The world's best Fintech conferences and expos to attend in 2017

The massive growth of the financial technology industry rolled along in 2016 due to a host of new financial industry trends and numerous fintech investments.

With all that growth, it's crucial for anyone in the financial industry to stay educated in order to get ahead of the pack.

Fortunately, there are numerous conferences, expos, and seminars that exist to gather decision makers and other influential people and bring them up to speed on the latest fintech trends.

Check out the Business Insider list of Fintech conferences and expos.

One fintech company that recently launched in the real-time cross borders payment space is already in the market providing a competitive alternative to the existing opaque, siloed and inefficient banking networks.

And they put the user experience right at the center of their strategy. Their name: Flash Payments.

Built on a common global infrastructure and bringing new efficiencies to financial remittances by enabling near real-time settlements, improving visibility and reducing risk, Flash Payments delivers tangible advantages from a technical, a financial and user experience perspective.

Based in Sydney Australia, Flash Payments is a cutting edge fin-tech startup engineered from the ground up to deliver intelligent foreign exchange transfer services without hidden fees.

Using the innovative Ripple technology platform and XRP, Ripple's digital currency, Flash Payments delivers extraordinary transparency, speed and transactional control to users.

The technology tightly integrates payments messaging with funds settlements, allowing for unprecedented visibility and performance.

Flash Payments lean high-performance foreign exchange transfer payment services that safely, efficiently and reliably provides users with a better customer experience.

Unlike the banks, Flash Payments puts their customers in control. They can choose a target conversion rate, automate the international money transfer and track their currency transfer, like a package, from start to finish.

Learn more about Flash Payments and sign up to benefit from their cutting-edge technology, great rates, transparency and control.