[ATOM] Time for fintech's big bet

Could this public fintech stock crash be an opportunity for firms to take the big risky bets they previously held back to protect near-term earnings and frothy stock prices?

They've got practically nothing left to lose so maybe now's the time to finally do something new.

Let's look at recent history - in last financial crisis ('07 - '09):

• Visa added global mobile payments & NFC ('08)

• Fiserv launched mobile banking ('08)

• Green Dot bought a bank* ('09)

• PayPal launched open API platform ('09)

*pre-IPO but didn't pull back

Here's to hope.