Top Fintech Events in February 2020

Customer-centricity: the essence of successful digital revolution

Almost a decade after the global financial crisis, the banking industry has recovered its vigor and bankers across the globe have a more positive outlook regarding further growth in the industry.

While the digital revolution a few years ago undeniably brought transparency and efficiency, it is a cautionary tale – it has led many of what you can call fintechs or non-banking players to enter the banking game. This is pushing the financial industry to evolve at a faster pace than ever before, and if banks want to stay ahead of the curve, they have to keep in mind the needs and demands of their customers. The need to deliver a satisfactory customer experience is a challenge and all the leading institutions globally have realized that fintech companies are here to enhance the customer experience, rather than challenge them directly.

As banks look to evolve and transform, to discover new opportunities via partnering and introducing new channels and products, the regulatory landscape is a challenge in itself. However, change in strategy is the key for survival in the modern age of banking.

The World Retail Banking Summit will address all the challenges that banks face and will help financial institutions identify the right strategy for better customer experience.

BRINGING TOGETHER PLAYERS FROM A HOST OF GLOBAL FINTECH HOTSPOTS TO DELIBERATE, NETWORK, SHARE IDEAS AND LOOK AT THE SYNERGIES AND WAYS TO WORK TOGETHER

With a thriving entrepreneurial culture, deep pool of talent and penchant for disruptive innovation, Israel is a globally revered fintech hub.

A relatively small domestic market means Israeli entrepreneurs focus ideas and product designs to be scalable for the global market. Fintech Week gives you direct access to the Israeli ecosystem and the ability to engage and explore ways of working together.

ACHIEVE YOUR BUSINESS OBJECTIVES Fintech Week gives you front row access to key global players and exposure to the very latest ideas, innovations and developments in fintech, helping you to position your business to stay ahead of the curve.

It\’s an opportunity for professional services firms to meet the success stories of tomorrow and for financial services organisations to learn about the trends and disruptions that will dictate the future shape of the industry. This means both opportunities for new leads and new business streams.

This marcus evans conference will drive initiatives to build an ecosystem of quality data for trade and risk, through embedding data quality efforts within the use of a central data repository, the application of synthetic and legacy data, the role and limitations of machine learning, and use of appropriate data visualisation techniques.
As the volumes of data held by financial institutions increase, so too does the importance of data analytics. The role of data mining within financial institutions has seen a dramatic increase in recent years which shows signs of steadily continuing. Establishing the best practices to facilitate mining and engineering efforts to make your data work for you will be pivotal in ensuring that your institution is the most profitable it can be. With the improvement of data culture and the prevalence of centralised data comes the issues of dirty or noisy data, heterogeneity and the possibility for anomalies, alongside this we are seeing a marked increase in the use of legacy data and external data vendors. These offer some of the biggest challenges for data mining and engineering within financial institutions, but also present the best opportunities for improvement and optimisation. Meeting these challenges and understanding the best way to navigate them could present yet further opportunities to improve your use of data and so increase your overall profitability.

The second of the most comprehensive Blockchain and cryptocurrency conference in MENA and Eurasia will take place during two days in Istanbul on February 20-21, 2020 with the best international names in the sector.
The conference will be the largest meeting in the region on behalf of the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, with a wide range of topics focused on the financial technologies of the future, extensive networking opportunities and participation from more than 60 countries.
Turkey is a significant country for the world cryptocurrency community, thus this region preserves being an attractive meeting center for other countries. Indeed, according to Statista Global Consumer Survey 2019, Turkey is ranked first in the world cryptocurrency ownership. Currently 20% of the population in Turkey owns cryptocurrency.
The main topics of the Blockchain Economy 2020 conference will include Blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, as well as Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Decentralized Technologies, IoT and Global Citizenship.

UNLOCK has also been a strong proponent for international and regional blockchain startups. In our 2020 UNLOCK Blockchain forum we will be holding the first UNLOCK Blockchain challenge with prizes to top three startups ranging from $15,000 to $5,000. The challenge is open to all startups participating at UNLOCK either through a stand or the UNLOCK Startup ecosystem sponsorship.

Our focus in 2020 will be on the success stories in the MENA region whether governmental, financial, health, and others. We will also discuss the tokenization movement including Security token offerings across the board and the rise of crypto exchanges in the MENA region.

The buzz around fintech has gained substantial attention of traditional financial institutions, start-ups, venture capitalists and regulators. Banks and regulators are hard-pressed to revisit their operating model and policies respectively to create a conducive environment of collaboration and dynamism amidst the participants in the fintech ecosystem.

We at The Economic Times are organizing the 2nd Edition ET BFSI Innovation Tribe Summit & Awards centred around the theme “Ideate – Innovate – Disrupt”. The daylong summit is designed and crafted to bring the innovation and banking leaders under one platform to discuss and deliberate the future amidst the current challenges and pressing issues of all time. With an eclectic mix of panel discussions, keynotes, fire-side chats, case studies and felicitations this summit will predominantly answer how innovations across financial institutions will be the primary tool to achieve sustainable growth in the world’s second fastest growing economy.