ONLINE EVENT: Founder & CEO of Holland FinTech, Don Ginsel, will be kick-starting the day with a 30 minute live session, focusing on New Technologies & Innovations within fintech ecosystem. Following on from this morning session, the day will see several events showcasing and discussion new technologies & innovations within the industry, adding to the story. 

Within this morning session, Don will be joined by Joost Bergen, Liquidity, Fintech, Match Making, Treasury Advisor & Trainer, Blossom-It to will co-host the show, and participate in further discussions related to this area throughout the day. 

Virtual Networking: After this online event, attendees will have access to the online networking area within our event platform, a place for automated one-on-one meetings to facilitate connections. Once in the meeting, you can communicate via the chat box or a video call.

One year ago, PSD2 and Open Banking went into full force. How are we doing today? Has the promise of open banking started materialising?

From our recent research report, we can clearly say it has: over half of surveyed businesses already currently use open banking products or services, and we're confident that open banking will be key to post-Covid economic recovery.

Interested in hearing more? Join YTS Chief Business Officer Leon Muis on the Amsterdam Fintech Week webinar on 25 September, 09.30 am CEST.

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Protiviti is pleased to invite you to the “PSD2 Innovation vs Regulation” virtual roundtable meeting on Friday 25 September (10 AM CEST).

PSD2 has been around for a while now. The first DNB licensed firms are out there, and new applicants have entered the process. As a market, what did we learn so far?

During this virtual roundtable meeting we will take some time to reflect and discuss. Sharing insights and different perspectives on what it takes to acquire and maintain a license and what that means for organizations – how to effectively navigate this complex environment between innovation and regulation.

ONLINE EVENT: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning is now becoming common place and thought of less as something you would see in a Sci-Fi film. Organisations globally are now leaning on data science to drive revenue, reduce costs and drive competitive advantage.

In this webinar InterWorks and DataRobot walks you through how automated machine learning lets the team you have in place build machine learning models that unlock powerful insights from data. Through unprecedented levels of automation, DataRobot makes machine learning accessible to data analysts and other fintech professionals and allows data scientists to accomplish more in less time.

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What’s covered?

· Managing Risk – More accurately predict default risk and loss severity, detect money laundering and other suspicious activities and improve the accuracy and speed of fraud detection

· Improve Operating Efficiency – Optimize pricing models, improve collections, and ensure financial compliance

· Optimise Marketing Effectiveness – Determine the ideal advertising outlets, discover cross-sell/upsell opportunities, launch effective retail partner promotions and align the right financial products with the right customers

· Understand your customer’s preferences – Analyze card usage, manage reward programs, predict customer attrition risk and improve customer satisfaction

• Andrew Churchill, Author, Thought Leader & Change-maker – Digital Identity
• Joe Bloemendaal, Head of Strategy for Mitek

ONLINE EVENT: What to expect? Holland FinTech will be bringing together experts from the fintech industry, to discuss the what is new in technology and innovation and what impacts they are having on the sector.

Agenda:

12:00     Welcome Words & Setting the Scene by Moderator

– Joost Bergen, Liquidity, Fintech, Match Making, Treasury Advisor & Trainer, Blossom-It

12:10    New Technologies & Innovations Panel Discussion with Q&A
Facilitated by Joost Bergen

Panel:

– Joe Bloemendaal Head of Strategy, Mitek Systems
– David Buschman, CEO, Finturi
– Laurens Hamerlinck, Innovation Partnerships, ABN AMRO
– Amit Kumar, Senior Director – Financial Services, UiPath
– Fillipo Renga, Director of the Fintech & Insurtech, Osservatori Digital Innovation
– Aditi Sholapurkar, Head of Strategy & Investor Relations, NIUM

12:50 – 13:00 Closing Comments

Virtual Networking: During this online event, attendees will have access to the online networking area within our event platform, a place for automated one-on-one meetings to facilitate connections. Once in the meeting, you can communicate via the chat box or a video call.

ONLINE EVENT: BDO Perspectives – in (digital) control Is your (FinTech) company already fully digitally in control of your current outsourcing arrangements and (tax) integrity risks? And is your company making use of all the tax benefits that innovation brings? At our upcoming event “BDO Perspectives – in (digital) control” we welcome a number of our BDO experts to talk about a variety of topics related. We give you an insight in the Dutch tax incentives for FinTech (startups) companies. Or you can find out the (tax) integrity risk organization are dealing with. Also there is an opportunity to get the latest insight in the challenges and (technological) opportunities around contract management.

See below a short overview of our program on Friday the 25th of September:

• Innovationbox (by Niels Krouwel): BDO has developed an innovation control framework that will be presented. Additionally, the latest developments regarding the innovation box will be discussed. The BDO innovation control framework will allow FinTech’s to benefit optimally and in a sustainable way from tax benefits. The innovation box gives you a discount on the corporate tax from the profit resulting from your innovation. If you meet the conditions, your innovative revenues will not be taxed at 25 percent, but at a maximum of 7 percent corporate tax. An advantage that you do not want to pass up.

