Slides and Material - 

1. Presentation 1 (and Slides on Consultation Paper 141) - Peter Oakes, Fintech Ireland / CompliReg
2. Presentation 2 - Derek F Butler, CEO & Founder, GRID Finance
3. 20210427-chris-burge-spark-crowdfunding-fintech-ireland.pdfPresentation 3 - Chris Burge, CEO & Co-Founder, Spark Crowdfunding
4. Presentation 4 - Colin Canny, Head of Originations, Flender

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• ​Central Bank of Ireland Consultation Paper on Crowdfunding in Ireland. 
• EU Crowdfunding Regulation

Check out SME Recovery, a project initiated by GRID Finance, representing Ireland’s small and medium business sector to ensure that the policy response to Covid-19 is designed to succeed for SMEs 

Roundtable: Project Crowdfunding – A new Regulated Industry for Ireland and Europe. Tuesday 27th April 2021 at 133:00 Irish / UK time (08:00 US ET)

We are pulling together a group for crowfunding platforms / crowdsourcing finance platforms - if you are one of these companies, whether equity, debt, donation or reward platform, and whether fiat, crypto or token based, get in contact with us at [email protected] for a wider discussion.


What: Roundtable: Project Crowdfunding – A new Regulated Industry for Ireland and Europe.

Join leading crowdfunding experts Derek F Butler, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, GRID Finance; Chris Burge, Co-Founder & CEO, Spark Crowdfunding; Colin Canny, Head of Originations, Flender and regulatory and fintech expert Peter Oakes, Founder Fintech Ireland and CompliReg.
In-depth discussion on the opportunities and challenges for Ireland's crowdfunding community, stakeholders and in particular the end-users (investors and Irish companies) arising from:

• the current economic and business climate
• crowdfunding platforms embarking on re-booting Irish companies and the economy
• the new EU Regulation, the new Central Bank of Ireland Consultation Paper and
• ... and of course Covid-19 and associated business interruption.

Following a series of short presentations and panels by industry experts, we will hold a roundtable to discuss the development of a group response to the issued on Tuesday 13th April. This event is aimed at pulling together interested crowdfunding solution providers and other important industry stakeholders to, among other things, comment on the Central Bank of Ireland Consultation Paper on Crowdfunding in Ireland.  You can find the EU Regulation here.

Join Fintech Ireland, CompliReg and industry experts who will discuss this topic and then you will join the roundtable to discuss the response to the Central Bank of Ireland.

When: Tuesday 27th April 2021. 13:00 Irish/UK time (08:00 am US Eastern Time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/roundtable-project-crowdfunding-a-new-regulated-industry-for-the-eu-tickets-150221124427?aff=FIWebsite

Reading:  (1) Central Bank Consultation Paper 141 and (2) Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 October 2020 on European crowdfunding service providers for business.

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​Consultations: Fintech Ireland has uploaded information on its Consultations page which will be of interest to Central Bank of Ireland regulated fintech and financial services firm. See https://fintechireland.com/consultations.html.
Authorisations: Anyone looking at getting their fintech (payments firm and e-money firm) authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland can download Fintech Ireland's and CompliReg’s free handy authorisation guides and watch the video replay of our recent Getting Authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland Webinar at https://complireg.com/authorisations.html 

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Video - Click Here

The registration platform for this event is now open to attend this joint event between Fintech Ireland, Choose New Jersey and New Jersey City University School of Business together with Tech United (New Jersey), Global Shares, Fenergo, Broadridge and SelectUSA (supported by Armstrong Teasdale). 

Join FinTech Ireland, Choose New Jersey and the New Jersey City University (NJCU) School of Business together with Tech United, Global Shares, Fenergo, Broadridge and SelectUSA (supported by Armstrong Teasdale) for a webinar on fintech trends and opportunities within Ireland and the U.S. State of New Jersey.

Hear from New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, business leaders and panel experts about economic synergies between New Jersey and Ireland and gain insight about the New Jersey’s innovation ecosystem and talent pool. Discover how New Jersey can provide Irish companies with the support, funding, and resources needed for successful investment in North America.

What: Fintech Bridge - Ireland and New Jersey
When: Wednesday 14th April 2021. 15:00-1630 Irish/UK time (10:00-1130 US Eastern Time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: https://choosenj.zoom.us/webinar/register/1016173035244/WN_6KYZivL_RRm7oh8_Qs_g1w​

Here's the slides  

Getting Authorised and being Supervised by the Central Bank of Ireland:
Thursday 8th April 2021 at 15:00 Irish / UK time (10:00 US ET)

What: Fintech Ireland is hosting CompliReg, a leader provider of regulatory authorisation services and joint authors of our Authorisation Guides for Emoney and Payment Institutions, for a dive into the authorisation process and ongoing supervision for payment institutions, emoney and Virtual Asset Service Providers.

