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What: Ireland - A Model For Fintech Collaboration [Webinar]

When: Wednesday, December 7th, 2022, 11:30am– 12:15pm GMT

Where: Online

Cost: Free

Registration: ​https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5620759940506046477?source=Fintech+Ireland

Great to be invited by Professor Michael Mainelli, Chairman of Z/Yen Group on Wednesday 7th December 2022 to join him for a 45 minute discussion on Ireland  - A Model For Fintech Collaboration.

Michael has been at Alderman, City of London Corporation since July 2013 where he works to promote the City and to enhance the Broad Street Ward. Michael is the former International Member, IFS Industry Advisory Committee formed for the purposes of Ireland's former IFS2020 Strategy.
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Join Fintech Ireland's Peter Oakes for a webinar exploring the fintech environment in Ireland, and how it is uniquely positioned for effective collaboration between fintech centres that have the potential to add value to both parties and the industry as a whole. Peter will cover the fintech ecosystem in Ireland, the regulatory framework being put in place, how Irish fintech is scaling overseas, Ireland’s place as a EU Home for fintech, Ireland and the UK’s unique fintech bridge opportunity, fundraising & the life of an Irish unicorn, collaboration between finserv & fintech and for regulated entities, the rise of regtech in Ireland.
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Speaker:
Peter Oakes is a financial services expert focused on banking, payments, emoney, MiFID, fintech, regtech & distributed ledger technology. Peter is the founder of Fintech Ireland, Fintech UK and US TechFin. He is a non-executive director of leading regulated fintech and wealth management firms including Susquehanna (MiFID), AWM Wealth Advisers (MiFID), Optal Financial Europe (Emoney) and TransferMate (PSD). Peter is a consultant on finserv and fintech to international law firm Armstrong Teasdale and works on fintech authorisation applications across Europe, particularly Ireland, UK and Lithuania (where he advised on Lithuania 2nd specialise bank licence). Peter has a deep central bank and regulator background including inaugural Director of Enforcement and Financial Crime at the Irish Central Bank (2010-2013), senior regulator and central bank roles in the UK (FSA), Australia (ASIC) and Saudi Arabia (SAMA). He continues to work with regulators on supervisory and enforcement strategies. Peter is a solicitor admitted in the UK, Ireland and Australia.

About this event

Event 1 (Webinar on 22 November 2022 hosted by Mykolas Romeris University Law School, Vilnius)

Digital money is increasing in popularity across the world.

This 3-part series, convened by Armstrong Teasdale, the British Kazakh Law Association (BKLA), Mykolas Romeris University (MRU), and 36 Commercial, aims to bring together experts and those affected by digital money regulation.

The Vilnius (Online-Nov 2022) and London (Feb 2023) events will give the audience the opportunity to discuss regulation.

These will be published in a wide-ranging report that will be shared with policy makers at a digital money conference in Vilnius in summer 2023.

The Event 1 details are:
Webinar: 2pm-4pm (Vilnius Time), 22 November 2022
Webinar Link: To be emailed by 21 November to audience
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For further information about Event 1, please email: Professor Dr Paulius Pakutinskas, MRU Law School, at [email protected]

What: A FinTech Future: Building on Ireland’s Potential

When: Friday, November 18, 2022, 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM GMT

Where: Fairways Hotel Dundalk Dublin Road A91 E6KC Dundalk

Cost: Free

Registration: Registration Link Here

Ireland’s unique ecosystem of innovation, talent, and dynamic financial services and technology sectors has led to its growth as a world-class fintech hub. This conference will explore both the challenges and opportunities ahead as we strengthen the sector even further through foreign direct investment and supporting indigenous firms.
 
Keynote Speaker - EU Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability and Capital Markets Union Mairead McGuinness
Mairead McGuinness has been Ireland’s EU Commissioner since October 2020. Her vision for the portfolio is focused on ensuring the financial sector’s strength and stability, so that it can deliver for people, society and the environment. Prior to her appointment as Commissioner, she was First Vice-President of the European Parliament from 2014-2016 and served as an MEP for 16 years
 
Panel 1 - Fintech’s Place in Ireland’s Financial Systems
Ireland is fast becoming a global hub for fintech and financial services. There is huge growth potential in regions across the country, and Ireland’s reputation as world leaders in innovation, backed by government support, is growing stronger each year. With questions surrounding regulation growing in importance, this panel will discuss the current and future place of fintech in the Irish economy.
 
