Tom Eck

A basic truth exists for investors looking to extract value from alternative data, said Sequentum CEO Sarah McKenna: they need clean, valuable data feeds to start with. The New York-based company provides software and services for web data collection at scale. “Your artificial intelligence,...

This story is the first in a multipart series by Benzinga on the state of the fintech sector in 2018. The relationship that big banks have with fintech startups is a big-picture story in the finance sector. Beyond the headlines, there are natural areas of friction between institutions and startups...

The Benzinga Fintech Summit is a gathering of the top leaders in payments, lending, capital markets, blockchain and cryptocurrencies. This year’s event is Nov. 14 in San Francisco and features featuring brokerage leaders like Barry Metzger, SVP of trading at Charles Schwab Corporation (NYSE:...

The border between financial institutions and fintech startups is similar to the precise nature of how prescription drugs target proteins, IBM (NYSE: IBM) Chief Technology Officer Tom Eck said Tuesday at the 2018 Benzinga Global Fintech Awards. “The fintechs are the small molecule drugs and...

International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM)'s transformation from an aging legacy business into new age ventures took a new step forward Monday after the company introduced a new blockchain platform, CNBC reported.   IBM's new blockchain technology allows financial institutions...