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When we started discussing our desire for a book which would summarize the global FinTech sector in an easy way, it was just an idea between two people. From that moment onwards we spoke to hundreds of our FinTech friends globally and everybody supported the idea. FinTech entrepreneurs across all continents were eager to share their powerful insights. They wanted to explain the new business models and technologies they were working on to change the world of finance. FinTech investors, “intrapreneurs”, innovation leaders at leading financial institutions and thought leaders were keen to describe their embrace of the FinTech revolution. Finally, many FinTech visionaries wanted to share their vision for the future.

This global effort of crowdsourcing such insights is a world first. We are aware that this would not have been possible without the FINTECH Circle and FinTech HK global communities. We are very grateful to our members who have been with us since 2014 when both groups were created. Our FINTECH Circle Group on LinkedIn has more than 10,000 members globally and all readers of the book are invited to join and continue the conversation online. We also want to thank our 20,000 Twitter followers across our Twitter accounts @FINTECHCircle; @FinTechHK; @FTCInnovate; @FINTECHTours; @SuperChargerFT; and of course our dedicated Twitter account @TheFINTECHBook. Without the public support and engagement of our global FinTech community this book would not have been possible.

The authors you will read about have been chosen by our global FinTech community purely on merit, thus no matter how big or small their organization, no matter in which country they work in, no matter if they were well known or still undiscovered, everybody had the same chance. We are proud of that because we believe that FinTech will change the world of finance forever and the global FinTech community is made up of the smartest, most innovative and nicest people we know. Thank you for being part of our Journey. It is difficult to name you all here, but you are all listed in the directory at the end of this book.

We also wanted to select the best publisher for the book and we have chosen Wiley to allow readers globally to buy their hardcopies or order online. A special thanks goes to our fantastic editor Thomas Hyrkiel who saw the vision for the book from the moment we met. Thank you and to your team – we could not have done it without your amazing support!

We look forward to hearing from you. Please visit our website www.TheFINTECHBook.com for additional bonus content from our global FinTech community, consisting of the top FinTech entrepreneurs, investors, intrapreneurs and FinTech visionaries!

Please send us your comments on The FinTech Book and let us know how you wish to be engaged by dropping us a line at info@thefintechbook.com