I follow roughly 180 active fintech (insurtech, regtech, etc.) startups headquartered in Greater Boston which, by my definition, runs from Portland to Providence and as far west as Springfield.1 This is up from last year’s count, mostly because I’ve become … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Fintech firms need people who can find ways to scale quickly in highly regulated industries while competing, partnering, or collaborating (or all three) with incumbent players. Incumbent firms need leaders who are agile and can accelerate a digital transformation journey … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]In the last 20-years, robo-advisors have seen steady growth and many have reached significant scale. By using algorithms to build diversified portfolios based on investor goals and periodically rebalancing in a cost-effective and tax-efficient fashion, wealth management entrepreneurs have been … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Luckily for the burgeoning marijuana industry, we can’t all be as upstanding as Jeff Sessions, the author of this quote. Thirty-eight states, Washington D. C., Puerto Rico, and Guam have all legalized marijuana to at least an extent. A large majority of … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Headquartered in Paris, Societe Generale is the seventh largest bank in Europe and the 18th largest in the world. SocGen, as it’s known, has more than 130,000 employees serving 30 million customers in 61 countries. SocGen has a longstanding commitment to digital transformation, … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Data is critical to innovation in financial services, from testing new underwriting algorithms to sifting through government filings for sell signals, to training fraud detection models. But real-world data – and particularly consumer data – can be hard to come … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]I follow roughly 165 active fintech (insurtech, regtech, etc.) startups headquartered in Greater Boston which, by my definition, runs from Portland to Providence and as far west as Springfield. The number hasn’t changed much since 2020 despite the higher-than-usual number … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]It’s been a long time in coming, but many of the world’s largest asset managers, forward-thinking family offices, and individual investors are developing and implementing sustainable investment strategies that seek to couple competitive financial returns with wider environmental and social … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 ]“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.”
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If I read this right, the UK government is no longer interested in funding the Global Talent Visa, which brought in people who would start and join high-growth businesses, and will hand that money to Barclays instead. http://bit.ly/3HN9nz6
This should, perhaps, become the industry standard. Violate a nondisclosure agreement and get paid $7.5 million. http://bit.ly/40ik1oT
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Farmed salmon should come off the table and out of your fridge. The environmental costs are too great. http://bit.ly/3Ro0gYX
