Tagged: event

May 31, 2017 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) has scheduled a symposium in New York City to discuss Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). Blockchain has powered the growth of digital currencies and since the advent of Bitcoin, Blockchain has stolen a growing amount of attention as… Read More

May 28, 2017 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Coming off a two-day event in Warsaw, FutureTech Congress organizers are reporting that Poland aspires to become a Fintech hub in Europe. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Development and Finance (and former banker) Mateusz Morawiecki delivered a speech at the event saying Polish Fintech… Read More

May 25, 2017 @ 3:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Money20/20 Europe, has emerged as a pretty big deal in the Fintech space. Last year the event garnered almost 4,000 attendees making it one of the largest alternative finance conferences on the continent. Tracey Davies, Managing Director of Money20/20, claims that this years event will… Read More

May 24, 2017 @ 6:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The winners of the inaugural Finnie awards were announced earlier today at a ceremony attended by more than 200 guests at Sydney’s Darling Harbour, according to FinTech Australia. The winners of 29 awards were chosen by 39 local and international judges from 158 entries. The… Read More

May 16, 2017 @ 8:54 am By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced the 2nd edition of the Singapore FinTech Festival, to be held in Singapore from 13 to 17 November 2017. The event is organized in partnership with The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) and in collaboration with SingEx… Read More

May 16, 2017 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding, a platform that helps people explore new types of crowdfunding, has announced a webinar special celebrating the one year anniversary since Title III regulations took effect in May 2016. The webinar will take place today (May 16, 2017) at 1PM PT / 4PM ET…. Read More

May 15, 2017 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

FinTech Australia has released the list of finalists for the inaugural Australian Fintech Awards or “Finnie Awards”.  There are 60 finalists selected from 158 entries competing in 30 different categories. A total of 39 judges, including 16 from overseas, rated the different award entries to… Read More

May 7, 2017 @ 10:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, also known as “Mr. Wonderful” to some, is a fan of Fintech. O’Leary is sharing the love by delivering the Keynote address at the upcoming Benzinga Fintech Awards scheduled to take place this coming Thursday in New York City (May… Read More

May 5, 2017 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), will release their anticipated Americas Alternative Finance Survey at an event hosted by CME Group on May 25.  The data is anticipated to definitively reveal the status and growth of… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 2:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

  LendIt Europe 2017 has nailed down the dates for its forthcoming event this fall in London. There was a formal kick-off that took place last night at the Dion in St. Paul’s in London where 75 of the UK’s “Fintech elite” gathered for a… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Europe is Europe’s largest global Fintech and lending conference, and returns to London on October 9-10, 2017. This year’s conference is expanding with the industry to cover the hottest topics in Fintech including digital wealth, blockchain, insurtech, digital banking, and much more. Nowhere else… Read More

May 3, 2017 @ 8:58 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowd Invest Summit is out with statement that it intends on targeting the real estate crowdfunding sector at this years LA conference. Real estate crowdfunding has become one of the most successful sectors of alternative finance. The combination of a hard asset and the… Read More

April 29, 2017 @ 10:05 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission is partnering with New York University on an event tackling the topic of the declining initial public offering market (IPO). Organized under the auspices of the SEC’s Division of Economic Risk Analysis (DERA), the half day dialogue is being held… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance, the association for UK’s global Fintech sector, is hosting a forum on cyber security during the inaugural Fintech Week in New York City. Entitled “The Threat is Real: Financial Services, FinTech and Cybersecurity” the event will take place on April 27th at the… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

SEC Advisory Committee On Small And Emerging Companies (ACSEC) has scheduled a meeting for May 10, 2017. The ACSEC meeting will commence at 9:30AM and will take place at the SEC Headquarters. The public is invited to these meetings but the SEC typically live-streams the… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  LendIt, the global lending and Fintech conference, has announced the official launch of the Asian edition of their Fintech startup competition, PitchIt, in association with JadeValue, a Shanghai-based Fintech incubator. The competition is for all early stage Fintech startups in Asia-Pacific. PitchIt will take… Read More

April 5, 2017 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

LAUNCH Festival takes place later this week and the first batch of participating companies have been released. LAUNCH, the creation of Jason Calacanis, has partnered with SeedInvest to offer live investment crowdfunding during the event.  Reportedly there will be an audience of over 12,000 individuals… Read More

April 5, 2017 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

There is growing global appreciation of women in Fintech, and FinTech Australia is recognizing this phenomenon with a new award for female Fintech leaders. FinTech Australia has announced the Female FinTech Leader of the Year award as part of its inaugural Finnies awards being held… Read More

April 4, 2017 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

The agenda for next week’s UK Fintech Week 2017 has been announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond. HM Treasury said they were building on last year’s success as the week long gathering brings together financial firms, government, and regulators seeking to boost… Read More

April 2, 2017 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

  After several years of hosting their annual conference in Paris for several years, the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has moved locations for the event to Vilnius the capital of Lithuania. The Baltic region has been boosting its entrepreneurial credibility during the past several years… Read More