ByAlex Lazarow,
Senior Contributor.
Something felt different at Money 2020 this year. Where previous shows focused on the modernization of the delivery of financial instruments (e.g. better lending, savings, insurance etc) by incumbents or startups – accompanied by the infrastructure to provide it - this year felt like bigger changes were afoot.
Coming off the back of many IPOs and M&A events this year – congrats to Chime (a historical portfolio company) and eToro - the mood was more optimistic. Yet, energy cooled on many of last year’s buzz words like “embedded finance”, “buy now pay later” and “climate finance”.
Looking back on the conference, I sensed energy and big opportunities for the future in a few places in particular:
