The Congressional Task Force on Financial Technology began aggressively exploring ways to combat the overwhelming discrepancy in venture capital funding for fintechs with white, male founders and those without them at its recent single-panel hearing featuring key industry stakeholders.   

Officials in the U.S. and in Europe met recently to hash out strategies and devise a plan to combat economically disruptive ransomware attacks threatening consumers, businesses and the financial services industry.

Encryption innovation and its associated applications are expected to make a tremendous impact across commercial industries, including the cloud computing and artificial intelligence spaces, according to a new industry study. This innovation, according to the research report from Pitchbook, is expected to drive substantial growth for larger and smaller enterprises.

The fintech networking and conference docket is again replete with gatherings taking place all over the globe. As the growing space continues to evolve, so too do the myriad networking events hosted by industry principals.