FinTech Boston
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What started with a small group of community-minded FinTech leaders in 2013, including former F-Prime teammates Doug Nelson and Jay Farber, and entrepreneurs Sarah Biller and Ty Danco, over a single box of pizza has grown into a community of 3,800 members and growing.
Through the leadership of Sarah Biller, Boston FinTech carries forward the spirit and joy of community-building, ensuring vibrant FinTech conversations every month by galvanizing finance services professionals, technologists, students, investors and entrepreneurs to discuss the most impactful opportunities in the industry.
In addition to their monthly event, they lead Boston FinTech Week, a volunteer-led, grassroots effort from organizations across the Boston finance ecosystem. Hosting over 40 free events throughout downtown Boston within the span of one week.
The Acceleration of Social Impact FinTech in the Private Sector
Join with for an exciting discussion with our friends at Commonwealth and others as they cover a range of topics from their work with BlackRock on the Emergency Savings Initiative to the impact of COVID and how fintech and other private sector actors are responding. We’ll seek to get an early preview on efforts underway to deploy emerging technologies to address financial security and take your most pressing questions.
Questions Every FinTech Entrepreneur Must Ask
The Future of Financial Services is being built before our eyes, but its not without friction. Join us for this critically timed discussion between the Godfather of FinTech, Ron Suber, and EY’s Matt Hatch on what questions FinTech entrepreneurs should be asking (or even anticipating). It is certain to help us understand more completely the pace of change and how we can leverage lessons of the past to be part of this exciting future.
A Chat with Don Westermann: Are Community Banks FinTech's MVP?
Join us as we dive into the future of community banking with Don Westermann of Eastern Bank, the trend toward digitization, and how a commitment to entrepreneurs is paying dividends. We’ll seek to understand if community banks are FinTech’s MVP, or its most valuable partner?
Boston FinTech Week 2019
What does increased access look like? FinTech is harnessing data and technology to redefine an individual or institutions unique financial needs, including those historically too difficult to reach or uneconomical to serve. This shift will profoundly alter what products and services will be available and when. It will challenge regulators and drive unexpected partnerships. It will engage every stakeholder, require cultural change and reward value creation. Join us to dive deep on the critical evolution underway in financial services, and what it means to entrepreneurs, investors, institutions and the consumer.
Boston FinTech Week
What does increased access look like? FinTech is harnessing data and technology to redefine an individual or institutions unique financial needs, including those historically too difficult to reach or uneconomical to serve. Join the Boston FinTech for over 50 events throughout the week.
The New Payment Start-ups in Boston
Our substantive visionary panelists on the emerging possibility of real-time payments for the evening are: Frank Makrides, CEO Tunnel / x BAE Engineering; Peter Gordon, Head of Growth Payfi.IO / x Mastercard Evangelist Real-time Payments; Pong Choa, Partner Mendoza Ventures / x Paypal Mobile Architect. It’s going to be an amazing, fast discussion and you do not want to miss it.
A Sequel - The Impact of Opening the FinSvcs Sector
Join us for a substantive and engaging discussion from November on trends, risks and opportunities in the race to open financial services source code and data and how regulatory frameworks like GDPR will impact these efforts and yours. More details to come!
Creating the 21st Century Portfolio - with Boston FinTech AI
Rapidly accelerating tech dev cycles and the availability of data has profoundly impacted the way institutional investors work, collaborate and create new paths to signal generation.
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A Bigger Picture: a Fireside Chat on FinTech’s Growth
It’s a watershed moment for entrepreneurs building amazing FinTech companies in Boston and follows the upward sloping global trendline. Join us for this intimate and in-depth Fireside Chat with David Jegen, managing partner at F-Prime Capital and Sal Ternullo of KPMG’s Emerging Tech Risk Practice.
Barbarian at the Gate or Necessary Ally: New Entrants, Open Systems for FinTech
There is no shortage of debate on the potential impact the entrance of nontraditional firms and new open banking standards could have on the Financial Services industry.
Through the Looking Glass: Cybersecurity in an Era of Rapid FinTech Innovation
In an evolving age in which FinTech startups are innovating niche functions of the financial services business and technological environment, both large institutions and startups need to consider how the roles of FinTech firms are affecting the management of Cybersecurity across the organizational landscape.
Boston FinTech Week 2018
In an evolving age in which FinTech startups are innovating niche functions of the financial services business and technological environment, both large institutions and startups need to consider how the roles of FinTech firms are affecting the management of Cybersecurity across the organizational landscape.
Securing Seed Capital for your FinTech Start-up with the Exit in Mind!
The Boston FinTech community has long been interested in new trends and takeaways from the current state of Venture Capital, from raising the first round of seed capital to an overall exit strategy. We are thrilled to bring a panel together who have experienced this path firsthand.