Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, the Asian Financial Forum (AFF) brings together influential members of the global financial and business community for groundbreaking discussions and exchange of insights on the global economy from an Asian Perspective.

At a glance: 
▪ 100+ distinguished speakers
▪ 3,000+ participants from 46 countries and regions (85% C-suite level)
▪ 670+ meetings for 520+ companies at AFF Deal Flow Matchmaking Session
▪ 240+ participants at InnoVenture Salon

Key discussion topics
▪ China’s developments
▪ Global economic outlook
▪ Investment and wealth management
▪ Policy dialogue
▪ Technology and innovation
▪ Youth and talent development

For more information, visit here.

The 6th edition EmTech Asia, held from 22 – 23 January 2018 in Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre, is jointly organized by Koelnmesse and MIT Technology Review.

EmTech is where technology, business and culture converge. At EmTech Asia, you will meet the innovators, the scientists, the investors and the tech executives at the heart of the next technology revolution. Throughout two exhilarating days of networking and learning, you will get inspired from 40 speakers and amazed by the ingenuity of the 10 innovators under 35 and 1,000 participants who are leaders in their field.

If you are passionate about turning ideas into innovative solutions and addressing major global issues, join us for two days of intelligent conversation at EmTech Asia, on 22 - 23 January 2019.

FinTech News Singapore and Hong Kong’s subscribers are eligible for a 10% discount off the ticket prices. Click here to register and enter the FinTech News discount code ETA19FinTechNews at check-out to enjoy the 10% discount.

The IFF Online Academy course, Focus on FinTech is delivered 100% online, with five modules delivered over five weeks.

You will study the effects of the shift to open banking, the opportunities and challenges the shifts in market dynamics could create for you and how you can develop a strategy in the face of all this uncertainty. The module titles are:

1: Evolution of Digital for Banks & Open Banking;

2: Key Technology Enablers;

3: Battlegrounds & Sub-Sectors;

4: Payments;

5: Winning Formula

After this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the fintech market and distinguish the signal from the noise
• Identify opportunities and challenges from the fintech revolution for your business
• Develop a fintech strategy for your business

Register now and get 10% off with code FINTECH10

Every year, the world’s senior leaders across Payments, Financial Services and FinTech come together at Money20/20 Asia to network and connect over the critical developments shaping the future of money in Asia and to grow and future-proof their businesses.

Over 3 days, experience an agenda independently curated by industry experts featuring handpicked speakers covering the must-know topics with applicable case-studies. From the latest in challenger banks to a deep-dive into the Platform Ecology model pioneered by Ant Financial and Tencent, to the newest technologies safeguarding Cyber Security and more, everything you need to know is on the agenda.

You’ll be able to join Asia’s first Token Day and deep-dive into the factors shaping blockchain technology, cryptocurrency and the growth of tokenization and network day and night using the event-exclusive app, in networking breaks and meet-ups, and late into the evening at the famous Industry Night.

For more Information, visit here: https://asia.money2020.com/

The First Fintech Alliance Summit 2019 Manila:  Inclusion & Digital Transformation Congress

Highlights:

• Taxonomy of FinTech Book Launch
• FinTech Key Trends and Insights
• Alliance Dialogue Partners Forum Launch
• Tribute to Gov. Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr.

Register here: EventBrite

This topic is one of the most exciting and stimulating financial crime courses in our portfolio. Accredited by the CPD certification service and delivered in association with the University of Gloucestershire, the course aims to demystify the management of virtual assets (VA), also known as cryptography and Distributed Ledger Technology.

The course is designed to support risk professionals, anti-money laundering ,laundering professionals and VC industry practitioners in understanding more about the development of (VA) and how to manage associated financial crime risks.

Core learning is provided via a detailed course manual, with additional media providing further help and guidance on some of the course’s key learning points.

To confirm learning and understanding, all students are required to complete a timed one-hour online assessment made up of 25 multiple choice questions. The pass mark is 80% and the format is open-book.

The course is delivered in association with the University of Gloucestershire, and students who are successful will be permitted to use the designation ‘AdvCertVC’ to confirm their qualification.

Register NOW and get £100 discount with code fintechnews

*Students can start the course as soon as they enroll and it is self-paced so they can do it in their own time.

LendIt Fintech USA 2019 returns to San Francisco as we host the World’s Leading Event in Financial Services Innovation at the Moscone Center. The year’s event brings together 5,000 decision makers from major fintech, blockchain, digital banking and lending companies for 2 action-packed days of networking, learning and doing business.

