Group Futurista is a global tech based event company. They
have organized numerous #technology summits across Europe in the past
two years. To keep up with the current pandemic situation, Group Futurista
launched the ‘FutureCast Series of Webinars’ last month.
After a massive success of their first webinar, Group Futurista is
coming up with its 2nd webinar in the series of ‘Future of Webinar Series’
about how COVID-19 is accelerating the rise of contactless payments. There will
be topmost key decision makers joining in from different
financial institutions to talk at length about the constant increase
of digital payment adoption globally.
The gold sponsors for this webinar are Zwipe, &Galileo.
Zwipe’s biometric
payment platform is the most widely piloted solution in the emerging
marketplace. André Løvestam, CEO of Zwipe will speak about
‘Peace of Mind with NextGen Contactless Payments in COVID-19 times’.
On the other hand, talking about Galileo, they are the only
payments innovator that applies tech and engineering capabilities to empower
fintechs and financial institutions to unleash their full creativity to achieve
their most inspired goals.
Accompanying partners for this webinar are BBVA, Banco De Portugal, Amazon
& UK Finance. Not to mention Greensheet, the media sponsor for ‘Future of
Contactless Payments post COVID-19’
This webinar will also have an interactive fireside
chat where the lead sponsors along with one of the key speakers will
discuss about the impact of COVID_19 on the cashless society. To know more
about contactless payments, join Group Furturista’s upcoming webinar
Loan collection agents at BMO Harris Bank have a new tool for helping people who have fallen behind on their payments — a link from the bank’s web site to a carefully #vetted list of nearby nonprofits and government agencies that can #provide#help such as heating assistance, discounted prescription… Financial Technology
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FintechNA is pleased to announce its sponsorship and invite you to join us on the dedicated #Fintech Track at Venture Summit Virtual Connect | Global
* Call for Top Innovators Details below
Friends,
Come meet, interact and network online with more than 1,300 VCs, Corporate VCs, angel investors, industry execs and founders of venture backed, emerging and early stage companies at the prestigious Venture Summit Virtual Connect | Globalbeing held virtually on August 4th – 6th 2020. Featuring a dedicated Fintech Track.
Whether you’re a startup seeking capital and exposure, or an investor seeking new deals, Venture Summit Virtual Connect | Global presented by youngStartup Ventures – is the event of the year you won’t want to miss.
A highly productive venture conference, the dedicated Fintech Track at Venture Summit Virtual Connect | Global is dedicated to showcasing VCs, Corporate VCs and angel investors committed to funding venture backed, emerging and early stage Fintech companies.
Lineup of over 200 VCs & Angels that spoke and judged at Venture Summit | Virtual Connect includes:
Ben Abadi, Managing Director, Energy Innovation Capital | Andrew Abrams, Vice President, New Science Ventures | Nick Adams, Managing Partner, Differential Ventures | Susan Akbarpour, Partner, Candou Ventures | Tala Al Jabri, Partner, HOF Capital | Joel Albarella, Founder, New York Life Ventures | Jordi Argente, Independent Angel Investor, Angel Investor | Paul Asel, Managing Partner, NGP Capital | Doug Atkin, Managing Partner, Communitas Capital Partners | Mark Austin, Managing Director, Viridian Capital | Shannon Austin, Partner, Financial Venture Studio | Steffen Bartschat, Angel Investor, Sand Hill Angels | Tom Bennett, Early Stage Advisor, Arc Capital Investors | Ben Bergsma, Senior Associate, Munich Re Ventures | Mike Biddle, Managing Director, Evok Innovations | Alexa Binns, Principal, Halogen Ventures | Wade Bitaraf, Founder, Energy & Sustainability, Plug & Play Tech Center | Dave Blivin, Managing Director, Cottonwood #Technology Fund | Jason Blumberg, Co-founder & Managing Director, Energy Foundry | Greg Bohlen, Managing Director, Union Grove Venture Partners | Lyndsey Boucherle, Principal, Better