Fintech (financial technology) is an emerging sector covering a range of online or payment systems, payment gateways/application programming interfaces (APIs), neobanks, investment banking back-end infrastructure, insurtech, wealthtech and regtech.
ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and CA ANZ (Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand) surveyed around 5700 members. They made a report from the responses they received.
This data reveals ten different job roles for accountancy and finance professionals within Fintech. It also depicts how their skill sets can add value and contribute to their organisations.
This report recommends a few essential things to accountancy and finance professionals.
Ainslie van Onselen, chief executive officer at CA ANZ, says: ‘We see tremendous opportunities ahead for accountancy and finance professionals in Fintech – particularly in driving trust through assurance and clarity of financial information with emerging norms in corporate reporting. It’s an unfolding landscape to be explored.’
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