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FinTech the 'new normal' for most customers

Open-access content Wednesday 3rd July 2019 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

More than half of banking and financial services customers now use FinTech products and services, a worldwide poll by the deVere Group has uncovered.

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Of the 883 customers surveyed across Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and Australasia, 55% said that they "regularly use financial technology to access and manage their money".


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This article appeared in our July 2019 issue of The Actuary .
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