For the forth consecutive year we’re organizing the two-day Fintech Athens 4.0 conference with keynote speakers from Central & Southeast Europe and the Middle East. The main theme is AI and how it affects Fintech. The twelve panels of the conference will discuss the contribution of AI in Fintech in the credit/financial and payment systems, the public and private sectors, education, tourism and the creative industries. At the same time, the impacts of AI on banking operations and its role to empower startups will be highlighted.

The conference is held in English and its participants are senior officers of ADGM, Amazon, ByBit, DeepMind, Deloitte, EIB, Google, HDBI, Mastercard, Microsoft, PwC, academics from Greece and abroad, as well bank executives. It takes place at the emblematic premises of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and National Bank of Greece, in the center of Athens. The opening takes place on Thursday 30 October at the NKUA Great Hall, Panepistimiou 30, Propylaia. On Friday 31 October the conference will be held at NBG's Karatzas Auditorium, Aiolou 82.

Please find the conference's agenda attached here.

The annual conference Fintech Athens is organized by NBG and the Greek Fintech Hub. It aims to bring together European and international bodies with initiatives from the field of Fintech, facilitating and encouraging dialogue, interaction and networking. Emphasis will be placed on initiatives from Southeast Europe and the Middle East, as well as in the fields of ESG, tourism, research, arts and creative industries.

The Greek Fintech Hub is a Fintech initiative in Greece and other developed economies.

With the aim of strengthening Fintech entrepreneurship, funding innovative businesses in the sector, linking Fintech with research conducted in universities and other research centers, as well as enhancing awareness and networking with similar initiatives abroad, NBG has designed a series of actions:

•             Organization of fundraising events

•             Collaboration with Italian and Spanish banks participating in relevant startup funding schemes;

•             Participation in the European Crowd Dialog initiative;

•             Organization of monthly Fintech Talks;

•             Organization of annual Fintech conferences in the sub-sectors of creative industries and tourism.