Tag: Fintech

How to turn your internship to a job offer?

By Ilayda Bingul | August 5, 2020

As an international student, one of the biggest challenges I face is “you are great, but we cannot afford to sponsor you” phrase. If you manage to land on an internship that means the company is already interested in you. Next step should be impressing them even more so that the expense of hiring you…

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Important questions to ask and research before working in FinTechs developing payment software?

By Ilayda Bingul | July 19, 2020

Payment ecosystem is quite complicated, and when it is mixed with new technologies it becomes harder to understand. Researching about how acquiring, issuing and processing differs from each other would give you an idea of how things work. Also having a general ideal of models such as 3 party or 4 party models would allow…

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2019 SVP Startup Profile: Zapp! FinTech

By James Truslow | July 12, 2019

Joshua Hong ‘21 is an entrepreneur on a mission, striving to eliminate the economic inefficiencies of loose change through his venture Zapp! FinTech. Zapp is one of the innovative startups presenting at our Summer Venture Showcase on Thursday, July 25 at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. I spoke with Joshua about the development of…

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Read, read and read!

By Jose Damasceno | July 11, 2018

I started working on a FinTech a few weeks ago. My work is here is focused on the development of a micro credit program for the company. Throughout my time here, I already visited in loco several cities and different places in the country. Yes, hours and hours travelling. Yes, I am usually bored on…

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February Blank in Boston Event – NEW DATE – Thursday, February 16

By Antonette Ho | February 13, 2017

The following post is from Ali Pincus Jacobs, a Blank Center team member. We are excited to share that we have rescheduled the Blank in Boston Fintech Panel for Thursday, February 16. Fintech from a Founder’s Perspective Thursday, February 16, 2017 5:30 – 8:00 p.m. Babson Boston 100 High Street, 1st Floor (entrance on Federal…

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Blank in Boston: Fintech from a Founder’s Perspective

By Antonette Ho | January 27, 2017

The following post is from Ali Pincus Jacobs, a Blank Center team member. Are you interested in the intersection of finance and technology? You have likely been hearing a lot of buzz around Fintech. It is a sector that is set to attract global investment of over $150 Billion within the next 3-5 years and…

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