What: Our Peter Oakes will join leading experts at The Fintech Summit

When: Thursday 16th May 2024
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Registration: The organisers of The Fintech Summit have kindly arranged for a special 2 for 1 discount link for Fintech Ireland members The Fintech Summit 2024 2 for 1 Fintech Ireland - Events (businesspost.ie)

Agenda:  See Agenda here

Speakers: See Speakers here.  And you can also apply to speak at that link. 

More about The Fintech Summit

As the burgeoning Irish fintech ecosystem continues to grow both in impact and innovation, the Inaugural Fintech Summit is set to connect financial institutions with the fintech innovators revolutionising the financial system as we know it. We will explore how these cutting edge technologies can be harnessed, regulated and scaled. 

The Fintech Summit is structured around two core objectives to empower attendees to get the most value from the day. 

• THOUGHT LEADERSHIP: 

The first class content schedule will consist of panel discussions, inspiring keynotes and engaging masterclasses to discuss the most pertinent market challenges for growing fintechs and financial services incumbents.
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• CONNECTIVITY: 

Be part of Ireland’s biggest fintech tradeshow to find and do business with key customers and partners. Avail of a range of opportunities to connect including facilitated strategic business meetings and dedicated networking sessions.

For Sponsorship Opportunities Contact
Martina Connolly
​Event Portfolio Director
Phone number: +44 (0)7501469010

Links:

• Fintech Ireland Website: (1) Top section of home page https://fintechireland.com/index.html and  (2) https://fintechireland.com/events/the-fintech-summit
• Peter Oakes Linkedin Page: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/peteroakes_fintech-ukfintech-irishfintech-activity-7190771480400470016-rT4s?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
• Linkedin Company Page: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7190764873784393729
• Linkedin Fintech Ireland Group: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7190765274894118912?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
• Linkedin Compliance Officer Group: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7190766001267843073?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
• Linkedin MLRO Group: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7190765889812615168?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
• Twitter: https://x.com/FinTechIreland/status/1785006586127163898

This event was last held in Dublin on 18th May 2023 at Dublin Castle. (see details of the 2023 event here).

It was an excellent event.  It is returning to the Printworks Building at Dublin Castle on 25th April 2024 and Fintech Ireland is delighted to be partnering with the organisers. 

Fintech Ireland has worked with the team at Global Government Fintech to provide the following exclusive offers:

1. Fintech Ireland Showcase Partner
2. Fintech Ireland SME Zone
3. Other deals to Sponsor this premier Event - including Headline Knowledge Partner, Topic Knowledge Partner and Exhibitor

SEE FULL DETAILS HERE - Global Government Fintech, LAB, 25 April 2024 Fintech Ireland Members Pack

​What: The Global Government Fintech Lab 2024

Keynote speeches, panel discussions, topic specific sessions and more, including: Governments and fintech: on the right path?; Financial regulators and innovative technology: on the right path?; Public sector financial innovation through payments technology; Fighting financial fraud with technology; frontiers of public sector fintech (and beyond).


When: Thursday 25th April 2024 (08:30-19:00, Irish Time)

Who: Those regulated under the Central Bank of Ireland regime and those interested in it.  In PCF role holders such as INEDs, CEO, CFOs, COOs, Compliance Officers, MLROs, CROs, CIOs and their colleagues.  Professional services firms and regulators/central banks (near and far) welcome too. 

Where: The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Ireland.

Offers for Fintech Ireland supporters to avail of: 

1. Fintech Ireland Showcase Partner Offering: (see page 10 here)
2. Fintech Ireland SME Zone Offering: (see page 12 here) 

Registration: To sign up as an attendee, register through Fintech Ireland's link here.  NB The event is free to attend if you are a public servant and a fair fee is charged for non-public servants.

Agenda:

• Governments and the future of finance 
• Financial regulators and innovative technology: on the right path?
• Public sector Financial innovation through payments technology
• Fighting financial fraud with technology 
• Frontiers of Fintech 
• Governments and Fintech 

What: The Financial Crime Forum: Online EU 

When: Tuesday 16th April 2024 14:00-16:00 Frankfurt Time (1pm Irish/UK time)
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Where: Online 

Registration: To register to attend and to see the Programme details, visit:

• https://thefinancialcrimeforum.com/TFCF2024/web/FCF20240229EU

• David Hotte,

Team Leader at Expertise France for the European Commission,
Since January 2019, David Hotte has been the Team Leader of the EU Global Facility, a European Union project dedicated on AML/CFT. Since 1998, he has particularly worked in the field of AML/CFT in developing countries for several national and international organizations (including UNDCP, IMF and the Office of the High Representative in Bosnia). He has undertaken numerous technical assistance missions on AML/CFT issues providing technical advice to several countries and regional Organizations, including French and English-speaking African countries, Bosnia, Palestine, Sri Lanka, Turkey, China, Laos and Syria. Prior to joining international organizations he was serving in the Gendarmerie Nationale with the rank of lieutenant.

