Fintech Athens 2.0 Conference
Greek Fintech Hub invites you to the Fintech Athens 2.0 Conference, which will be held in Athens on Friday 27 October 2023, in NBG’s emblematic premises in the center of Athens, Megaron Karatza, National Bank of Greece, Aiolou 82, Athens.
The conference aims to bring together Fintech European and international stakeholders and initiatives, facilitating and encouraging dialogue, interaction and networking. Focus will be placed on initiatives from SEE and MENA regions on the specific sectors of banking, ESG, tourism, research, arts and creative industries. The conference is sponsored by EIF.
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Greek Fintech Hub is a key initiative for Fintech in Greece and developing economies.
Six major Greek bodies are taking part in an initiative aiming at showcasing the above issues: National Bank of Greece together with Endeavor Greece, the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Athens University of Economics & Business. And together with these institutions, the European Crowd Dialog initiative.
With a focus on enhancing Fintech entrepreneurship, the financing of innovative businesses in the sector, linking Fintech to research carried out at universities and other research centers, fostering awareness of and networking with key networks and initiatives abroad, we have designed a number of actions:
· Financing through Fundraising meetups
· Networking with Italian and Spanish banks that run similar financing programs
· Working in tandem with the European Crowd Dialog initiative.
· Keeping people up to date through monthly Fintech Talks (1st Thursday of every month from September onwards, 17:00)
· Hosting of special Fintech Workshops for the creative industries and tourism.
8th Fintech Talks - Fintech Talks goes Live
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the first live Fintech Talks event.
At the 8th Fintech Talks we welcome two keynote Greek Fintech companies that have received financing from Greece and abroad.
Michalis Vafopoulos, CEO of Linked Business, will present the Linked Business platform, which provides a suite of tools to identify and understand market trends, potential customers and competitors.
Evangelos Stamatoukos, Business Development Citizen, will present the Citizen IT platform, which enables consumers to carry out instant banking transactions and payments without cards and at minimum cost.
The event will take place at the Archimedes Center, on Thursday 5 May at 18:00.
Admission is limited to thirty places on a first come, first served basis. Subscribe through the link below.
Please present a valid COVID certificate in order to attend the event.
The event will end with a gathering at the Black Duck Bistrot, near the venue, where you will have the opportunity to chat and network.
Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of National Bank of Greece, together with the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Athens University of Economics & Business. The European Crowd Dialog initiative has also joined our effort. Subscribe to the Greek Fintech Hub Newsletter: https://fintechhub.gr/ to stay informed about upcoming events.
11th Fintech Talks
It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 11th Fintech Talks event, focusing on blockchain in tourism. We welcome Expedia Group, which will present the theme: "Fintech solutions in tourism: How blockchain solutions affect the way we do business in the travel industry".
The event will take place on Thursday, April 6, at 18:00, at the offices of CapsuleT Travel & Hospitality Accelerator, Achilleos 8, in Kallithea.
Seats are limited. First come, first served. Sign up here.
The keynote speaker at the event will be Vasiliki Mavrokefalou, Director Market Management - Expedia Group, together with key executives of Expedia Group, Tassos Kinalis, Area Manager, and Evi Panitsa, Operations Manager for Lodging Hotels in Europe, Middle East & Africa Countries, who will join in the discussion and Q&A.
The Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of National Bank of Greece together with Endeavor Greece, the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Athens University of Economics and Business. We are also joined by the European initiative Crowd Dialog. Subscribe to the Greek Fintech Hub Newsletter: https://fintechhub.gr/ to keep up-to-date about upcoming events.
The Greek Fintech Hub and National Bank of Greece invite you to take part in the second Fintech Bootcamp 2.0.
The Fintech Bootcamp has been organized for researchers, students and university graduates who have an idea, a business plan, or a ready-made startup in finance.
Our aim is to offer guidance, and to provide a network and information framework about actions and programs that can help in the development of their business plans.
