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From Istanbul to Seattle, the World is Talking FinTech

As fintech continues to evolve, information sharing, networking and spirited discourse become increasingly important.

Across the globe, experts will meet at summits and conferences in every corner of the fintech market to hash out ways to capitalize on new technologies in finance. From Turkey, to Asia, the U.K and the U.S., conferences featuring industry leaders will span 2019.

The World Business Angels Investment Forum in Istanbul will focus on, among other things, ways to “democratize” finance and explore how technology can improve account access for those who lack the ability to make the “most basic financial transactions,” according to promotional information for the forum. Reportedly, two billion people worldwide lack such access.

“The world clearly needs an innovative way to democratise finance, and we maintain that fintech can help expand access to finance and equalise opportunities,” the event’s information site reads. “Lowering the cost of financial services is one way, but we need to explore ever-increasing innovations in technology in areas such as biometric authentication, cryptography, and big data analytics.”

Additionally, the summit, taking place on February 19, will address challenges in a range of topics. Paolo Sironi, chairman of the FinTech Summit 2019, highlighted the diverse array of experts who will be on hand for the discussions.

“The Fin Tech Summit 2019 in Istanbul will address the challenges and opportunities of the global fintech ecosystem,” Sironi said. “Global equity market leaders—family office managers, wealth management executives, stock exchange executives, financial experts, policymakers, academics, active members of early-stage investment markets, bank executives and WBAF delegates—will come to get her to discuss a wide range of topics related to transformations in the finance industry through the incorporation of cutting edge technology.’’

‘Community Driven’ Project the Focus of Seattle’s NEO DevCon 2019

NEO DevCon 2019, which will be hosted in Seattle on February 16th and 17th, will include developers showcasing “decentralized” applications. Initiated in 2014, NEO is a “community-driven, open-sourced blockchain platform,” Its aim, according to organizers, is making a digitized, programmable “smart economy” with millions of contributors.

“NEO is one of the most developer-friendly public blockchain projects and decentralized application platforms, offering robust infrastructure, a variety of APIs and SDKs, a comprehensive smart contract system and easily accessible support to community developers,” according to information from the organizers.

Forums, Summits and Conferences, ‘Oh My!’

Dozens of meetings dealing with everything from artificial intelligence, blockchain and cryptocurrency will be taking place all over the world. Fintech Weekly offers a glimpse at details for a number of these events. One such meeting, the Fintech World Fourm 2019, which is highlighted by the publication, will take place in London on May 21 and 22.

According to information from the summit’s organizers, some of the topics covered will include:

  • “Driving differentiation in an overcrowded payments ecosystem”
  • “Blockchain's impact on banking and payments"
  • "Wearables & new paymen modes - Fitbit's role"
  • "Panel discussion: how mobile banks and fintech start ups will transform financial markets"
  • "Meeting the exponential growth challenge of AI/ML in fintechs"
  • "Securing the bank of the future"
  • "How biometric technology is shaping the world of fintech"
  • "Future of the intelligent bank"
  • "Decentralisation and Ethereum - reshaping the fintech landscape"
  • "How fintech will take commercial banking to the next level"
  • "AI in financial markets"
  • Maximising potential from inside the big data universe"
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