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"That's what this region is best known for — sales, marketing tech, payments, cybersecurity, to name a few," says McGonnigle. "It's a historical strength".
We believe the initial entrepreneurial activity and transaction volume has been from the first layers of disruption in fintech (i.e. banking tech, payments), but long-term and more game-changing innovations will occur in the next layers.
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The group brings very good knowledge of operations, sales, marketing, banking and payments tech etc. Generally we can get to just about anyone you would want to know through 1-3 connections (like the CEO of JP Morgan Chase).
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