Best FinTech events to visit in 2020
Vitalii Diachenko
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As you might hear, soon I will visit Fintech Week Tel Aviv 2020 (where I'm ready to provide you with free Fintech consultation: https://calendly.com/vitaliy-upplabs, [email protected] and via +1 3477061110). But this is not the only one great conference this year, and Upplabs decided to create a list of 60+ most interesting and notable Fintech conferences worldwide that you can visit during 2020.
As the software engineering studio proficient in Fintech Industry, UppLabs tries to keep an eye on the most interesting Fintech events and conferences in 2020. There we build our networking, master our skills, listen to interesting case studies and explore brand new industry trends. Upplabs is planning to visit some of the Fintech events below, and if you share our interests, you might find this list quite useful!
Best Fintech events to visit in 2020
10–12 Feb 2020, Tel Aviv, Israel
Fintech Week provides direct access to the Israeli ecosystem and makes it possible to meet the key global players and exposure to the very latest ideas, innovations and developments in fintech, helping participants to place their business to stay ahead of the curve.
11–13 Feb 2020, Berlin, Germany
The event offers two days of the general session, presenting FinovateEuropes’s 7-minute demos of the latest innovations together with a variety of professional, informative speakers, 64 product demos, one-on-one connections as well as networking.
12–13 Feb 2020, Singapore
The speakers will present Finance 5.0 and the future of the finance, as well as practical insights on harnessing technology for automation and improved efficiency. There participants can learn new tools and techniques on how to future-proof your finance strategy directly from finance leaders across multiple industries.
19–21 Feb 2020, New Delhi, India
Fintech India Expo will explore the financial technology industry and innovations in the field of Blockchain, AI, Big Data, IoT and Quantum Technologies. The Expo makes it possible for the fintech leaders and startups to come together and helps in facilitating collaboration among fintech companies in India.
27 Feb 2020, London, UK
The FINTECH Bridge China-UK Conference will present the opportunities for organizations from both sides of the bridge to develop their business and find new connections.
04 Mar 2020, San Francisco, USA
ACAMS FinTech Regulatory Summit focuses on the unique compliance challenges of FinTech organizations while giving practical guidance on building oversight systems that can withstand regulatory scrutiny.
06 Mar 2020, Boston, USA
MIT Fintech Conference is a student-led event at MIT Sloan School of Management. Their aim is to make MIT and the broader Boston entrepreneurial ecosystem a hub for financial disruption and innovation by building a strong community of students, entrepreneurs, industry practitioners, investors, and more from every part of the Boston community.
9–10 March, Miami, USA
This FinTech event is a great way to uncover practical solutions to your challenges during interactive sessions on management, personalization, digital optimization, AI/ML, fintech partnerships, and much more. There you can explore actionable insights directly from industry leaders, disruptors, and fintech founders.
10–11 March 2020, Madrid, Spain
The event will describe various topics from the way PSD2 legislation will impact the payments landscape to perfecting customer experiences. MoneyLIVE speakers will offer their answers to some of the biggest challenges in banking and payments.
12–13 Mar 2020, Bengaluru, India
Bengaluru Fintech Summit brings together preeminent thought leaders from India and around the world for days of non-stop and thought-provoking keynotes and panel discussions. This a wonderful opportunity for Fintech enthusiasts from around the world to meet and network with Market leaders, Government, regulators, startup ecosystems, influencers, and institutional investors.
15–17 March 2020, San Diego, USA
This exclusive invite-only event for cybersecurity leaders that can learn the latest, most successful finance, and insurance strategies. Here participants could get answers to their biggest challenges with peer to peer mentorship programs.
17 Mar 2020, New York, USA
Annual Family Office Fintech Summit is a forum for discussion and sharing of best practices and real-life examples about which technologies and tools family offices and HNW wealth managers are adopting to improve operational efficiency.
17–18 Mar 2020, Makati, Philippines
BankTech Asia is a strategic platform to discuss new ideas and the latest technology available. Here participants can gain in-depth insights on digital transformation, payment and retail technology, compliance and security from industry leaders, regulators, bankers, market disruptors and solution providers.