Ventures | Maureen Boyce, Managing Partner, Good Growth Capital | Peter Bruce-Clark, Partner, Social Impact Capital | Pratik Budhdev, Investment Director, Volvo Cars Tech Fund | Amy Burr, Managing Director, JetBlue Technology Ventures | Daniel Burstein, Managing Partner, Millennium Technology Value Partners | Carlos Bustamante, Venture Partner, F-Prime Capital | Peter Campitiello, Partner, McCarter & English, LLP | Adam Carson, Operating Partner, Point72 Ventures | Ray Chan, Managing Director, K5 Ventures | Amy Cheetham, Vice President, Costanoa Ventures | Michael Cheng, Managing Director, Drum Tower Ventures | Victoria Cheng, Director Venture Investing, Citi Ventures | Gwen Cheni, Venture Partner, Fusion Fund | Ryan Chou, Investment Associate, JetBlue Technology Ventures | Andrew Clapp, Managing Director, CIG CAP | Fred Cohen, President of the Pebble Beach chapter, Keiretsu Forum | Jillian Cohn, Investor, Santander InnoVentures | Dan Conley, Active Angel, NJ Angels | Clifford Conor, Investment Principal, E. ON | Darren Cooke, Investor, Life Science Angels | Anke Corbin, Founder & CEO, Globig.co | Martha Cosgrove, Investing Associate, Boeing HorizonX Ventures | Danny Cotter, Principal, The Westly Group | David Cruikshank, Partner, ARCH Venture Partners | Jan Danisman, Executive Director, Invest in Bavaria | Ross Darwin, Principal, Owl Ventures | Oscar Decotelli, CEO, DXA Investments | Anne DeGheest, Founder, HealthTech Capital | Angelo Del Priore, Partner, HP Tech Ventures | Jun Deng, Partner, Joyance Partners | Dan Doble, Managing Director, SABIC Ventures | Ted Driscoll, Managing Partner, DigitalDX Ventures | James Dugan, CEO & Managing Partner, OCA Ventures | Robert Dunkle, President, ABES Venture Partners | Amy Dyck, Associate, Framework Venture Partners | Chinedu Echeruo, Founder, Startup School of Alchemy | Chris Erickson, General Partner, Pangaea Ventures | Ali Farahanchi, Director, DHVC | Chenoa Farnsworth, Managing Partner, Blue Startups | Manny Fernandez, Founding Partner, SF Angels Group | Anna Fokina, Senior Associate, Data Collective | Haley Fradkin, Senior Investment Associate, Plum Alley | Isabelle Freidheim, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Starwood VC | Emily Fritze, Senior Associate, The Westly Group | Will Fung, Senior Associate, Samsung Catalyst Fund | Carolin Funk, Investment Director, Blue Bear Capital | Veronica Gabriele, Associate, Munich Re Ventures | Alison Gerlach, Managing Partner, Breakthrough Ventures | Gary Gershony, Angel Investor, Life Science Angels | Norm Gitis, Managing Partner, Lymo Ventures | Ajay Gopal, Principal, Framework Venture Partners | Balaji Gopinath, General Partner, Kubera Venture Capital | Linda Greub, Founder, Avestria Ventures | Deepak Gupta, Managing Partner, Blue Bear Ventures | James Haft, CEO, PALcapital | Chris Hagenbuch, Special Counsel, Pepper Hamilton, LLP | Charlie Hanna, Investor, Marcy Venture Partners | Jana Hanova, Director, Evok Innovations | Daniel Harris, Managing Director, DPH Ventures | Florian Haupt, Partner, TruVenturo | Nathaniel Henshaw, President, CEI Ventures | Krisztina “Z” Holly, Venture Partner, Good Growth Capital | Brian Horner, President, Tech Coast Angels | Guy Horowitz, Partner, Deutsche Telekom Capital Partners | Jens Horstmann, Founding Director, Crestlight Ventures | Toan Huynh, Partner, Information Venture Partners | Ben Jen, Investor, Ben Jen Holdings | Michael Julve, Associate, 500 Startups | Kathleen Jurman, Corporate Technology Scout, Dow Ventures | Jimmy Kan, Principal, Anzu Partners | Joseph Kao, Principal, Millennium Technology Value Partners | Theo Katsoulis, Associate, Financial Venture Studio | Kyle Keeney, Entrepreneur in Residence, Elevate Ventures | James Kempf, Investor, E8 Angels | Najib Khouri-Haddad, General Partner, Sway Ventures | Yasemin Kliman, President, Harvard Business School Angels | Howard Ko, Principal, Morpheus Ventures | Stephanie Koenig, Chief of Staff, Moderne Ventures | Steven Konsek, Program Director, National Science Foundation | Luda Kopeikina, Investment Director, DSM Venturing | Daniella Kranjac, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Dynamk Capital | Elaine