Best Fintech Events and Conferences in 2017

This is the time of the year when you should take your agenda and carefully pick the events that you want to attend to or speak at. We know that and we are also aware that it could be quite difficult because the number of events is so large that it could be tricky to select the ones that are worth to consider. For this reason we decided to prepare for you an extensive but well selected list of the essential fintech events of 2017. Enjoy.

Here are some highlights, read the full list on Crowd Valley News:

Next Money Fintech Finals
Date: 18-19 January 2017 
Location: Hong Kong
Website: https://ff17.nextmoney.org/
Next Money event part of the StartmeupHK Festival with more than 1000 people expected at PMQ in Hong Kong, with notable international speakers covering fintech design and innovation. 24 startups from around the world will be selected to win prizes and cash.

Finovate Europe
Date: 7–8 February 2017 
Location: London, UK
Website: http://europe2017.finovate.com/
Finovate Europe comes back to Old Billingsgate Market Hall on London Thames with a big showcase of the most innovative new financial and banking technologies. 

Lendit USA 2017
Date: 6–7 March 2017
Location: New York, USA
Website: http://www.lendit.com/usa/2017
The world’s biggest show in lending and fintech with 5000+ attendees, 350+ thought leaders, 2400+ companies and 1000+ companies from over 40 countries. Some info on our experience there, with our CEO that spoke about the market best practices in efficient back office operations, can be found here: http://buff.ly/2j8gTI0 

Retail Banking Innovation
Date: 14-15 March 2017
Location: London, UK
Website: http://retailbankinginnovation.fintecnet.com/
The second Annual Retail Banking Innovation conference that will be held at CityPoint, London, with the aim to “develop an industry leading innovation strategy informed by the latest regulatory and technological influences to execute customer-centric, digital transformation”. Speakers include Jonathan Webster, from the Lloyds Banking Group and Jonatan Alonso from Banco Santander among others, but also people from the new digital banks as Monzo and N26.

Africa Mobile & Digital Banking Summit
Date: 22-23 March 2017
Location: Nairobi, Kenya
Website: http://africadigitalbanker.com/
Summit held in the east African hub of Kenya, gathering  together innovative bankers, mobile money telecom operators, banking and financial markets regulators, fintech firms, banking tech suppliers, banking cyber security consultants as well as government representatives. This event presents an exciting platform for players from both the east and west to interact and collaborate.