Fintech Ireland Events

Central Bank of Ireland - INNOVATION HUB UPDATE 2020 (Thur 25th March 2021)

18/3/2021

Update: Thanks to the 280+ registered attendees for your interest in this event. We really enjoyed hosting Dr. Michelle O’Donnell Keating (Senior Policy Specialist) and Steuart Alexander (Innovation and Sustainable Finance) of the Central Bank of Ireland on Thursday 25th March 2021.

Slides: We have emailed the link to Fintech Ireland's slides in pdf format to all those who registered to attend and to those on our Fintech Ireland Subscriber email list. If you want the Fintech Ireland slides in pdf document, join the Fintech Ireland email list and we will send you the link. Otherwise flip through the above slideshow.

If you want a copy of the Central Bank of Ireland slides, you will need to contact the Innovation Hub at [email protected] to request a copy.

Fintech Ireland is delighted to announce that we are hosting, for the benefit of the local and international fintech community, the Central Bank of Ireland’s Innovation Hub on Thursday 25th March at 10:00am

Join Dr. Michelle O’Donnell Keating (Senior Policy Specialist) and Steuart Alexander (Innovation and Sustainable Finance) for a 2020 Update and learn about high-level trends from the Central Bank’s engagement with fintech & industry in 2020.

What: Fintech Ireland is delighted to announce that we are hosting, for the benefit of the local and international fintech community, the Central Bank of Ireland’s Innovation Hub.

Join Dr. Michelle O’Donnell Keating (Senior Policy Specialist) and Steuart Alexander (Innovation and Sustainable Finance) of the Central Bank of Ireland's Innovation Hub for a 2020 Update and to learn about high-level trends from the Central Bank’s engagement with fintech & industry in 2020.
Peter Oakes, Founder of Fintech Ireland will host the event.

When: Thursday 25th March 2021. 10:00am to 11:00am (Irish/UK time) .

Where: Online Event

Cost: Free

Registration: Register via the button on this Eventbrite page. https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/central-bank-of-ireland-innovation-hub-update-2020-tickets-146880115379?aff=FIWebsite

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Future of Financial Technology: Fintech Ecosystem for STC Pay (Saudi Arabia)

17/11/2020

Slides: password for slides provided to attendees

Future of Financial Technology: Fintech Ecosystem

What: Future of Financial Technology: The Fintech Ecosystem for STC, Saudi Arabia
When: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: PRIVATE - for STC Employees only.
Slides: The slides are available here and are PASSWORD PROTECTED. Password has been provided to STC attendees.

Content:
1. An overview of drivers of Fintech
2. Examples of Fintech Ecosystems

◦sample of ecosystems maps

3. Incumbents – digitizing their services & products
4. Disrupters – the new innovators disrupting traditional financial services
5. Collaboration
6. Funding / Investing
7. Ecommerce and the impact of Covid-19
8. Payments and E-Wallets

from mobile to apps
faster and frictionless payments
growth in contactless payments

9. Distributed Ledger Technology
10. Defi – Decentralised Finance
11. Private v Public – Crypto
12. Telecoms/Techfins
13. A & Q

Regulation: Inhibiter or Enabler of Innovation?

5/11/2020

Slides: read below for access to the slides

Regulation: Inhibiter or Enabler of Innovation?

What: Regulation: Inhibiter or Enabler of Innovation? - Guest Presentation for Institute of Bankers, Bank Governance and Regulation Module
When: Thursday 5th November 2020.
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: PRIVATE - for students.
Slides: In addition to the students, we are also making the 42 slide deck available to Fintech Ireland email subscribers. The slides are available here and are PASSWORD PROTECTED.

If you want the password you must be a FREE subscriber to Fintech Ireland BY JOINING OUR MAILING LIST HERE at https://fintechireland.com/get-involved.html. Subscribers will be sent the password and anyone who subscribed after we email the password to subscribers will receive the password in our welcome email. This is another free contribution by Fintech Ireland to an educational institution and its students.

Presenter: Peter Oakes, Board director of regulated fintech (MiFID, payments and emoney). Founder of Fintech Ireland, Fintech UK and Fintech Northern Ireland. Former senior central banker and regulator: Director Central Bank of Ireland (Enforcement & AML Supervision), Advisor to Governor & Deputy Governor (Banking Supervision), Saudi Arabia Monetary Authority; Enforcement Lawyer UK Financial Services Authority (now FCA); and Senior Legal Officer Australian Investments & Securities Commission.

