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The Mortgage Blockchain

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Gaining the ideal-state efficiencies that blockchain technology requires cooperation across a value chain. Almost certainly, it will require significant government collaboration and resources, especially when public records are involved. Governments are known more for regulation than collaboration, but this is starting to change. At the Chicago Blockchain Summit last week, … [Read more...] about The Mortgage Blockchain

Collaboration: Blockchain

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 10/15/17 Collaboration between banks and FinTech startups came to focus as financial media expanded on the need for collaboration, and a blockchain summit provided some cogent examples. "Since 2016, there has been a significant move from banks fearing start-ups and start-ups wanting to disrupt banks, to start-ups and banks working together in … [Read more...] about Collaboration: Blockchain

Chicago’s FinTech Fizzle?

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FINTECH ARTICLES OF THE WEEK 07/02/17 Start with Crain's Chicago Business reporter Lynne Marek's excellent macro overview of Chicago tech leaders' failureto pull together a coordinated FinTech hub, "Chicago should be a FinTech hub. So why isn't it?" In terms of venture money, Chicago falls way short, as Marek and her colleague Joe Cahill point out. Yet in terms of micro … [Read more...] about Chicago’s FinTech Fizzle?

Chicago Corner 6/18/17

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Exclusive Interview With Jason Henrichs, Co-Founder of FinTEx Chicago Collaboration between coworkers and businesses is key to a successful FinTEx process. Chicago, a humble hub for a growing Fintech community, is uniquely welcoming. This is one of its greatest assets. "We've been doing great collaborative work for years. That's a testament to the earliest members of the FinTEx … [Read more...] about Chicago Corner 6/18/17