Register here and enter code FNG15% to get 15% off

The Internet Economy Summit gathers top-notch global and local tech heavyweights to draw insights on how today’s businesses can leverage data-driven innovations to capitalise on the unprecedented opportunities in the connected world. The Summit offers a vision into the digital future with disruptive influence in areas of fintech, virtual marketplaces, internet of things, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, enterprise 4.0 and more.

A not-to-be-missed event that decodes the winning strategies for businesses in harnessing new data and technology transformation to create value and catalyse internet-led growth in the new economy.

Register here and enter code fn700 to get HKD 700 discounts.

Join us at Cloud Expo Asia, Hong Kong, co-located with Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, Big Data World, Smart IoT, as well as Data Centre World, on 22-23 May 2019 at HKCEC, you’ll be sourcing from 280+ leading suppliers, inspired by 300+ prominent industry experts from 10+ conference theatres, and network with 12,000+ IT professionals at ONE location, across TWO days!

Show highlights this year include conference streams on AI/ML, FinTech, Blockchain, China Market, UC experience zone, DevOps workshops, security clinics, interactive live data centre demo etc. Register for your FREE ticket now: www.cloudexpoasiahk.com/FintechNews

Explore the Luxembourg fintech ecosystem for two days, meet some of the financial industry’s savviest decision-makers, investors, bankers and entrepreneurs and compete with first-class fintechs from Luxembourg and across Europe.

Applications open until 06 May

Applications for the awards opened on 15 March and will close on 06 May.

€50,000 in prize money

The prizes are designed to help you grow and develop your company in Luxembourg. Prizes include €50,000 in prize money, membership and six months hosting at the LHoFT, an advertisement in a Maison Moderne publication and 10 consulting hours from KPMG.

You can apply for the awards at https://www.fintechawards.lu/

Get ready to go Seamless!

Held on 26-27 June 2019 at Suntec Convention Centre, Singapore, Seamless Asia is a multi-brand exhibition with over 6,000 annual attendees, 150 exhibitors, 350 speakers and 10 targeted tracks of presentations over two days covering: payments, e-commerce, smart retail, financial inclusion, banking and card technology, digital ID and solutions. And these sessions are all for free. The exhibition will welcome market-leading industry players from banks, retailers, online merchants, government, enterprise and technology companies, all looking to procure and collaborate with the latest technology and services on the market.

Register for your FREE CONFERENCE PASS HERE: http://bit.ly/2VVdUEx

This year Seamless Asia will be launching its Seamless Summit. This senior level, strategic conference is for those shaping the future of the finance industry in Asia. It is a 2-day conference, jammed back to back with keynote presentations and panels from the people disrupting and shaping the finance industry. The Seamless Summit will be attended by 300 industry leaders from banking and financial institutions, governments and technology companies. 60+ expert speakers will share insights from across the whole of Asia and beyond. This is a paid or invitation-only conference. Fintechnews members get additional 30% discount when they use the promo code “FN30” on their Seamless Summit tickets (on top of the published rates).

Be part of the future of commerce in Asia! Sign up today: http://bit.ly/2VVdPkd

Running Remote is the largest event for practical advice from leading CEO’s, Founders, and Project Managers who build and manage remote teams. Some of their speakers include Beat Buhlmann GM Evernote, Marcie Murray Director of Support Shopify, Amir Salihefendic Founder of Doist, Andrew Warner of Mixergy, Mariano Suarez-Battan CEO of Mural and more. Topics will cover hiring practices, financial management, company culture, collaboration tools and lots more.

Last year Running Remote had 20 speakers, 16 sponsors, 57 partners and 251 attendees from 35 countries. 73% of attendees were CEO’s/Founders, while 80% said they got what they came for.

Register now and enter code Fintechnews to get 20% off 

Over 250 senior banking executives from across the APAC region will be at the Suntec, Singapore on the 2-3 July for MoneyLIVE: Digital Banking APAC. Meet the most dynamic players putting the digital in banking and find the answers to the most pressing questions facing the industry, with exclusive presentations on AI, CX, open banking and more. Make sure you’re not left behind on the digitisation journey.

Make sure to book your ticket early for the biggest savings, and use our discount code ‘FINTECHNEWS20’ to save a further 20%!

The IFF Online Academy course, Focus on FinTech which starts on July 11, is delivered 100% online, with five modules delivered over five weeks.

You will study the effects of the shift to open banking, the opportunities and challenges the shifts in market dynamics could create for you and how you can develop a strategy in the face of all this uncertainty.

