After a year off because of, well, you know, Boston FinTech Week is back. This fourth edition, brought to you once again by FinTech Sandbox, is running from September 28 – October 1, 2021. This year’s theme is Financial Services for Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere. … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Orum is creating financial infrastructure allowing for real-time money movement in the U.S. In its own words, “Orum’s API-based products will give enterprise customers unique funds-availability modeling, empowering them with the information required to shift to real-time payments, and enable access … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Founded in 2019, Orum is creating financial infrastructure allowing for real-time money movement in the U.S. In its own words, “Orum’s API-based products will give enterprise customers unique funds-availability modeling, empowering them with the information required to shift to real-time payments, and … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Could it provide affordable financial services for underserved families, and, at the same time, shore up its own financial footing? Bank branch closures are an ongoing phenomenon hitting rural and socioeconomically challenged communities particularly hard. So why not provide low-cost … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]On Tuesday, November 2, 2021, voters in Boston will select the city’s next mayor. The former Mayor, Marty Walsh, resigned on March 22, 2021 to become Secretary of Labor in the Biden administration. Kim Janey, president of the Boston City … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]ItaliaFintech was established in 2018 by a small group of the leading fintech entrepreneurs who felt the need to join forces and build a common house for discussion and development. The aim was to exchange views on the challenges, the … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]When foreign exchange transactions executed for mutual funds, pension plans, and endowments don’t occur at the interbank rate, investors and beneficiaries lose out. A lack of oversight and a lack of transparency mean the costs of surprisingly wide FX spreads … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]2020 was a wretched year by every measure except this one: 46 Boston-based fintech firms raised more than $1.12 billion in private equity and venture capital — significantly more than any previous year except 2018 (the year SoftBank dropped $500 million on … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Parametric insurance pays out when a pre-defined event occurs as measured by a specified figure, figures, or index. It has traditionally been used in agriculture and by insurance companies to cover natural catastrophes, including hurricanes, cyclones, and earthquakes (think CAT … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]Jen Marino was most recently the Chief Marketing and Customer Officer at Rockland Trust Company, where she led the company’s branding, communications, strategic planning, and customer experience efforts. Rockland Trust is a $11.5 billion community-oriented commercial bank serving eastern and … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]“If no one seems to understand, start your own revolution and cut out the middleman.”
“I’m not even sure what I want, but that’s not the point – it’s that I want it now.”
“Whenever the old gives way to the new, everybody with vested interests in the old starts crying that the world will stop. There aren’t many people with vested interests in the new.”
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
“All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.”
Tomorrow at noon EDT, Greg Becker, CEO of @SVB_Financial, sits down for a virtual chat with @danprimack during #BostonFinTechWeek2021. I'd like to hear about plans for @BostonPrivate. Register here (free): https://bit.ly/3zJdR2B
A reminder that applications are open for the 2022 edition of @FinTechLabLDN: https://j.mp/3CQ3fRA #fintech
Looking forward to the #financialinclusion discussion at #BostonFinTechWeek2021 with Castleigh Johnson, @hm_arnold, Sharla Godbehere & Christina Keitt Chaney. Moderated by @moorehn. Wednesday, 3:45 EDT. Free and virtual. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/3zJdR2B
Relationship Managers at BofA branches hand out business cards with phone numbers that do not allow you to reach anyone or leave a message. Who approved this idea? Perhaps the announced change among top executives will result in greater customer focus.
.@gilliantett lets the lesser Cyrus Vance off easy in Lunch with the @FT: https://j.mp/3kFNDtD (paywall)
