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Excitement around <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/technology" target="_blank">technology</a> for financial services is at an all time high, and it’s hard not to be on the bandwagon. Global <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/fintech" target="_blank">FinTech</a> investment reached $25.2B in the first half of 2018, exceeding the previous calendar year high of $18.3B in 2016. Excluding Ant Financial’s $14.5B Series C in May, with $11.2B at mid-year, we are still on record pace.