French Fintech & Retail Tour Tech Tour UK & Ireland 2020 [Powered by Business France]

19/10/2020

French Fintech & Retail Tour Tech Tour UK & Ireland 2020 Powered by Business France. Supported by Fintech Ireland, Fintech UK & Fintech Northern Ireland)

UPDATE: Watch the video recording of the event on Youtube (Business France) YouTube (Fintech Ireland) or click here

21/10/2020 Panel - Embedded Finance (video links above)
What is s Embedded Finance, how is it being applied in financial services and other industries and what is the next evolution for Fintech. Fintech Ireland's and Fintech UK's Peter Oakes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peteroakes/) moderated an exceptional panel of experts on Embedded Finance as part of the The Fintech Retail Tech Tour UK & Ireland (20th – 22nd October 2020).

The expert panel included:
* Ruth Foxe Blader, Partner Athemis Group (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruthblader/);
* Christer Holloman, CEO and Co-Founder at Divido (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christerholloman/);
* Todd Latham, Chief Growth Officer at Currencycloud (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lathamtodd/); and
* Charles Pissavin, Business Development Manager at TransferMate (https://www.linkedin.com/in/charles-p-394b2a8b/)

What: French Fintech & Retail Tour Tech Tour UK & Ireland 2020. Powered by Business France. Supported by Fintech Ireland, Fintech UK & Fintech Northern Ireland. A 3-day event designed to increase the adoption of French technologies in 2 of the most vibrant British & Irish industries: financial services and retail. The Fintech & Retail Tech Tour UK & Ireland will bring together senior and top executives from banks, insurance companies, brick-and-mortar retailers, e-commerce players and investment & financial-related companies. Following 3 Fintech tours and 1 Retail Tech Tour, this new event will combine these 2 highly innovative sectors in Ireland and the UK, from 19th to 22nd October 2020.

When: Tuesday 19th – 22nd October 2020

Learn More: Contact Business France at https://events-export.businessfrance.fr/ftt-uk-ie/contact/ and Pauline Tapié

Together with Fintech UK (FintechUK.com) and Fintech Northern Ireland (FintechNI.com) Fintech Ireland (FintechIreland.com) is proud to support for our third year now the annual French Fintech & Retail Tech Tour of the UK and Ireland with thanks to our friends at Business France. When Pauline Tapline, Trade Adviser New Technologies and Innovative Solutions at Business France contacted us, we jumped at the opportunity to throw our support behind the Tour again. Our Peter Oakes will be one of the Jury Members reviewing the excellent fintech and retail tech companies participating. Great to see leading Irish fintech TransferMate’s Annabelle Hackett also joining the event.

The reasons, and the benefit of greater collaboration and ties between Ireland, the UK and France, are obvious:

€370 million raised by French Fintechs in 2018
42% of French Fintechs have activities worldwide
10,000 people work in Fintech in France
Fintech, Insurtech & Regtech are the 3 segments driving growth across France’s retail & finance industries
€803 million raised by 146 French Retail Tech start-ups in 2018 (+40% vs 2017)

There is a great line up of French Fintech & Retail Tech Companies on the Tour, including:

PROXIMIS https://www.proximis.com https://twitter.com/ProximisUnified https://www.linkedin.com/company/proximis/

RELEVANC https://relevanc.com/en/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/relevanc/

TRANSACTION CONNECT https://www.transactionconnect.com/ https://twitter.com/transaction_co https://www.linkedin.com/company/transaction-connect

The Future of Finance - Rebooting Ireland

22/9/2020

The Future of Finance - Rebooting Ireland

VIDEO: Click video image above or click here

Title: The Future of Finance - Rebooting Ireland
Recording Time: From 10:00am – 11:00am on 7th September you will pre-record
and host a panel discussion with;
1. Annette Hickey - VP EMEA Customer Solutions - Paypal
2. Niall Dorrian - CEO - Linked Finance

What: The Future of Finance
When: Tuesday 22nd September 2020
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: CLOSED

Peter Oakes of Fintech Ireland will moderate a discussion on the The Future of Finance with Annette Hickey, VP EMEA Customer Solutions - Paypal and Niall Dorrian, CEO - Linked Finance

Has the crisis helped companies shift from being product-centric to customer centric, are they ready for consumer of 2021? (Fintech Lithuania Week)

16/6/2020

[first posted by Fintech UK]

Video available here or click the above image.