Join Peter Oakes (Founder, CompliReg, Fintech Ireland & Fintech UK) and Stephen Fletcher (Consultant, CompliReg) as they discuss the Central Bank of Ireland authorisation and supervisory regime for payment institutions, emoney institutions and virtual asset service providers as well as an update on trends in the Irish fintech industry.

We have arranged for several subject matter experts to join the call and share insights too.  Including:

• Samantha Sheen, Compliance Adviser Expert - Director, Ex Ante Advisory Limited (Former Stripe MLRO and Financial Crime Compliance Officer for EMEA);
• Stephen Hall, Immigration Law Expert - Head of Immigration Practice - UK, Armstrong Teasdale (dual qualified lawyer in the U.K. and Ireland); and
• Kate Solovieva, Foreign Direct Investment Expert - Vice President, Financial Services – Europe, Financial Services, IDA Ireland

When: Thursday 8th April 2021. 15:00 Irish/UK time (10:00 am US Eastern Time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/getting-authorised-payments-institutions-e-money-institutions-vasps-tickets-148070130747?aff=FIWebsite

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​Check out Fintech Ireland's and CompliReg’s handy authorisation guides for e-money institutions and payment institutions at https://fintechireland.com/fintech-authorisations.html
All Fintech Ireland hosted events fill quickly, so reserve your seat today!

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.

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

Other terms and conditions: Please note that we reserve the right to accept, modify and cancel bookings.
There will be photography and/or filming/recording at this event and your image may be captured by us and used for promotional purposes in print on our website. By registering for the event you are giving us your permission to use your image in this way. If you have any queries about this, however, please email [email protected]

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

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

The Fintech Ireland Webinar Series
 
The 2021 Fintech Ireland Maps Release Monday 15th March 2021 - 1pm to 2.30pm (Irish / UK time)

Join our hosts, moderators, speakers and panel members from Starling Bank, EquiLend, TransferMate Global Payments, UBO Service, the Department of Finance, Remitly, IDA Ireland and Fintech Ireland.
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What: Fintech Ireland is launching the 2021 Fintech Ireland Map at its first in a series of webinars. Led by Peter Oakes and Peter O’Halloran, we will be joined by a host of excellent panel members covering both Irish’s incredible indigenous and rapidly scaling fintech and international fintechs which call Ireland home. 
  
Along-side the famous Fintech Ireland Map of Irish fintech, we’ll be releasing an international map showcasing premier international fintech which have established in Ireland from the four corners of the globe!
 
We will announce further details in the coming week.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/release-of-2021-fintech-ireland-maps-indigenous-international-maps-tickets-141804114925?aff=FIWebsite     
  
How to join the Maps - BEFORE 6PM MONDAY 8TH MARCH 2021: (1) indigenous Irish fintech wishing to join the indigenous Fintech Ireland Map; and (2) international fintechs wishing to join the inaugural Fintech Ireland International Map, MUST COMPLETE THE SURVEY https://fintechireland.com/fintech-survey.html. If you miss the cut-off date, recommend that you still do the Survey so as to be included on a later edition of the Map.​
 
If you are on the Map and your logo has changed since the last Map update, you need to email the logo to [email protected] in PNG or JPEG format (no pdfs!) BEFORE 6PM MONDAY 8TH MARCH 2021 otherwise your old logo will remain on the Map.  We politely ask that everyone on the Map who has not completed the survey to do so.
 
When: Monday 15th March 2021. Start time 1:00pm to 2.30pm (Irish/UK time).
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: CLOSED  
https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/release-of-2021-fintech-ireland-maps-indigenous-international-maps-tickets-141804114925?aff=FIWebsite.  The link to the Zoom webinar was sent to attendees using the Eventbrite system through which attendees registered.  We sent the link twice once on 12th March and again the morning of 15th March.
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Slides: We emailed all registered attendees and those on the waitlist with the link to the slides.  If you were not a registered attendee or on the waitlist and you want the slides you need to :

(1) Join our email service - https://fintechireland.com/get-involved.html
(2) If you don't receive the link to the slides in the welcome message, email us at [email protected] after you have subscribed (we''ll check) and ensure you receive the link.
(3) Flip through the slideshow above.
 
