Hong Kong FinTech Week 2020 drew thousands of participants from around the world, including 500 exhibitors, 350 speakers, 230 journalists and 29 delegates from more than 130 economies. Known as one of Asia’s most influential FinTech conferences, the show was held Nov. 2 to 4, 2020. The far-reaching agenda provided a holistic overview of Hong…
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Finance and technology have drastically changed over the past decade alone. In a recent interview with NYC FinTech Women, payments industry veteran and freelance journalist Dale Laszig provided an in-depth review of how Financial and Tech industries have evolved into modern connected commerce. As an industry expert, Dale also shared her perspective on where the…
For decades, tradeshows have provided networking, deal-making and educational opportunities to payments professionals. When the COVID-19 pandemic forced a pivot to virtual events, it fueled a nascent industry of service providers and digital conference technology platforms. Part 1 of this series chronicled the rapid rise of virtual events in 2020, as organizers overcame challenges to…
Businesses across the globe used digital platforms to augment in-person interactions for years before the COVID-19 pandemic forced a dramatic pivot to virtual formats. In the payments industry, in-person tradeshows had been a mainstay for decades. Not knowing yet whether virtual formats could measure up, organizers reinvented industry events with characteristic gusto. Issue 20:06:01 of The…
The payment industry has a long tradition of outsourcing, partnering, and collaborating across a wide set of organisations. Many parties are involved each time a customer buys something with a plastic card, pays a bill or sends funds overseas. The wider business world is waking up to the concept of the extended enterprise. This is…