Another Finovate conference is in the books. The Best of Show winners included MoneyDesktop, one of the companies on my watch list for accelerating the convergence of high tech and high touch, and one that should have been on my list, but had eluded my foresight (Learnvest). New York welcomed the Finovate road show to town with weather was […]
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Apple Event Wrapup via PandoDaily
Someone had to be at the Apple event today while I am at Finovate. I’m glad PandoDaily was there.
TechSpeak to English Dictionary
I am excited to spend the next two days peering into the future of FinTech as I watch and hear 60 companies demo their wares at Finovate. This TechSpeak to English Dictionary from Francisco Dao may be helpful for some attendees (and some presenters). Enjoy… PandoDaily: The TechSpeak to English Dictionary Related articles FinovateFall Kicks […]
Why More Experienced CEOs Will Stay At the Forefront of Tech Innovation
This is as encouraging to me personally (“the average age of founders of technology companies is a surprisingly high 39 – with twice as many over-50 executives as those under 29 years old.)”, as it is generally (“The United States might be on the cusp of an entrepreneurship boom—not in spite of an aging population […]
The Convergence of High Tech and High Touch in Wealth Management
I wrote a piece for the popular fintech blog netbanker yesterday on how high tech and high touch are converging in wealth management, and what I will be watching for in that convergence zone next week at Finovate Fall 2012 in New York. In the article, I mentioned that most of the notable traction to date has […]
RateStars LinkedIn Phishing Scam
I received one of these today, and something just didn’t feel right, so I did a little digging. Sounds like it’s a phishing scam. FYI and be careful
More Than Any Other Industry, FinTech Needs Accelerators | PandoDaily
Great post today by Erin Griffith on PandoDaily about the nature of innovation at financial institutions: Startups in the finance industry face a set of challenges so unique that, without help from accelerator, they have no real chance of survival. Finance startups need accelerators because of their mentors -they need someone to teach them to […]
Two Surefire Ways to Irritate Your Customers
This is my shortest post ever. I have sat in numerous financial services conference sessions over the past several days as I try to contemplate all of the ways that the megatrends of social, mobile, analytics and cloud might impact the future of the client-advisor relationship. One of the biggest things for me is to […]