Decoding the Chain: Blockchain Technology and the Rise of Decentralized Exchanges

At the 24th Fintech Talks, we welcome Dr Vassilis Polymenis, Professor of Finance, Fintech and Econometrics and Vice-Rector of the University of Limassol, who will be talking to us about Blockchain technology and the rise of decentralized transactions. In this presentation we will explore the key features of blockchain technology and how it is transforming finance, with a view to analyzing decentralized exchanges (DEXs) and highlighting their advantages over traditional systems, such as transparency, security, and user control. Participants will gain knowledge about smart contracts, liquidity mechanisms, and the future of decentralized finance (DeFi).

The event, co-funded by the European Union, is an initiative of Smart Attica EDIH, and will take place on Thursday, June 5 at 18:00 at the Archimedes Center, Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed discussion.

For reservations, click here.

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

Unlocking the Future of Digital Commerce: Tokenization, Wallets & the New Era of eCommerce

As digital commerce accelerates, security and users’ seamless experiences are paramount. At 23rd Fintech Talks we welcome Dimitris Gerostathis, Product & Solution Director of Mastercard, who will explore how tokenization, digital wallets, and embedded finance are shaping the future of payments. Discover Mastercard’s role in enabling secure, scalable, and innovative solutions that empower fintechs, merchants, and consumers in the evolving eCommerce landscape.

The event is an initiative of Smart Attica EDIH, it is co-funded by the European Union, and takes place on Thursday, April 3 at 18:00 at the Archimedes Center, Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed discussion. For reservations, click here.

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

22nd Fintech Talks: Google Cloud AI platform – Features & Applications

At the 22nd Fintech Talks, we welcome Alexandros Papantonatos, Customer Engineer, Google Cloud, who will talk to us about the VertexAI platform. Having invested in the development and evolution of artificial intelligence for more than a decade, Google now has one of the most advanced and affordable artificial intelligence platforms. VertexAI, which is based on Google Cloud technology, offers unparalleled security in data processing and storage, and extremely high-performance infrastructure.

The event is an initiative of Smart Attica EDIH, it is co-funded by the European Union, and takes place on Thursday, March 6 at 18:00 at the Archimedes Center, Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed discussion. For reservations, click here.

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

21st Fintech Talks: RWA - Tokenization in Private Markets

At the 21st Fintech Talks, we welcome Dimitris Koutsopakis, CFA, Senior Manager of Valuations, Private Markets Risk at Aksia Alternative Investments LLC, who will present us the Real World Assets (RWA) tokenization in Private Markets.  The term "Real World Assets (RWA) tokenization" includes the conversion of any movable or immovable asset into a digital asset that can be decentrally exchanged on web3 in contrast to traditional centralised public markets. This action is an incentive to activate intangible assets and contracts that have been so far difficult to be managed. Distributed Ledgers Technology (DLT) provides the appropriate means in order to achieve the conversion of RWAs into tokens (IOU) which are issued and held on blockchain. Aim of this presentation is to review the latest DLT developments in the field of investments and research in USA and Europe. 
 
The event is an initiative of Smart Attica ΕDIH, and is being held with co-funding by the EU. It will be held on Thursday 6 February, 18:00, at the Archimedes Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str.). Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed discussion.

Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Sign up here.  

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

Outlook and potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) technology

At the 20th Fintech Talks, we welcome Mr Georgios Samakovitis, Professor of Banking and Financial Technology (FinTech), School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, London. He will present the outlook and potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies and the implications of their adoption for both the financial sector and for regulatory authorities. The operational features of CBDCs and their superiority over existing payment systems, as well as the technological potential unlocked mainly via DLT / blockchain, will also be discussed.

The event is an initiative of Smart Attica ΕDIH and is being held with co-funding by the EU. It will be held on Thursday, 5 December at 18:00, at the Panteion University, Room Γ1 (New Building, 3rd floor), Leoforos Syggrou 136, 17671.

Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Sign up here. 

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

Reinventing Financial Services - Navigating to a New Performance Frontier

At the 19th Fintech Talks we welcome Accenture which will present us the future developments and trends in financial services. The swift development of technology and the volatile macroeconomic landscape put multifaceted pressure on financial services and transform them. However, this creates an opportunity for businesses to capitalise on these changes and now is the perfect time to do so. Mr Nikolaos Gkatidis, Principal Director of Accenture Greece will make the presentation.
The event is an initiative of Smart Attica ΕDIH and is being held with co-funding by the EU. It will be held on Thursday 7 November, 18:00, at the Archimedes Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str. Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed discussion.

Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. 
For reservations, click here.

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 & 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.

