Tagged: event

March 29, 2020 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Fintech USA has rescheduled one of the most anticipated financial services industry events to September 30 – October 1, 2020. LendIt was originally scheduled for a Spring date in New York City. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LendIt recently announced the event had to… Read More

March 19, 2020 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

LendIt Fintech USA, one of the most anticipated digital finance-focused events in the country, has postponed its annual event indefinitely. LendIt was originally scheduled to take place in New York City on May 13 -14. In an email authored by Peter Renton, Chairman and co-founder… Read More

March 13, 2020 @ 12:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Innovate Finance has decided to cancel its annual event, IFGS, the flagship event of UK Fintech Week. IFGS was scheduled to take place on April 20-21 at Guildhall, London. Innovate Finance joins a growing list of events and conferences that have been canceled or postponed due… Read More

March 9, 2020 @ 3:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Cleveland, Ohio based Blockland Solutions may call it quits on a short series of conferences that took place in 2018 and 2019. The blockchain-focused events, organized in part by Destination Cleveland, launched at the tail end of the initial coin offering induced blockchain hype cycle…. Read More

February 5, 2020 @ 3:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Former advisor to President Trump Jason Greenblatt will be speaking at the OurCrowd Global Summit taking place on  February 13th. Greenblatt is the Former U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East and architect of President Trump’s Peace to Prosperity plan . This will be Greenblatt’s… Read More

January 29, 2020 @ 3:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Paris Fintech Forum, an annual conference bringing together Fintech leaders from around the world, will not take place in 2021, according to an announcement by founder and CEO Laurent Nizri who opened day 2 of the event with the news. Nizri told attendees his… Read More

December 28, 2019 @ 11:33 am By Timothy Li  |  

Part 2 of a series of articles covering the fast-emerging Fintech ecosystem in Latin America. As sessions continue at the inaugural FinnoSummit by LendIt Fintech in December, I find myself in a fully packed, standing room only hall buzzing with investors and entrepreneurs. The excitement… Read More

December 18, 2019 @ 8:17 pm By Timothy Li  |  

After an eight hour journey with a stop in Dallas, I arrived early Monday morning (Dec 2nd, 2019) in Miami, a city with many faces. I sprung up early next morning and walked straight into Keynote sessions at the FinnoSummit by LendIt Fintech. As many… Read More

December 17, 2019 @ 10:27 am By JD Alois  |  

OurCrowd, the largest investment crowdfunding platform in the world, has published a release indicating it expects over 20,000 registrations for its forthcoming global summit taking place in Israel in early 2020. In years past, the OurCrowd Global Summit has emerged as the biggest event of… Read More

December 11, 2019 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Crowdfund Insider participated in the very first FinnoSummit event (hosted by LendIt) that addressed the Fintech marketplace in Latin America (LATAM). While in past years, much discussion has focused on Fintech in Asia and Europe, it is clear that Fintech is now experiencing… Read More

December 5, 2019 @ 7:23 am By Cali Haan  |  

Huobi, one of a few cryptocurrency and online lending businesses in China to have survived a recent “rectification” spree, will be hosting an International Cooperation Forum on Digital Economy and Blockchain on the island of Hainan December 5th and 6th. The “state-sanctioned event,” says Huobi,… Read More

December 4, 2019 @ 2:49 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Carolyn Welshhans, the SEC’s Associate Director of Enforcement, will be speaking on a panel at New York University’s (NYU’s) Women Leaders in Cybersecurity event December 5th. According to a tweet from the SEC, Welshhans will be discussing the SEC Enforcement Division’s, “approach to cybersecurity issues,… Read More

November 20, 2019 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled a conference tackling the topic of “The State of Our Securities Markets.” The event, which is open to the public, will take place on December 4th, 2019 at SEC HQ on F Street in Washington, DC. The… Read More

October 16, 2019 @ 10:06 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Two hundred-fifty investigators, thirty speakers gathering and other attendees at the OffshoreAlert Conference on financial intelligence and investigations in London November 11th and 12th will have a chance to examine the role tethers played in creating “the largest bubble in human history,” the Bitcoin/crypto bubble… Read More

October 10, 2019 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

BlockTank LA, a “Shark Tank” style pitch contest, has announced six of the judges and four companies that will participate in the contest. BlockTank LA t is part of a private and public partnership between the LA-based VC firm, Goren Holm Ventures (GHV), the City… Read More

October 4, 2019 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) will host Fintech Forward 2019: Exploring the Unwritten Future. This will be the CFTC’s second annual Fintech conference where regulators and the public may interact and engage in the hot topics of innovations in financial services. Fintech Forward will… Read More

October 2, 2019 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) have revealed the 40 finalists have been shortlisted for the Fintech Awards to be presented at this year’s Singapore FinTech Festival x Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology (SFF x SWITCH)…. Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Fintech Abu Dhabi, an annual gathering organized by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) – the international Financial Centre in Abu Dhabi, has announced the participation of eight separate Fintech unicorns for their upcoming event later this month. Fintech Abu Dhabi has announced that; Kraken, Airwallex,… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Ownera, an emerging digital securities network for the issuance of blockchain-based securities, says it will be releasing its “Digital Securities API” utilizing the Amazon Managed Blockchain service running HyperLedger Fabric. A recent research report noted that Hyperledger Fabric appears to be the clear winner for… Read More

September 15, 2019 @ 9:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Los Angeles Mayor’s Office of Budget & Innovation (MOBI) and Information Technology Agency (ITALA) have partnered with Goren Holm Ventures (GHV) to host “Block Tank” – a Shark Tank-like pitch event which will coincide with CIS taking place in Los Angeles next month. GHV… Read More