20 Mar 2020, Bengaluru, India
Fintech & Blockchain Conference is a platform to learn applications of Blockchain in management, industry, engineering, administration, and education, as well as evaluations of existing Finance systems and tools and their economic, social, and cultural impact.
23–24 Mar 2020, Toronto, Canada
FFCON is a must-attend event focused on Raising Capital, Blockchain Technology and Alternative Investing, uncovering and celebrating the rising stars and who’s who of fintech, blockchain, and alternative finance.
25–26 Mar 2020, Dubai, UAE
Seamless Fintech will bring together the entire G2B/C, B2B and B2C BSFI eco-system of investors to discuss, debate and evaluate an international showcase of products and services, and will also tackle the biggest challenges such as driving financial inclusion, RoboAdvisors, Wealth Tech, Reg Tech, InsuTech, A.I., customer experience and engagement.
26 — Fri, 27 Mar 2020, Trier, Germany
FinTech, RegTech and Cryptoassets Seminar will cover areas like how artificial intelligence and Big Data are transforming the scope and modus operandi of financial supervision and financial compliance, distributed ledger technology and its legal implications for businesses.
31 Mar 2020, London, UK
Women in FinTech Summit London focuses on discovering the latest challenges, progressions, and impacts from the world’s leading female innovators across industry, research and the financial sector.
01 Apr 2020, New York, USA
The conference offers to meet many discussions from those forging new trails in payments, blockchain, lending, robo-advisors, insurance tech, real estate and more. This conference also plays host to the investors and service providers that help accelerate startups.
04 Apr 2020, Princeton, USA
The Princeton Fintech and Quant Conference cover subjects ranging from high-frequency algorithmic trading and statistical arbitrage to model construction and validation. It also provides a unique opportunity for leaders and students in quant trading related fields to directly interact.
06–08 Apr 2020, Johannesburg, South Africa
The conference brings together some of the most interesting and revolutionary technologies which are transforming transactions across retail banking, institutional and corporate banking, insurance and lending.
07–08 Apr 2020, Dubai, UAE
Future Blockchain Summit is the official Blockchain event of Smart Dubai and is bringing together global enterprises, blockchain startups and government entities at the summit to make this dream a reality.
20–21 Apr 2020, Atlanta, USA
FinTech South attracts international companies and speakers across multiple industries and is an opportunity to engage with more than 1500 international FinTech executives generating $72B in revenues and processing over $118B transactions annually.
20–24 Apr 2020, London, UK
This five-day FinTech event is going to be a tour de force of financial innovation and collaboration, attended by FinTech founders, institutions, technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, regulators, policymakers, politicians, academics, and media from all over the world.
21 Apr 2020, Jakarta, Indonesia
AVCJ Private Equity and Venture Forum Indonesia is a forerunner for the private markets industry and a place where the most influential international investors and Indonesian industry leaders come together to exchange ideas and catch up on the latest trends affecting the industry
21–23 Apr 2020, Toronto, Canada
Canadian Fintech Summit is a platform to discover the latest trends and technologies from the best minds in Fintech and AI. The participant can get to know about integrating financial services into applications and services they use every day.
Tue, 21 — Thu, 23 Apr 2020, Berlin, Germany
Bank+Fintech will discover Efma’s pick of first-rate Bank + Fintech partnerships in the industry today, and learn from their best practices to drive successful collaborations within your own organization. Among the topics will be Asian banks and big techs reinventing financial services, as well as the best practices in banking ecosystems and marketplaces.
22 — Fri, 24 Apr 2020, Miami, USA
Fintech Americas will cover areas like discuss the opportunities and challenges of disruptive technology facing the financial sector in Latin America.
Thu, 23–24 Apr 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Objectives of the conference is to promote and facilitate international trade between Africa with Europe, Asia, and North America as well as to facilitate foreign direct investment into Africa, and provide a platform for businesses to expand into new markets.
24 Apr 2020, Sarajevo, Bosnia&Herzegovina
At this fifth annual FinTech event, private sector executives and representatives of regulatory agencies will explore the future of financial services as well as key challenges and opportunities in the Balkans.
13–14 May 2020, New York, USA
LendIt Fintech USA will provide the attendees with the opportunity to gain insights into A roadmap for finding the next billion with machine learning, FinTech partnerships to improve lives, Beyond the hype.
