Calling the World’s Top FinTech Talents
FinTech
Nations
Summit
March 1st – 14th, 2021
Opening up a whole new world of finance possibilities.
NeoBanks, Open Banking, Payments and Open APIs are revolutionizing the world of finance.
Join global financial leaders, VC firms and promising start-ups at a new online hackathon!
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About The Hackathon
This Fintech Hackathon is about finding solutions to challenges banks currently have on their platforms and services. We want you to have access to the world’s top online talents within our community that will solve these challenges.
The Agenda


Worth of $101K Prizes
Including Gift Cards and Credits sponsored by Microsoft.
The Tracklist








Opening Keynote Speakers
March 12th, Livestream

King Leung 梁瀚璟
Head of Fintech, InvestHK

Adam Cohen
General Manager Enterprise, Payoneer

Roberto Croci
Managing Director, Microsoft for Startups MEA

Gideon Shaw
Founder and CEO, Invocap

Daphna Beer Gabel Rubin
Business Growth & Strategic Partnerships, Sr. Director, Working Capital, Payoneer

Jessica Lam
Chief Strategy Officer, WeLab

Winnie Tuang
Strategy & Operations, Senior Manager, Revolut Singapore

Pam Chuang
Head of Growth, Revolut Singapore

Edwin Hui
Head of Strategy and Corporate Affairs, Mox Bank

Juma Alhameli
Senior Executive Director, Strategy & Business Development, ADGM

Shereen Abdulla
Senior Manager, DIFC FinTech Hive

Medhy Souidi

Shahar Friedman
Head of Visa Innovation Studio Tel-Aviv, Visa

Benjamin Quinlan
CEO & Managing Partner, Quinlan & Associates

Amanda Tung
Senior Manager, Partnership and Business Development, ZATI

Helene Podsadni Nilsson
Head of Fintechs, Nordics & Baltics, Visa

Ricky Lee
Founder and CEO, Sync

Obediah Ayton
Director of Business Development,
The Private Investment Group

Richie Santosdiaz
Economic Development Expert, Head of Middle East & Africa , The FinTech Times

Alastair Lidel
CEO & Founder, The Private Investment Group & The Bridge

Shlomi Orgad
Fintech Vertical Lead, Facebook Israel

Dr. Oriol Caudevilla
Management and Strategy Consultant, FinTech Advisor

Sanjeev Kumar
Founder, WhiteSight

Musheer Ahmed
Founder & MD, Finstep Asia

Carmen James
Financial Services, ICT sector lead, ADIO

James Glass
Relationship Manager, YAP

Will Simmonds
Principal Engineer, Curve
Our Speakers
Past & Present

Michael Eisenberg
Co-Founder & Equal Partner, Aleph

Aya Zaksenberg
Head of Design, Lili

Surinderjit Bhatti
Managing Director, FinTech Growth Syndicate (FGS)

Sagi Dagan
Head of the Growth Division,
The Israel Innovation Authority

Richard Teng
Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Regulatory Authority, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM)

Keren Ran
Fintech Industry Head, Google

Eduard Fabian
Chief Technology Officer/VP, Razer Fintech

Nir Netzer
Chairman, The Israeli FinTech Association – FinTech-Aviv

Jonathan Medved
CEO, OurCrowd

Mathew Megens
CEO and Founder, HyperJar

Yael Waisbourd Sucary
Head of Fintech and Innovation, Discount Bank

Bhagaban Behera
CEO, Walrus

Anuscha Iqbal
Co-founder and CEO, Spotii

Tomer Michaeli
General Partner, Viola Fintech

Mark Gazit
CEO and President, ThetaRay

Shmuel Ben Tovim
Chairman, The Fintech Community of Israel, City TLV

Christian Kunz
Head of Group Strategy and Innovation, DIFC Authority (UAE)

Ziv Keinan
Co-Founder and CEO, Simetria

Don Ginsel
Founder, Holland Fintech

Anna Maj
FinTech Leader & Advisor, WBAF
Senior Lecturer, CFTE

Ofer Koifman
Head of Global Banking Partnerships, Payoneer for Banks

Gaurav Dhar
Second Generation FinTech Entrepreneur, Tech Investor, Advisor, Mentor.

Dominic Pym
Co Founder and CEO, Up Bank

Matt Baxby
CEO, Revolut Australia

Michael Brackpool
Head of Product, Bunq

Richard Davies
CEO at Allica Bank, NED @ Revolut

Eilin Schjetne
Partnership Lead Europe, Visa Real Time Payments

Michael Ng
Product Lead, WeLab Bank

Yuval Tal
Managing Partner, Team8 Fintech

Neri Tollardo
Head of International Investor Relations and Partnerships, Tinkoff

Maia Bittner
Voice of the Member, Chime Mobile Banking

Peter Ramsay
Founder, Built for Mars

John Ciocca
Founder and CEO, Purple Financial

Sabah Al-Binali
Partner and Head of Gulf. OurCrowd

Arcady Lapiro
CEO & Founder, Agora

Olivia Minnock
Editor, FinTech Alliance

Ned Phillips
Founder and CEO, Bambu

Federico Goldberg
Co Founder and CEO, Plunzo

Rune Mai
CEO and Founder, Nordic API Gateway

Daniel Cannizzaro
Founder and CEO, Parpera

Pawel Oltuszyk
CEO and Founder, FROST

Saad Ansari
Co Founder and CEO, Xpence

Guillermo Vicandi
Co Founder and CEO, Bnext

Nameer Khan
Chairman & Founding Board Member,
MENA FINTECH ASSOCIATION

Ejimnkeonye Dennis
Co Founder and CEO, Send Village

Caroline Vaughan
Head of Commercial and Businness Development, Innovate Finance

Hamish Blythe
Founder & CEO, Trilo

Caroline Tran
Co-Founder & CEO, aircrex

Marcos Cuevas
Co Founder and CEO, Mitto

Afshan Dadan
Co Founder, WhiteSight

Akmal Saleem
Co Founder and CEO, Rizq

Hakan Eroglu
Global Open Banking Lead, Advisors at Mastercard

Oona Rokyta
CEO & Co-founder, Lance

Panagiotis Kriaris
Head of Business Development, Unzer

Dorel Blitz
VP Strategy & Business Development, Personetics

Priyamoni Debnath
Co Founder, White Sight

Hadar Shor
Director of the India, Africa and Middle East department Foreign Trade Administration, Israel Ministry of Economy and Industry

Aleksei Akimov
Head of API, Adyen

Dovi Frances
Founding Partner, Group 11
Our Team

Nir Kouris
Co-Founder of Fintech Nations

Jon Kingsley
Co-Founder of Fintech Nations

Ignacio Agramont
Hackathon Manager

Ivan Sangueza
Video Manager
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