FinTech Innovation Showcase Welcome to our first FinTech50 Innovation Showcase in Berlin. Ten leading FinTechs from Germany, The Netherlands, The UK and Israel will each give a five-minute presentation, and our expert panel will discuss whether competition or collaboration is the way forward for banks - and for FinTechs.
Welcome
16.00 - Arrive 16.25 - Welcome 16.40 - Innovation Showcase part 1 17.40 - Refreshments 18.00 - Innovation Showcase part 2 18.30 - Panel Discussion 19.00 - Networking drinks 20.30 - Close
Julie Lake / Nicky Cotter The FinTech50, FinTechCity
Sven Marlinghaus Head of Venture Management, KPMG WPG AG Dusseldorf
Expert Panel
Christian Rast Board Member, KPMG WPG AG
Sven Korchinowski Partner Finance Advisory KPMG WPG AG Frankfurt
Nasir Zubairi Finleap
Erin Platts Silicon Valley Bank UK
Konstantin Speidel UBS
Dr. Steffen Wachenfeld Savedo
Oliver Oster OptioPay
Fidor
SavingGlobal
Ayondo
Founder: Matthias Krรถner (CEO)
Founder: Tamaz Georgadze
Founder: Robert Lempka
Founded: 2010 - Munich, Germany
Founded: 2013 - Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2008 - Frankfurt, Germany
Sector: Banking
w: fidor.de / fidorbank.uk
Sector: Finance
w: savingglobal.com
t: @SavingGlobal
t: @ficoba
Munich-based Fidor Bank is the first direct bank for the Internet Age of Social Networks. Fidor launched in the UK in September 2015.
Presenter: Sophie Guibaud VP European Expansion
SavingGlobal is the first cross-border deposit platform - a one-stop-shop marketplace giving customers access to better interest rates. After a single identification customers get access to more than 60 term deposit products at higher rates offered by 11 partner banks from 9 countries in Europe. We offer better rates & higher convenience while keeping deposit guarantee protection. Presenter: Tamaz Georgadze, Founder, CEO
Sector: Trading
w: ayondo.com
t: @ayondotrading
Ayondo aims to revolutionise the retail trading and investment space by providing a one stop offering, best possible service and unique tools to help its clients become happy and successful investors.
Presenter: Robert Lempka, Founder, CEO
BitBond
Barzahlen
InvoiceSharing
Founders: Radko Albrecht, Robert Nasiadek, JĂźrgen Walter
Founders: Achim BĂśnsch, Florian Swoboda, Sebastian Seifert,
Founder: Jeroen Volk (CEO)
Founded: 2013 - Berlin, Germany
Founded: 2011 - Berlin, Germany
Sector: Global bitcoin P2P lending
Sector: Payments
w: bitbond.com / t: @bitbonds
w: barzahlen.de / t: @barzahlen
Bitbond is a peer-to-peer bitcoin lending platform where users can borrow bitcoins or lend bitcoins to other users. Users who want to lend bitcoins can review the listings and start lending from BTC 0.01 per loan. Bitbond charges an origination fee of 0.5% to 3.0% on successfully funded bitcoin loans. Every user gets a free online bitcoin wallet to store bitcoins Presenter: Radko Albrecht Founder, CEO
Barzahlen allows consumers to purchase goods and services online and to pay cash at retail partners without specifying sensitive financial data. Founded in 2011and headquartered in Berlin, Barzahlen now has a team of 30.