At the 18th Fintech Talks we welcome once again Amazon, which will present to us the developments in its new emblematic technology “Check-out free”. Amazon Dash and Amazon One are chain of real stores that use Just Walk Out technology based on AI, meaning that customers never have to queue to check out.  Mr. Lefteris Chaniotakis, Sr. Enterprise Account Manager of Amazon Web Services in Greece, Cyprus, & Malta will make the presentation.

The event is an initiative of Smart Attica EDIH and it’s held under the co-funding of EU. It will be held on Thursday 3 October, at 6 p.m., at the Archimedes Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str.). Afterwards there will be an opportunity for relaxed discussion.

Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis.

For reservations, click here.

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 & 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.

Facilitating financial services using government data sources

At the 17th Fintech Talks, we welcome Mr. Harry Tsavdaris Managing Director in Enterprise Digital of PwC Greece, who will present the initiatives regarding the creation of open government data and services for financial institutions, which are meant to improve the services provided, and create new ones, by facilitating procedures such as Onboarding or KyC.

The event is held as part of an initiative of Smart Attica EDIH and is Co-funded by the European Union. It will be held on Thursday 6 June, 18:00, at the Archimedes Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Klafthmonos Sq., Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 & Stadiou Str.).

Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Subscribe here

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

Outlook and potential of Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) technology: Impacts and opportunities in the design and management of regulatory frameworks and payment ecosystems.

At the 16th Fintech Talks, we welcome Mr. Georgios Samakovitis, Professor of Banking and Financial Technology (FinTech), School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences, University of Greenwich, London. Mr. Samakovitis will present the initiatives in adopting worldwide Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), the list of which is constantly expanding, with the participation of over 134 central banks in March 2024 (instead of just 35 in 2020). The range of these developments marks the tech maturation of CBDCs, but also calls for a more thorough practical research of both their operational potential and their impact on the technological and operational infrastructures of the financial system concerned.

The meeting is taking place in the context of events run by Smart Attica EDIH. It will be held on Thursday, 4 April at 18:00, at the Panteion University, Room B3 (New Building, 2nd floor), Leoforos Syggrou 136, 17671.

Seating is limited and on a first come, first served basis. Sign up here.

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

At the 15th Fintech Talks, we welcome Efstathios Onasoglou, CFA, Field CTO Fintech at Google, to provide a brief overview of the main payment models (payment rails, merchant acquirers, issuers), how these are evolving, and the strategic direction of the payment market supported by Cloud technology.

This event is part of the Smart Attica EDIH initiatives and will take place on Thursday, March 7th, at 18:00 at the Archimedes Center in Klafthmonos Square, Ioannou Paparrigopoulou 1 and Stadiou.

Since space is limited, a first-come, first-served policy will apply. Register here.

Greek Fintech Hub is an initiative of the 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.

The Greek Fintech Hub and National Bank of Greece invite you to take part in Fintech Bootcamp 4.0.

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 8.12 at 17:00 – 20:00 and on Saturday 9.12 at 11:00 – 16:00 at the ACEin of the Athens University of Economics and Business, Troias 2, Athens.

Sign up here.

Event program:

Friday 8.12 17:00 – 20:00

17:00 – 17:10 Presentation of the Greek Fintech Hub

17:10 – 17:30 1 min. presentation of teams

17:30 – 18:00 How to present my idea

18:00 – 18:30 Tech transfer and commercialization of research outcomes

18:30 – 20:00 Mentoring for presentations

Saturday 9.12 17:00 – 20:00

11:00 – 13:00 Mentoring by Entrepreneurs and Funds

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch – Networking

14:00 – 20:00 Mentoring for presentations

15:00 – 16:00 Presentation of companies / teams

Τhe Fintech Bootcamp is an action of Smart Attica EDIH. It’s coordinated by the Athens University of Economics & Business and the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens in the context of the Greek Fintech Hub events. 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 & 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.

With 300 participants, 36 speakers, 8 panels, the second big international conference "Fintech Athens 2.0" of the Greek Fintech Hub came to a successful conclusion.

The conference was held on Friday 27 October in the Karatzas Building, one of the most emblematic NBG buildings.

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The event was opened by Mr. Gikas Hardouvelis, Chair of the NBG Board. Mr. Gerasimos Siasos, Rector at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mr. Emmanuel Givanakis CEO of ADGM Financial Services, and Mr. Haris Lambropoulos, President of the Hellenic Development Bank of Investments addressed the event.

Watch the report video here.

The conference was co-organized by NBG Business Seeds, Endeavor Greece, the Onassis Foundation, the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, the National & Kapodistrian University of Athens, the Athens University of Economics & Business, and Crowd Dialog, and kindly sponsored by the EIF.

We look forward to seeing you again in 2024.

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.

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.

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