There are so many touchpoints in your white paper, How FinTech is Addressing the Financial Needs of the Underserved, that illustrate the many different ways in which payments industry stakeholders help underserved individuals and communities. These initiatives have drawn broad support and are expected to continue post-COVID.   Q1>How do these ETA member initiatives reflect…

We all know that 2020 was an unusual and challenging year for everyone and as much as we would have all wished that things could have gone back to normal the second the clock struck midnight on the 31 December, that has unfortunately not been the case. Most industries and businesses continue to face a…

Professionals around the world convened March 5 to 12, 2021, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., to discuss prospects for innovation in the post-pandemic landscape. Separate student-led conference tracks included the MIT FinTech Conference, MIT Asia Business Conference and MIT-China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum. More than 100 executives from leading companies, top professors…

Greetings, Everyone! I’m excited to share my recent interview with Michelle Tran and Sasha Pilch, co-founders of NYC Fintech Women shortly after their epic IWD Women in Leadership event with Nasdaq and UN Women. When and where was NYC Fintech Women founded? NYC FinTech Women was founded in September 2017 in New York City. Our…

Fintechs around the world celebrated International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month. Following are several highlights: Paysafe kicked off International Women’s Day on March 8, 2021, with a virtual roundtable addressing gender equality in the workplace. Panelists cited a recent survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that found women lost approximately 156,000 jobs…