Fintech Impact

Jason Pereira, award-winning financial planner, university lecturer, writer, speaks at the Toronto Area Accountants Network Conference: Fintech, and How it is Revolutionizing our Relationship with Money. Jason highlights a variety of different technologies that are changing the way we do business and making many heavy-lifting tasks obsolete. For a taste of the financial future, don’t miss this episode.Show Notes: ● :30 - Introduction to the conference Jason will speak at.● 1:00 - How technology is changing the financial and accounting space allowing more interaction with clients.● 1:40 - We will talk about different technologies: The cloud, API, Data Aggregation, Big Data, and Blockchain.● 5:50 - How big data is enabling new sales in asset management.● 9:00 - The most useful application of blockchain is the obsolescence of reconciliation.● 10:20 - Is there a reason transaction and accounting software can’t be integrated.● 11:15 - Accounting softwares now integrate directly into payroll software.● 11:38 - API