Founded in 2014, Innovate Finance is an independent membership association, a non-profit that represents the UK’s global FinTech community and advances the country’s position in the financial services sector by supporting the next generation of technology-led financial services innovators. More than … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]I’ve long been interested in foreign exchange and cross-border payments. Several years ago, a partner and I undertook a series of interviews with lawyers, bankers, small businesses, startups, and individuals with the intention of identifying an opportunity for innovation. One … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]London is clearly the hub of FinTech innovation in Europe. While the dollars invested in FinTech firms are growing in both France and Germany, the dollars going to FinTech startups in the UK are still leagues ahead. London also remains … READ MORE
COMMENTS [ 0 ]As a result of Brexit, the Paris Region is very much in the mix – along with Frankfurt, Dublin, Amsterdam, and Luxembourg – to become the EU’s new financial hub. Paris Region is already a major center of financial services, … 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 doesn't really sound like Brian Armstrong of Coinbase has found the right way to "build a movement and change the world." At least it doesn't if you would like that change to be for the better. https://j.mp/3mfrPDg
Fidelity piloting #cryptocurrency data and analytics platform created for institutional investors within @FCATalyst: https://j.mp/3o0gmrK #fintech
The irresponsible and corruptly promoted Pebble Mine proposed for Bristol Bay in Alaska appears dead again. Let's hope this time it stays that way. It would have been catastrophic for the world’s largest sockeye salmon fishery. https://j.mp/376wukN
Vennfi, which just raised a $2.3MM seed, runs @Charityvest, which allows anyone to set up a donor-advised fund and make tax-deductible charitable contributions. Images of happy clients endorsing the service on its site are stock photos. https://j.mp/2V1bgz8
Massachusetts AG sues Town Sports International, a bankrupt gym operator run by Patrick Walsh, for violating state consumer protection laws, and it richly deserves it: https://j.mp/3fzU39s