• Christian Hunt

Christian is the founder of Human Risk, a Behavioural Science led Consulting and Training Firm, specialising in the fields of Ethics & Compliance. He was formerly MD at UBS where he was Head of Behavioural Science. Christian joined the Firm in Compliance & Operational Risk Control, leading the function globally for UBS Asset Management. Prior to joining UBS, he was COO of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority, a subsidiary of the Bank of England responsible for regulating financial services. He is the author of a book ‘Humanizing Rules’ and the presenter and producer of the Human Risk podcast.

• Peter Oakes

Peter is a professional INED of several globally operating fintech companies covering electronic trading, investment services and payments sectors.  Peter is well-known in the fintech community, having established the free FintechIreland.com network in 2014. Through CompliReg.com he advises boards and executives on EU establishment. Peter has also established fintech networks in the UK, Malta, Cyprus and Lithuania.  Peter has worked in senior roles at Central Bank of Ireland (Director of Enforcement & Money Laundering), the (now) UK FCA, ASIC (Australia) & SAMA. Peter is qualified as a solicitor in Ireland, the UK and Australia.
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Programme

​16th April, 2024 14:00 Frankfurt time
13:45 Platform opens for login
14:00 Welcome and introduction

Presentations
14:05 Peter Oakes - Why Ireland has proved so popular as a base for FinTech companies and how passporting helps expansion onto mainland Europe.
14:30 David Hotte - Supporting third countries to minimise the risk of listing.
14:55 Christian Hunt - The behavioural science aspects of ethics and compliance.

The Forum
15:20 Speakers respond to questions submitted during the Presentations
15:45 Wrap up and thanks.
16:00 Platform closes.

​Registration: To register to attend and to see the Programme details, visit:

• https://thefinancialcrimeforum.com/TFCF2024/web/FCF20240229EU

This event is co-hosted by Fintech Ireland and CalQRisk who are joint data controllers.  Your registration data will be used by the partners to provide administration for the event and post event follow-ups.  See the data protection stuff on the registration page when you click through.

Please note that this event is limited to applicants going through the CBI Authorisation Process and firms recently authorised.

What: The Regulatory Operating Environment in Ireland

CalQRisk the award winning regtech solutions provider and Fintech Ireland Ireland's leading independent fintech platform are delighted to be hosting a joint webinar on April 9th at 10:30am.  We’ll discuss the regulatory operating environment as a Central Bank of Ireland regulated entity. On the day, we’ll be joined by special guests, which we'll be announcing over the coming weeks.

In this one-hour webinar, we’ll explore the following –

• Current regulatory challenges for Fintechs
• Managing recent Outsourcing and Operational Resilience regulatory changes
• Horizon scanning – what’s next?
• Personal accountability and IAF
• Regulatory Supervisory Outlook
• Live Q&A with Peter Oakes

You can read more about the speakers and presenters here

When: Tuesday 9th April 2024 at 1030am 

Who: Those regulated under the Central Bank of Ireland regime and those interested in it.  In PCF role holders such as INEDs, CEO, CFOs, COOs, Compliance Officers, MLROs, CROs, CIOs and their colleagues.  Professional services firms and regulators/central banks (near and far) welcome too. 

Where: Online 

Registration: To sign up and join us for free, you can register your interest here by registering through our exclusive affiliate link here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/4517101485744/WN_Xmn1MNR3QB-jsuvnQmKSjw

Future events and sponsorship:

• To be informed of upcoming Fintech Ireland Events and Meetups subscribe to our Newsletter here. 
• We will be co-hosting / hosting further Fintech Ireland events in 2024.  If you are looking to co-host and/or  sponsor these events contact us at events@fintechireland.com

​What: Breakfast Briefing - DORA Regulation Readiness Session 200 Business Days to Go – are you ready?

Some topics which will be covered:

• How DORA will affect your business
• How to be DORA Compliant
• How to implement DORA Compliance in a timely and cost effective way
• How to engage all relevant stakeholders on your DORA Journey now and in the future.

And of course the event provides excellent in person networking opportunities before and after the panel discussion session.

When: Tuesday 9th April 2024 at 08:00-09:30am  

Speakers/Panel: 

• Peter Oakes - Chairman & INED of Regulated Fintech and Founder of Fintech Ireland and MiCA Ready
• Susan Nix - Client Director, Morgan McKinley
• Michael Carr - Founder of Buen Crypto Consulting
• Jörn Dobberstein -  IT, Cyber and Operational Risk Policy team, Financial Risk and Governance Policy Directorate,  Central Bank of Ireland.  

