What: Global Government Fintech Lab 2025
When: Wednesday 11 June 2025
Where: Dublin, Ireland
Details: Fintech Ireland's Peter Oakes will join a stellar line up of experts at the fourth Global Government Fintech Lab 2025 taking place in Dublin, Ireland on Wednesday 11 June 2025. 

Registration: More details about Registration HERE
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Costs: 

• Free to attend for those in the Public Sector
• €300 for Private Sector attendees

 
The Lab is being organised in partnership with Department of Finance Ireland, which also hosted the Global Government Fintech Lab in 2024 and 2023.

Fintech Ireland is delighted to be partnering with the  Global Government Fintech Lab 2025.  We have been provided a special offer for fintechs in the Fintech Ireland Network.  Contact us at [email protected] to learn more.

​​This event is for government departments, public sector agencies and authorities looking to capitalise on the possibilities of technology to transform their operations and the services they deliver and the event also welcomes professionals from the Private Sector too.  Learn more at the Registration Page

Thus far, speakers announced include:

• Brian Corr (Ireland), Head, International Financial Services Unit, Department of Finance, Ireland
• Miriam Dunne (Ireland), Head, Innovation Strategy and Policy, Central Bank of Ireland
• Ruth Kennedy (Ireland), Revenue Commissioner, Ireland
• Barry Lowry (Ireland), Chief Information Officer, Irish Government
• Peter Oakes (Ireland), Founder, Fintech Ireland and non-executive director at regulated fintech companies
• Alexandra Bloomfield (UK), Assistant Commercial Director, Financial Services/Payments, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), United Kingdom
• Dina Buse (Latvia), Deputy Director, Financial Market Policy Department & Head, Credit Institution and Payment Services Policy Division, Ministry of Finance, Latvia
• Maria Tereza Cavaco (Portugal), Head, Payment Systems Department, Banco de Portugal (Portugal’s central bank)
• Lee Edmonds (UK), Head of Payments Services – Financial Services, Crown Commercial Service, United Kingdom
• Valentina Ion, Director, Public Finance Strategy, Microsoft
• Dr Laura Körber (Germany), Policy Officer in the Digital Finance, Payment Services & Cybersecurity Unit, Federal Ministry of Finance, Germany
• Marine Krasovska (Latvia), Head, Fintech Supervision Department, Latvijas Banka (Latvia’s central bank), Latvia
• Ros Lynch (IoM), Head – Supervisory Practices, Innovation and IT, Isle of Man Financial Services Authority
• Alessandro Moricca (Italy), Chief Executive, PagoPA (operator of national e-payments platform), Italy
• Elda Nogarotto (Italy), Policy Officer, Directorate for Regulation and Supervision of the Financial Sector, Ministry of Finance, Italy
• Eva Selamlar-Leuthold (Switzerland), Head, Swiss Financial Innovation Desk (independent unit within Switzerland’s Federal Department of Finance)
• Pietro Stroia (Italy), Head of Technology, PagoPA (operator of national e-payments platform), Italy
• Rob Haslingden (UK), Head of Impact Assessment and Engagement, Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology, United Kingdom
• Siobhan Benita, Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech & Global Government Forum
• Ian Hall, Editor, Global Government Fintech

​As further speakers are added, we will update here.

Fintech Ireland is thrilled to announce the inaugural Fintech Ireland Summit, taking place in Dublin Ireland on Thursday 28 November 2024 in conjunction with the Finance Leadership Summit.

It is an event so big that it needs its own webpage.  ​

​See the Agenda here: https://www.financesummit.ie/fintech

Click here to learn more and register your interest to discuss sponsoring, exhibiting, speaking and/or attending on Thursday 28th November 2024.


Fintech is now a settled part of everyday life.  Yet it risks being misunderstood in terms of its potential and limitations.


The Fintech Ireland Summit will focus on the challenges and opportunities for fintech as a driver for economic growth with real-life showcases while looking ahead to future enablers of fintech and techfin.  See the Agenda here: https://www.financesummit.ie/fintech

Join us the first Fintech Ireland Summit this November to contribute to unleashing the potential and addressing the limitation of the new digital and decentralised world.


Who should attend:
This summit welcomes ambitious, innovative fintech professionals from all sectors and financial leaders committed to steering their organisations toward a resilient future through strategic talent management and robust technological integration.
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Click here to learn more and register your interest to discuss sponsoring, exhibiting, speaking and/or attending on Thursday 28th November 2024.

