Sci-fi movies may have promised us some snazzy technology that hasn't quite come to pass, writes Simon Goldthorpe, but that does not mean financial advisers should dismiss the power of fintech...
If you grew up on the great sci-fi movies and TV of the 80s and 90s, then you'll know that the future hasn't turned out quite as we were promised. For instance, Back to the Future: Part II (now five years in the past) offered us flying cars, hover boards and instant rehydrated pizza. Blade Runner (set in November 2019) also suggested we'd be flying to work by now, that we'd have ‘replicants' - futuristic androids indistinct from humans - and persistently gloomy weather. As we move into a new decade, technology continues to advance at pace. Just ten years ago we didn't have smartwatche...
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