Benzinga Fintech Summit

The 2017 Benzinga Fintech Summit was a gathering of leaders from every fintech vertical displaying the next generation of fintech innovation. In this new article series, we’ll be sharing insights and new products from the inaugural BZ Summit. The Company: Suretly offers a platform for...

By Claire Bendig At the Benzinga Fintech Summit, one panel unravelled the impact satellite imagery could have on financial markets. Since satellite imagery went commercial in 1965 with the launch of the Intelsat “Early Bird,” satellites have been used by a wide variety of companies....

The 2017 Benzinga Fintech Summit was a gathering of leaders from every fintech vertical displaying the next generation of fintech innovation. In this new article series, we’ll be sharing insights and new products from the inaugural BZ Summit. The Company: Sizeup exists to provide the small...

The 2017 Benzinga Fintech Summit was a gathering of leaders from every fintech vertical displaying the next generation of fintech innovation. In this new article series, we’ll be sharing insights and new products from the inaugural BZ Summit. The Company ORATS stands for Options Research...

By Claire Bendig With technological growth comes limitless data sources. The question is: how can massive amounts of data aid the flow of business? Jacob Sorensen, CIO at Bank of the West, named three key factors in how businesses manage data during a panel discussion at the Benzinga Fintech Summit...

The idea for Liveoak Technologies, the digital onboarding platform for financial services, came from “living the pain for 20 years on the other side of the fence,” said CEO Andy Ambrose. The platform received a People's Choice Award by audience vote at the Benzinga Fintech Summit...

RealtyShares, the real estate marketplace that’s funded more than $500 million in developments, took home the Fintech Innovation Challenge presented by Lendingtree Inc (NASDAQ: TREE) at the Benzinga Fintech Summit. The recognition, which comes with a $10,000 award, is for the company whose...

The wealth management platform MyVest has been voted a finalist for the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Awards. The San Francisco-based company was one of three chosen for a People’s Choice Award for best exhibitor by an audience vote Sept. 28 at the Benzinga Fintech Summit. MyVest, which was the top...

Trade Ideas, the fintech startup that uses artificial intelligence to pick stocks, has been named a finalist for the 2018 Benzinga Fintech Awards. The company was one of three chosen by an audience vote at the Benzinga Fintech Summit Sept. 28 in San Francisco. The Fintech Summit “exceeded...

By Claire Bendig At the Benzinga Fintech Summit in San Francisco, dozens of people from the financial technology community spoke about the intricacies of this fast-growing industry. The keynote panel included DocuSign Chairman Keith Krach, fintech pioneer Ron Suber, and "Shark Tank"...

At CBOE, clients can shop for data much like they’d shop on Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN). It’s a revolution in how the options market manages data, and it comes thanks to the fintech platform CBOE LiveVol Data Shop, said Catherine Clay, VP, CBOE's global head of information...

Since its introduction in 2003, DocuSign has become a mainstay of several industries, essentially bringing sectors like insurance and real estate into the 21st century. In its nearly 15 years in the technology space, it’s been the subject of acquisition rumors from almost every tech giant and...

Whenever banks merge, they typically bring along their overlapping, proprietary software platforms as luggage. “In most cases, they don’t merge ... because it’s a massive business and technological endeavor,” Gabriele Columbro, 35, the executive director of the Symphony...

The Benzinga Fintech Summit is an event for those interested in finance, entrepreneurship, capital markets, deal-making, networking and accelerating their business. It's a chance to interact with and learn from founders, C-Suite institutional executives, leaders of the biggest and hottest...

SizeUp CEO Anatalio Ubalde is the architect of a fintech platform that provides data for small businesses that only Fortune 500 companies could typically afford. He’s also a springboarding platform diver who once chose between entering grad school and training for the Olympics. The difference...