Kunda, Founder & Managing Director, Disruption Ventures | Ricky Lai, Principal, Portag3 Ventures | Sebastien Latapie, Senior Venture Associate, Dynamk Capital | Randall LaVeau, Managing Partner, BOSS Capital Partners | Julie Lawrence, Director, Wharton Alumni Angels | Anh Le, Partner, CRCM Ventures | Alex Lee, Investor, Alliance Ventures | James Lee, Investment Associate Director, Photon Fund | Claire Leurent, Principal, Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC | Uri Levine, Co-Founder, Waze | Marina Levinson, Partner, Benhamou Global Ventures | Judy Li, Investment Associate, Energy Foundry | Larry Li, Managing Partner, AMINO Capital | Debbie Lin, Executive Director & Investment Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund | Ephraim Lindenbaum, Managing Director, Advance Ventures | Darwin Ling, Founding General Partner, Good AI Capital | Steven London, Partner, Pepper Hamilton LLP | Edwin Loredo, Vice President, Core Innovation Capital | Georgia Lu, Partner, Magnet Ventures | Vincent Lui, Director, Rhapsody Ventures | Eric Ly, LinkedIn Co-Founder & Hub CEO, Hub | Raoul Maier, Founding Partner, Eudemian Ventures | Radhika Malik, Investment Manager, Samsung Catalyst Fund | Eugene Malobrodsky, Venture Partner, One Way Ventures | Mike Mansell, Associate, American Family Ventures | Ricky Margolis, VP of Business Development, ARIE Capital | Susan Mason, Co-founding Partner, Aligned Partners | Melina Mathur, Principal, Asset Management Ventures | David Meltzer, Co-Founder, David Meltzer Enterprises & Sports 1 Marketing | Theo Mendez, Analyst, Insight Partners | Philip Mertens, Associate, DSM Venturing | Eric Meyer, Vice President, Activate Capital | Sarah Millar, Associate, City Light Capital | David Miller, Managing Director, Clean Energy Ventures | Jonathan Mo, Senior Associate, 11.2 Capital | SC Moatti, Managing Partner, Mighty Capital | Herb Moore, Special Counsel, McCarter & English, LLP | Mark Mueller-Eberstein, Angel Investor, Alliance of Angels | Faisal Mushtaq, Angel Investor, Tech Coast Angels | Damineh Mycroft, Investing Director, Boeing HorizonX Ventures | Rika Nakazawa, Seed Stage Investor, Alumni Venture Group | Ben Narasin, Venture Partner, NEA | Maxim Nazarov, Investor, FinSight Ventures | Ashley Ng, Director, McKesson Ventures | Ivan Nikkhoo, Managing Partner, Navigate Ventures | Kira Noodleman, Principal, Bee Partners | Faran Nouri, Managing Director, Lam Capital | Demi Obayomi, Investor, NextWorld Capital | Nihar Patel, General Partner, Journey Venture Partners | Akhilesh Pathipati, Principal, MVM Partners | Charles Paul, Vice President – Technology, Henkel Ventures | Damien Petty, Principal, Morpheus Ventures | Patrick Pfeffer, Lead Investor, Juniper Networks | Barbara Pierce, Angel Investor, Pipeline Angels | Jean-Noel Poirier, Executive Managing Director, Clean Energy Venture Group | Filipe Portela, Managing Partner, COREangels Atlantic | Era Qian, Investment Associate, Galaxy Digital | Nitin Rai, Managing Director, Elevate Capital | Estie Rand, Founder, Strand Consulting | Bill Reichert, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures | John Ricci, Managing Director, US Angels | Martin Ringlein, Venture Partner, NextGen Venture Partners | Frederik Paul Roever, Partner, R&P Global | Mario Ruiz, Investor, Paypal Ventures | Ernst Sack, Partner, Blue Bear Capital | Praveen Sahay, Managing Director, WAVE Equity Partners | Gayatri Sarkar, Managing Partner, Hype Capital VC Fund | Jennifer Schretter, Partner, PROOF VC | Jordan Segall, Enterprise Investor, Unusual Ventures | Xavier Segura, Managing Partner, Tessera Venture Partners | Kristina Serafim, Managing Director, Verizon Ventures | Greg Shepard, Managing Partner, BOSS Capital Partners | Bryan Shill, Investor, Prelude Ventures | Charles Sidman, Managing Partner, ECS Capital Partners | Sean Simpson, Director, WIND Ventures | Ratan Singh, Principal, Fort Ross Ventures | Kenn So, Associate, Shasta Ventures | David Sorin, Partner, Chair – Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Companies Practice, McCarter & English LLP | Jared Sorin, Associate, McCarter & English, LLP | Thomas Sparico, Managing Partner, Brand