It will be held on Friday 1.4 and on Friday 15.4 at 17:00-20:00 at ACEin of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Kefallinias 46, Athens
To take part, register here.
Event program:
Friday 1.4 17:00 - 20:00
17:00-17:10 Presentation by the Greek Fintech Hub
17:10-17:30 Presentation of teams
17:30-18:30 How to present my idea (NBG, Unifund, Metavallon)
18:10-20:00 Mentoring for presentations
Friday 15.4 17:00-20:00
17:00-19:00 Mentoring by Businessmen and Funds
19:00-2000 Presentations by companies/teams
Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of National Bank of Greece, together with the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Athens University of Economics & Business. The European Crowd Dialog initiative has also joined our effort. Subscribe to the Greek Fintech Hub Newsletter here homepage - Fintech Hub to find out about upcoming events.
Friday 1.4 17:00 – 20:00
– Make sure you have prepared a brief presentation with 5 slides: 1. Description of the idea, 2. Team, 3. Competition profile and value proposition, 4. Three year profit/cost estimate, 5. Milestones.
10th Fintech Talks goes Metaverse
At the 10th Fintech Talks, we shall be welcoming Mastercard to present us with Metaverse and how it's going to change the way we make payments. Ms Katerina Rigkou, B2B Issuer Marketing Europe, will give a short overview of Metaverse and related developments. She will describe relevant technologies and business needs and present the latest trends in the field. The Talk will be held on Thursday 2 February,18:00 at the Archimedes Center, Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed conversation at the Black Duck Garden bistro. Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis.
For reservations, click here: https://www.eventbrite.fi/e/10th-fintech-talks-metaverse-tickets-522483441037
9th Fintech Talks
At the 9th Fintech Talks we welcome Amazon, which will present to us its new emblematic concept store Amazon Go. Amazon Go is a chain of real stores that uses Just Walk Out technology, meaning that customers never have to queue to check out. This is made possible by the technologies used in computer vision, sensor fusion and deep learning.
Mr. Lefteris Chaniotakis, Sr. Enterprise Account Manager of Amazon Web Services in Greece & Cyprus will make a brief outline on the changes and trends in payments that are leading the innovation environment, spearheaded by cloud computing.
The talk will be held on Thursday 1 December, 18:00 at the Archimedes Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str.). Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed conversation at the Black Duck Garden bistro.
Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Sign up here.
The Greek Fintech Hub and National Bank of Greece invite you to take part in the Fintech Bootcamp 3.0.
The Fintech Bootcamp has been organized for researchers, students and university graduates who have an idea, a business plan, or a ready-made startup in finance.
Our aim is to offer guidance, and to provide networking and information about actions and programs that can support the development of business plans.
It will be held on Friday 25/11 and on Friday 9/12 at 17:00 – 20:00 at the ACEin of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Kefallinias 46, Athens
Sign up here: https://forms.gle/HNkACx5LNg2bEk3j8
Event program:
Friday 25/11 17:00 – 20:00
17:00 – 17:10 Presentation by the Greek Fintech Hub
17:10 – 17:30 1 min. presentation of teams
17:30 – 18:00 How to present my idea (NBG, Unifund, Metavallon)
18:00 – 18:30 Technology transfer and commercialization of research outcomes (Dr. Katerina Pramatari and Dr Antonis Livieratos)
18:30 – 20:00 Mentoring for presentations
Friday 9/12 17:00 – 20:00
17:00 – 19:00 Mentoring by Entrepreneurs and Funds
19:00 – 20:00 Presentations by companies/teams
Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of National Bank of Greece, together with the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, and the Athens University of Economics & Business. The European Crowd Dialog initiative has also joined our effort.
Subscribe to the Greek Fintech Hub Newsletter here to find out about upcoming events.
We invite you to take part in the first Fintech Bootcamp of the Greek Fintech Hub.
It will be held on Friday 12.11 and on Friday 19.11 at 17:00-20:00 at ACEin of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Kefallinias 46, Athens
Our goal is to get to know each other and inform you about the growth opportunities of your business idea. To discuss your business plan with you and our partners who are also executives in large financial corporations.
