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 ]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 ]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 ]Founded in September of 2018 by Helena Mueller, Johan Pihl, Mathias Wikström, Fredrik Lagertrad, and Nathalie Green, Doconomy is a mobile banking service developed to inspire changes in consumer behavior to reduce unsustainable consumption and carbon emissions. Doconomy bills itself as a … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]There were at least 35 financing events resulting in more than $540 million in capital raised by Boston-area FinTech startups in 2019 — significantly more than any previous year except 2018 when Cambridge Mobile Telematics raised $500 million (all from Softbank) on … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ ]This is the second half of our interview with Kristen Tyrell, co-founder and CEO of Catch, which is building a portable benefits platform for workers who don’t receive their benefits from an employer. (Find the first half here.) Q. Can you measure … 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.”
The application period for the Winter 2022 cohort of the @DCUFinTechCtr is open for just a few more days! https://j.mp/3jrT527 This is a great program for #fintech startups, so don't delay!
What does building a thriving #fintech ecosystem require? Watch Mike Fanning (@MassFintechHub), Haven Nichols (@masschallengeFT), @ccrosswell from London, @lgrotto (@ChooseParisReg) & moderator Dan New (@EYnews) discuss at Boston FinTech Week. https://j.mp/3jqeAQV
.@InnFin announces the return of the in-person Global Summit, coming in April of 2022: https://j.mp/3poC7pd
The fantastic Boston FinTech Week panel on #ParametricInsurance, called "Meeting Cover Needs Created by Climate Change," w/ @MarthaNotaras, Daniel Vetter (@DescartesUWing), Ian Bartholomew (@FloodFlash_Ins), Jenny Dissen (@NOAA) is now available online. https://j.mp/3CeQyzX
12 financial services brands make @Interbrand's list of the Best Global Brands 2021. It's the usual suspects. I'm surprised there are none from Asia.
