has been watching how it’s opened up opportunities for lower-income […]
Will 2016 Be the Golden Age of FinTech App Development?
The Lending Club IPO in 2014 marked the beginning of a Renaissance for FinTech app developers, with financial app services launching with ever-greater frequency (and ever-larger funding). Today, FinTech app startups like Mint and Robinhood are disrupting the personal finance and stock trading industries respectively, leading developers to wonder: how much more room for growth […]
Fintech company NextGenVest Helps Millennials Plan Expenses
The New York City mobile app developers at NextGenVest are out to solve a huge problem: the financial traps set for millennial students by predatory lenders and skyrocketing educational costs. To date, organizations aimed at helping students manage money better have failed — particularly when trying to profit in the process — because of the […]
PayPal Splits from eBay Creating a Mobile FinTech Powerhouse
PayPal recently started trading as a standalone entity on the Nasdaq, marking its official split from eBay. In recognition of the occasion, PayPal’s CEO, Dan Schulman, shed some light on the company’s revamped strategic outlook. There were three key takeaways from Schulman’s Q2 earnings call: Mobile is a top priority. Schulman envisions a future in […]
Mobile Banking Sector Experiencing Exponential Growth
The Federal Reserve Board recently released the results of its fourth annual study of consumers’ online banking behaviors, which revealed a strong continued trend of upward growth. Key findings include sustained increases in the number of smartphone users who have full access to online banking services, and in the number of people who do some […]
Dogtown Media Announced as Winner of the Citi Mobile Challenge for Development of Innovative Mobile Banking Solution
Citi announced Dogtown Media as a winner of the Citi Mobile Challenge during awards ceremony in San Francisco. Dogtown Media showcased the Swift Mobile Banking App last month in New York City as an innovative mobile app to improve the in-branch banking experience for Citi customers. Citi formally announced Dogtown Media as a winner […]