Hello, Good work promoting the community. This is much needed attention which the project needs.
Javier, it's a great idea to get them to give a talk at the next ApacheCon Fintech track. Keep up the good work Ed and Javier. On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 18:44 Javier Borkenztain <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes , sorry, I should have say "on her blog post" 🤦.... > > I also talked with her a few weeks ago about Fintech and open source > communities. > > We should ask her to propose a talk in ApacheCon 2022 > > > On Mon, Oct 18, 2021, 13:30 Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks Javier for sharing. Just to clarify Javier, Angela is a "she". :) >> >> For more context, here is the keynote that Angela gave at the inaugural >> Fintech DevCon sponsored by Moov. I helped give her some background on >> Mifos in preparation of her talk. >> >> She spends about two minutes talking about Mifos/Fineract and includes >> the Paul Ramsey quote I've used to highlight the virtuous cycle. >> >> You should listen to the whole talk but the Mifos mention is at about >> 20:35 in: https://youtu.be/fJQF93zL9PA >> >> I will be doing a blog post soon noting our ongoing interactions with >> Angel and a16z and this strong endorsement/recognition of mifos/fineract. >> >> Ed >> >> On Mon, Oct 18, 2021 at 4:16 AM Javier Borkenztain <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> A great milestone to be mentioned by the Fintech guru Angela Strange >>> from A16Z on his blog post and conference. >>> >>> Full article here: >>> https://future.a16z.com/open-source-financial-services/ >>> >>> And Mifos and Apache mentioned here: >>> >>> >>> "*The Mifos Initiative, leaders of the Mifos X platform, now an Apache >>> project, is an open source banking core. Developers can access free open >>> source libraries and benefit from the expertise of a global community to >>> build cost-effective banking applications for microfinance institutions and >>> QR-based payments for micro merchants. These new solutions focus on the >>> underserved bottom of the socioeconomic pyramid*." >>> >>> [image: Logo] <https://www.fiter.io> >>> *Javier Borkenztain* *| CEO* >>> *e:* [email protected] >>> *w:* fiter.io <http://www.fiter.io> >>> *m:* +598 97980801 >>> [image: twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/Fiter_io> [image: youtube >>> icon] <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfWztdFtHI3PwaSLAEcwTNQ> [image: >>> linkedin icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/fiter-io> >>> >>> Sent via Superhuman <https://sprh.mn/[email protected]> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> *Ed Cable* >> President/CEO, Mifos Initiative >> [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 >> >> *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org >> <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >> >>
