The Sunday Times Bestseller
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2025 - Specialist Business Book
Fintech touches every part of our lives, from cashless economies to crypto, and even our climate. This book draws back the curtain on this fascinating world full of friction, failure and fortune.
Fintech Wars delves into one of the world's most lucrative and fast-growing sectors. Witness the bold strategies, groundbreaking innovations, and relentless drive that propelled fintech unicorns like PayPal, Nubank and Monzo to transform the world. Featuring interviews with generational founders including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Nigel Morris (Capital One), and Martha Lane Fox (Lastminute.com), the narrators of this book have built companies that represent over one trillion dollars in market capitalization.
As the founder of a digital bank, James da Costa is a fintech insider. He draws upon his network and first-hand experiences to offer a fascinating look into the intricacies and motivations behind building billion-dollar disruptors. Step into the fascinating, unpredictable and inspiring world of fintech.
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Fintech Wars
Tech Titans, Complex Crypto and the Future of Money - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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- English
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eBook - ePub
Fintech Wars
Tech Titans, Complex Crypto and the Future of Money - THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
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Table of contents
- Praise for Fintech Wars
- Fintech Wars
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 01 PayPal vs. No One
- 02 Venmo vs. Cash
- 03 Alibaba vs. Tencent
- 04 Nubank vs. Regulatory Extinction
- 05 SVB vs. the Newcomers
- 06 Monzo vs. Status Quo
- 07 The Everyman vs. Wall Street
- 08 Crypto vs. the Global Financial System
- 09 Black Swans vs. the Power Law
- 10 Unicorns
- Sources
- Index
- Copyright Page
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