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In addition to launching both the updated Irish Fintech Map, which will see the number of fintechs on the Map grow from last year’s 230 and the new International Fintech Ireland Map, we will be joined by expert fintech guests to discuss the burgeoning fintech landscape in Ireland and will get their thoughts on the changes to Irish fintech in the past 12 months; how they see Irish fintechs scaling internationally; being funded; and how they are dealing with current challenges arising from rapid digital transformation, changing consumer expectations and Covid.

Your hosts and moderators, Peter Oakes and Peter O’Halloran, are delighted to be joined by the following expert government and fintech speakers and panel members:

• Karen Cullen, Head of International Financial Services, Risk & Compliance Unit, Department of Finance Ireland (Ireland for Finance)
• Laurence Marshall, Chief Operating Officer, EquiLend
• Elaine Deehan, Ireland Country Manager, Starling Bank
• Byron Fry, Vice President - International Financial Services, UK, IDA Ireland
• Lorraine Kennedy, Marketing Manager, UBO Service
• Dermot Kennedy, General Manager, Remitly Ireland
• Margaret Clancy, Commercial Director, TransferMate Global Payments

The event will cover:

• release of (i) the updated Fintech Ireland Map and (ii) the new Fintech Ireland International Map
• presentations and panel guests, including CEOs and senior executives from a selection of Irish and International fintech companies appearing on the Map and key industry infrastructure executives
• opportunities and challenges facing Irish fintech growing locally and scaling internationally
• why Ireland was chosen by international fintech to establish here
• … and much, much more

​We will release further details on this premier annual event shortly.
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Your details will also be recorded for contact about future Fintech Ireland, Fintech UK, USTechFin and CompliReg events and news. And as all use MailChimp, there will be an unsubscribe link in each email we send.

Other terms and conditions: Please note that we reserve the right to accept, modify and cancel bookings.
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There will be photography and/or filming/recording at this event and your image may be captured by us and used for promotional purposes in print on our website. By registering for the event you are giving us your permission to use your image in this way. If you have any queries about this, however, please email [email protected]

Check out Fintech Ireland's and CompliReg’s handy authorisation guides for e-money institutions and payment institutions at https://fintechireland.com/fintech-authorisations.html
All Fintech Ireland events fill quickly, so reserve your seat today!
#openbanking #bigdataanalytics #dataanalytics #regulation #aiforbusiness #artificialintelligence #machinelearning

Fintech Future: Banking on Big Data
“a 'data driven' approach is emerging across the financial sector affecting institutions business strategies, risk and operations with respective changes in the mind-set and culture still in progress”

What: Fintech Future: Banking on Big Data (Fintech Ireland & Intersystems)
When: Tuesday 19th January 2021  at 1400 Irish/UK time
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: Closed.  See above for links to recorded webinar and slides 

Description: Fantastic response to and signups for the Fintech Ireland and InterSystems UKI upcoming co-hosted webinar on "The Future of Fintech: Banking on Big Data" with an expert panel of regulator and industry data experts who will discuss the growing importance of this area for #TechFin, Fintech & #FinServ.

A 'data driven' approach is emerging across the financial sector affecting institutions business strategies, risk and operations with respective changes in the mind-set and culture still in progress.

Speakers:

• Andreas Papaetis, Policy Expert, at the Banking Markets, Innovation and Products Unit of the European Banking Authority, focusing on financial innovation topics.
• Niamh Lawlor, Director of Analytics, United Health Group and has over 15 years experience leading teams within data and analytics predominantly in the financial services sector.
• Peter Oakes, founder and fintech mentor from Fintech Ireland. Through Fintech Ireland, Peter works with the founders, boards & executives of organisations to assist and hone their business strategies, models and to make introductions to funding opportunities. He also advises on regulatory issues facing the fintech sector, regularly presenting at global Fintech events and conferences.
• Michael Hom, Head of Financial Solutions at InterSystems. Michael has over 25 years of experience working in the Financial Services industry. Prior to joining InterSystems, one of the world’s most trusted data management platform providers, Michael was a Managing Director managing Global Rates, Securitized Products, and Municipals Technologies at Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets. Previously, he was an Executive Director overseeing Cross Product Technologies including Risk, Sales and Trade Management at Nomura Securities.

How to get invited: After having provided advance notice to Fintech Ireland subscribers of the registration details, this event is now open to the public.  To register to attend, following the instructions at this link - https://intersystems.com/uk/fintechirelandwebinar



*Use of your data*: Please note that attendees' registration information is required by Fintech Ireland and Intersytems 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.  

Fintech Ireland and InterSystems are joint data controllers for this event. By registering you give consent to be contacted for news, updates and other marketing purposes by the data controllers. In addition, you consent to your business contact information being entered into a CRM solutions hosted in the United States and Ireland, maintained consistent with applicable data protection laws.