Founded: 2013 - Rotterdam, NL
Sector: Financial Services
w: invoicesharing.com
t: @InvoiceSharing
InvoiceSharing is a leading provider of technology that helps businesses around the world saving costs and increasing cash flow. InvoiceSharing offers: 1. Free electronic invoice network for best connectivity 2. Accounting-robot for robust Accounts Payable automation 3. App-store with the greatest tools
Presenter: Susanne Krehl, Head of PR Presenter: Jeroen Volk Founder, CEO
Ke-la Founder: Yigal Naveh (CEO)
Founded: 2015 - Tel Aviv, Israel
Sector: Intelligence
w: ke-la.com
Theta-Ray
Wayerz
Founders: Prof Amir Averbuch, Prof Ronald Coifman
Founder: Menny Shalom (CEO)
Founded: 2013 - Jerusalem, Israel
Sector: Digital Platform
Sector: Cyber Security
w: wayerz.com
w: thetaray.com /
t: @iwayerz
Founded: 2014 - Tel Aviv, Israel
t: @ThetaRayTeam
KELA Israeli Intelligence bridges the gap between what our clients know and what they should know, allowing for smarter decision making and providing a firmer foundation upon which to grow each enterprise.
Presenter: Yakir Bechler, VP Cyber Operations
By continuously and simultaneously analyzing Big Data across multiple environments, operations, devices and protocols, ThetaRay is able to identify the first signs of unknown threats and risks, in seconds, before any impact to critical infrastructure or services can take place. Presenter: Lior Moyal VP Marketing
Wayerz provides an integrated platform that optimizes international wiring, correspondent inter-bank reporting, and reconciliation.Our multi-solution platform focuses on improvement of productivity and automation of bank-to-bank systems, transactions and interfaces; increasing the real-time control and transparency of FI relationships
Presenter: Igal Chemerinski CMO, VP Business Development
investingbetter.com Founder: Alpesh Patel
Founded: 2015 - London, UK
Sector: Trading
The FinTech50 Innovation Showcase Berlin
w: investingbetter.com
t: @invbetter
Investingbetter.com’s forthcoming platform solves the major problems in the multi-trillion dollar global fund management industry by offering no entry, exit or management fees, no lock-ins, live account transparency, benchmark index beating returns using active regulated hedge fund managers compensated only by profit-sharing with their clients. And with daily detailed reports on why trades were placed, ensures trust.
Presenter: Alpesh Patel Founder
October 2015
Panel Biographies
Nasir Zubairi Venture Partner, Finleap
Dr Steffen Wachenfeld Founder / MD, Savedo
Konstantin Speidel Innovation Team, UBS
Oliver Oster Founder, OptioPay
Nasir has 17 years’ Financial Services experience, living and working in London, New York, Tokyo, and Singapore. He founded financial innovation consulting firm New Buckland, was Director at The Currency Cloud, as well as a Director of High Frequency Trading & E-commerce at RBS. He is the patented inventor of one of the world's preeminent trading platforms, The EBS dealing system, processing $220 billion in transactions per day. Nasir is one of “40 Innovators Shaping the Future of Financial Services” on the 2014 FinTech 40 Power List compiled by Financial News and The Wall Street Journal.
Dr. Steffen Wachenfeld has been working with the latest technologies for over 20 years. A serial entrepreneur with a background in technology and business, he has built and successfully sold a company in the area of data-driven online advertising. As a consultant at the Boston Consulting Group, Steffen focused on IT and new technologies in diverse areas, including FinTech. Steffen has a Ph.D. in Practical Computer Science and master’s degrees in Business Information
Konstantin Speidel is part of UBS’s Wealth Management Innovation Team, responsible for their Digital Advisory initiatives. Before joining the innovation team full-time two years ago, Konstantin worked in various client-facing positions in Munich, Kiev, Hong Kong and Zurich. Konstantin holds a Master in Business Administration and worked on one of the 1st German Robo-Advisors in 2009.
Oliver Oster is founder of OptioPay and an admitted lawyer with experience in restructuring, banking and corporate law. About these issues he wrote several essays and a book. Besides his law degree he founded Feedback Fabrik GmbH and an import company.
Erin Platts - MD Commercial Banking Silicon Valley Bank UK Erin has been with Silicon Valley Bank for over 10 years, beginning her career in SVB’s Boston office. She moved to London in 2007 and has worked with a wide variety of technology and life science businesses, providing flexible and innovative financing solutions at all stages of growth. Erin was recently selected by Management Today to appear on the top 35 Women Under 35 list.