McLaughlin: Wealth tech will have the most long-term staying power in fintech
Steve McLaughlin · 671: Predicting The Future of FInTech with Steve McLaughlin, CEO at FT Partners · May 26, 2017 · at 3:48
FT Partners CEO Steve McLaughlin compares growth dynamics across fintech verticals including payments, online lending, and wealth tech.
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“In the wealth tech space, that's the one of the ones I think is going to be a little bit slower to ramp, but has probably the most staying power long-term because you just keep piling assets on top of each other over the years and the stickiness level over some of these platforms like Betterment, Wealthfront, And others is, is huge.”
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