This event was last held in Dublin on 18th May 2023 at Dublin Castle. (see details of the 2023 event here).

It was an excellent event.  It is returning to the Printworks Building at Dublin Castle on 25th April 2024 and Fintech Ireland is delighted to be partnering with the organisers. 

Fintech Ireland has worked with the team at Global Government Fintech to provide the following exclusive offers:

1. Fintech Ireland Showcase Partner
2. Fintech Ireland SME Zone
3. Other deals to Sponsor this premier Event - including Headline Knowledge Partner, Topic Knowledge Partner and Exhibitor

SEE FULL DETAILS HERE - Global Government Fintech, LAB, 25 April 2024 Fintech Ireland Members Pack

​What: The Global Government Fintech Lab 2024

Keynote speeches, panel discussions, topic specific sessions and more, including: Governments and fintech: on the right path?; Financial regulators and innovative technology: on the right path?; Public sector financial innovation through payments technology; Fighting financial fraud with technology; frontiers of public sector fintech (and beyond).


When: Thursday 25th April 2024 (08:30-19:00, Irish Time)

Who: Those regulated under the Central Bank of Ireland regime and those interested in it.  In PCF role holders such as INEDs, CEO, CFOs, COOs, Compliance Officers, MLROs, CROs, CIOs and their colleagues.  Professional services firms and regulators/central banks (near and far) welcome too. 

Where: The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Ireland.

Offers for Fintech Ireland supporters to avail of: 

1. Fintech Ireland Showcase Partner Offering: (see page 10 here)
2. Fintech Ireland SME Zone Offering: (see page 12 here) 

Registration: To sign up as an attendee, register through Fintech Ireland's link here.  NB The event is free to attend if you are a public servant and a fair fee is charged for non-public servants.

Agenda:

• Governments and the future of finance 
• Financial regulators and innovative technology: on the right path?
• Public sector Financial innovation through payments technology
• Fighting financial fraud with technology 
• Frontiers of Fintech 
• Governments and Fintech 

What: The Financial Crime Forum: Online EU 

When: Tuesday 16th April 2024 14:00-16:00 Frankfurt Time (1pm Irish/UK time)
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Where: Online 

Registration: To register to attend and to see the Programme details, visit:

• https://thefinancialcrimeforum.com/TFCF2024/web/FCF20240229EU

• David Hotte,

Team Leader at Expertise France for the European Commission,
Since January 2019, David Hotte has been the Team Leader of the EU Global Facility, a European Union project dedicated on AML/CFT. Since 1998, he has particularly worked in the field of AML/CFT in developing countries for several national and international organizations (including UNDCP, IMF and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia). He has undertaken numerous technical assistance missions on AML/CFT issues providing technical advice to several countries and regional Organizations, including French and English-speaking African countries, Bosnia, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Turkey, China, Laos and Syria. Prior to joining international organizations he was serving in the Gendarmerie Nationale with the rank of lieutenant.

• Christian Hunt

Christian is the founder of Human Risk, a Behavioural Science led Consulting and Training Firm, specialising in the fields of Ethics & Compliance. He was formerly MD at UBS where he was Head of Behavioural Science. Christian joined the Firm in Compliance & Operational Risk Control, leading the function globally for UBS Asset Management. Prior to joining UBS, he was COO of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority, a subsidiary of the Bank of England responsible for regulating financial services. He is the author of a book ‘Humanizing Rules’ and the presenter and producer of the Human Risk podcast.

• Peter Oakes

Peter is a professional INED of several globally operating fintech companies covering electronic trading, investment services and payments sectors.  Peter is well-known in the fintech community, having established the free FintechIreland.com network in 2014. Through CompliReg.com he advises boards and executives on EU establishment. Peter has also established fintech networks in the UK, Malta, Cyprus and Lithuania.  Peter has worked in senior roles at Central Bank of Ireland (Director of Enforcement & Money Laundering), the (now) UK FCA, ASIC (Australia) & SAMA. Peter is qualified as a solicitor in Ireland, the UK and Australia.
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Programme

​16th April, 2024 14:00 Frankfurt time
13:45 Platform opens for login
14:00 Welcome and introduction

Presentations
14:05 Peter Oakes - Why Ireland has proved so popular as a base for FinTech companies and how passporting helps expansion onto mainland Europe.
14:30 David Hotte - Supporting third countries to minimise the risk of listing.
14:55 Christian Hunt - The behavioural science aspects of ethics and compliance.