Where: Morgan McKinley, Connaught House, Number One Burlington Rd, Dublin 4, D04 C5Y6​

Registration: To attend you need to email Susan Nix at Morgan McKinley at snix@morganmckinley.com 


Great to see that face to face events are back and people gravitating to them in big numbers in this new hybrid way of working. Here is an opportunity to not only be informed and collect those important CPD points on an important regulatory and operational topic, but enjoy some in-person networking opportunities.

Future events and sponsorship:

• To be informed of upcoming Fintech Ireland Events and Meetups subscribe to our Newsletter here. 
• We will be co-hosting / hosting further Fintech Ireland events in 2024.  If you are looking to co-host and/or  sponsor these events contact us at events@fintechireland.com

What: ACAMS Europe Conference

When: Tuesday 23rd May to Wednesday 24th May 2023.

Where: The Convention Centre Dublin, Spencer Dock, North Wall Quay, Dublin 1, D01 T1W6, Ireland.

Registration: CLICK HERE 

Fintech Ireland's Peter Oakes is speaking along side Craig Timm, Shelley Schachter-Cahm, Joby Carpenter, Natasha Powell and Mathew Seneviratne BM on #cryptoassets and #digitalassets.


At 13:00 on Thursday 24th May, Peter, Shelley and Craig we will be holding "The ACAMS Great Crypto Debate: The Future of Finance or Unleashing Havoc?" and at 16:00 the same day Joby, Natasha, Mathew and Peter will hold a Panel discussion on "Cryptoassets: Fresh Opportunities, Emerging Risks, New Responses".

What a week to be discussing #crypto! Hot on the heels of:


1) the release of UK Treasury Committee Report, UK Parliament and comments by its chairperson Harriett Baldwin on crypto,
2) a recent blog following his appearance before the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament) by Governor Gabriel Makhlouf of the Central Bank of Ireland,
3) Commissioner Mairead McGuinness's (European Commission) comments at the European Parliament plenary joint debate on crypto-assets.
4) the UK government's consultation on Future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets.
5) the Council of the European Union adoption of new rules on markets in crypto-assets (#MICA).


Always impressed with #ACAMS events, brining together leaders from across Europe and the globe under one roof. Always tackling important and current topics, while helping support, encourage and educate the anti-financial crime experts who are charged with leading the fight against #moneylaundering and #financialterrorism.

The agenda is jam packed.

Links to the ACAMS Event and all the papers, consultations, committee reports, appearances and speeches referred to above at:

1) 17 May 2023: UK Parliament (House of Commons) Treasury Committee Report on Regulating Crypto and comments by Chairperson, Harriett Baldwin MP
2) Central Bank of Ireland on Crypto: (a) 25 January 2023: Governor's appearance before Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach (Dáil Éireann, Oireachtas); and (b) 5 May 2023: Governor's Blog 'Crypto and how we can protect the consumer'.
3) 19 April 2023: Opening remarks by Commissioner McGuinness at the European Parliament plenary joint debate on crypto-assets
4) 1 February-30 April 2023: UK Government's Future financial services regulatory regime for cryptoassets (Consultation Period Closed 30 April 2023)
5) 16 May 2023: European Council adopts new rules on markets in crypto-assets (MiCA)
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What: Global Government Fintech Lab 2023

When: Thursday 18 May 2023, 08:30am– 5.30pm, followed by a Reception until 7.00pm

Where: The Printworks, Dublin Castle, Dame St, Dublin 2, Ireland

Cost: The event is free to the public sector employees.  For private sector members of the Fintech Ireland Network, the team at Global Government Fintech are offering a unique 25% discount which you can advance with George O'Grady, Head of Commercial via george.ogrady@pendragonim.com

More Details: https://www.globalgovernmentfintech.com/lab/

Fintech Ireland is delighted to spread the word about this excellent event organised by Global Government Fintech, the Department of Finance and Ireland for Finance.

A big thank you to the team for including our ​Peter Oakes on the panel discussing "How can financial authorities capitalise on data to improve what they do?", together with Mari-Liis Kukk
Head, Innovation Department, Estonian Financial Supervision and Resolution Authority (Finantsinspektsioon), Estonia and Gavin Curran, Head, Markets Supervision Division, Central Bank of Ireland.  The Panel will be moderated by Siobhan Benita, Event Moderator, Global Government Fintech

Public sector authorities are increasingly interested in the possibilities enabled by growing quantities of financial data, including unstructured data. Machine learning (ML)/artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics are some of the techniques being deployed.

Questions include:

What are the biggest financial data-related possibilities and challenges for public authorities?
What outcomes have organisations already achieved?
How can internal skills and mindset obstacles be overcome?

