Ideas that move Fidelity forward.
The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology®, or FCATSM, is a catalyst for breakthrough achievements in research and tech. We assess, test and scale concepts and ideas that advance Fidelity’s market leadership and enhance every customer’s experience. FCAT teams are curious, inquisitive, and intently focused on the future.
Projects and Observations
FCAT teams are always looking beyond the horizon. We analyze social trends and experiment with an array of technologies that may impact Fidelity and its customers over the next five years.
Fintech
Matt Ehlers | Oct 11, 2024
Jeff Cain leads FCAT’s fintech research team, which dissects trends across the industry — from money movement and digital currencies to insurance, superapps, and everything in between. Recently Jeff has been delving into the idea of “dynamic paychecks,” in which payroll providers use APIs to help fintechs give employees more control over how their money is divvied up among accounts.
Direct deposit, it seems, is on the verge of an extreme makeover.
10/14/2024
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Sociocultural
By: Matt Ehlers | September 12, 2024
FCAT researcher Anjali Lai focuses on the sociocultural trends that underpin American life.
09/12/2024
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Quantum
By: Elton Zhu | July 30, 2024
FCAT quantum researcher Elton Zhu delves into a proposed optimization solver and explores how this combination of high-performance and quantum computing techniques may hold the power to spark breakthroughs in finance and other fields.
07/30/2024
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