• Tax Integrity Risks (by Frederik Boulogne and Bart Schuurman): management of tax integrity risks by banking clients is a key topic for banks operating in the Netherlands. We will discuss to what extent the requirements equally apply to the various FinTech companies and FinTech services. Finally, Fredrik and Bart will explore whether FinTech companies could offer a solution.

• Contract Management (by Bram van den Elshout): the new EBA guidelines on outsourcing for banks and payment institutions were published in 2019. These guidelines introduce impactful new conditions for outsourcing arrangements, which financial institutions will have to meet by December 2021. In this session we will shortly introduce the guidelines and then focus on one specific item; contract management. The guidelines oblige banks and payment institutions to have a contract register which includes a (a great amount of) information for each outsourcing arrangement. We will provide you with insight, ideas and tools to implement this part of the guidelines efficiently.

Find out how these topics may apply to your organization and join us at this unique virtual session, and get a chance to interact with our experts and thought leaders about interesting opportunities and challenges.

Key details:

– Microsoft Teams meeting

– Friday 25th of September, from 13.00 – 14.00 h.

ONLINE EVENT: This panel will guide you through the state of market for fintech investments. We aim to give you insights in where venture capital firms are putting their Euro’s and  how they see the outlook for the industry, during and post covid-19. We take a European approach to investments and discuss early to late stage (even IPO and SPACs) investments, but also look at the Dutch ecosystem and it’s potential. Join the hunt for the next unicorns with this panel!

Agenda:

14:00     Welcome Words & Setting the Scene by Moderator

– CJ Welkzijn

14:10    Investor Panel Discussion
Facilitated by CJ Welkzijn

Panel:

– Thierry Zois - Investment Manager, Finch Capital 

– Harrie Vollaard - Managing Director at Rabobank

– Pauline Brunel - Investment Manager, BlackFin Capital

– Patrick Lemmens - Executive Director, Portfolio Manager Global Financials / Fintech, Robeco

– Edward de Jager - Founder & CEO, VenturesONE

14:50 – 15:00 Closing Comments

Virtual Networking: After this online event, attendees will have access to the online networking area within our event platform, a place for automated one-on-one meetings to facilitate connections. Once in the meeting, you can communicate via the chat box or a video call.

Dr Andras Rung: Choose your features with care
14.00-14.20

The presentation will introduce the most effective research methods to select features that users really need. This will help you avoid unnecessary development and enable your business to focus on the right services.

Dr Andras Rung: How we created a voice prototype from scratch within weeks
14.25-14.40

Voice-based AI is transforming banking, bringing increased effectiveness, bigger sales numbers, and a more human touch. There’s a first mover advantage, but financial leaders are hesitant due to their limited knowledge and unfounded fears. Dr Andras Rung’s presentation will help you understand the context, challenges, and benefits, so you can take the necessary first steps. In his presentation, Andras will show how to build a voice banking POC (proof of concept) in a few weeks with a minimal budget.

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Andras is a veteran of UX with 20 years’ experience, and a strong focus on business goals and innovation (blockchain, voice). He is a peer-reviewed book-, blog-, and magazine author. With a PhD in linguistics backed by AI, he is the founder of Ergomania, the leading digital product design agency for Fintech and Banking.

Networking
14.40-15.00

Join us on the yotribe.com networking platform to make new connections and discuss the topics introduced after the presentation.

ONLINE EVENT: Stress testing is an important component of good Model Risk Management (MRM). However, in a period of intense stress – such as during the current Covid19 pandemic – models often fail in unexpected ways. In this webinar, Jos Gheerardyn, CEO and co-founder of Yields.io, will discuss how to use technology for crisis management of the model portfolio.

Expert Speaker Include:

Yields.io’s co-Founder and CEO Jos Gheerardyn has built the first FinTech platform that uses AI for real-time model testing and validation on an enterprise-wide scale. A zealous proponent of model risk governance & strategy, Jos is on a mission to empower quants, risk managers and model validators with smarter tools to turn model risk into a business driver.

IN-PERSON EVENT: Keeping in mind the current COVID-19 safety guidelines in the Netherlands, we are glad to announce Holland FinTech IN-PERSON drinks for our members to close Amsterdam FinTech Week 2020 (XFW20).

While XFW20 will be held mostly online, we’d like to take the opportunity to invite you to have some drinks with us on Friday September 25th in an informal (secret, for now) physical setting.

Here’s how it works:

We will be socially distanced, in a reserved area of a bar located within East Amsterdam.
No agenda, just come, take the opportunity to meet in-person (finally!) with us, and other Holland FinTech members!

Location:
We will confirm the location of the drinks venue to the confirmed attendees on Thursday 24th September.

Please note:

• Once you have RSVP’d below, you will receive a confirmation from the Holland FinTech events team. This email will confirm your place.
• You MUST have a confirmed place to be granted entry.
• There are only 40 spaces available therefore, we are limiting representatives from each company to 2.
• If you can no longer attend, please let us know ASAP so we have transferred your place to someone else.
• When in the bar, please ensure you comply with the health and safety guidelines provided to you.