FinTech North takes place on Wednesday 27th April and is one of the showcase events of Leeds Digital Festival 2016.
The event is hosted by Leeds-based FinTech firms rebuildingsociety.com and White Label Crowdfunding, in partnership with Whitecap Consulting and aql.
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9.00 Networking & Breakfast
9.30 Welcome
Dr Adam Beaumont, Founder & CEO, aql
9.45 Chairman’s address
Dan Rajkumar, Founder & MD, rebuildingsociety.com / White Label Crowdfunding
10.00 Market & economic context
Dr Chris Sier, Director, FiNexus
10.30 Digital innovation
Tom Cheesewright, Applied Futurist, Book of the Future
11.00, The future of lending
Richard Carter, Chief Executive, Nostrum Group
11.30 Q&A
Chaired by Julian Wells, Director, Whitecap Consulting
12.00 Lunch
13.00 Redesigning SME finance for the 21st century
James Sherwin-Smith, CEO, Growth Street
13.20 Compliance in FinTech
James Dingwall, Founder & CEO, Thistle Initiatives
13.40 Innovation from Estonia – how to digitalize a country
Heiki Kubbar, Chairman, Icefire
Margus Simson, CEO, Ziraff
Tiit Pekk, Chief Business Development Officer, Codeborne
14.00 Digital innovation in SME lending
Ollie Maitland, Co-Founder, Capitalise.com
14.20 Q&A
Chaired by Stefan Haase, Associate, Whitecap Consulting
14.45 Coffee / Networking
15.15 Workshop: The lifecycle of a crowdfunding business (optional, 60-90 mins)
Malcolm South & Nick Newton, White Label Crowdfunding
16.00 Drinks reception, sponsored by Nostrum Group
17.30 Close
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Venue: aql, Salem Chapel, 13-15 Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ (click link to view on Google Maps)
