Fintech financing has been turned on its head, and a new report from CB Insights illustrates some dramatic shifts in both the number of deals taking place and the total funding being thrown around in the sector. The report considers partnership activity, public company earnings transcripts, vertical financial analysis and the full amount of money included in deals taking place worldwide.

A federal best practices body recently issued a statement warning the financial services sector not to take cloud computing safety for granted. According to a message from the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC), penned on behalf of its members, banks are urged to implement proper security controls and ensure management understands “shared responsibilities between cloud service providers and their financial institution clients.”

A newly published global fintech industry report suggests traditional banks are in position to thrive in the current market despite fierce competition from fintech challengers. However, they’re going to need to make some adjustments to pull it off.

Financially servicing underrepresented segments of the population has become both a humanitarian goal as well as a proverbial golden goose for companies all over the world. Fintechs, perhaps, are in a unique position to fill demand for services as they endeavor to act with more efficiency and agility than their predecessors in the space.