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hile blogs and news portals will keep you up-to-date in terms of companies and corporate news, books FOLLOW US
– which often result from extensive researches and interviews – will give you have a wider view on a
particular sector, as well as its emerging trends and developments. We tried to select the best ntech books
for you.

Whether you are interested in bitcoin, cryptocurrencies, peer-to-peer lending, mobile banking, or even more
largely, just curious about the future of money and banking, we have compiled a list of the top 10 essential
books about ntech you must have in your library. Maybe not all books are covering fully ntech, but they will
give you the essential thinking you need for  ntech and digital banking.

Here it goes: (just click on the cover to get to a bookshop).

Also have a look to our selection of “The 10 Best Fintech News Sites and Blogs”.

Fintechnews Switzerland has updated this list with brand new publications, check out: ” 9 (More) Fintech and
Blockchain Books to Have on Your Bookshelf” 

‘Bank 3.0: Why Banking Is No Longer Somewhere

You Go But Something You Do’ – Brett King UPCOMING EVE

Following Brett King’s rst edition of Bank 2.0 in 2010, a bestseller on Amazon in the US, UK Germany, France
and Japan, the Australian technology futurist, public speaker and author, came back in 2012 with ‘Bank 3.0:
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interviews of ntech entrepreneurs, experts and disruptors from
all over the globe who are looking to rede ne nance and
banking.

The book features stories of these disruptors, case studies and testaments on their visions of the future of
money. Topics that are covered include Bitcoin, peer-to-peer lending, social media, as well as the new
emerging banking business models.

Another book by King that is eagerly awaited is called ‘Augmented: Life in the Smart Lane’ and will focus on the
new emerging technologies that will enable people to gain instant access to more information. (a free chapter
can be downloaded here)

The book, set to be released in June 2016, will highlight how technologies such as supercomputers, smart
sensors, self-driving cars and AI-based personal assistants, will fundamental change the way we live, work and
learn.

‘Digital Bank: Strategies to Launch or

Become a Digital Bank’ – Chris Skinner
Following ‘The Future of Finance after SEPA’ and ‘The Future of Banking In a Globalised
World,’ Chris Skinner’s ‘Digital Bank: Strategies to Launch or Become a Digital Bank’
o ers an in-depth analysis on the digital revolution in banking as well as the work that
have been done by incumbents such as Barclays into their digital transformation.

The book, which speci cally focuses on mobile Internet, features analysis of new
models of banking such as FIDOR Bank in Germany and new ntech startups such a
Metro Bank and Zopa.

Chris Skinner is a writer, commentator and keynote speaker considered as one of the t most in uential
personalities in the ntech industry.

Skinner, a technology infrastructure and post-trade services veteran, is also the founder and chairman of the
Financial Services Club, a European nancial sector networking group. Chris Skinners new book “Value Web”
will be about Blockchain and will be published in January 2016.

‘The End of Banking: Money, Credit, and

the Digital Revolution’ – Jonathan
McMillan
Released in November 2014 by two anonymous authors, ‘The End of Banking: Money,
Credit, and the Digital Revolution’ is a “thought-provoking” book that dissects banking
and explains how the industry “almost crashed out nancial system.”

The book highlights how the digital revolution will be a game changer that will de nitely
end the banking system that we know of.

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Alongside o ering the main problems of our nancial world, the book also provides with solutions to move
forwards into a modern nancial system.

Jonathan McMillan is a pseudonym used by two authors who wish to preserve their identities: one is a nancial
experts that works in the investment banking division of a global bank; the other is a scholar and a researcher
who holds two bachelor’s degrees in economics and international relations, as well as an M.Phil. in economics
from the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D in economics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH
Zurich.

‘The Power of Mobile Banking: How to

Pro t from the Revolution in Retail
Financial Services’ – Sankar Krishnan
Written by career banker and nancial services industry thought leader Sankar
Krishnan, ‘The Power of Mobile Banking: How to Pro t from the Revolution in Retail
Financial Services’ covers the challenges and opportunities related to our new mobile-
driven world.

Most particularly, the book explores mobile banking, mobile payments, as well as m-
commerce, and highlights the key strategies for banks to deliver great services that will bene t users.

‘Virtual Banking: A Guide to Innovation

and Partnering’ – Dan Schatt
‘Virtual Banking: A Guide to Innovation and Partnering’ a Wiley Finance series book,
focuses on the impact of technology on nance and banking with a particular focus on
digital payments.

The book gives an overview of the key trends and developments that are rede ning the
nancial services industry and gives insights on the future of banking business models.

It also discusses innovations from incumbent banks, challengers and non-banks, and
gives a comprehensive overview on electronic payments, mobile payments and virtual banking, as well as the
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In ‘Bye Bye Banks?’ James Haycock and Shane Richmond explore how technology
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Credit Union’ – Ron Shevlin

‘Smarter Bank’ covers emerging technological trends and topics such as big data, engagement and innovation,
and speci cally targets banks and credit unions with the purpose of helping them become more pro table as
well as teaching them how to bene t from emerging disruptive technologies.
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The book covers the current main issues of the banking industry, the new competitive
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Millionaires Trying to Reinvent

Money’ – Nathaniel Popper
Published in May 2015 by New York Times technology and
business reporter Nathaniel Popper, ‘Digital Gold: Bitcoin and the
Inside Story of the Mis ts and Millionaires Trying to Reinvent
Money’ gives an extensive analysis of the history of bitcoin and
how it has spawned a global social movement.

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‘The Age of Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin

and Digital Money Are Challenging the Embed

Global Economic Order’ – Paul Vigna,

Michael J. Casey
Another must-have book about bitcoin and cryptocurrencies is ‘The Age of
Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic
Order,’ written by Wall Street Journal reporters Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey.

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