disintermediation
noun
dis·in·ter·me·di·a·tion
ˌdis-ˌin-tər-ˌmē-dē-ˈā-shən 
1
: the diversion of savings from accounts with low fixed interest rates to direct investment in high-yielding instruments
2
: the elimination of an intermediary in a transaction between two parties
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Interdependence, resilience, and disintermediation—these terms are very important to us.
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
So there’s the cost piece, which obviously was very, very attractive to consumers, especially because this was just an industry ripe for disruption, given everything you guys said and kind of the opaque nature of some of the economics and the need for disintermediation here.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 27 June 2024
The extensive sampling and quality assurance processes that go into ingredient sourcing and manufacturing are often sustained by the intermediate parties, and disintermediation cuts out of the equation.
—Eran Mizrahi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
The process, known as disintermediation, was widely criticized by players in traditional finance for giving easier access to risky investment products for retail investors and placing more responsibility in the hands of platforms.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 6 June 2023
This past Wednesday, the Commodity Futures Trade Commission (CFTC) held a gathering of senior figures from the financial industry to discuss ‘disintermediation’, a key topic contained in a license change proposal sent by crypto exchange FTX.US to the U.S. futures regulator back in March.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 28 May 2022
Cutting out the middleman Also known as disintermediation, the direct-to-consumer trend essentially means bypassing traditional intermediaries in the supply chain – such as retailers, wholesalers, distributors, advertisers – to connect directly with the end consumer.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
In the case of cybersecurity, disintermediation connects every threat discovery directly to the specific fixers, with the security team acting as the enabler rather than the gatekeeper.
—Yoran Sirkis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
With a disintermediation approach, rather than having each of the myriad security alerts go through an unwieldy pipeline, each anomaly that arises can instead be sent directly to the relevant developers.
—Yoran Sirkis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
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Joel Khalili, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2024
So there’s the cost piece, which obviously was very, very attractive to consumers, especially because this was just an industry ripe for disruption, given everything you guys said and kind of the opaque nature of some of the economics and the need for disintermediation here.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 27 June 2024
The extensive sampling and quality assurance processes that go into ingredient sourcing and manufacturing are often sustained by the intermediate parties, and disintermediation cuts out of the equation.
—Eran Mizrahi, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
The process, known as disintermediation, was widely criticized by players in traditional finance for giving easier access to risky investment products for retail investors and placing more responsibility in the hands of platforms.
—Byleo Schwartz, Fortune Crypto, 6 June 2023
This past Wednesday, the Commodity Futures Trade Commission (CFTC) held a gathering of senior figures from the financial industry to discuss ‘disintermediation’, a key topic contained in a license change proposal sent by crypto exchange FTX.US to the U.S. futures regulator back in March.
—Javier Paz, Forbes, 28 May 2022
Cutting out the middleman Also known as disintermediation, the direct-to-consumer trend essentially means bypassing traditional intermediaries in the supply chain – such as retailers, wholesalers, distributors, advertisers – to connect directly with the end consumer.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
In the case of cybersecurity, disintermediation connects every threat discovery directly to the specific fixers, with the security team acting as the enabler rather than the gatekeeper.
—Yoran Sirkis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
With a disintermediation approach, rather than having each of the myriad security alerts go through an unwieldy pipeline, each anomaly that arises can instead be sent directly to the relevant developers.
—Yoran Sirkis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
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disintermediation
noun
dis·in·ter·me·di·a·tion
dis-ˌin-tər-ˌmē-dē-ˈā-shən
: the diversion of savings from accounts with low fixed interest rates to direct investment in high-yielding instruments
Etymology
from the investor's bypassing of the intermediate institution
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