“The sizzle in fintech started, and in some ways is still, on the East coast and the West coast and in London,” says Mark Haraburda, Managing Director Barchart.com Inc., which will be hosting the third annual Fintech Exchange 2017 in Chicago on April 27.

Modern Trader is once again focusing our attention on the world of financial technology and trends within the FinTech space, and we are reaching out to FinTech thought leaders to be part of the conversation. Please look at Modern Trader's Annual Trading & Financial Technologies Thought Leader's Survey and provide your responses.

While FINtech is a broad category, we will be focusing on firms that specifically cater to the alternative investment industry.

While FINtech is a broad category, we will be focusing on firms that specifically cater to the alternative investment industry.

The fast-growing financial technology sector presents potentially major "systemic risks" that need to be addressed by bank regulators around the world, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said on Wednesday.

New technology that can speed the processing of loans or evaluate credit using only an internet search could revolutionize the financial sector, Fed Governor Lael Brainard said on Friday.

Abacus is an IT hosting provider to the alternative investment industry. Its flagship product, AbacusFLEX, is a scalable, redundant, turnkey solution that allows a fund to run all of their technology in a private cloud environment.

The Chamber of Digital Commerce and technology incubator 1776 have partnered to launch the DC Blockchain Center to serve as Washington, DC’s entrepreneurial resource for technology providers, government contractors and agencies investing and innovating in blockchain-based technologies.

In our new section, FINtech Focus, we will profile one of these firms. While FINtech is a broad category, we will be focusing on firms that specifically cater to the alternative investment industry. This week we take a look at Tradermade Systems.

The Bank of England will not "stifle" innovation in financial technology with new rules as it seeks to get to grips with its impact, a senior central bank official said on Thursday. Victoria Cleland, the BoE's Chief Cashier, said a priority for the central bank this year was devising its regulatory approach to so-called fintech.