Recent research by Citigroup (C, -0.07%) projects that revenues of financial technology startups will leap 10 times, to more than $100 billion, in the next four years. Here are a handful of companies with major growth potential.
Digital Assets Holdings
Year founded: 2014
Notable Investors: Citigroup, IBM
High-frequency traders can swap stocks in milliseconds, but it still takes a day or more for the money to move in many of Wall Street’s markets. Digital Asset Holding plans to speed that using blockchain—the technology behind Bitcoin. Blythe Masters, a pioneer of credit default swaps at JPMorgan Chase, joined as CEO last year.