20–21 May 2020, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The expo is expected to attract top-notch innovators, new Digital banking systems, Cyber, Technology infrastructures, Financial consultants, potential investors and many other FinTech stakeholders.
21 May 2020. Nairobi, Kenya
The East Africa Fintech Summit will provide the attendees with the opportunity to indulge in a two-day event that will provide a great opportunity to learn New Innovative Ideas and Information, learn about New Technologies impacting the FSI Sector and how they can better Improve Financial Services.
22 May 2020, London, UK
Africa Tech Summit London will provide unrivaled insight, networking and business opportunities for African and international tech leaders and investors. Africa Tech Summit will connect tech ventures, investors, corporations, and entrepreneurs to drive business and investment forward.
25–29 May 2020, Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen Fintech Week will feature attendees from all continents. Here participants can take part in sharing insights with international speakers from different countries, join panels tackling hot Tech topics, meet fantastic fintech startups showcasing and pitching on stage.
28 — Fri, 29 May 2020, Barcelona, Spain
The EU-Startups Summit is the annual event that gathers over 1,500 founders, startup enthusiasts, corporates, angel investors, VCs, and media from across Europe. The participants can chat with famous Internet entrepreneurs and much more.
03–04 Jun 2020, Charlotte, USA
Fintech Generations has featured some of the top speakers from around the world addressing emerging fintech topics such as the growing fintech ecosystem in the Southeast US.
10 — Thu, 11 Jun 2020, Québec, Canada
FinteQC is a unique annual event that brings together researchers, executives, practitioners, start-ups and experts around the topics of financial technology (Fintech, Insurtech, Regtech) and innovation in Financial Services.
14–16 Jun 2020, San Francisco, USA
Future of Fintech will feature fintech industry influencers for 2+ days of insights and connections that will have a lasting impact on the business. It will feature two additional general session stages — one focused on the Future of Insurance and another on the Future of Wealth.
19 Jun 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam Fintech Forum will discuss how slowly many of the incumbent banks are with regards to transformation and digitalization as well as reasons why so many approvals needed before and during implementation.
19 Jun 2020, Seattle, USA
The Fintech & Blockchain Conference will focus on the conference sessions and the leading experts from the blockchain and financial space will elaborate on the uses of technology to improve activities in finance and will focus on developments in Blockchain Technology, Cryptocurrencies, and Fintech.
17 — Sat, 20 Jun 2020, Valencia, Spain
Fintech Summit offers learning about the latest FinTech advancements and implementation and how they will benefit banking, insurance, financing advisory and cross-point support. The Webit.fintech summit gathers top-level experts from Europe and around the world and aims to discuss the implementation of technology in the world of finance and payments.
24 Jun 2020, London, UK
FinTech will be a conference that explores how the demand in the tech sector for better usability, more speed, and increased safety is being applied to business and personal finance. It will provide the attendees with the opportunity to hear from the disrupters and the disrupted alike, and their roles in the future of transparent, real-time and universal FinTech.
23–25 Jun 2020, Abuja, Nigeria
Digital Africa Conference and Exhibition is Africa’s premier consumer technology provides the perfect platform to showcase your brand and enhance your reputation. It presents to its participants a major opportunity for unrivalled networking and privileged access to strategic partners, investors and potential buyers.
25 Jun 2020, New York, USA
FinTech Design Summit pulls together the world’s most innovative FinTech companies, to talk about Product Design, UX and Strategy. Here participants can create a dialogue within the FS community, in order to accelerate the digital transformation of their financial services for generations to come.
03 — Wed, 08 Jul 2020, London, UK
The London Fintech Week event brings together the Fintech sector in London and beyond to discuss the latest developments in Fintech. Delegates come from around the globe to engage in one of the world’s leading financial ecosystems.
12 Aug 2020, Toronto, Canada
National FinTech Conference, the Digital Finance Institute delivers thought-provoking content and leading speakers who are moving the dial and innovating on a global scale. They attract the newest tech talent and bring stakeholders together to learn, network and to support the industry.
