Events

Last week, the coveted "Fintech of the Year" awards were presented by Payment and Banking during a festive gala in front of 200 guests at the Alte Stahlbau Fredenhagen in Offenbach. There was great excitement among the nominees: until the end, the last three nominees in each category on the shortlist knew nothing about the outcome of the jury's decision or the public vote for the award.

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His Highness Sheikh Maktoum bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance of the United Arab Emirates and President of DIFC, has announced the launch of the Dubai FinTech Summit. The international event will bring together more than 5,000 experts, thought leaders, policymakers, and elected officials in Dubai.

More than 600 people are expected in Côte d'Ivoire's business capital Abidjan for the Next Fintech Forum, the leading fintech gathering in Francophone Africa. This year, it will take place on 22 and 23 November 2022 at the Radisson Blu Hotel.

The Frankfurt-based fintech company, Caiz Development GmbH, will be the main sponsor of the Euro sculpture by artist Ottmar Hörl on Willy-Brandt-Platz in Frankfurt. This was announced by the independent non-profit association Frankfurter Kultur Komitee e.V., to which the artist donated the sculpture.

Fintech Nexus, a diversified fintech media company, announced a new partnership with one of the world's top Web3 consulting firms, 11:FS. This partnership has led to the launch of a new, one-of-a-kind event for financial institutions, Merge, to be held at London's Tobacco Dock on October 17-18, 2022.

Pan-African banking group Ecobank Group announced the launch of the fifth edition of the Ecobank Fintech Challenge, encouraging African fintech entrepreneurs to participate in the competition. The group says the best fintech selected that aligns with the bank's strategic objectives will have the chance to win a USD 50,000 cash prize and partner and spread their solutions across Ecobank's 33 African markets.

In November 2022, leading innovators, investors and policymakers from around the world will converge in Cape Town, South Africa, for the 8th edition of the Africa Fintech Summit (AFTS). The summit will be held at the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) from November 02 to 04, 2022.

FinTech Wales, the Not-For-Profit membership organization for the FinTech and financial services industry in Wales, has opened the application process for the third season of its accelerator program, FinTech Wales Foundry. The application deadline is August 19, 2022.