Financial Tech Summit in Sarasota 3-5 March

What’s not to like about this — a winter seminar in lovely Sarasota, FL — on the Gulf of Mexico.  And the speaker list makes it all look legit. Sponsored by BITS and the FInancial Services Technology Consortium, it will provide senior financial services executives with the opportunity to explore new technology and R&D to [...]

Is Washington Killing Tech Innovation in the US?

Michael Malone, one of the top tech writers in the US, argues in the Wall Street Journal that “Washington is Killing Silicon Valley.” He argues that excessive regulation threatens the entrepreneurial role of tech startups – especially Sarbanes Oxley and accounting rules that require stock options to be entered as an expense on balance sheets. [...]