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The Sunday Times Bestseller
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2025 - Specialist Business Book
Fintech touches every part of our lives, from cashless economies to crypto, and even our climate. This book draws back the curtain on this fascinating world full of friction, failure and fortune.
Fintech Wars delves into one of the world's most lucrative and fast-growing sectors. Witness the bold strategies, groundbreaking innovations, and relentless drive that propelled fintech unicorns like PayPal, Nubank and Monzo to transform the world. Featuring interviews with generational founders including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Nigel Morris (Capital One), and Martha Lane Fox (Lastminute.com), the narrators of this book have built companies that represent over one trillion dollars in market capitalization.
As the founder of a digital bank, James da Costa is a fintech insider. He draws upon his network and first-hand experiences to offer a fascinating look into the intricacies and motivations behind building billion-dollar disruptors. Step into the fascinating, unpredictable and inspiring world of fintech.
Contents
Chapter - 00: Introduction;
Chapter - 01: PayPal vs. No One: The Fintech Unicorn That Spawned a Mafia;
Chapter - 02: Venmo vs. Cash: "Money is Pure Fiction";
Chapter - 03: Alibaba vs. Tencent: Red Envelope Wars and a Two-Horse Race;
Chapter - 04: Nubank vs. Regulatory Extinction: How a Presidential Decree Almost Killed Nubank;
Chapter - 05: SVB vs. the Newcomers: Bank Blowups and Unlikely Beneficiaries;
Chapter - 06: Monzo vs. Status Quo: Crowdfunding £1 Million in 96 Seconds;
Chapter - 07: The Everyman vs. Wall Street: One Million Percent Returns on Robinhood;
Chapter - 08: Crypto vs. the Global Financial System: Missing Billions and $700 Million Pizza;
Chapter - 09: Black Swans vs. the Power Law: Insuring and Betting against Crisis;
Chapter - 10: Unicorns: A Blueprint for Billion-Dollar Growth;