Speakers:
Peter Oakes - Fintech Ireland
Peter Oakes is a highly experienced Chairman and Independent Non-Executive Director of regulated fintech and other financial services firms. Peter advises companies, C-Suite and Boards on strategy, governance, authorisations and fintech across banking, payments, funds, MiFID, re-insurance, fintech, regtech, cryptocurrencies / digital assets and distributed ledger technology industries. Peter founded Fintech Ireland and RegTech Ireland to promote Ireland’s capabilities in these areas.
 
Denise Delaney - Central Bank of Ireland
Denise Delaney is Head of the Policy and Risk Horizontal Function within the Financial Regulation: Policy and Risk Directorate at the Central Bank of Ireland. She is responsible for the development and coordination of innovation policy, including the Central Bank’s approach to engagement with innovators, via the Innovation Hub and outreach programme. She is also responsible for the implementation of the Central Bank’s approach to engagement with stakeholders, via the Industry Forum and Financial System Conference.

Joe Heneghan - Revolut Europe
Joe Heneghan was appointed as Revolut’s Chief Executive Officer Europe in June 2021 having served as CEO of Revolut Payments Ireland Ltd since October 2019. He has over 25 years’ experience in financial services. Prior to joining Revolut, he spent 14 years at Ulster Bank (part of the RBS group) in various senior roles including chief administrative officer. He also serves on the Executive Board of Financial Services Ireland.
 
Panel 2 - The FinTech Corridor: Making Fintech Local
Innovation in the financial services sector is thriving in the North-East. As the sector grows rapidly in size, our panel will discuss the potential of the ‘Fintech Corridor’ - which positions the Dublin to Belfast region as the most attractive location for fintech on the island of Ireland.

Speakers:
Jenny Melia - Enterprise Ireland
Jenny Melia was appointed Enterprise Ireland’s Manager of Technology & Services Division in 2022. She has worked with EI since completing a BSc and PhD in Chemistry in UCD in 1996. Jenny has held a number of high-level positions within the company including Manager of EI’s High Potential Start Up Division and as the Irish liaison for EU nanotech and advanced materials funding programmes, she was appointed by the EU Commissioner to their high level advisory group.

 Prof. Daniel Broby - Ulster University
Professor Daniel Broby is an internationally recognised finance academic and formerly a senior figure in the fund management industry. He is Chair of Financial Technology at Ulster University and teaches Predictive Analytics and Contemporary Issues in Financial Technology. In addition to being a thought leader and influencer, he conducts research into capital markets and digital technologies. He is a recognized expert on the financial applications of blockchain and distributed ledgers.

Alan McEneaney and Hilary Moran- The Fintech Corridor
​The Fintech Corridor provides a unique opportunity to collaborate between the north and south of the island, while focussing on the wider aspects of developing partnerships and positioning the Fintech Corridor as the most attractive and accessible location for Fintech on the island and a gateway for fintech companies to Europe, connecting EU&UK fintech.

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With special thanks to the Embassy of Mexico in Ireland - especially H.E. Ambassador Miguel Malfavón Andrade and Guillermo Chávez García, Responsible for Economic Promotion - Fintech Ireland is delighted to host another excellent Fintech Bridge Event, this time with Mexico.  Special thanks to CompliReg for powering another Fintech Ireland Event.

What: Fintech Bridge - Ireland and Mexico Webinar
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When: Tuesday 4th October 2022, 15:30 -17:00 Ireland / 09:30-11:00 Mexico.

Where: Online Event

Cost: Free

Registration: The Registration Link will appear here shortly.  If you want advance notice to secure your place, make sure you are a Fintech Ireland Subscriber by visiting here.  Subscribers receive priority registration.

Following hot on the heels of the Release of the famous Fintech Ireland Maps for 2022, we get to take a deeper look at fintech in Mexico and Ireland and the opportunity for the industry in each other's country.

Join our Peter Oakes and many other fine international speakers at ACAMS Europe on 14 and 15 June 2022 in Brussles.

