Cyprus Fintech Summit

ANDREAS LIVADIOTIS

CEO at XValley Technologies

Q Andreas you have a huge background in technology. Can you give us an outline of your track record?

I am the founder of XValley Technologies Ltd, a firm with vast tailor-made services, focused on developing and trading software for diverse global clientele within the financial industry. Upon completing my education of BSc in Computer Science and MSc in Finance in London, I acquired an excellent track record for developing financial technology projects. I am an entrepreneur at heart, with extensive expertise in the industry for over 12 years. Prior to that, I worked in various major companies, including, but not limited to, FxPro, PrimeXM and FBME Bank with projects in MT4, MT5, and cTrader. With a deep passion for innovative technology and career growth, I founded my own company in 2015. Since then, I have been significantly successful in forex, blockchain, banking and equity markets projects, raising the bar for innovation limits to new heights.

Q What were your motivations for making an event?

Cyprus Fintech Summit is a gathering of the fintech professionals and the community, which is by far the most popular services in Cyprus. Before our event fintech professionals had to attend related events but nothing specific to financial technologies services. Banking, payments, accounting, forex and crypto companies, all have their own respective events who are quite popular. My aim was to gather all the people in the fintech industry, Cypriots and foreigners, all together to get to know each other and accelerate the development of products and services in Cyprus. Working alone versus working together!

Q How does it differ from other networking events?

While other events are specific about an industry, we are more general about services and products used in fintech companies. We aim to educate and collaborate with other fellow “summiteers”.

Q Why choose Fintech as a specific subject for your event?

Fintech is a part of most companies these days. While most companies are trying to evolve, they also need to understand how to run their old business model plus their new business model, which is all of paramount importance. Any core business service, such as banking or payment institution, has the need for a technology development, support and maintenance, thus making it even more of a fintech company than the old traditional core business model. Understanding how to run a tech company together with your own company can be very hard.

Q Is this an expo or a networking event?

This event is a community gathering, networking event and an expo for sponsors to showcase their services and products. We facilitate for international speakers and locals to present future ideas and technologies. We also encourage sponsors to showcase their products and represent their companies.

Q You have it as one day event, do you feel this is more effective to have it as a single day?

Yes, definitely, one day events are much better. I always attend all events for one day, not only because we are all busy with our own businesses and lives, but also because usually it takes a day to see everything.

However, the vision for this event it to evolve into Fintech Week, and when in the future we will gather more and more speakers and sponsors we will have it plan much different.

Q These types of events usually have some excellent onstage discussions. Who do you have appearing, and what subjects are they looking to cover?

We will have top speakers from all around the world. Helen Yu from New York will be doing a Keynote speech and participating in FinTech Product Development. Jonathan Stahl from Mexico will participate in FinTech Product Development as well. Abdalla Kaplan from Malta will speak on FinTech innovation on Blockchain technologies. Matteo Rizzi from Italy and Xavier Gomez from Paris, France, will talk about Funding a FinTech company in this era. Devie Mohan from the UK will tell us about the Governance of FinTech in Europe.

Q Is this aimed at exclusively people in the Fintech industry or to the wider community?

This is event is aimed for all the fintech community, including the CEOs, CTOs, and all C-level suite, plus the programmers, hrs, support and financial professionals. We had 2 successful previous events with more then 2,500 people registering for our events, and having more than 550 concurrent online viewers on the streaming platform. The aim is for all to gather and look for the next big ideas, talk it out, breath it in, and make it happen.

Q What are the upsides for sponsorship?

Sponsors get a booth and speaker at the event. They also get online exposure and brand awareness.

Q As of early July, you have a lot of interest from attendees. How can people get a ticket?

We already had many people buy their early-bird ticket. We expect around 500 attendees. You can get a ticket very easy and fast from our website. Click on your choice of general access or VIP access and submit your details.