Obama’s Economic Policy Advisors Strategizes With Fintech Industry Players
President Barack Obama’s economic policy staff recently met with stakeholders across the fintech ecosystem to discuss how fintech can support economic policy, Adrienne Harris, special assistant to the President of economic policy, noted in a White House blog. The attendees included policy makers, fintech startups and investors. The meeting addressed cybersecurity, ways to manage small business, ways to help developing nations’ economies, helping consumers and managing big data. Government-Fintech Industry Partnership Needed. Penny Pritzker, Secretary of Commerce, moderated a panel on how....
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Fintech Australia is a national Australian Fintech Industry Association. Their vision is to make Australia one of the world’s leading markets for Fintech innovation and investment. Founded in October 2015, their membership base now comprises over 70 startups, venture capital funds, hubs and accelerators across Australia that specialise in Fintech. As a not-for-profit organisation, they support the Australian Fintech community, build awareness and trust in Fintech startups and advocate for better policy on behalf of our members. Fintech Australia is the voice for Fintech innovation in....
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The BBC is reporting that Global Advisors Bitcoin Investment Fund (GABI) has received certification by the Jersey Financial Services Commission authorizing the commencement of operations beginning on the 1st of August. According to Daniel Masters of Global Advisors, the move will allow major investors (which include insurance companies) to invest in the emerging digital currency for the first time. The Investment fund would not allow the common investor to participate, however. "This is institutional strength and it's an absolute world first," Masters was quoted as saying. "This is....