The Finextra Community has posted its 10,000th blog post, marking a major milestone in the growth and maturity of the financial technology industry's most enduring social network.
Established in 2007 as a dedicated space where industry participants can load a profile, share their opinions, and network with their peers over a private messaging network, the Finextra Community is now home to a cohort of over 1100 active bloggers.
Members of the Community represent all flavours of the financial technology industry, from leading innovation and business leads at major banks to CEOs of fintech startup organisations.
Over the past nine years, the Community space has become a hotbed of discussion and debate for the most burning issues facing the financial services markets. From insider tips on selling technology to banks, to the latest thinking on new technology and regulatory trends, the Finextra Community offers up a mirror to the global fintech industry at large.
Nor is it a simple navel-gazing exercise; blogs posted by Community members have racked up over 33 million page views in total, reflecting Finextra's solid engagement and continued innovation in the development of the Community platform.
User-generated comment is tightly integrated with the Finextra newswire service, guaranteeing wide exposure and delivering a spectrum of informed industry opinions and views on the news as it happens.
Participation in the Community is open to bona fide financial technology professionals worldwide. To sign up and join in the big conversation, just log in with your usual user credentials and request an application.