Peter Oakes, a highly experienced non-executive director of regulated fintech and financial services companies will join two panels on:

1) Pay Check: Managing the Compliance Risks of Alternative Payment Platforms; and
​2) Enabling a Data Driven Compliance Vision: Contextual Monitoring for Trade Based AML

Register for this premier financial crime event here

What: Access Growth Company Financing for Innovative Technology via the UK Capital Markets - Earlier Routes to IPO.

• This event is aimed at innovative growth technology firms (all sectors  - not just fintech!) and will discuss various ways to access funding, including VC funding, leading to accessing UK capital markets via an IPO.  

When: Thursday 23rd June 2022, 17:00 to 19:30 (Irish time) 

Where: Dogpatch Labs, The Chq Building, Custom House Quay, North Wall Quay, Dublin (Eircode:D01 Y6H7)

Cost: Free

Registration: https://forms.atllp.com/access-growth-company-financing-for-innovative-technology-via-the-uk-capital-markets-ndash-earlier-routes-to-ipo-registration-fintech-06232022.html


We have issued the registration link to our Fintech Ireland subscribers who always receive priority opportunity to attend our events.  If you are not a subscriber (we don't spam) register for advance notice of future events at [email protected] 

We are hoping to add more seats to this event, which will allow us to include other interested persons who support tech and fintech growth companies.

Speakers:  We have an excellent line up of speakers and presenters, including:

• Joan Yu, Head of the Armstrong Teasdale’s U.K. Capital Markets practice
• Nick Heap, Partner, Armstrong Teasdale
• Amy Neale, General Partner, Delta Partners
• ​David Coffman, Head of Corporate Finance, Novum Securities
• Peter Oakes, Founder, Fintech Ireland

This event is aimed at innovative growth technology firms (all sectors  - not just fintech!) and will discuss various ways to access funding, including VC funding, leading to accessing UK capital markets via an IPO.

Registration will be facilitated by Armstrong Teasdale registration portal.   

What: Emoney & Payment Services: Role of the Board and Business in Providing Central Bank of Ireland Attestation

When: Wednesday 2nd March 2022. 09:30 to 10:30am (Irish time) 

Where: Online Event

Cost: Free

Registration: If you missed the opportunity to register for the event at Eventbrite, don't worry, you can register via this Zoom link here https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_LLLpSAqDR_mfYape-eDWbw​



Who Should Attend: The Directors of Boards (PCF1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 particularly the Independent Non-Executive Directors & Chairpersons), Chief Executive Officers (PCF-8), Chief Operating Officers (PCF-42), Heads of Risk Function (PCF-14), Head of Compliance (PCF-12), Heads of Compliance with AML/CFT responsibility (PCF-15), Heads of Internal Audit (PCF-13), Heads of Finance Function (PCF-11), Heads of Legal and others who will be involved in the review and attestation process.  In addition, if you are one of the many payments/emoney firms in the Central Bank's authorisation pipeline or a person who is looking to become an INED at an emoney/payments firm, this event might help gain a deeper understanding of certain regulatory issues.

No later than 31 March 2022, the Boards of authorised electronic money and authorised payment institutions  must attest to the completion and conclusion of a comprehensive assessment of their firm’s compliance with: (1) the firm’s safeguarding obligations under Regulation 17 of the PSR and Regulation 29-31 of the EMR; and (2) the conditions of the firm's authorisation.  This requirement is set out in the Central Bank of Ireland's Dear CEO Letter of 9 December 2021 on Supervisory Expectations for Payment and Electronic Money (E-Money) Firms.

However the Central Bank has not provided any prescribed wording for the attestation.

Join Peter Oakes, Founder of Fintech Ireland, Simon McFeely, Chief Risk Officer, TransferMate and Malachy Kearney, Partner Clark Hill for an in-depth discussion on the Central Bank of Ireland's Dear CEO letter and insights into what Boards and Businesses may wish to consider when preparing to provide the attestation to the Central Bank of Ireland.  

Furthermore the Central Bank expects the Board to oversee this review and to consider the conclusions and any remediation actions emanating from it. If any issues are identified as part of this review, a Board approved remediation plan must be put in place which ensures timely resolution of the issues.   