The module titles are:

1. Evolution of Digital for Banks & Open Banking;
2. Key Technology Enablers;
3. Battlegrounds & Sub-Sectors;
4. Payments;
5. Winning Formula

After this course, you will be able to:

• Understand the fintech market and distinguish the signal from the noise
• Identify opportunities and challenges from the fintech revolution for your business
• Develop a fintech strategy for your business

Register now and get 10% off with code FINTECH10

Big Data & AI Leaders Summit is the region’s leading event to showcase the latest and greatest technologies and insights in Data and AI. Returning for its 3rd edition, this summit will bring together 150 data scientists, analysts, engineers, AI researchers and business executives from a wide range of industries to learn, network and experience the full potential of AI.

30+ visionary talks covering topics such as:

- AI Applications & Fintech
- Cognitive Science Technologies & Applications
- Data Management & Strategy
- Start-up incubators

40+ speakers contributing to the conversation include:

- Head of Group Enterprise AI, United Overseas Bank
- Head of Digital Ecosystem Delivery & Conversational AI, DBS Bank
- Head of Innovation & Product Transformation, AirAsia
- Head of Analytics, Tokopedia
- Head of Artificial Intelligence, Axiata
- Chief Data Officer, Validus Capital
- Director, Speech Analysis, Dolby
- Senior Product Expert, Alibaba
- Senior Software Engineering Manager, Spotify
- VP, Data Science, GO-JEK
- Senior Research Scientist & Scientist Lead, Ping An Technology
- Data Scientist, People Analytics, The Kraft Heinz Company

Seats are limited. Register now and use code: Fintech20 to save 20% off on any tickets.

Join the F10 FinTech Hackathon in Singapore, where visionaries meet to turn bright ideas into the next big thing and create the future of finance and regulation. Test your capabilities of being an entrepreneur for a weekend. We are looking for software developers, computer scientists, coders, hackers, web designers, management students, finance experts, bankers, FinTech enthusiasts, marketeers and data analysts. It is not necessary to have experience in software development or coding to participate in the F10 FinTech Hackathon in Singapore as we strongly encourage the participants to form complementary-skills teams.

Apply Now to Become Part of the Next Big Thing

Wide adoption of mobile devices and the vast availability of mobile internet in Asia have provided both enterprises and consumers the solutions to their challenges. While most industries are penetrating into the mobile market, the question now is, how prepared is your business for a payments game based more on data than cash?

marcus evans Cashless Asia 2019 Forum gathers leaders in the digital payment and transaction sphere for a single platform to discuss up-to-date trends and challenges such as Unified Payments Interface (UPI), Blockchain for payments, Global Payment Innovation (GPI), Smart POS, Hybrid Cashless Platform, Open Banking landscape, social payment integration and many more. The Cashless Asia 2019 Forum will be the only one of its kind for companies in the cashless frontier.

For more information on how you can participate, contact BernardineM@marcusevanskl.com

Seamless Philippines 2019 is the Philippines’ largest FREE-TO-ATTEND Conference and Exhibition about the future of commerce in the Philippines. Now on its 5th year, we’re heading for a record-breaking #SeamlessPhilippines ! Join over 5000 attendees, 80 Exhibitors and 180 Speakers exploring the latest trends and innovations in payments, e-commerce marketing, retail, financial inclusion, banking & fintech, e-commerce strategy and digital ID Mark your calendars for 25-26 September 2019 at SMX Convention Center Manila, Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City.

Registration is NOW OPEN! Get your Free Conference & Exhibition Pass NOW

Digital technology is revolutionising accounting and financial management. Cloud accounting and a plethora of new applications, software and services are streamlining processes and making the accounting and finance team more efficient. And this revolution isn’t just happening in large enterprises with big budgets, it’s also happening in SMEs. Small and medium sized businesses now have access to world class financial solutions that are low cost, scalable and mobile.

The Accounting & Finance Show brings together the latest technology and solutions, the experts, the SMEs and the accountancy practices, advisors and consultants.

Running at Suntec Convention Centre on the 8-9 October 2019, the show is:

• A showcase of the world’s best accounting and finance technology solutions
• 170 “how to” presentations from local finance experts
• Live demos where buyers can fully assess solutions in just two days
• 3,500 attendees from SMEs and accountancy practices in Hong Kong

Register for free now: http://bit.ly/2M4pxGr

Cloud Expo Asia is the largest and best-attended cloud industry event in Asia. Now entering its seventh year, Cloud Expo Asia has consistently stayed on the cutting edge of a rapidly changing and advancing industry by attracting the world’s leading cloud technology suppliers, and international expert speakers and practitioners.