Other terms and conditions: Please note that we reserve the right to accept, modify and cancel bookings.
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There will be photography and/or filming/recording at this event and your image may be captured by us and used for promotional purposes in print on our website. By registering for the event you are giving us your permission to use your image in this way. If you have any queries about this, however, please email [email protected]

All Fintech Ireland events fill quickly, so reserve your seat today!
#openbanking #bigdataanalytics #dataanalytics #regulation #aiforbusiness #artificialintelligence #machinelearning

What: Adapting AFC Oversight to Address Unique Crypto Assets' Risks
When: Tuesday 10th December 2020
Where: Online Event
Cost: See registration link
Registration: https://www.acams.org/en/events/conferences/acams-mena-conference#speakers--task-force-4addb521

Description:  

• Start with a whistle stop tour of the crypto world, consider the latest money laundering typologies involving crypto currencies
• Understand tractability of VC funds and future trends
• Examine requirements for adequate supervisory oversight and compliance of virtual asset providers and the current difference in stance between countries in the region
• Review risks associated with the convergence of organised crime and terrorism using cryptocurrency

 
Panel:
Moderator: Peter Oakes, Founder Fintech Ireland
Presenter: Mohamed Jawad Shalo, Director of Financial Crime Prevention, Abu Dhabi Global Market Member,
Committee Secretary UAE National Risk Assessment Committee 
Presenter: Iggy Azad, Senior Manager - Investigations, Coinbase
Presenter: Katarina Pranjic, CAMS, Financial Crime Compliance, Solutions Consultant, LexisNexis Risk Solutions

SLIDES - Click Here

Fintech Abu Dhabi Festival
Roundtable: Scaling a FinTech:  When and How Should Entrepreneurs Transition from Founder to CEO Mindset?

What: "Scaling a FinTech:  When and How Should Entrepreneurs Transition from Founder to CEO Mindset?" at the Fintech Abu Dhabi Festival 2020
When: Tuesday 24th November 2020  at 1300 Abu Dhabi time / 0800 Irish - UK time
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: https://www.fintechabudhabi.com/your-fintech100-forum-invitation

Description:  Roundtable: 'Scaling a FinTech: When and How Should Entrepreneurs Transition from Founder to CEO Mindset?' at #FintechAbuDhabi

In a few days the Festival will commence. This is a brilliant opportunity for #Fintech in Ireland & the UK to learn from, & network with Fintechs from all over the globe. FinTech Abu Dhabi is hosted by Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) & the Central Bank of The UAE. We & numerous Irish & UK #fintech companies had a great time attending in person last year. Due to Covid-19, we'll be joining the Festival virtually.  We pitched the Roundtable topic to Unbound - powering MENA's Leading Fintech Festival. Delighted that they agreed the topic be slated for 24 November at 1pm (UAE time) / 9am (Irish/UK time).

Register here and read all about the Festival here.

About: The role of a CEO is challenging at the best of times, but for FinTech start-ups the biggest challenge is often the transition from start-up Founder to start-up CEO, to scaling & then to the investable CEO. We'll discuss how the Founder needs to be capable of moving from visionary Founder to becoming a strategic leader & delegator while not losing sight of the company’s purpose.

Discussion points:

• Keeping a good grasp of the business.
• Maintaining a fundamental understanding of the FinTech’s technology capabilities
• Managing evolving and emerging stakeholders needs and demands
• Empowering the team to do their jobs so that the CEO can do her/his job
• How should a CEO decouple from the emotional attachment idea she/he founded?

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​Thanks Nahil Hanna

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: Threat or Opportunity
​Women in Finance Virtual Summit - UK Edition 

What: Regulation: Threat or Opportunity 
When: Tuesday 10th November 2020. 
Where: Online Event
Cost: Free
Registration: Now Closed - https://www.womeninfinance.co.uk /  https://twitter.com/WIfinanceawards/status/1326125187474075648?s=20
Slides & Video:  Slides available at Fintech UK.  

Description: Fintech Ireland's Peter Oakes, who is also a Founder of Fintech UK will join this webinar by Women in Finance Virtual Summit on Tuesday 10th November 2020 to present on Regulation: Threat or Opportunity  

Further details: Regulation - Threat or Opportunity?

• Pre-COVID, what was the impact of heavy regulation, and increasing numbers of watchdogs? 
• What does the world of financial services regulation look like now, and how do institutions need to be building it into planning?
• Is increasing regulation creating more risk? What analysis needs to be performed to protect all types of financial organisation?
• Can we expect further change and shifts from Bank of England governance? ​