Panel: Has the crisis helped companies shift from being product-centric to customer centric, are they ready for consumer of 2021?

What: Fintech Week Lithuania: Panel: Has the crisis helped companies shift from being product-centric to customer-centric, are they ready for consumer of 2021?
When: Tuesday 16th June 2020. Start time 9:55am (Irish/UK time) / 11:55am (Lithuania time).
Where: Online Event.
Cost: Free
Registration: See registration link at https://fintechuk.com/events/covid19-fintech-shift-from-product-to-customer-centric
Details: Fintech UK's Peter Oakes* (Board Director at global fintech / payments business TransferMate) joins an excellent line up of fellow panel members Agnė Selemonaitė, Deputy CEO & Board Member at ConnectPay and Anastasija Oleinika, CEO of TWINO Group in a lively session moderated by Nick Price, Chief Executive of Bright Purple.

*Peter is also founder of Fintech Ireland, US Fintech, Fintech Cyprus, leading fintech advisory firm CompliReg and a director of several regulated fintech companies including Susquehanna International, Optal Financial Europe and AWM Wealth Advisers)

Financial Technology - The Strategy Ahead

27/5/2020

Financial Technology - The Strategy Ahead

Our Peter Oakes, on behalf of CompliReg co-chaired the Financial Technology - The Strategy Ahead, part of the NPF Webinar series.

What: Financial Technology - The Strategy Ahead
When: Wednesday 27th May 2020
Where: Online Event
Cost: Paid Event
Registration: Closed

The 2020 Fintech Ireland Map Release

9/4/2020

Webinar Videos
See below for the recording of the webinar. The first two videos are Part 1 and Part 2 of the webinar. The third video is the Linkedin promotional video.

The Fintech Ireland Webinar Series

Webinar #1: The 2020 Fintech Ireland Map Release Thursday 9th April 2020 at 1pm (Irish / UK time)

NB: 180 attendees have registered for this event within one day of its announcement. Don't miss out. See below on how to register to attend.

What: Fintech Ireland is launching the 2020 Fintech Ireland Map at its first in a series of webinars. We will be joined by Margaret Clancy of TransferMate Global Payments and Tommy Kearns of Xtremepush.
When: Thursday 9th April 2020. Start time 1:00pm (Irish/UK time) for one hour.
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: The link to the Zoom webinar was sent to those who registered via Eventbrite before bookings closed at 10pm on 8th April. The event has proved very popular with close to 180 registered attendees. If you are keen to attend and didn't register on Eventbrite, click / copy & paste this link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/5415863818341/WN_KWBUGrhrQrik-I4bzhU3XA

That link will take you to registration page at Zoom where you will complete your details and thereafter you will receive an email with your personal link to the webinar (please don't share).

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In addition to launching the updated Map, which will see the number of fintechs on the Map explode from 180 to well over 200, we will be joined by expert fintech guests to discuss the burgeoning Irish fintech landscape and to get their thoughts on the changes to Irish fintech in the past 12 months and how they see Irish fintechs scaling internationally and how they are dealing with current challenges.
Joining Peter Oakes of Fintech Ireland for the first in our series of Fintech Ireland Webinars are:

Margaret Clancy, Commercial Director at TransferMate Global Payments
Tommy Kearns, CEO & Co-Founder at Xtremepush

The event will cover:

release of the updated Fintech Ireland Map
webinar and future webinars will include presentations and panel guests, including CEOs and senior executives from a selection of fintech companies appearing on the Map
opportunities and challenges facing Irish fintech growing locally and scaling internationally
AND MUCH MORE
We'll release further details of the 9th April 2020 event next week, including the Agenda and Speakers.

*Use of your data*: Please note that attendees' registration information will need be required by Fintech Ireland for the purposes of administering attendance and follow up communications on the event.

Your details will also be recorded for contact about future Fintech Ireland and Fintech UK events and news. And as we use MailChimp, there will be an easy to use unsubscribe link in each email we send.

