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North Texas is the world’s fintech hub
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The Last Word: MediaTech Ventures’ Paul O’Brien on Why North Texas Is “the World’s FinTech Hub”
by David Seeley | Oct 2, 2024
North Texas grabbed the world's financial attention again this week with updates from the Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange, which introduced its expansive leadership team and board members and said it had raised over $135 million to date. But as Austin-based Paul O'Brien noted in his LinkedIn Startup Studio post last month, the TXSE is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to North Texas' sprawling fintech and financial universe.
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