Fintech, Digital Finance & DeFi
2. Job landscape for this Career Area (“where”)
Where Fintech, Digital Finance & DeFi professionals work?
Departments & Teams
Product Development & Innovation
Team within department
- Financial product design
Cybersecurity & Risk Management
Team within department
- Risk management protocols
Blockchain Development and DeFi Protocols
Team within department
- DApps
User Experience & Design
Team within department
- Interface creation
- User interaction optimization
Marketing and Customer Acquisition
Team within department
- Digital marketing
- Social media
- Customer engagement
Research & Development
Team within department
- Emerging technologies
PROFESSIONAL FIRMS
Fintech
- Stripe
- Square
- PayPal
- Robinhood
- Revolut
- N26
Digital Finance and DeFi
- Coinbase
- Kraken
- Binance
- MakerDAO
- Compound
Consultancies
- Deloitte
- PwC
- Ernst & Young
- Consensys
- Stratumn
- R3
Sectors
As a finance professional, you could work in a finance-related department in any sector. However, the sectors highlighted below tend to recruit fintech, digital finance and DeFi professionals—and companies in these sectors may even have a large group or an entire department dedicated to the field.
SECTOR
IMPORTANCE
- Insurtech
High
- RegTec
High
- Neobanks and Digital Banking
High
- Personal Finance Management
Mid
- Blockchain Consulting
High
- Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
High
- Cryptocurrency Exchanges
High
- Blockchain Development
High
- Peer-to-peer Lending
Mid
- Robo-advisory and WealthTech
Mid
- Financial Data Analytics
Mid
CONSULTING
IMPORTANCE
- Technology integration and strategy
High
- Regulatory compliance and legal
High
- Blockchain and cryptocurrency advisory
High
- Cybersecurity and risk management
High
- Digital transformation
High
- Payment and transaction solutions
High
- Insurtech advisory
High
- DeFi strategy
High