This year’s event will see the event expand across two levels and will attract over 18,000 senior IT and business professionals who will get to…

• Source from 400 leading providers and solution leaders including Huawei, Citrix, NTT, Equinix, Telstra, Tencent Cloud, Adobe, Nokia, Digital Realty, Deskera, Silver Peak, China Telecom, Oracle, Twilio, China Mobile, Telin, Silver Peak, Cisco Meraki, CloudHealth by VMWare and more
• Be inspired by some 600 international speakers and practitioners from organisations such as Microsoft, Hotels.com, Facebook, Target Corp, The Jakarta Post Digital, DBS Bank, Michael Page, Gartner, Singapore Airlines and more
• Network with thousands of peers, industry visionaries, leaders and people who have faced – and overcome – the same challenges.
• Access exciting event features including our new RE-CLOUD Theatre, DevOps Live, the A.I. Innovation Zone, Channel Partners Programme, the Live Data Centre of the Future and more
• ONE FREE TICKET gives you full access to the entire event stack! - Cloud & Cyber Security Expo, Big Data World, Smart IoT, Data Centre World, eCommerce Expo Asia, and new launch event, Technology for Marketing Asia.

Register for FREE: https://bit.ly/2osiAqx

Full Conference Programme: http://bit.ly/2lYlbak

Southeast Asia, home to 650 million people and one of the world's fastest-growing regions, is an exciting hotspot of rapid payments developments in recent years. With increasing access to internet services and cheaper mobile devices, this is a mobile-first region.

In the 7th edition now, the ASIA - Global Payment Summit (GPS) is a niche, content-driven Summit organized by Currency Research, with an emphasis on thought leadership, knowledge exchange and high-level networking. Our platform brings together regulators, innovators, decision makers and entrepreneurs from the entire payments, banking and FinTech ecosystem.

At GPS 2019, to be held on 10 - 11th October 2019 in Bali, Indonesia, we will look at the latest national developments in e-payments as well as the larger, cross-border regional platforms that are transforming the Asian payments landscape.

GPS 2019 Key Topics Include:

• Regulatory Challenges in Emerging Markets (central bank panel)
• eKYC and Biometric Authentication
• Digital Only Banks - Creating Revenue via Data-Driven Products
• QR Codes Standardization
• Social Commerce Platforms
• The Big Deal - How Would You Transform a Bank?
• Harmonization in Cross Border Payments
• Rural and Regional Banks in Indonesia - Digital Transformation
• Fintech Regulation in Southeast Asia - Beyond the Sandbox
• Digital Financial Inclusion - Improving Lives

Register now and enter code FINSG to get 10% off

FinovateAsia is moving back to Singapore, this October 14-15, with a show that will feature demos of new fintech solutions, key insights from thought-leaders and influencers, and networking that delivers meaningful connections with fintech decision-makers.

Witness exciting new technologies via Finovate’s signature live 7-minute demo. Plus, Finovate’s expert speakers share success stories and lessons learned to help make those solutions a reality within your own organization. And don't miss the add-on Summit Day, on October 16, that takes a deeper dive into AI and emerging technologies.

With 35+ demoing companies, 80+ expert speakers and more networking opportunities than ever before, no other event gives you as much insight from all of fintech's stakeholders from Singapore and beyond.

Register NOW and save 20% off with code FKV2352FTW

Interesting in demoing? Learn more here

Hong Kong Fintech Week is an international fintech event. This year, it is moving to a bigger venue  -AsiaWorld-Expo to accommodate a greater variety of programmes, business events, exhibitors and attendees. It is expected to attract over 8,000 industry leaders and gather more than 200 top-notch speakers, including fintech entrepreneurs, investors, regulators and academics, over 400 media and 100 fintech exhibitors.

Attendees will hear from fintech experts around the world, meet industry experts from the world’s most innovative fintech companies and experience China's Silicon Valley via organised company visits in Shenzhen. Exhibitors will be able to showcase their latest technology solutions and meet the fastest growing fintech startups from across China, Asia and the world.

For more information, visit here: fintechweek.com

Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) x Singapore Week of Innovation and TeCHnology (SWITCH) 2019

The two events will come together this year to jointly explore the themes of FinTech and Deep Tech. Participants can collaborate on technological innovation across five sectors: FinTech, Urban Solutions and Sustainability, Health and Biomedical Sciences, Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering, and Digital Services. In 2018, the two events together drew close to 57,000 delegates from almost 130 countries.

Register now here: fintechfestival.sg