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 ]In the U.S., we have long relied on employers to provide critical benefits and important pieces of the social safety net for their employees. But there are roughly 80 million Americans — people working in the gig economy, freelancers, independent … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Life insurance plays a critical role in many financial plans, but we are in the midst of a decades-long decline in life insurance ownership in the U.S. Many carriers consider agents to be their primary customers, not the people who … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]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 it should be taught … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Identifying complex fraud schemes in siloed data using relational technology can be a long, tedious, and sometimes unsuccessful process. But software from Linkurious makes dependencies and relationships between large amounts of data quickly and visually identifiable, freeing users to spend time … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]It’s almost here! Since 2017, FinTech Sandbox has organized Boston FinTech Week, putting on stage key leaders from the world of digital finance and FinTech. You won’t want to miss the upcoming 3rd edition. More than 200 speakers from 120 organizations … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]The shift from defined benefit to defined contribution plans left individuals responsible for their own retirement savings with serious consequences for retirement security. Risks that were formerly managed by sophisticated actuaries and professional portfolio managers — and borne by employers … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]Evercore is an independent global investment banking advisory firm founded in 1995. Its dealmakers advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, capital raising, public offerings, private placements, and other strategic transactions. The firm also provides institutional investors with equity … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]BNP Paribas Cardif is the insurance subsidiary of Paris-based banking giant BNP Paribas. BNP Paribas Cardif provides both savings and protection products, is a world leader in both bancassurance partnerships and credit insurance, serves more than 100 million policyowners in 35 … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]According to the Financial Times, “Some of the world’s biggest banks have spent billions of dollars settling corruption allegations with justice authorities in recent years. HSBC paid nearly $2bn and BNP Paribas nearly $9bn to the US authorities over accusations … 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.”
It was a talent pipeline issue that held them back previously, I'm sure. https://j.mp/3x0jSrC
Boston-based #insurtech Gradient A.I. raises ~$20MM Series B, will be hiring. https://j.mp/3uWPUTh
Mastercard in collaboration with Swedish #fintech @doconomy to offer card-holders a snapshot of the carbon emissions generated by their purchases across spending categories: https://j.mp/2Q5pWya
A hearty congratulations to all the PR people out there working for VC firms. Your hard work has been noticed. https://bit.ly/2ROMZv4
Citi, BofA to create an independent, multi-dealer fixed-income trading platform focusing first on the CLO and syndicated loan market: https://j.mp/3sePwxY #fintech