The Forum
15:20 Speakers respond to questions submitted during the Presentations
15:45 Wrap up and thanks.
16:00 Platform closes.

​Registration: To register to attend and to see the Programme details, visit:

• https://thefinancialcrimeforum.com/TFCF2024/web/FCF20240229EU

​What: Breakfast Briefing - DORA Regulation Readiness Session 200 Business Days to Go – are you ready?

Some topics which will be covered:

• How DORA will affect your business
• How to be DORA Compliant
• How to implement DORA Compliance in a timely and cost effective way
• How to engage all relevant stakeholders on your DORA Journey now and in the future.

And of course the event provides excellent in person networking opportunities before and after the panel discussion session.

When: Tuesday 9th April 2024 at 08:00-09:30am  

Speakers/Panel: 

• Peter Oakes - Chairman & INED of Regulated Fintech and Founder of Fintech Ireland and MiCA Ready
• Susan Nix - Client Director, Morgan McKinley
• Michael Carr - Founder of Buen Crypto Consulting
• Jörn Dobberstein -  IT, Cyber and Operational Risk Policy team, Financial Risk and Governance Policy Directorate,  Central Bank of Ireland.  

Where: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, Number One Burlington Rd, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6​

Registration: To attend you need to email Susan Nix at Morgan McKinley at [email protected] 


Great to see that face to face events are back and people gravitating to them in big numbers in this new hybrid way of working. Here is an opportunity to not only be informed and collect those important CPD points on an important regulatory and operational topic, but enjoy some in-person networking opportunities.

Future events and sponsorship:

• To be informed of upcoming Fintech Ireland Events and Meetups subscribe to our Newsletter here. 
• We will be co-hosting / hosting further Fintech Ireland events in 2024.  If you are looking to co-host and/or  sponsor these events contact us at [email protected]

What: Global Government Fintech Lab 2023

When: Thursday 18 May 2023, 08:30am– 5.30pm, followed by a Reception until 7.00pm

Where: The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin 2, Ireland

Cost: The event is free to the public sector employees.  For private sector members of the Fintech Ireland Network, the team at Global Government Fintech are offering a unique 25% discount which you can advance with George O'Grady, Head of Commercial via [email protected]

More Details: https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/lab/

Fintech Ireland is delighted to spread the word about this excellent event organised by Global Government Fintech, the Department of Finance and Ireland for Finance.

A big thank you to the team for including our ​Peter Oakes on the panel discussing "How can financial authorities capitalise on data to improve what they do?", together with Mari-Liis Kukk
Head, Innovation Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (Finantsinspektsioon), Estonia and Gavin Curran, Head, Markets Supervision Division, Central Bank of Ireland.  The Panel will be moderated by Siobhan Benita, Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

Public sector authorities are increasingly interested in the possibilities enabled by growing quantities of financial data, including unstructured data. Machine learning (ML)/artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics are some of the techniques being deployed.

Questions include:

What are the biggest financial data-related possibilities and challenges for public authorities?
What outcomes have organisations already achieved?
How can internal skills and mindset obstacles be overcome?

​The Global Government Fintech Lab 2023 is bringing the world of global government fintech together to share expertise and experience in how governments worldwide are exploring fintech. The first such event was held in 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia.

There is a fantastic line up of speakers including a keynote by Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Minister of State, Responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Department of Finance.

See the full speaker line-up here.

​The Global Government Fintech Lab 2023 – to be held in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday 18 May – will include keynote speeches, panel discussions, topic-specific sessions and more including:

• How best should financial authorities, including government departments, agencies and regulators, explore fintech solutions?
• How can financial authorities capitalise on data to improve what they do?
• Where are the frontiers of public sector fintech?

The Lab will tackle these questions – and many more – in a day packed with international experience-sharing and networking.

Fintech Ireland is speaking at ‘The 8th Operational Resilience and Cyber Security Summit' Global Virtual Summit on Tuesday 25th May 2021, thanks to City and Financial.

