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DESCRIPTION:Abstract\n\nThe financial services industry is changing rapidly
  with the emergence of financial technology\, better known as FinTech. The
  global fintech market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 23.58% from 2021 t
 o 2025 (Research and Markets\, 2020) and is projected to reach $26.5 trill
 ion by 2022 (The Business Research Company\, 2020).\n\nThis presentation w
 ill provide a general overview of FinTech and the banking system\, focusin
 g on the accelerating growth of the payments sector\, which is revolutioni
 zing how we conduct business. As of 2024\, there were over 3 billion globa
 l users in digital payments alone\, with continued growth forecast through
  2029\, according to Statista.com.\n\nSpeaker(s): Dale Herndon\n\nAgenda: 
 \n6:25 to 6:35 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.\n6:35 to 6
 :40 PM - IEEE LM and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.\n6:40
  to 7:55PM - Formal Program and Q&A.\n\nVirtual: https://events.vtools.iee
 e.org/m/491156
LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491156
ORGANIZER:bill.martino@ieee.org
SEQUENCE:91
SUMMARY:IEEE CTS 8-21-2025 Zoom Meeting - Exploring the Fintech Payments Ec
 osystem: Innovations and Impact
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/491156
X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><span style="color: #000000\; font-family:
  Calibri\;"><strong>Abstract</strong></span></p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">The
  financial services industry is changing rapidly with the emergence of fin
 ancial technology\, better known as FinTech. The global fintech market is 
 expected to grow at a CAGR of 23.58% from 2021 to 2025 (Research and Marke
 ts\, 2020) and is projected to reach $26.5 trillion by 2022 (The Business 
 Research Company\, 2020).</p>\n<p class="MsoNormal">This presentation will
  provide a general overview of FinTech and the banking system\, focusing o
 n the accelerating growth of the payments sector\, which is revolutionizin
 g how we conduct business. As of 2024\, there were over 3 billion global u
 sers in digital payments alone\, with continued growth forecast through 20
 29\, according to Statista.com.</p>\n<p><img src="https://events.vtools.ie
 ee.org/vtools_ui/media/display/8e36ff36-de2e-4513-b563-63a3c29f285d" width
 ="167" height="111"></p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><div dir="ltr" data-setd
 ir="false">6:25 to 6:35 PM - Open for participants to enter and network.&n
 bsp\;</div>\n<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">6:35 to 6:40 PM - IEEE LM 
 and CTCN Business meeting and to introduce speaker.</div>\n<div dir="ltr" 
 data-setdir="false">6:40 to 7:55PM - Formal Program and Q&amp\;A.&nbsp\;</
 div>
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