Following up on the success of our FinTech Talks series last Fall, FinTech Sandbox is excited to present a new series of six free virtual FinTech Talks, exploring the role FinTech can play in fostering inclusive growth at home and abroad. Join hundreds of fellow FinTech viewers from across the country and around the world on March 16 - 19. Read on for details and please pre-register here to be part of the conversation.
These fireside chats and panels are laying the foundation for the exciting Boston FinTech Week we have planned for September of 2021. (More details will be announced during FinTech Talks.)
Long before executing on critically important programs to deliver needed credit to small businesses, large companies, municipalities, and states during a period of Covid-induced financial turmoil, the leadership of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston were already spurring groundbreaking innovations. Â Aiming to strengthen local economies as much as our national one, Chief Operating Officer Ken Montgomery and his team are incorporating advanced FinTech techniques to dramatically speed up payment processes, test digital currencies, improve oversight and supervision, and increase cybersecurity capabilities.
Rebecca Fannin, Special Correspondent for CNBC & Founder/Editor of Silicon Dragon Ventures will moderate this exciting discussion. This chat will dive into the substantive, creative ways the Federal Reserve System is delivering solutions to insure a better financial outcome for all.
Financial Services is a tale of two converging trends that are gathering momentum and, in many respects, could fundamentally change the way capital is allocated, invested, and traded. The first - a tsunami of interest from retail and institutional investors alike in constructing portfolio strategies that consider the impact of the investment on driving positive ESG outcomes. This necessitates money managers unpack abstract ideas at the security level without much quantitative data and incorporate them into their decisions.
The second - the adoption of new technology applications, like the blockchain, that are creating new, tradeable assets and fractionalizing other. Join us for an exciting discussion on the current state, their challenges, and then how they hold the promise to positively impact the future when these two trends meet in the middle.
While there has been an increased focus on financial inclusion and access, startups in this space are still struggling to get funding. Is venture capital the right way to fund startups working on financial inclusion? Can startups dedicated to financial access provide the types of returns GPs and LPs are looking for? How can we motivate investors to back more solutions that help every-day Americans?
The COVID-19 crisis revealed our reliance on the gig economy to keep many businesses running, and yet the financial products needed to properly support gig workers are commonly overlooked. Tying benefits and common financial products, such as health insurance, tax filings, and 401(k)s, to a traditional employer is simply not an option. These startups are rethinking finances so that they work for freelancers, contractors, and the millions of other independent workers.
WHEN 5G, EDGE COMPUTING AND FINTECH COLLIDE: GENERATING REAL DATA ADVANTAGES FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES.Â
Financial Services has faced a perennial challenge aggregating, structuring, and analyzing an ever-growing corpus of digital information with enough time to act. From electronic commerce to smartphone surfing to GPS devices to most every human action in between, the amount of new information investors, insurers and FinTech entrepreneurs could access is truly profound even after a decade of working with "big data". What exciting innovations are on the horizon for Financial Services when on-the-run people, machines, and devices connect to sophisticated computational capabilities?
We are proud to share details about these free events held in conjunction with FinTech Talks. Separate registration required.Â
Being an early-stage startup is hard. Being an early-stage FinTech startup is doubly hard! Moving fast is important; building smarter with financial services regulations in mind is even more important.
Come join our panelists as they discuss the alphabet soup of regulations to keep in mind as building and scaling your company (GDPR, CCPA, GLBA, CalOppa, KYC, AML, OFAC, oh my!)
Over the past few years, industry conversation has moved from the simple "buy vs. build" dilemma to a more nuanced discussion about fintech-enterprise collaboration. Now, as financial services leaders focus on increasing access to products and services that address the needs of customers historically underserved by financial services, what roles can partnerships play in advancing inclusive growth in financial services? Join leaders from MassMutual, Goalsetter, and Commonwealth for their perspectives on the creative ways partnerships can be leveraged to achieve a stronger financial future for all.
This year we will be celebrating virtually with a networking event with Irish fintechs and US industry executives from coast to coast. The session will include a brief update on Ireland's impact on the US, before we split off into breakout rooms. Within the breakout rooms we will have informal sessions discussing the latest in finance and tech such as the impact of COVID-19, cashless payments, recent trends in M&A, etc.Â
Boston Regtech Meetup will dissect how MentorWorks, a Boston fintech, is lowering the barriers to educational opportunity. Learn how they are doing this through new programs that can finance college or trade school education without forcing families to incur often-crippling student loan debt, and through training students in skills that help students find that first job.
With the OCC guidance from early January opening the door for banks to participate in digital asset management and custody services, every bank now needs a blockchain strategy. What services and solutions should banks be developing specifically for the blockchain community? How are banks planning to protect digital assets?
While many research findings deliver a narrative focused on challenges and impediments to women's success, countless women have the courage to take action, find success and rewrite the script. Join us for an open and transparent conversation in navigating career opportunities and building inclusivity in Fintech to foster growth.