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A week in FinTech - 29th October 2016

From:	Eddie G.
Sent on:	Saturday, October 29, 2016, 7:24 PM

A week in FinTech - 29th October 2016

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Hi Everyone, please join us this coming Thursday for our last event of the year, we have 8 FinTechs pitching, tickets will likely sell-out too so grab them while you can

1. Upcoming Event: NewFinance November FinTech Open Mic Night, Thursday November 3^rd @6pm, Browne Jacobson LLP, Bevis Marks

Please join us for our monthly mixture of presentations, skype-ins, fireside chats and shout-outs plus plenty of networking.

This monthly session is designed to provide an opportunity to catch up with your peers, to see what's going on in the London and International FinTech scenes and to tell us all about yourself and your own work.

Presentations:

1. Fabian Flatz, Co-Founder and CEO of Telleroo, a B2B fintech startup that makes payments for companies at scale

2. Jason Muller, Co-Founder and COO of Pivigo, a data science marketplace connecting rock star analytical talent with companies looking to get more value out of their data

3. Thomas Beevers, CEO and Co-founder of StockViews, a platform that connects asset managers with a network of independent equity analysts

4. Tobias Taupitz, CEO & Founder at Insure A Thing, aiming to turn the insurance model as we know it on its head by taking the gambling out of insurance

5. Délber Lage, CEO of SalaryFits UK, a new fintech that developed an innovative solution to make sustainable credit a reality

6. Sakeeb Zaman, Co-Founder, StrideUp, transforming home ownership by providing an alternative to renting and ever larger mortgages

7. Tomo Nakamura, UK Country Manager of Doreming, a real time payroll platform linked to digital money to tackle financial inclusion

8. Youssef Darwich, 3rd employee and Senior Product Manager of Tide, the nimble small business current account

Thank you to our Partner Browne Jacobson, the legal adviser with a unique approach to FinTech and Tech Start-Ups. Get in touch to find out more.

2. Interesting news items that caught my eye this week…

· In 10 years, banking will look like a sci-fi film - no doubt, that's an age in FinTech

· Head of Consumer Finance Agency Speaks Out on Fintech - consumers should be able to determine for themselves what to do with the financial data that underlies their accounts

· US Bank Regulator Charts Path for Blockchain Startup Oversight - innovation policy aimed at regulating startups working with blockchain and other fintech

· The Fintech Files: What Does It Take to Be Successful? - fintech start-ups are just as vulnerable as those in other industries

· Can Fintech Prevent The Next Financial Crisis? - the upside is clear—P2P lending is the only way in which credit will become more accountable

· Who Invests in Estonia: Raise Money from Top Investors – here’s one for our Tallinn Chapter

3. Visitors to London

(none this week)

4. Reach-outs for FinTechs

· Fintech startup TradeRiser is currently looking for private beta users, to test their Research Assistant platform for the financial markets. The platform allow users to ask both simple and complex trading questions. To participate email beta[at]traderiser.com, or to learn more visit www.traderiser.com

· CityFALCON have already exceeded their target raise of £150K on Seedrs and are looking to close the round soon. They provide personalised financial news to consumers for free and to businesses for a small licensing fee to access the company’s API

5. Talent

Individuals looking for a new role:

· Yoko Kono Toda is highly organised and capable of providing thorough, efficient input and assistance having worked under demanding circumstances with media correspondents and investment bankers in multicultural and multilingual environments. Dedicated, self-motivated and able to establish positive working relationships with clients and colleagues at all organisational levels. A team player always looking to help others whilst striving to excel on a personal level. Contact: yotty_toda[at]hotmail.com

Companies looking for talent:

· Payfriendz is looking for a seasoned CTO with Fintech and ideally payments experience to manage and grow their technology teams, own the technical roadmap and be completely responsible for the evolution, development, and delivery of the core platform and products. Salary dependent on candidate in the range £[masked]k p.a. Equity participation TBD within 6 months. Contact: howard[at]payfriendz.com Technologies: Google Cloud, Kubernetes, Docker, Go (micro-services), gRPC, Protobuf, NATS (MQ), MySQL (GCP CloudSQL), RethinkDB, Node.js, JavaScript, React.js (web), React Native (iOS and Android), Redux, GraphQL, Apollo

· Bankable, an award winning FinTech providing a payments platform for developing solutions including virtual accounts, virtual & plastic repaid card programmes, e-wallets & light banking solutions is hiring an Account Manager and a Head of Business Development, see the links for more details

· Trov UK is looking for a UK Customer Support Manager to join the team. The candidate should have a proven track record in handling customer complaints and excellent communication skills with perfect grammar and punctuation. Fintech or startup experience a plus! http://workinstartups.com/companyjobs/view/id/50889

· Kontomatik is hiring Sales representatives. Would you like to be a part of one of the fastest growing disruptive industries? If so, there might be just a perfect place for you at Kontomatik, a leading fintech company that provides banking APIs. Join us as a Sales Representative either in London/Warsaw and start making the whole financial industry more consumer oriented. We are looking for an experienced sales representative with a proven track record of selling SaaS technologies in the financial services industry. Contact: tatiana.zalewska[at]kontomatik.com