Industry Events

The Singapore FinTech Festival returns Nov. 12-16 with over 30,000 attendees, 109 countries and over 5,000 companies. The festival, organized by Monetary Authority of Singapore, will feature the following events:

The Fintech World Forum will be held Nov. 21-22 at the Kensington Conference and Events Centre in London. The event will bring together the global financial, finance and banking technology industry. Key topics featured at the conference will include: 

• AI and the future of fintech sector
• Blockchain’s impact on fintech market
• Future of lending with crypto currencies
• Crowdsourcing a bank

In addition, speakers from IBM, Microsoft, Tandem and more will present at the two-day conference.
 

The 4th Annual African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum will be held in Cape Town, South Africa, under the theme, “Unleashing Ideas: Innovation, Sustainability, and Enterprise Growth,” on Nov. 8-9. 

As Africa’s number one women entrepreneurship conference, the event seeks to enhance the profile of women-owned and women-led businesses along with celebrating them for economic achievements. 

The event will include, keynotes, interactive panel sessions, exhibition, workshops, high-profile and quality networking, B2B matchmaking and pitch competitions.

The GBA (Global Banking Alliance for Women) will launch their annual summit Nov. 13-15 in Jordan, with the theme “The Future of Financial Services for Women.” The event, hosted by Bank al Etihad, will include over 250 top executives in the women’s market financial sector. They will have the opportunity to explore the main legal and regulatory blockades preventing women’s financial inclusion. The Global Banking Alliance for Women was founded in 2000, and is the only global consortium of financial institutions focused on supporting banks as they capture the opportunity of the Women’s Market.

A space where influential industry leaders gather to talk the future of money is back and launching in the world’s largest fintech market, China. Money 20/20 will be held in Hangzhou on Nov. 14-16 and give access for international companies to learn more about the China FinTech market. The three-day event will provide information surrounding ten themes. Among them are, bank revolution, inclusive finance and alternative lending. 

An executive summit surrounding SME growth and expansion in the digital economy will be held in London, UK at the Amba Hotel (Charing Cross) on Oct. 17-18. The event will include networking opportunities and insight from top SME CEOs and Executives in the industry. Key questions below will be covered during the event. 

Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE) will host the State of the SGB Sector Dinner and Quiz on Sept. 6 at the GIBS Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa. Participants can expect to learn more from key local industry reports and receive a breakdown of ANDE’s State of the SGB Sector 2017 Impact report from ANDE’s Executive Director, Randall Kempner.

An interactive quiz will also be featured to allow participants to test the knowledge they’ve gained and provide network opportunities among peers in their sector.
 

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.

The Small Business Festival, presented by Small Business Victoria which takes place Aug 1-31 in Victoria, Australia will give SMEs an opportunity to gain useful information, build professional networks and enhance financial management skills.
 
A representative from Common Wealth Bank of Australia, a SME Finance Forum member, will speak on the topic Innovation and Technology on Aug. 6. SMEs will have the chance to tackle the following statement during the session:
 

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.