This is the second of an indeterminant number of posts delivered at irregular intervals highlighting songs about money. Some everyone will know; some are more obscure. Taken together, they create a soundtrack for the fintech experience. These aren’t the “best” songs. They aren’t grouped together for any reasons, and they are in no special order. But each is good, or interesting, or notable, or enjoyable and in its own way captures some element of our pecuniary experiences. So Happy New …
Category: Thoughts & Ramblings
Boston Fintech Week is back! This seventh edition, brought to you once again by Fintech Sandbox, is running from October 14 – October 18, 2024. This year’s theme is Fintech at Full Throttle. One of the things that makes …
“That clinking, clanking sound Can make the world go ‘round” After more than 30 years of operating at the intersection of technology and financial services, I’ve come to realize that what fintech really needs isn’t AI …
In chronological order. A subjective list to be sure. Only includes movies I’ve seen. Which films would you add? It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) On Prime Video, and at this time of year in heavy rotation lots …
May 24, 2021 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 …
Ideas of financial health have long been rooted in the concept of “financial literacy,” and dominated by educational approaches designed to teach people how to better manage their financial lives. While financial literacy is important, and …
The second annual edition of Boston FinTech Week, organized by FinTech Sandbox, has just successfully concluded. There were 47 separate sessions held in 22 venues across five days. More than 3,000 people registered. They came from …
Periodically, I hear a presentation or read a blog post on the topic of public relations for startups. I often feel the advice given is incomplete, or misguided, or one-size-fits-all, or simply wrong. So here is …
I’ve just returned from the Finovate spring session in northern California. What did I see? Quite a few single occupant automobiles in the HOV lane on Highway 101. Finovate, for the uninitiated, is a grueling two-day …
Earlier this week, Governor Deval Patrick indicated that he will move to ban enforcement of noncompete agreements in Massachusetts. This is one part of a larger piece of legislation designed to promote innovation – job creation …
In 1998, at a technology conference in New York, John (Launny) Steffens, vice chairman of what was then Merrill Lynch & Company, told his audience, ”The do-it-yourself model of investing, centered on Internet trading, should be …