Industry Events

WSBI will host its first Innovation Workshop in the Latin America and Caribbean region on March 21 in São Pau​lo, following the success of tailored workshops that have already taken plac​e in Europe and Asia.  Discussions will include themes around how to create customer engagement and centricity, which services to build for customers, mobile interfaces, collaboration between banks or between bank and ​start-ups, a deep dive session on digital on-boarding & authentication. The event is open to WSBI membership world-wide and to selected partners and stakeholders.

Every year, the world’s senior leaders across Payments, Financial Services and FinTech come together at Money20/20 Asia to network and connect over the critical developments shaping the future of money in Asia and to grow and futureproof their businesses.

The German Ukrainian Foundation (GUF) will host the “Third Financial Fair” for SMEs in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 17. The event will allow SMEs to find out about possible sources of financing for their business, available investment programs, and successful cases of other SME representatives. 

Tiso Blackstar Group in partnership with in partnership with Credit Guarantee, SAICA (South African Institute of Chartered Accountants) and Standard Bank present the Business Day TV SME Summit. This one-day conference on  March 7 at the Empire Venue in Johannesburg will equip SME business owners, managers and operators with tools to optimise and grow their businesses. Topics during the event will include: 

The conference is an intimate gathering of 100-125 executives from the financial services, telecom, retail, investment and tech industries, the focus is on finding innovative and scalable solutions to promote the digitization of the African continent.

FinovateSpring is moving to San Francisco with a showcase of fintech solutions, innovations and insights that deliver real-world value. 

See exciting new technologies to bring back to your colleagues via Finovate’s signature live demos (no slides or canned video allowed!). Following the demos, Finovate’s market-leading speakers share success stories and lessons learned to help you make those solutions a reality in your own organization. Plus, new for 2019, don't miss our add-on Summit Day that takes a deeper dive into Artificial Intelligence and Customer Experience.

The Sankalp Africa Summit convenes 1,000 global entrepreneurs, intermediaries, investors, corporates, and policymakers focused on sustainable development goals and Impact Investing in Nairobi each year.

Seamless is the region's leading payments and commerce technology conference and exhibition. The event has seperate conference agendas covering the world of Payments, Fintech, Ecommerce and Retail . With one shared free-to-attend exhibition hosting the region's leading technology providers.

All eyes are on Southern Africa as the prime opportunity & incubator for innovation, particularly in the commerce space. 

For this edition of the annual meeting, ODB and the ADFIAP leadership have chosen the theme, “DFI’s Role in National Development” to highlight the various programs and undertakings of DFIs in the development of entrepreneurship, infrastructure, technology, and initiatives for climate action.