Tech Shift: Financial technology companies are growing in Chicago

Tech Shift: Financial technology companies are growing in Chicago

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The financial sector has always been strong in Chicago, but when businesses look for innovative financial technology, they often look to places like Silicon Valley, New York, and London. Soon, that could change. The fintech, or financial technology, sector is on the up-and-up in Chicago, and the community has a new conference here in April called Fintech Exchange. Eero Pikat is one of the conference’s organizers and founder of fintech company Barchart and he joins us in studio.