Our Peter Oakes is honoured to be invited to represent FintechUK at Fintech Abu Dhabi 21-23 October 2019.

Big thanks to Allie Laurent and Darren Murphy of Unbound Live for the opportunity to attend & speak at #FintechAbuDhabi.

Abu Dhabi is a thriving innovative fintech centre. This is Fintech UK's second of three trips to Abu Dhabi this year.

We had such an excellent trip last time with meetings with government, industry and regulatory experts we have decided to return. If you a UK fintech looking at the opportunities a relationship with Abu Dhabi can deliver, why not join us 21-23 October and take the opportunity to:

• discuss with us how to establish your #UKFintech business in Abu Dhabi and your Abu Dhabi Fintech company in the UK;
• network with 5,000 fellow FinTech professionals;
• attend 2 days of FinTech-focused content;
• hear from leaders of global fintech companies;
• update our knowledge on #cybersecurity #regtech #suptech fintech #tonenization #blockchain
• watch #startups & #scaleups compete in pitch battles;
• learn about the challenges facing the MENA region; and
• identify opportunities for #UKFintech.

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There is brilliant support for fintech within the Abu Dhabi Global Market Regulatory Authority. If you're thinking of a regulatory presence in the UAE, make sure you discuss your ambitions with the team there. Richard Teng, Thomas Hirschi, Vishal Sacheendran and Fraser Brown

www.fintechabudhabi.com

​Thanks to the team at BFC EU 2019 for our third innivatation in as many years to attend, speak and moderate at what has become Ireland's premier blockchain for finance event.

Our Peter Oakes is delighted to be representing both Fintech UK and Fintech Ireland and more so very pleased to be supporting the BFC 2019, Blockchain for Finance Conference, Europe taking place in Dublin, Ireland on Tuesday 9th and Wednesday 10th 2019. ​ Download the brochure for BFC EU 2019 today and analyse the value you will gain from the programme and speaker line up.  

Peter Oakes, will join a panel on Market Trends in Emerging Tech on the first day (8th October) and will moderate The Future of Financial Contracts panel on the second day (9th October). 

Market Trends in Emerging Tech

• Debate which technologies are imperative for the future of financial services to ensure that you’re prioritising the testing of these solutions
  
• Analyse current market trends so that you’re both clear on which technologies are most imminent and the core business processes that are undergoing transformation
  
• Hear success stories of the latest projects in production to give you an overview of the most innovative solutions within finance 
• Panel includes Brendan Bonner, Chief Technologist, IDA Ireland (moderator), Stephen Moran, Head of Research, Bank of Ireland, Mariana Gómez de la Villa, Global Program Manager Blockchain, ING and Peter Oaks, Founder, FinTech UK and Fintech ireland 

The Future of Financial Contracts (9th October) will cover

• Assess how financial instruments are moving towards utilising smart contracts and how your business could benefit from their use
  
• Discuss key challenges associated with smart contracts such as platform interoperability and standardisation to reduce friction during implementation
  
• Discuss the domain-specific languages available and which have the greatest impact to help financial services to streamline these processes
  
• Panel includes - Peter Oakes, Fintech UK (moderator) and Oliver Hugh-Jones, Head of Business Development – Europe, Digital Asset,  Arthur Breitman, Co-Founder, Tezos and Anthony Provasoli, Partner, ​Hassans.

Venue is Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin (8 Golden Ln, D08 E2X5)