The Equity Kicker
OCTOBER 9, 2012
Disintermediation is one of the oldest stories of the internet. We’ve seen Betfair cut the middleman out of sports bets for a reasonable chunk of the football and horseracing gambling market in the UK but I can’t think of another large business that has disintermediated a consumer market. access to distribution (i.e. gatekeeper).
Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 6, 2017
For Aetna, the existential fear that in a world of big data, predictive analytics, and financial disintermediation of why do big insurance companies like them need to exist at all anymore. For CVS , the fear of Amazon coming into their market and squeezing them , as they have done to so many others , so hard that margins just evaporate.
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Growthink Blog
JANUARY 31, 2018
Because it is one thing for healthcare industry incumbents like Aetna, Anthem, and Humana to "talk the talk" about reducing costs and improving value.but it is another thing entirely when they are forced to do so because of the existential threat of a “disintermediating” juggernaut like Amazon and friends represent here.
Growthink Blog
JUNE 14, 2017
These kinds of businesses are under severe “disintermediation” threat, as technology allows buyers and sellers to connect directly with each other, and thus bypass “middlemen” like Grainger. Very many companies have as their business model distributing / reselling, - i.e
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 25, 2017
Analyzing in a general way, what appears with much emphasis is a disintermediation movement, in particular the banks. You can also see the reduction or elimination of fees, de-bureaucracy of processes that can be slow with review and release of credit within minutes.
Growthink Blog
DECEMBER 20, 2016
Alo Ghosh has over 35 years of experience on the frontiers of FinTech including teaching finance at Wharton, co-leading McKinsey's Finance practice, running a $4 Billion sovereign wealth fund, and is now an angel investor in 2 deep learning based FinTech startups. What does financial disintermediation really mean? Mr. Alo Ghosh.
Growthink Blog
APRIL 2, 2012
While the crowdfunding portion of the bill still needs to go through SEC rule-making, the die is clearly cast that a whole new social networking – based world of start-up and small business investing and financing is coming fast upon us. So who will the winners be and who will lose ground once the new rules are fully live?
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