Monthly Seminar - Finance in the Cloud

NB. RSVP's are now closed but there are tickets available on the door at £15

Hi Everyone,

Our July monthly FinTech Seminar will focus on Finance in the Cloud

Cloud is a new computing paradigm that offers new and significant opportunities to FinTech Innovators. It supports rapid innovation, agility and scalability in ways which were previously unheard of. In Cloud, resources and services are abstracted from the underlying infrastructure and provided on-demand and at scale in a multi-tenant environment, offering nearly unlimited computing power on any device from anywhere. And although Cloud is a reality today, even more functionality is visible on the horizon. FinTech companies have already taken advantage of this new technology, delivering services wholesale from the Cloud and relieving organisations of the burden of processing capacity and storage. This seminar will explore the key themes of Finance in the Cloud, the key players and their offerings.

The session includes a Free Guide to Finance in the Cloud (http://files.meetup.com/2243521/A%20Guide%20to%20Finance%20in%20the%20Cloud%20-%20Entrepreneurs%20Edition%20v1.0.pdf) which digs deeper into the main players and identifies opportunities for FinTech Entrepreneurs. Previous seminar guides are available to download for free here (http://www.london.newfinance.org/files/).

We'll also be videoing the session as usual for those of you who are unable to attend. You may click here to watch the videos (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/about/) from our previous seminars and here to see the photos. (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/photos/)

Students - we currently have a number of free tickets available for students, please join the group using your academic email and then message an Organiser if you'd like one.

Startup Stands

Startup stands for early stage FinTech companies to demonstrate their products:

Bw8 Social Trader - Bw8 Trading is a startup provider of stock market trading software which levels the playing field for individual stock investors

Clarus Financial Technology (http://www.clarusft.com/) - a FinTech Startup, founded by a team with experience in software products for OTC Derivatives. Derivative markets are in the midst of massive regulatory and structural change and Clarus FT is designing new applications specifically for the new environment

MagicPayments (https://magicpayments.com/) - aims to set up a new paradigm for Peer 2 Peer (P2P) payments by allowing recipients of P2P Payments to securely redeem the payment in any wallet of their choice rather than being forced to sign up with the wallet operator of the sender

Agenda

Please be aware that the agenda is updated on a regular basis

6:00pm - Networking opportunities

A buffet and refreshments will be provided courtesy of our Sponsors

7:00pm - Welcome address and Sponsor messages

Eddie George (http://www.london.newfinance.org/members/6626826/), Organiser, NewFinance London

Toby Babb (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/94231042/), Managing Director at Harrington Starr (http://www.harringtonstarr.com/)

Mike Laven (http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mike-laven/0/bb/853), CEO, The Currency Cloud (http://www.thecurrencycloud.com/)

7:10pm - Presentations

Jared Broad (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/13496761/), Founder at QuantConnect (https://www.quantconnect.com), the next revolution in quant trading where cloud computing meets open data. Jared will be joining us by Skype from New York. QuantConnect are also pleased to offer a 12 months free Hobbyist license for NewFinance members (https://www.quantconnect.com/signup/planHobbyist/newfinance)

George Kaye (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/101431832/), Founder and CEO at Derivitec (http://www.derivitec.com/), with over a decade of experience as a quant, starting at Credit Suisse, and moving on to Goldman Sachs and UBS, George is now building cloud based solutions for the derivatives industry

Gary Turner (http://uk.linkedin.com/in/garyturner/), Managing Director at Xero (http://www.xero.com/), Accounting software in the cloud, one of the most successful SaaS solutions for SME's and Individuals and used by over 200,000 people worldwide. You may try Xero for free here (https://www.xero.com/signup/).

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8:30pm - Panel discussion

This will be an open question and answer session around Cloud services for Finance

In addition to our speakers we will be joined by:

Daniel Steeves (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/91836582/), MD of Beyond Solutions (http://beyond-solutions.co.uk/), a growth-focused change agent with thirty years leading, brokering, designing and selling complex programmes

9:00pm - Shout-outs (1 minute, 1 slide)

Elias Haase (http://www.london.newfinance.org/members/14058511/) - BitSilk, (http://bitsilk.com/) the Software Engineering Service for Startups

Gursharan Banwait (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/72638042/), BW8 Social Trader, providing stock market trading software

Amir Khwaja (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/60921422/), Clarus Financial Technology, (http://www.clarusft.com/) designing new applications for the OTC Derivatives Market

Andreas Tsindos (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/69640742/), MagicPayments, (https://magicpayments.com/) a new paradigm for Peer 2 Peer (P2P) payments

Juan Guerra (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/55751502/?a=viewBioRsvpList_showBio) - StudentFunder (http://www.studentfunder.com/), Crowdfunding for inspiring students

William Lorenz (https://www.meetup.com/newfinance/members/40549292/?memberId=40549292&op=&a=mm1_l3) - Kwanji (http://www.kwanji.com/), low cost forex in the cloud for SMEs

9:30 Close

Cheers

Eddie

Organiser