New Matter | Kumar Sripadam, Chair, TiE Angels | Cameron Stanfill, Venture Analyst, PitchBook | Allison Steitz, Investor, BlueRun Ventures | Li Sun, Partner, Foundation Capital | Jessica Tan, Associate, 500 Startups | Grahme Taylor, Venture Analyst, Wildcat Venture Partners | Gretchen Tibbits, Managing Director, Progress Partners | Jarrid Tingle, Managing Partner, Harlem Capital Partners | Ariane Tom, Associate, Anzu Partners | Alex Tong, Principal, Information Venture Partners | Jonathan Tower, Founding Managing Partner, Catapult VC | Matt Uretsky, Partner, McCarter & English, LLP | Erica Van, Investor, Charles River Ventures | Anuj Varma, Investor, BAM Ventures | Joe Vasquez, Partner, Revel Partners | Alessandro Vigilante, Head of Global Innovation Ecosystem, Fidelity Investments | Sonali Vijayavargiya, Managing Director, Augment Ventures | Jordan Wahbeh, Managing Partner, Bay Angels | Ron Weissman, Chairman, Software Group, Band of Angels | Alex Whitney, Senior Analyst, ManchesterStory Group | Liz Wilkinson, Director of Ventures, Nielsen Innovate | Dea Wilson, Investor, Wharton Alumni Angels | Henry Wong, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures | Yuanling Yuan, Senior Associate, SignalFire | Russell Yue, Investor, H.I.G. Growth Partners | Elaine Zelby, Principal & Director of Growth, SignalFire | Stephanie Zepeda, Senior Associate, Arbor Ventures | Yanan Zhao, General Partner, Magnet Ventures | Sebastian Zhou, Investor, Alpha Square Group | Simin Zhou, VP & Managing Director, UL Ventures.
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In addition to providing access to leading Investors, the conference will feature more than 100 pre-screened venture backed, emerging and early stage companies seeking capital, and hardcore networking.
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A select group of more than100 Top Innovators will be chosen to present their breakthrough investment opportunities to an exclusive audience of Venture Capitalists, Corporate Investors, Private Investors, Investment Bankers, and Strategic Partners.
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On 14 May 2020, Societe Generale SFH, the covered bond vehicle of Societe Generale, issued €40
million of covered bonds (“obligations de financement de l’habitat” or “OFH”)) as security tokens
directly registered on a public #blockchain. Rated Aaa by Moody’s and AAA by Fitch, these OFH Tokens
were fully subscribed by Societe Generale which simultaneously paid the issuer in a digital form of
euros issued by Banque de France through a blockchain platform.
This experimentation was performed end-to-end using blockchain infrastructures, in accordance with
best market practices. It demonstrates the feasibility of financial securities being digitally settled and
delivered in Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) for interbank settlements. The challenge of this
experimentation is to identify how innovative technologies could improve the efficiency and fluidity of
payment systems and financial infrastructures, allowing a better financial sector to ensure the smooth
financing of the economy. It paves the way for the automation and shortening of payment processes,
with simplified market infrastructures and strengthened security.
This transaction follows in the footsteps of an initial issue worth €100 million in security tokens by
Societe Generale SFH on 18 April 2019, which was settled in the traditional manner in euros. It seals a
new stage in the development of Societe Generale Forge platform, aimed at promoting new
blockchain-based market activities.
Innovation is central to Societe Generale Group’s digital transformation. The Group has been involved for several years in numerous initiatives based on blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, which could pave the way for the automation and shortening of payment processes, with simplified market infrastructures and strengthened security. This test transaction carried out with the Banque de France is a new step in Societe Generale scaling up in its transformation, using the most innovative technologies, with the aim of better serving its clients.
