London Blockchain Week is pleased to announce that Société Générale, Lee Rowley MP, Pillar Project, SVK Crypto, Consensys Enterprise and Blockchain Quantum Impact will be headlining the event in February 2019 in London.

Now in its fifth year, Blockchain Week will bring together leading blockchain thinkers throughout the week comprising of senior audience from enterprise, government, academia, VC firms and media. With an international audience of 35 percent, companies, individuals and governments who are affected by and are taking full advantage of the technology will discuss the trends and issues they are seeing.

As blockchain continues to mature, London Blockchain Week takes place in the context of many businesses and institutions accelerating testing and implementation of blockchain platforms in financial services, legal, healthcare and many more sectors. It is becoming vital for companies to understand the possibilities that come from embracing this revolutionary technology.

The event will kick off with the Hack The Block Blockchain Hackathon at Cocoon Networks on Friday 8 February for the weekend, culminating into a two-day exhibition and conference with networking drinks each evening starting on Monday 11 February, and then a series of Blockchain/DLT workshops on Wednesday 13 and Thursday 14 February. The exhibition and conference will be taking place at Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in 45 Prescot Street, London.

Commenting on the announcement, founder of London Blockchain Week, Luis Carranza, said: “2018 has been a tough year for digital currencies, but the underlying blockchain technology continues to mature and is going from strength to strength as many sectors and businesses are beginning to recognise the benefits of the technology. 2019 is going to be an extremely important year for blockchain, so now is the time to come and meet the companies that are at the forefront and discuss and debate the future of blockchain.”

FinovateEurope returns to London in February 2019, bringing you the targeted fintech insight and focused networking you need.

Date: February 12-14, 2019 | Summit day: February 15, 2019

Make the strongest business connections with senior decision makers and ensure you don’t get lost in the crowd: Pre-arrange meetings before to make the most of your time at Finovate and know that the right people you want to meet are there, ready for you to bump into.

Our unique demo format puts the latest fintech innovation on stage, showing you the new transformative solutions being built. Hear from the people willing to be provocative, the people with skin in the innovation game, and the right companies talking about the right things. Gain the actionable insight you need, get solutions to your business problems, and get the substance as well as the style.

This is the power of Finovate. See cutting-edge companies doing pioneering things; meet the people you want to engage with.

Monetize 11 is the only event in Europe focused on digital monetization strategies with a focus on innovations in payments, billing and e-commerce strategies as well as on digital contracts, revenue recognition and Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ).

Digital business, new business models, the Subscription Economy, and frictionless commerce expose fundamental gaps in the aging ERP ecosystem.

Monetize 11 provides practical insights into how leading organizations are gaining speed and agility with new approaches.

Come learn from leading business, finance and technology leaders, from independent analysts and industry CEOs, hear interviews and expert panels on topics ranging from global subscription business case studies to e-commerce platforms, role of Salesforce CPQ, and alternative payments.

MONETIZATION IS A STRATEGIC CAPABILITY

Most finance systems have not changed significantly since the 1990s. The move to digital, the subscription economy, and usage revenue models expose gaps in existing capabilities.

• Are you falling behind competitors that offer more flexible pricing and payment methods?
• Are your payment methods capable of meetings today’s requirements?
• Looking to optimize the Quote to Cash process?

WHO IS ATTENDING?

• Executive Business & Finance Leadership
• Digital Innovation leaders
• Information Technology
• Revenue Management Professionals
• Sales and Marketing
• Product Management

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

• How to prioritize your monetization strategy
• The evolution of financial and ERP systems
• Creating an effective Agile Monetization strategy
• Sequencing the adoption of key monetization investments like CPQ , Billing, Order Management, eCommerce, and payment methods
• Buy vs build?
• The role of eCommerce platforms and CX efforts
• How are other companies achieving success?
• Who are the emerging winners and losers?

Protiviti is pleased to announce this upcoming Financial Economic Crime roundtable meeting for decision makers on Tuesday 12 February 2019. They are looking forward to meeting you – leaders in the field AML, Fraud, KYC and Financial Crime – in the financial sector! During this meeting, short presentations will be followed by statements and roundtable discussions. Please mark your calendar and register for this upcoming event with the following speakers:

• Keynote speaker | Fred Teeven | Fred Teeven, former politician (State Secretary of the Ministry of Security and Justice), crime-fighter, worked for more than 13 years as a detective and team leader customs investigations at FIOD (Fiscal Intelligence and Investigation Service | the Dutch Anti-Fraud agency) and bus driver. The man who faced many special decisions and has over 30 years of experience in the investigation and prosecution of financial crime, will share his experience and knowledge with the risks of financial crime.

• The new financial landscape, an opportunity to team against financial crime by Owen R. Strijland (Protiviti, Director Fintech Services) || Risk appetite Regulation Governance Process

• Embed technology and detect financial crime by Tames Rietdijk (BusinessForensics, Managing Partner) || Forensics software

• Financial Crime Training in the Convergence Era – Building a Training Program for Current Realities and Future Threats by Hillary Rosenberg (Standard Chartered, Global Head of Anti-Bribery and Corruption) || Training

• Better safe than sorry | make your weakest link the strongest by Martijn van de Beek (Hoffmann, Managing Director) || Fraud investigation

An efficient, effective and stable credit management process provides your organization with insight and control. Simultaneously it allows you to focus on strengthening your customer relations.

