The Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) will host a fintech summit on Sept. 17 at Fairmont Bab Al Bahr Hotel in Abu Dhabi.
With this year’s theme, “Rise to the Top,” participants can expect to explore trending topics in the fintech industry and business issues that will mold the future of digital economy.
Richard Teng, CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of ADGM shared about what to expect at this year’s summit.
Fintech Week is the world’s largest cross-border financial technology event, which will take place in Hong Kong, Oct. 9 – Nov. 2.
Over 8,000 attendees from more than 50 countries are expected to be present, along with 200 or more fintech founders, investors and regulators.
Rachel Freeman, International Finance Corporation Advisory Manager, Financial Institutions, Asia Pacific, Matthias Kröner, Co-Founder and CEO of Fidor and a host of other top industry leaders are scheduled as speakers for the event.
The Association of National Development Finance Institutions (ADFIMI) will host a SME Finance and Development forum focused on digitization on Sept. 11-12. The event will be held at the Marmara Taksim Hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. Senior officials from World Bank/IFC, IDB, OECD, East African Development Bank and CEOs from fifteen different countries will be present to offer insight during the event. The forum will include themes centered around:
The Africa Fintech Summit will bring over 300 leaders in the financial service industry together, September 26-27 to share insight on the future of Fintech for Africa. Westlion, a business facilitation firm and host of this year’s summit will feature topics such as: lending, payments, big data, crypto, blockchain, InsureTech, robo-advice, bank-FinTech collaboration, the Bank’s corporate VCs and more. Expert panel discussions, interactive workshops and one-on-one meeting and networking opportunities are also noted on the agenda.
The SME Finance Forum has launched the Global SME Finance Awards, a program celebrating outstanding achievements of financial institutions and fintech companies in serving MSME clients. Winners will be announced at the Global SME Finance Forum 2018 in Madrid on November 6.
According to Reuters, Hong Kong’s banking regulator and seven banks, including SME Finance Forum member Standard Chartered PLC said they will jointly launch a trade finance platform in September using blockchain technology. Reuters says the platform will be one of the largest examples globally of a government-led, cross-bank effort to reform the multi-billion dollar trade finance sector using the distributed ledger technology that underpins digital currencies such as bitcoin.
The Innovation in Retail Banking report includes results of a global survey of more than 250 financial institutions, case studies from organizations of all sizes and insight contributions from some of the most respected innovators in banking. The innovation agenda has become intertwined with the digitalization agenda, where transforming back-office core processes and customer facing experiences are brought together by application of data and advanced analytics. The level of investment in both digitalization and innovation has increased in lockstep with each other as a result.
FinovateAsia is returning to Hong Kong! Join us for two days of wall-to-wall fintech activity, featuring Finovate’s signature combination of fast-paced demos and insightful expertise.
Fintech companies and tech providers working in the field of innovative solutions for financial institutions are invited to participate in the Fintech Marketplace during the MFC-EMN Annual Conference. The Fintech Marketplace will provide an opportunity to present its business and services and facilitate networking with financial institutions, investors, EU institutions and microfinance practitioners. The Fintech Marketplace participants are offered a fee w
