This is Eastbrook’s and Finansbarometern’s selection of blog posts and articles on Financial Services, Future Banking, Fintech and Disruptive Finance.

From around the world:

• BBVA continues its fintech acquisition run, buys Holvi, an online-only business bank
• The Future of Banking: Uber or Apple?
• Google experiments with a way to pay without taking out your phone
• Jim Marous Interview: 2016 Banking Trends Recap
• Bill.com unites banks and businesses in the cloud

• Stockholm’s FinTech Is Europe’s No. 2 Innovation Hub
• The top 5 fintech predictions for 2016
• Chris Skinner: The five major use cases for financial blockchains
• Can financial services ever crack the customer-centric code of Netflix and Amazon?

Finansbarometern’s blog:

• Fintech and the Cloud are converging – Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, bankers!