Societe Generale
Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking
model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth.
Committed to the positive transformations of the world’s societies and economies, Societe Generale and its teams seek to
build, day after day, together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial
solutions.
Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe
Generale has over 138,000 members of staff in 62 countries and supports on a daily basis 29 million individual clients,
businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial
solutions. The Group is built on three complementary core businesses:
▪ French Retail Banking which encompasses the Societe Generale, Crédit du Nord and Boursorama brands. Each offers a
full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation;
▪ International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services to Corporates, with networks in Africa, Russia, Central
and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets;
Societe Generale is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (World and Europe), FTSE4Good
(Global and Europe), Euronext Vigeo (World, Europe and Eurozone), four of the STOXX ESG Leaders indices, and the MSCI Low
Carbon Leaders Index.
Corvus Insurance Holdings offers #cyber risk insurance that relies on advanced #technology to underwrite coverage for companies with up to $ 2 billion in annual revenues. Financial Technology
“The harsh reality is that #FinTechs have moved ‘from disruption to reality,’ and #banks that haven’t embraced effective collaboration with startups are struggling to retain and acquire new customers.” Financial Technology
Village Capital sees #refugees as an opportunity for host countries to use #financial services apps to convert the involuntary exiles #from a problem to a valuable national resources. Financial Technology
Real-time payments as opposed to the several day time lag often experienced with ACH, are not a mystery to consumers who can use Zelle, Venmo, Mastercard Send and Visa Direct. Financial Technology
With India on a severe #lockdown, #banks that had outsourced a lot of their #compliance work to India find it can’t be done — the staff can’t go into the office and often the internet is too weak to support work from home. Financial Technology
The world is changing and changing fast. As the world slowly but steadily
moves towards Artificial Intelligence, the questions we are faced with are –
‘What can we do today to make
sure we remain relevant tomorrow?’;
‘Will human beings be
easily replaced by machines?’;
‘Will human and artificial
intelligence converge for the greater good of humankind?’
‘Is our current economic
system viable for machines and humans to thrive, with human happiness as the
main goal?’
In order to help companies navigate the future, Group Futurista is
hosting its 1st series of Webinars –“the Futurecast Webinar Series”.
Group Futurista,
is a Global Tech Event-Start Up focused on catering to the needs of the future.
Group Futurista has offices in Estonia and India. The CEO of Group Futurista, Mr. Satvik
Katyal identifies himself as a Futurist and a Humanist. He
started the organization in 2018 with a clear aim to cater to the needs of
the 21st century by bringing together the brightest and most innovative minds
from across industries at the intersection of #technology and humanity.
In the short span of 2 years,
Group Futurista has hosted events on important topics such as the ‘Future of
Data Protection’, ‘Digital Ethics and the Future of Digital Onboarding’, to
shed light on areas such as scope of identity, biometrics, KYC, onboarding etc.
to drive innovation in global trade for the future in partnership with some
leading Financial Institutions and #Banks including MasterCard and HSBC.
The world is
currently battling the Coronvirus Pandemic. Countries have sealed their borders
and the global economy is being tested as business activity everywhere has come
to a grinding halt. Almost all major global events from the Olympics to the
Wimbledon have been cancelled and postponed. Social distancing has become the
new norm leading to a record rise in online activity as companies and business
struggle to thrive and remain connected to their customers in these
unprecedented circumstances.
Covid 19 has acted
as an accelerator of change by forcing even the uninitiated to move online. Measures
such as Remote-ID verification, E-KYC onboarding, Contact-less payments, etc.
are the need of the hour.
To control the damage caused by Covid-19 many companies and banking
institutions around the world have already designed and published a series of
Digital Measures to enable their clients to seamlessly enjoy “contact-free”
services.
Change can be intimidating. In order to
help companies make a smooth transition to the online world, Group Futurista introduces
its 1st in the Series of the Futurecast Webinars Series on The Futurista
Virtual Networking Platform:
Topic: “Reimagining
Digital Identity after COVID 19 for FI.”
Date and Day – 30th April 2020, Thursday
Time: 2:00 PM BST
Gold sponsors: Grabba, ID R&D, V2Verify, One Span & Boloro.
Hosted in partnership with Mastercard, ING Bank & Scotia bank
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