Specialty Finance Turbo-Charged by FinTech

Three advisors to the specialty finance industry describe a private equity and M&A market driven by an expectation that financial technology innovations will transform this often-misunderstood branch of financial services. Jim Chester of KBW and Brandon Hollis and Hersh Shah of RSM give their definitions of “specialty finance” and discuss the substantial overlap with the booming fintech space. They also discuss innovation in the point-of-sale function, and mistakes that some private equity investors make when assessing a potential deal in the specialty finance space.