The Fintech Bootcamp has been organized for researchers, students and university graduates who have an idea, a business plan, or a ready-made startup in finance.
Subscribe here. Admission on a first come, first served basis.
Event program:
Friday 12.11 17:00 - 20:00
17:00-17:20 Presentation of the Greek Fintech Hub
17:20-18:00 1 min. presentation of teams
18:00-18:10 Break
18:10-18:30 Technology Transfer
18:30-19:00 Practical steps towards Research Commercialization
19:00-19:10 Break
19:10-20:00 How to present my business plan
Friday 19.11 17:00-20:00
17:00-19:00 Mentoring by Businessmen and Funds
19:00-20:00 Presentation of teams
Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of National Bank of Greece, together with the Endeavor Greece, the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Athens University of Economics & Business. The European Crowd Dialog initiative has also joined our effort. Subscribe to the Greek Fintech Hub Newsletter here to find out about upcoming events.
Greek Fintech Hub Conference
Greek Fintech Hub invites you to the Greek Fintech Hub Conference, our first in-person post-Covid event which will be held in Athens on Friday 21 October 2022, in NBG’s emblematic premises in the center of Athens.
The conference aims to bring together Fintech European and international stakeholders and initiatives, facilitating and encouraging dialogue, interaction and networking. The focus will be placed on the specific sectors of tourism, research, arts and creative industries.
6th Fintech Talks: Tourism & Hospitality
The 6th Fintech Talks is organized by the CapsuleT of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels. It focuses on: The groundbreaking potential of fintech in the tourism sector, especially post Covid-19 how the quality, choice, and speed of services provided to the customer/end-user are improved the importance of collecting and analyzing user data for the owner of a tourism business how such data improve strategy and future decisions in price and revenue management
5th Fintech Talks: Creative Industries & NFTs
The 5th Fintech Talks explored Fintech's relationship with the Creative Industries. Our speakers are active in NFTs + Arts. It was held online on Thursday 3.2 at 17:00.
The speakers were selected by the Onassis Foundation, co-founder of Greek Fintech Hub.
4th Fintech Talks: The Stock Exchange and its collaborations
The fourth Fintech Talks was held online on Thursday 2 December, at 17:00, with executives of ATHEX and their associates. They spoke about the role of the stock market and ESG practices.
3rd Fintech Talks: Research
We were delighted to welcome the third Fintech Talks online on Thursday 4 November at 17:00, with two keynote speakers from the Fintech research sector. They spoke about cryptocurrency issuance policies and Blockchain technology applications.
2nd Fintech Talks: Crypto & Blochain
The second Fintech Talks was organized with great success online on Thursday 7 October at 17.00 inviting two important speakers with extensive business activity abroad. Mr. Thodoros Georgas, Theodore Georgas, Co-founder & CTO of Nayms , which provides a secure platform for trading of Underwriting Securities and ILS contracts. The company has already received $8M investment funds from major investors, such as Coinbase Ventures & XBTO Group. Giannis Giannaros Co-founder & CEO at Wyre a blockchain based payment platform.
1st Fintech Talks
At the first Fintech Talks Dimitris Vranopoulosco-founder and CEO of Flexfin M.A.E. presented the first independent factoring company in Greece that provides financing and receivables management services to small and medium enterprises in Greece and Cyprus and Filippos Antonopoulos Co-founder & CEO of OKTO the premium payment services services provided by the company to consumers through +5,000 points of sale worldwide, which has now surpassed one billion euro in processed transactions.
Greek Fintech Hub International event with the participation of National Bank of Greece
The first international event of the Greek Fintech Hub on the theme “Leading Innovation in Financial Services” was successfully held online on Thursday 17 June at 17.00. 4 European banks with an active presence in innovation funding participated: NBG, BBVA from Spain, and Sella and Intesa from Italy.