Onguard’s credit management software platform will support and help optimize your credit management process. Would you like to know how? Join their webinar to learn about the advantages of adopting a credit management software.

Insight + control = sustainable customer relationships

CreditManager is Onguard’s intelligent web-based complete solution for automation and managing the entire debt management. It provides you with insight in and control over your credit management. Further, it saves you valuable time that can instead be allocated to contacting non-paying customers in an appropriate and personal way. This contributes to a sustainable customer relationship.

How can CreditManager help you?

In this webinar, they will provide you with all the advantages of having a credit management software platform. The following topics will be discussed:

1. Priorities
2. Insight and overview
3. Risk management
4. Segmentation
5. Reporting

Would you like to work easier, more efficiently and effectively? Join them for the webinar.

NB: Are you not able to attend at this time? Sign up anyway, we will send you the recording.
Note: This webinar is in English. Do you prefer to attend this webinar in Dutch? Sign up here.

HFT MEMBERS ONLY

Holland FinTech is pleased to invite you to Member Walk-In, our monthly event to help you make the most out of your membership and our co-operation.

This evening session is held on Monday, 18th of February from 16:00 until 18:00 in Amsterdam. Especially our new members are invited to join to kick-start their membership.

We will discuss how we can help you do business in FinTech, by looking at our resources like knowledge, events, and network. This will help you make the membership work for your business development, technology sourcing, knowledge sharing, investments, regulations, and talent. Of course, we will make time to discuss other topics you would like to address.

Join us and learn what Holland FinTech can do for you and lay the foundation for a successful membership!

Please let us know if you would like to know more about this event

Please note that photos and/or videos of you may be taken during the event for publicity and marketing purposes. Find out more about our privacy policy on our website.

MPE 2019 (Merchant Payments Ecosystem) conference & exhibition

MPE is the Europe’s largest retail and e-commerce merchant payments acceptance conference & exhibition.

MPE connects key decision makers from merchants, acquirers, PSPs, payment processors, schemes, regulators, gateways, POS HW/SW solution providers and FinTechs from 40+ countries.

MPE covers the latest technologies, trends & business models of merchant payment acceptance, checkout & conversion, fraud & security and customer shopping experience..

1000+ attendees, including 200+ merchants and 400+ acquiring banks & PSPs will network in a cozy atmosphere of 5-star hotel and get inspiration from 150+ TOP industry speakers, 70+ solution providers showcasing cutting edge payments & POS solutions..

Request the Agenda & register with the early bird discount rate 20% off, please visit here:

For Holland FinTech members, we have promo codes, please contact [email protected]

MPE is the Europe’s largest retail and e-commerce merchant payments acceptance conference & exhibition. The conference connects merchants, acquirers, PSPs, payment processors, schemes, regulators, gateways, POS HW/SW solution providers and FinTechs from 40+ countries.

150+ TOP industry speakers will cover the latest technologies, trends & business models of merchant payment acceptance, checkout & conversion, fraud & security and customer shopping experience…

1000+ attendees, including 200+ merchants and 400+ acquiring banks & PSPs will network in a cozy atmosphere of 5-star hotel and get inspiration from 70+ solution providers showcasing cutting edge payments & POS solutions..

Request the Agenda & register with Holland Fintech special rate “mpeHF15” to get 15% off!

With the implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the government imposes strict requirements on the way your organization processes your personal data. Within the walls of your own organization, you can take steps to protect your privacy-sensitive data. Outside of that, your data is in the hands of the protection that the Wide Area Network (WAN) provides.

The emergence of the cloud (public, private or hybrid) constantly shifts data between organizations and datacenters. Your data also needs to be protected effectively ‘in transit’. Many organizations assume that managed services are protected at the proper level by default.

In this Knowledge Bites session, Eurofiber will present how to manage connections that need to be secured and how vital is to encrypt your data and take control of your key management.

Concept Agenda:

9.00 - 9.15 Opening by Holland FinTech

9.15 - 9.15 Welcome Arlon van der Laan (Eurofiber)

9.30 - 10.00 Presentation ‘Protect your network against cybercrime’ – Armijn Spreitzer (Eurofiber)

10.00 - 10.15 Coffee break

10.15 - 10.45 Discussion

10.45 - 11.00 Summary by Arlon van der Laan (Eurofiber)

Attendance will only be possible by registration if you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Please note that photos and/or videos of you may be taken during the event for publicity and marketing purposes. Find out more about our privacy policy on our website.

4 Years from Now [4YFN] is the innovation platform for MWC, enabling startups, investors, corporations and public institutions to discover, create and launch new ventures together.

4YFN offers unique connecting initiatives including insightful onstage talks, technical workshops, custom networking activities, community outreach and open innovation programmes, among others. A critical element of MWC, 4YFN is a hub for innovation and digital entrepreneurship to connect the entire startup ecosystem globally.

You can benefit from a 20% with the code HOLLAN01 until the 31st of January!

If you have any questions, please contact [email protected]

Ever heard of QBo One ? It’s an open source Robot built on top of a Raspberry Pi and Arduino.

Q.bo One comes with OpenCV with the capability for facial recognition and maintain eye contact, a synthesizer and speech recognition installed so that you can create your own personal assistant.

In this session, experts from IBM Developer Netherlands will configure and demo the functionalities of this open source robot and they’ll make it operate as a real virtual assistant.

You will also get a chance to build your own chatbot.

Seating is limited. Register now to secure your place!