19–21 Aug 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya Financial Inclusion, Banking & FinTech Conference is an event that brings together leaders and financial service-related companies and stakeholders to deliberate on programs, challenges, and opportunities in building a more inclusive financial future.
08 Sep 2020, Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Fintech Fair is Switzerland’s one and only Fintech tradeshow which discusses with fintech drivers, network with inspiring people of the digital community, visit fintech exhibitors, provides interesting talks and sessions.
10 Sep 2020, Mumbai, India
The event offers the opportunity to discuss advancements, challenges, innovations, and solutions to propel the growth trajectory of emerging businesses. The participants will create a growth-affirming narrative to motivate the rapid organizational evolution and emphasize the centrality of innovation.
14 — Tue, 15 Sep 2020, Chicago, USA
Fintech Symposium provides an educational agenda that places an emphasis on practical fintech solutions. One of its goals is to foster multidisciplinary conversations so attendees can gain a greater understanding of fintech capabilities and challenges.
16 — Fri, 18 Sep 2020, Cape Town, South Africa
SA Innovation Summit will connect with the most influential people in the startup ecosystem, build entrepreneurial capacity through know-how, explore funding opportunities through the Match & Invest platform.
23 Sep 2020, Liechtenstein
This conference aims to foster the knowledge about financial technology and anchor the topic area in the financial center and create a platform that allows the exchange of knowledge between traditional and well-established businesses in the financial- as well as insurance sector and newly founded companies.
23–24 Sep 2020, London, UK
LendIt Fintech Europe gathers fintech leaders to connect and reimagine the future of finance. The participant can attend 50+ sessions from industry pioneers pushing the boundaries of lending, digital banking, fintech, and paytech innovation.
24 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020, Dhaka, Bangladesh
The expo will feature main aspects that needed to settle up a smart city includes Urban Planning, IoT, Fintech, Smart Device, Sustainable Development, Cyber Security, Environment, Smart Energy, Construction & Technology.
12 — Tue, 13 Oct 2020, Nairobi, Kenya
Seamless-Payments, Banking and Fintech brings together more than 1500 payments, banking and fintech professionals to Nairobi from across 45 countries. The audience consists of 83 percent decision-makers and influencers and is represented by all major banks in East Africa.
14 — Fri, 16 Oct 2020, Koto, Japan
FinTech & Blockchain will provide opportunities for financial institutions and startups, new entrants and startups, startups and startups, and encourage the creation of advanced financial services that incorporate cutting-edge technologies such as blockchain.
20 — Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Salwa, Kuwait
Kuwait Financial Technology Conference & Exhibition is designed for the financial services and innovation community and seeks to showcase the latest financial technology thought leadership.
21 — Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Dubai, UAE
World Blockchain Summit Dubai will gather 500+ pre-qualified delegates including CEOs, International Blockchain Experts, Governments, Investors & Startups at the conference to discuss the adoption of cryptocurrencies & blockchain technology.
29–30 October 2020, London, UK
FinTech World Forum will feature the future of the fintech sector, blockchain impact on fintech market, open banking era; emerging opportunities in payments and lending, payments future with ai, biometrics and cryptos, exploring the role of wearables and IoT in fintech solutions, and etc.
05–06 Nov 2020, Toronto, Canada
The Toronto Fintech Conference is an event where scholars in the fields of strategy, entrepreneurship, innovation, organization theory, finance, and economics can discuss their research on the rise, diffusion, and disruptive potential of financial technologies.
09 — Fri, 13 Nov 2020, Singapore
Singapore FinTech Festival is the largest Financial Technology event in the world, providing a platform for the FinTech community to connect, collaborate and co-create.
25–28 Nov 2020, Vilnius, Lithuania
Fintech Inn 2020 is the largest and most significant international Fintech conference in the Baltic region. Fintech Inn is a forum, where established companies, startups, investors, associations, policymakers and technology leaders from over 60 countries gather together to exchange knowledge and discuss the challenges facing the industry today.
30 Nov 2020, Zürich, Switzerland
Swiss Fintech Investor Day is the event for angel investors, family offices, venture capitalists and corporate ventures that want to invest in fintech startups and also for aspiring investors that can learn from the sessions provided before the pitching sessions.
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