Arizona’s Fintech Ecosystem & Opportunities Presentation 9/17/19
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Arizona is emerging as a leading hub for fintech and blockchain innovation, highlighted by its pioneering regulatory sandboxes for financial and property technology. Key developments include the recognition of electronic signatures on blockchains and a mature crowdfunding platform. The state's proactive approach aims to eliminate regulatory barriers, fostering a diverse fintech community that has the potential to disrupt traditional financial services.
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Arizona’s Fintech Ecosystem & Opportunities Presentation 9/17/19
- 1. Moderated by Mark Goldstein, International Research Center [email protected], http://www.researchedge.com/ See SlideShare at http://www.slideshare.net/markgirc Arizona’s Fintech Ecosystem & Opportunities Session https://azscitech.events.idloom.com/stemsummit
- 2. Arizona as an Innovation Hub FinTech: Electronic Signatures & Regulatory Sandboxes • Early State legislation recognizing electronic signatures recorded on blockchains & enabling validity of smart contracts. Subsequently revised and refined. Arizona emerging as a choice location for blockchain companies that develop apps based on smart contracts. • Arizona’s Financial Technology (FinTech) Sandbox was the first in the nation to create a state-level regulatory sandbox allowing limited access to Arizona’s market for testing innovative financial products or services under the purview of the Attorney General’s Office without needing full state regulation. Seven current participating companies. • Arizona’s Property Technology (PropTech) Sandbox signed into law March 2019 to enable testing of residential real estate product & service innovations (such as Offerpad, Opendoor & Roofstock). • Municipalities are prohibited from regulating blockchain nodes & mining in residential as well as commercial settings. • Mature, versatile intrastate crowdfunding platform in place. • Arizona Corporation Commission docket on energy & blockchain. • Arizona Technology Council State FinTech Public Policy Positions on: MTL Regulation, State Regulatory Reciprocity, Decentralization.
- 3. https://www.azag.gov/fintech/participants Current Arizona FinTech Sandbox Participants
- 4. https://blockchain.asu.edu/ https://health.asu.edu/center- law-science-innovation https://www.gpec.org/connected -place/blockchain/ Energy and Society Group https://sustainability.asu.edu/lightworks /focus-areas/energy-society/ https://azblockchain.org/ http://blockchain48.com/https://www.meetup.com/ Desert-Blockchain/ http://desertblockchain.com/ Blockchain Connected Place Arizona Blockchain & FinTech Organizations https://azbankers.org/ https://www.meetup.com/ Phoenix-Blockchain- Meetup/http://energy-blockchain.org/ https://www.azcommerce.com/
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- 10. SciTech Institute - Arizona STEM & Innovation Summit Arizona’s Fintech Ecosystem & Opportunities Session Presentation Available on SlideShare at http://www.slideshare.net/markgirc Arizona’s financial technology (fintech) sector is among the most promising and fastest growing in our technology community. There’s a broad and robust fintech community here developing and delivering a diverse range of products and services that have the potential of disruption for traditional financial services companies, supply chain/logistics, the securitization of data, and others blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) applications. Arizona has shown leadership in breaking down regulatory barriers with the potential to inhibit fintech innovation and emerging business models accelerating the use of electronic signature & smart contracts, creating a fintech regulatory sandbox, and most recently a property technology sandbox. Come learn why Arizona is fintech friendly and hear from some great fintech companies based here. Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center (Moderator) Jeff Weninger, Arizona State Representative for District 17 Jay Carpenter, Founder, Desert Blockchain Meetup Bob Carroll, CTO, Dash Core Group Guillaume Colombier, CTO, Sky Republic