​The Global Government Fintech Lab 2023 is bringing the world of global government fintech together to share expertise and experience in how governments worldwide are exploring fintech. The first such event was held in 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia.

There is a fantastic line up of speakers including a keynote by Dr Jennifer Carroll MacNeill
Minister of State, Responsibility for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance, Department of Finance.

See the full speaker line-up here.

​The Global Government Fintech Lab 2023 – to be held in Dublin, Ireland on Thursday 18 May – will include keynote speeches, panel discussions, topic-specific sessions and more including:

• How best should financial authorities, including government departments, agencies and regulators, explore fintech solutions?
• How can financial authorities capitalise on data to improve what they do?
• Where are the frontiers of public sector fintech?

The Lab will tackle these questions – and many more – in a day packed with international experience-sharing and networking.

What: The Czech - Irish Fintech Forum

When: Wednesday, April 26th, 2023, 09:30am– 4.00pm (Irish Time)

Where: DogPatch Labs, The Chq Building, Custom House Quay, North Dock, Dublin, Ireland

Cost: Free

*** Registration: CLICK HERE ***

Fintech Ireland is delighted to support the Embassy of the Czech Republic's initiative for the first Czech - Irish Fintech Forum taking place in Ireland on Wednesday 26th April 2023 at ​DogPatch Labs, The Chq Building, Custom House Quay, North Dock, Dublin, Ireland.

Great to see leading indigenous globally scaling Irish fintech, TransferMate Global Payments, is also supporting the Czech - Irish Fintech Forum 

​Showcasing cutting-edge Czech fintech companies, offering innovative solutions in data analysis, mobile app security, financial data aggregation, custom software development, and digital transformation, to propel your business forward in the ever-evolving digital landscape.

This is a not to be missed event.

Did you know that:

• ​the Czech Republic is home to more than 200 indigenous fintech companies 
• the Czech Republic is in the top 5 countries globally for cyber security
• trade between the Czech Republic and Ireland has doubled over recent years to the tune of more than USD 1.5 billion.
• the Czech Republic is rated highly for ease of setting up business operations
• Ireland is home to more than 365 indigenous and international fintech companies
• both the Czech Republic and Ireland are regarded highly for ease of business establishment 

*** Registration: CLICK HERE ***

Check out the Czech-Irish Fintech Forum's website  

Programme

9.30 – 10.00am -  Registration & Coffee

10.00 – 10.05am - Welcome Address
Ambassador of the Czech Republic to Ireland - H.E. Petr Kynštetr

10.05- 10.15am - Overview of the Czech-Irish Fintech Forum
Economic Specialist of the Czech Embassy - Mr. Eoin Brennan

10.15- 10.20am - Irish Government perspective on Fintech
Industrial and Commercial Panel Spokesperson - Senator Gerry Horkan

10.35 – 10.45am - Overview of the Czech Fintech Landscape
Executive Manager of the Czech Fintech Association - Mr. Ondřej Machač

10.45 – 11.05am - Revolutionizing Personalized Marketing in Fintech
CEO of Dateio - Mr. Ivan Dovica
Questions and Answers

11.05 – 11.25am - Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions for Mobile Banking
Wultra - Petr Dvořák
Questions and Answers

11.25- 11.45am -  Coffee Break

11.45- 11.55am - Overview of Irish Fintech Landscape Fintech Ireland
Representative and Chief Product Officer / Chief Commercial Officer of Transfermate - Gary Conroy
Questions and Answers

11.55 – 12.15am - Automating Investment Analytics with AI
Co-Founder of Analytical Platform Mr. Vladimír Vacula
Questions and Answers

12.15 – 12.35pm - Fast and Affordable Loans for SMEs Using AI
CEO and Founder of Lemonero – Mr. Jan Laštůvka
Questions and Answers

12.35- 12.55pm - Comprehensive Insurance Software Solutions for the Industry
Country Manager of Adacta Mr. Benjamin Levstek
Questions and Answers

12.55- 1.55pm - Buffet Lunch

1.55- 2.15pm - Navigating Digital Transformation with MoroSystems
Software Development at MoroSystems Mr. Eduard Dvořák
Questions and Answers

2.15 – 2.35pm - Delivering Complex Software Solutions for Financial Institutions
Operations Manager of Blogic Ms. Jana Hudečková
Questions and Answers

2.35- 2.55pm - Tailor-made Software Solutions for Your Business
Senior Manager of Principal Mr. Michal Černý
Questions and Answers

2.55- 3.05pm - Future Co-operation between Czech Republic and Ireland / Closing Remarks
Chairman of Fintech Ireland – Mr. Peter Oakes

3.05pm - Refreshments & Networking
Food and Drinks from Ireland and the Czech Republic