Meet The Warriors Of Fintech

The third annual Fintech Awards Luxembourg (powered by the LHoFT and KPMG) take place tomorrow! Fourteen molten hot companies will pitch in front of a panel of experts and hope to win one of the top prizes, which include €50k in startup money, membership in accelerator hubs, and advertising campaigns.

But what do this year's contestants say about the maturing field of fintech? In a phrase: elegant combinations of technology.

We increasingly see young companies that are wielding several technologies—artificial intelligence combined with blockchain, for example—to meet their goals. Rather than building a single blockchain for a single purpose, startups are thinking in bigger terms, for example creating entire payment ecosystems or producing platforms that cut through silos of operation.