Other terms and conditions: Please note that we reserve the right to accept, modify and cancel bookings.

Check out Fintech Ireland's handy authorisation guides for e-money institutions and payment institutions at https://fintechireland.com/fintech-authorisations.html

Fintech: How Digital Disruption is Driving Innovation in Financial Services

3/2/2020

Fintech: How Digital Disruption is Driving Innovation in Financial Services

Listen - click here or the image above.

Fintech is causing disruption to financial services as new companies enter the market targeting different areas of the value chain. Both technological advancement and customer expectations are moving fast resulting in innovation and ultimately a better service offering to consumers.
In this episode of dotLAB Radio, Peter Oakes (Founder, Fintech Ireland) and Peter O’Halloran (Fintech Ireland Ambassador) discuss fintech, digital disruption in financial services, and future fintech trends.
We also cover the following areas:

Fintech, cryptocurrencies and challenger banks
Disruption in financial services and the growth of fintech companies
Fintech for Good
Crowdfunding and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending
Major fintech trends
Meeting the Fintech skills gap

Fintech Bridge - Fintech Ireland and FinTech Scotland

16/1/2020

Fintech Bridge - Fintech Ireland and FinTech Scotland
** THIS EVENT TAKES PLACE IN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND, UK **

What: A collaboration between www.FintechIreland.com and www.FinTechScotland.com. A Fintech Bridge Event in Glasgow Scotland by Fintech Ireland and Fintech Scotland and supported by Fintech UK, Deloitte and Envestnet | Yodlee
When: Thursday 16th January 2020 (530-830pm) in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Where: Deloitte (Glasgow Office) 110 Queen Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 3BX, UK
Cost: Hey, we are Fintech Ireland - it's FREE
Registration: Make your booking here - https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/fintech-bridge-fintech-ireland-fintech-scotland-glasgow-scotland-uk-tickets-86359546729

Fintech Ireland (@FintechIreland) and Fintech Scotland (@FintechScotland) are joining effort to create a unique event that brings together two great FinTech communities across the sea and gives you the opportunity to expand your network whilst gaining insight into current innovation trends in two leading global Celtic FinTech hubs.

Agenda:
530pm: Arrive for Registration into Event
600pm: Event starts

Welcome
Fintech Ireland Presentation (including updates on our Fintech Ireland Survey and the equally famous Fintech Ireland Map)
Fintech Scotland Presentation (update on current and future initiatives for Scottish fintech)
A couple of senior industry stakeholder presentations
Meet the fintechs/regtechs - 2 x Irish fintechs and 2 x Scottish fintechs will take to the stage to explain their business models, the challenges they are trying to solve with fintech/regtech and their journeys to date.
Panel Session 1 (moderated by Fintech Ireland) - Session with the 4 fintechs/regtechs unpacking the points made during their updates, where they see the industry heading and what government and other stakeholders can do more to advance fintech.
Panel Session 2 (moderated by Fintech Scotland) - Session with selection of banks, investors and other senior level stakeholders on where they see fintech/regtech heading, what opportunities they look for when deciding if and how to partner or invest in fintech/regtech initiatives
Networking

830pm: Formalities and networking conclude (sure we'll find a spot nearby for those that wish to carry on the conversations and new friendships!)

We are working on the program for the event as we type and so stay tuned - more details to follow.

All Fintech Ireland events fill quickly, so reserve your seat today!

*Use of your data*: Please note that attendees' registration information will need to be shared between Fintech Ireland, FinTech Scotland, Fintech UK and other event partners for the purposes of administering attendance.

Your details will also be recorded for contact about future events and news. And as we use MailChimp, there will be an easy to use unsubscribe link in each email we send.

Other terms and conditions: Please note that we reserve the right to accept, modify and cancel bookings.

We are looking for two fintech/regtechs from Ireland and two fintech/regtechs from Scotland to join us on a panel. If interested email [email protected]. You will need to pay your own way to Glasgow and accommodation (Fintech Ireland is a free network and there is no fee to attendees to join the event) and in return you will get our marketing support and will be showcased on the evening to a great Celtic Fintech audience and fantastic network opportunities. We expect to get receive a good response to this call for fintechs/regtechs, so please get in touch at [email protected] ASAP