A number of enabler companies target
specific verticals like student debt, or
connecting debtors and investors. They are
building platforms that enable ordinary
individuals to raise funds and draw credit
lines from retail investors. Apple has
filed a patent application for “person-toperson
payments using electronic devices”
that could allow iPhone users to transfer
money more easily. This could potentially
commoditise retail banking even further.
Instead of using relatively high cost bankers
to broker the connection between those who
have and those who want, the disruptors are
using technology to make the match: faster,
cheaper, and maybe even better.