In addition to the above, the Central Bank of Ireland also sets out in its letter of 9th December 2021 numerous supervisory expectations under the following headings:

1. Governance and Risk Management 
2. Conduct and Culture
3. Safeguarding
4. Business Model and Financial Resilience
5. Operational Resilience
6. Financial Crime 
7. Resolution and Wind-Up

In the final paragraph of its letter, the Central Bank of Ireland reminded Payment and E-Money firms that they are important participants in the financial system and are expected to be able to demonstrate that they are executing their business in a manner consistent with their legislative and regulatory obligations at all times. Those requirements include These the supervisory expectations set out by the Central Bank in its letter. Importantly the Central Bank reminded that 'as breaches of regulatory requirements may result in customer detriment and/or disruption to the financial system, it is imperative that all necessary steps to ensure ongoing compliance are taken and that the consequences of non-compliance, including in terms of the use of the Central Bank’s powers, are understood by Boards.' 

This event will discuss various approaches that regulated firms may wish to consider in having their Boards attest the completion and conclusion of this assessment must be provided to the Central Bank by 31 March 2022.

With special thanks to the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service and the support of the Embassy of Canada to Ireland, Fintech Ireland and Regtech Ireland are delighted to host another excellent Fintech Bridge Event, this time with Canada.  Special thanks to CompliReg for powering another Fintech Ireland Event.

What: Fintech Bridge - Ireland and Canada Webinar (Tues 30th November 2021 at 15:30 -16:30 Irish Time / 10:30-11:30 ET).
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Our line up of speakers include :

• Nancy Smyth, Ambassador of Canada to Ireland, Embassy of Canada
• Eamonn McKee, Ambassador of Ireland to Canada, Embassy of Ireland
• Meena Bhullar, Vice Consul & Trade Commissioner, Embassy of Canada in Ireland
• Kaz Nejatian, Vice President, Merchant Services, Shopify
• Jennifer Reynolds, President & CEO, Toronto Finance International
• Andrea Reynolds, CEO & Founder, Swoop
• Mark Shorten, VP Financial Services & Life Sciences, IDA Ireland
• Peter Oakes, Founder, Fintech Ireland & CompliReg

When: Tuesday 30th November 2021. 15:30 to 16:30 (Irish time) / 10:30 to 11:30 (Eastern Time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: Slides of event appear at top of this post

Following hot on the heels of the Release of the famous Fintech Ireland Maps on Thursday 18th November 2021, we get to take a deeper look at fintech in Canada and Ireland and the opportunity for the industry in each other's country.

Did you know that:

• Canada's GDP at USD $1.65tn is almost four times that of Ireland at $420bn.
• Canada provides Irish fintech, regtech and finserv with an excellent opportunity to scale their businesses in North America, while Ireland provides these Canadian businesses with an European beachhead to access both a local population of 5mn and 27 EU Member States.
• More that 350+ fintechs operate from Ireland locally and scaling internationally.
• More than 100 Irish tech start-ups together raised a record €932m in the first half of 2021 from venture capital, debt finance, grants and crowdfunding.
• Canadian FinTech sector is poised to grow further in 2021 following $700m of investments in Q1 2021, led by deals in Toronto.
• Companies based in Toronto raised half of the 10 largest FinTech deals in Canada.

Details:

Presentations from:

• Nancy Smyth, Ambassador of Canada to Ireland 
• Eammon McKee, Ambassador of Ireland to Canada 
• Peter Oakes, Founder of Fintech Ireland 
• Jennifer Reynolds, CEO of Toronto Finance International 

Panel Session & Q&A:  Growing and scaling fintech globally and Canadian and Irish Experiences 

• Kaz Nejatian, Vice President, Merchant Services, Shopify.  
• Andrea Reynolds, CEO/C-Founder, Swoop Funding (NED Berkshire Hathaway European Insurance). 
• Meena Bhullar, Vice-Consul & Trade Commissioner, Canadian Trade Commissioner’s Office. 
• Mark Shorten, VP Financial Services & Life Sciences, IDA Ireland
• Moderator - Peter Oakes, Founder of Fintech Ireland 

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