What: Outsourcing and pre-outsourcing: managing third- and fourth-party risk in the rapidly changing cyber threat landscape​
When: Tuesday 25th May 2021 at 16:15 (UK time).
Where: Online Event
Registration: Click Here

Join Peter Oakes, Founder, FinTech Ireland and Fintech UK; Ian Burgess, Director Cyber and Third-Party Risk, UK Finance; Ben Lindgreen, Head of Cyber Resilience, Pay.UK; and Andrew Jaquith, Chief Information Security Officer & General Manager, Cyber, QOMPLX, Inc..  We'll be discussing Outsourcing and pre-outsourcing: managing third- and fourth-party risk in the rapidly changing cyber threat landscape at City and Financial's Global Virtual Summit on Tuesday 25th May 2021 at 4:45pm and indeed for the whole excellent event!

Topics:

• The new current regulatory context: how does outsourcing fit in?
• Identifying third party supply chain risk
• Assessing the level of preparedness: defining the minimum baseline for resilience
• Dealing with ransomware accidents: Solarwind was expected but it still hit hard
• Security vs cost
• Governance principles for cloud providers

Moderator: Peter Oakes
Expert Panel Members: Ian Burgess, Ben Lindgreen and Andrew Jaquith

Fintech Ireland is speaking at Seamless Europe (Virtual) being held Wednesday 19th to Thursday 20th May 2021.  ​Claim your free virtual event pass - Click Here

What: Building innovative ecosystems, fostering fintech partnerships and promoting SME growth​
When: Thursday 20th May 2021 at 16:15 (UK time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Virtual Event Pass is FREE
Registration: Click Here

Join Peter Oakes, Founder, FinTech Ireland; Jean-Louis Van Howe, Chairman, Fintech Belgium; Simon Schou, Chief Innovation Officer, Copenhagen Fintech; and Ritesh Jain. Co-Founder Infynit on Building Innovative Ecosystems, Fostering Fintech Partnerships and Promoting SME Growth​, Thursday 20th May 2021 at 16:15.  Claim your free virtual event pass - Click Here

What: The Future Exchange Landscape in 2021 - FOW's The European Derivatives Conference​
When: Wednesday 19th May 2021 at 10:30 (UK time). The FOW European Derivatives Conference runs 19th-20th May 2021.
Where: Online Event
Cost: See Registration below for details of paid and complimentary places
Registration: Click Here

Moderator: Peter Oakes, Founder, Fintech Ireland 

Speakers:

• Ade Cordell, President, Cboe NL
• Martin Polak, Chief Operating Officer, All Options
• Matthijs Pars, Director, APT 

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This informative Panel of Experts will discuss the following:

• Exploring the opportunities in 2021 for exchange groups.
• Where do we see further consolidation happening and what will it mean for the industry as a whole? Where will exchange innovation come from over the year ahead, and what will be the driver?
• Understanding what areas can exchanges provide a competitive edge in the post-Brexit landscape.
• As new exchanges come to market this year, what is the right balance between competition and too much fragmentation? How will incumbent exchanges react to these new competitive forces?
• Will the launch of Cboe’s Europe Derivatives help to grow Europe’s listed options market?
• Acquiring data seems to be a big driver behind market consolidation. Is this the advent of a new business 3.0 or are we seeing diversification in order to survive and smooth out risk?

​What: ACAMS Europe May 2021 - Crypto Assets: Following the Virtual Money​
When: Thursday 18th May 2021 at 14:40 (Belgium time) / 15:40 UK time). ACAMS Europe runs from 18th - 20th May 2021.
Where: Online Event
Cost: See Registration below
Registration: Click Here

Founder of Fintech Ireland and Fintech UK, Peter Oakes, will moderate a panel of anti-financial crime experts on crypto assets, including Danielle Jukes, FINTRAIL; Fabian K. Fuchs, BA, CAMS, Bitpanda and Stephane Leloup, Luxembourg Stock Exchange. 

Follow the money with case studies from crypto-organisations detailing how digital transactions are traced and financial crime prevented. Panelists will:

• Discuss how cryptocurrency has been used to conceal proceeds of crime and evade economic sanctions
• Assess how traceability of crypto transactions can be used to support anti money laundering efforts
• Challenge the control frameworks used to conduct due diligence on source of funds and wealth
• Explore common issues related to the implementation of FATF travel rule and transfer of customer data