Is There a Difference Between Techfin and Fintech?

In 2015 JD Finance recommended using the term “fintech” and in December of 2016 Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba, coined “techfin”; the use of techfin showed Ant Financial’s focus on building technology instead of products; the article explores whether the two concepts of fintech and techfin are actually different and the business models of JD Finance and Ant Financial. Source

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