BOSTON, Sept. 05, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Flywire, a company that solves complex payment problems for leading businesses and institutions, will participate in Boston FinTech Week, taking place around the city from September 10-14. CEO Mike Massaro and Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, Peter Butterfield will both be part of events during the week.
Boston FinTech Week, organized by FinTech Sandbox, is a collaboration between Boston’s accelerators, institutions, startups, universities, firms, co-working spaces and individuals designed to galvanize the local fintech ecosystem. It includes workshops, panels, crash courses, fireside chats, speed dating and more. The events take place at venues across the city and are all free.
Flywire will be part of two events during the week:
Breakout Successes: The Story of Flywire And Toast
Date/Time: Monday, September 10, 2:00 - 3:00 pm
Location: GA Boston, 125 Summer Street, 13th Floor
Toast and Flywire are the largest and fastest-growing payments companies in Boston, with massive funding raises of $115m and $100m, respectively. Both Flywire and Toast are becoming global leaders with deep roots in the Boston ecosystem. How did they get here and where are they headed? Join this candid conversation with David Jegen, Partner at F-Prime Capital with Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire and Chris Comparato, CEO of Toast, on building with transformative technology. Register here.
RegTech Office Hours
Date/Time: Tuesday, September 11, 2:00 - 4:00 pm
Location: Flywire, 141 Tremont Street, 9th Floor
Boston RegTech Meetup is partnering with Boston FinTech Week to bring together regulators, ex-regulators and regulatory experts in an office hour meeting environment. Flywire Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel Peter Butterfield will host this discussion about the changing regulatory landscape and how it’s impacting the fintech ecosystem. Register here.
About Boston FinTech Week 2018: Moving Beyond Volatility
Fasten your seatbelts! Volatility is back and we don't just mean in the markets. Join us for an exciting week diving deep and interacting with experts building robust tech for financial services. Founded and organized by FinTech Sandbox and Boston FinTech Meetup with sponsorship from Arizona Commerce Authority, The Cutler Center at Babson College, Eastern Bank, Envestnet Yodlee, EY Foundry, F-Prime Capital, Goodwin, General Assembly, McCarter & English, Moody’s Analytics, OpenFin, Radius Bank, Quovo, Silicon Valley Bank, TransUnion and Wells Fargo. Explore events at https://bit.ly/2unG7rX
About Flywire
Flywire is a provider of global payment and receivables solutions, connecting businesses and institutions with their customers on six continents. The company processes billions in payments per year around the world. Flywire offers a comprehensive suite of products including OnPlan, a domestic billing and payment solution for pre-collection and payment plans. The company also supports its clients with end-to-end customer support including multilingual servicing via phone, email, and chat, as well as around-the-clock online payment tracking. Flywire is headquartered in Boston and has offices in Chicago, London and Manchester (UK), Valencia (Spain), Shanghai, Singapore, Tokyo, Cluj (Romania), and Sydney. Key investors include Bain Capital, F-Prime Capital (Fidelity), Spark Capital and Temasek. For more information, visit www.Flywire.com.