BDNW Issue - 11

#11 - May 16, 2019 Curated news, articles on FinTech, Blockchain, Big Data.

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FinTech Initiatives Are Motivating Financial Services InnovationFin-Tech or Financial Technology is characterized as the drive that will bring disruptive as well as transformative innovation in the field of financial services. They will do this through the application of new and developing technologies. These technologies will help them to address all and varied type of consumer needs through automation.How Does Fintech Help the Financial Health of a Nation?What is Fintech? Most people have heard about Fintech however they are not sure as to what it means. The term Fintech means “financial technology.” If you take a look at the finance market today, you will see it is complete with information technology.How Can Artificial Intelligence Help Fintech Companies?Financial technology or fintech companies are on the cutting edge of developments in the financial industry. This technology encompasses a wide range of artificial intelligence. AI is helping push the envelope even further by offering to open even more doorsCombining Banking And Fintech To Work Better TogetherThe Financial Service industry undergoes a lot of change in its policy and approach as well to make the services even better. Recently, there has been a lot of use of technology in this sector that has been seenWhy Fintech Is Poised to Change Banking TechnologyThe rapid advancement of technology is changing the world in new, exciting and unimaginable ways. We've gone from brick-and-mortar establishments to online shopping, and from people-driven production lines to fully automated factories.How Fintech is Changing the Way We Do Things?What is it about Fintech that has 84% of insurers looking to partner with Fintech companies in the next three to five years? Or that has 91.3% already collaborating with Fintechs?Advantages of Linking Cryptocurrency with Your Wage and Pension ProgramsCryptocurrency is a digital currency, and it is gaining popularity throughout the world these days. Digital transaction through cryptocurrency is not rare these days. However, there are some complications regarding the use of cryptocurrency.The Future of Blockchain Technology: Top PredictionsCryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are some of the most talked about topics in the world today. They both have positive and negative sides, which make it hard to predict the future.Emerging Blockchain Platforms to Keep Your Eyes on in 2019fter getting through one of the most turbulent years cryptocurrency has ever seen, blockchain investors, entrepreneurs and hobbyists are all eying the technology with more scrutiny than ever before. 2018 was a virtual roller coaster for cryptocurrency investors and supporters,Blockchain Is Poised to Help Global HousingSince the recession, the real estate and housing industry has bounced back considerably. Market prices are higher than they’ve been for years, and estimates show continued growth along with renewed millennial demand.The Significance of Blockchain in Big DataThe World Economic Forum (WEF) defines blockchain as a technology that allows people to transfer assets to one another in a secure way without any intermediaries. It enables transparency, immutability, and autonomous execution of business rules.     Books       Big Data Science & Analytics: A Hands-On Approach  We are living in the dawn of what has been termed as the "Fourth Industrial Revolution", which is marked through the emergence of "cyber-physical systems" where software interfaces seamlessly over networks with physical systems, such as sensors, smartphones, vehicles, power grids or buildings, to create a new world of Internet of Things (IoT).     Programming Hive: Data Warehouse and Query Language for Hadoop   Need to move a relational database application to Hadoop? This comprehensive guide introduces you to Apache Hive, Hadoop’s data warehouse infrastructure. You’ll quickly learn how to use Hive’s SQL dialect—HiveQL—to summarize, query, and analyze large datasets stored in Hadoop’s distributed filesystem.          For a detailed list of books covering Big data Data Science, Machine Learning, AI and associated programming languages check out our big data books page.  Want to reach our audience / fellow readers? Consider sponsoring - grab a spot now.    Big Data | Hadoop News | AI | ML | NoSQL | Education | IoT | Cloud