On June 23, 2019, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) released a report discussing the emerging opportunities and associated risks that big tech activity in the financial sector presents. The paper looks at how big techs, such as Alibaba, Facebook, Amazon, Google and Tencent, have grown in recent years and what factors have influenced their growth and popularity, their transition from social platforms into the finance sector, and the reasons for their entry and how they compete against existing large banks.