Why Is Uber Hiring So Many Fintech People? (6/8)

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by Christophe Langlois Aug 31, 2019, 9:21 am

“Uber’s financial services opportunity is in providing a wide of services to a relatively narrow segment of consumers–its drivers, not its passengers–whose banking needs are underserved today.

To build the financial services ecosystem required to provide these services might require the 100+ people that Uber intends to hire in New York, and having “bank workers” among those employees might be helpful, as well.”

Source: Forbes.com

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Based in London for almost a decade, Christophe is an entertaining fintech marketing keynote speaker and a trusted advisor to the global financial services industry on the topics of digital marketing, innovation and B2B social media.

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