Trends & Signals
Explore the latest insights, thought leadership, and research from FCAT®
Crypto and Privacy – Understanding the Future
October 14, 2020
Notes from FCAT’s Crypto Privacy Conference As the world inches closer towards realizing the true importance of privacy, we are witnessing a paradigm shift in ways data is collected. In our pursuit of reimagining financial systems with...
COVID-19: Insights Beyond the Curve
October 7, 2020
Mike Durbin, Head of Fidelity Institutional, discusses new Fidelity research on the implications of COVID-19 with Judy Marlinski, Head of FI Product and Advisory Solutions, and Megan Kelley, Head of Research at FCAT.
Seven Trends Shaping the Future of Fintech
October 1, 2020
In just five years the fintech landscape has shifted from a focus on solving vertical narrow problems, to being driven by broader horizontal trends. We have identified seven of what we believe are the most important trends shaping the future of...
Vaulted Bitcoin Custody
September 29, 2020
In this article, we describe Bitcoin transactions, restricted transactions called Covenants, and our own research into secure Bitcoin custody using a type of Covenant called Vaults.
Learning about Leadership by Talking About Art
September 21, 2020
I was struggling to facilitate my first Visual Thinking Strategies (VTS) session when it hit me — this was "another growth opportunity." Specifically, it was an opportunity to rethink what it means to be a leader in our hyper-connected, ambiguous,...
How COVID-19 Changes the Future of Innovation
September 10, 2020
Sadly, it’s too easy to tally up the losses from COVID-19 – as of the end of August, more than 700,000 lives, millions of jobs, more than 100,000 small businesses in the U.S., and seven to ten months of learning for students. COVID-19 has also...
FCAT Blockchain Incubator, Who We Are
September 8, 2020
FCAT launched its blockchain incubator in 2015. Since then it has been our mission to fully understand Bitcoin and blockchain technologies and their impact on money and the modern financial system.
FCAT Supports Onboarding New Employees Using Virtual Reality
September 1, 2020
Facing a global pandemic and a continuing need to bring on new team members, Fidelity recently turned to FCAT for help in creating an immersive, interactive onboarding experience for employees. The test program was initiated to explore an...
Eliminating AI Bias: A Human + Machine Approach
August 27, 2020
Bias in AI is a known problem. Cases involving medical care, parole, recruiting, and loans have all been tainted by flawed data sampling or training data that includes biased human decisions.1 The good news: large organizations are waking up. Even...
Exploring Quantum Computing with Amazon Web Services
August 13, 2020
This Quantum-to-Quantum PoC showcases the ability to optimize the use of different quantum technologies, and also features a hardware-agnostic approach which enables Fidelity to easily switch to new quantum systems as they become available.