LHoFT

FINTECH FRIDAY – "Countdown to the Global Ventures Summit" edition, sponsored by LendInvest.
2019-11-15 17:30 - 18:30 UTC
Description
We are thrilled to invite you to our special FINTECH FRIDAY – “Countdown to the Global Ventures Summit Europe 2019″ edition, sponsored by LendInvest.
Agenda:

5h30 – Open door to Fintech Friday – Big Bang
6h30 – Presentation of LendInvest by Christian Faes, CEO & Co-Founder;
6h45 – Countdown to the Global Ventures Summit – Learn about its agenda, investors and speakers by Nasir Zubairi, CEO of LHoFT and representatives of Parkpine Capital.
6h55 – Presentation of the EBSPreneurship Student Forum (most influential student entrepreneurship forum in Germany).
7h00 – Epic Networking (As usual food and drinks will be served. This time, we bring you Anne’s Kitchen ‘s exquisite cuisine. Anne Faber is a TV chef and cookbook author from Luxembourg, known for her well-traveled food with a Luxembourgish twist)
9h00 – 10h30 Novotel Red Square After-Party (only for Fintech Friday attendees)

PS: Don’t forget to take a memorable picture in our Photo Booth corner.
Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech entrepreneurs, executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts, and business angels. You will also get to meet our newly joined members and celebrate the growth of Luxembourg’s ecosystem with us!
This is a private event, for registration please contact us at info@lhoft.lu

Back to work: From Pitch to Startup Growth
2019-11-15 16:00 - 17:00
Description
Back to work: From Pitch to Startup Growth
with Nicolas Van Beek, serial entrepreneur, international advisor and expert mentor on scaling, Founder of Vayton (leading digital communication agency in Luxembourg).
Pitching sessions are very popular nowadays, they help entrepreneurs synthesize their ideas and check the interest for their concept. But what about doing the job and making real money? I will try to answer this question by sharing my experience developing startups in Luxembourg and far away.
We will particularly address these 3 takeaways:

What’s the plan: Boring financial plans could save your company;
Strategy: Follow your vision but help your team catch opportunities: Napoleon did it;
What ‘s next: Great, investors love you… and it has a price.

Bio: Nicolas van Beek is an entrepreneur & business development specialist. During the last 15 years, Nicolas created and developed 4 companies working in the field of digital marketing, Intellectual Property, healthcare and cosmetics. He brings with him a great deal of experience related to developing brands and businesses in Europe and Asia.
His current startup: JNSLABS
JNSLABS is a Cosmetics & Healthcare startup headquartered in Luxembourg and operating in France and Uzbekistan. Its specialty is to elaborate high quality French cosmetics made accessible to emerging markets.

LHoFT Talent Day - A Fintech Immersion
2019-11-15 11:00 - 15:00
Description
LHoFT Talent Day – A Fintech Immersion
The LHoFT welcomes students from EBS (European Business School) for an entire Fintech immersion day
Fintech Talent Day – Agenda

Luxembourg – Your career gateway
Dive into Fintech Innovation
Welcome to Fintech Friday

1. Luxembourg – Your career gateway – Morning session

11h00 – 11h30 am – Welcome to the LHoFT – The Fintech landscape
11h30 – 12h00 pm – Luxembourg for Finance – Luxembourg: Your career gateway
12h00 – 12h30 pm – DoRecruitment – Lux Talent Employment Market by
12h30 – 01h00 pm – Deloitte Digital with EBS Alumni and HR team

LUNCH BREAK sponsored by Deloitte Digital Luxembourg
2. Your Fintech Innovation Dive – Afternoon session – A Fintech Discovery

02h00 – 02h30 pm – A Crypto Experience with bitFlyer
02h30 – 03h00 pm – New digital assets: Welcome to the Token Economy with Tokeny
03h00 – 03h30 pm – New Funding: Alternative and Crowd-financing – A funding love story with Stokr

03h30 – 03h45 – Break
Dive into Corporate Innovation
3h45 – 5h45 pm – Learn how our Financial actors in Luxembourg foster
innovation and intrapreneurial culture in 2020. You’ll meet our Founding
Partners Innovation teams and learn about their latest initiatives and learnings.

3h45 – 4h15: KPMG Khube
4h15 – 4h45: SocGen, LePlateau
4h45 – 5h15: Pwc Experience Center

3. Welcome to Fintech Friday – Evening session
5h45 – 9h00 pm – Fintech Friday is Luxembourg’s fastest growing (and coolest) Fintech networking event, bringing together Fintech entrepreneurs, executives, VCs, Fintech enthusiasts, and business angels. You will also get to meet our newly joined members and celebrate the growth of Luxembourg’s ecosystem with us!
9h00 – 10h30 pm – Privatized “Red Square Bar” at Novotel 4 Stars Hotel.

Open banking : great opportunities for Luxembourg
2019-11-14 16:00 - 17:00
Description
The annual conference “Open banking: great opportunities for Luxembourg” under the patronage of the Minister of Finance, Pierre Gramegna.
The conference will be held on Thursday 14 November 2019 at BIL’s headquarters, route d’Esch.
The participation to the conference is free of charges. As the number of seats is being limited, registration will be on a first come first serve basis.
In the meantime, should you need any further information on the agenda or your participation, feel free to contact Céline Tarraube (celine.tarraube@fedil.lu).
AGENDA:
4.00pm Welcome and registration of participants
4.30pm Welcome words, Jean-François Terminaux, Chairman, FTL
4.40pm Address by Pierre Gramegna, Minister of Finance
5.00pm Keynote 1 : Golden Age of Cross-border Payments – between Asia & Europe
Lu Shuai, Ping Pong Europe S.A.
5.20pm Keynote 2 : Brave new Open Banking / Open Finance world
Success Factors for a profitable Open Finance Strategy
Thomas Rappold, Numbrs Personal Finance
5.40pm Panel discussion
Moderated by Charles-Louis Machuron, CEO, Silicon Luxembourg
With the participation of
Nathalie Knops, Head of Business Transformation, BIL
Thomas Rappold, Co-founder, Numbrs Personal Finance
Lu Shuai, Co-CEO, Ping Pong Europe S.A.
Remy Els, CIO, Foyer Insurance
6.25pm Closing remarks, Denis Stoz, Vice-Chairman, FTL
6.30pm Networking Drink
8.00pm End of conference
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Date : Thursday 14 November 2019
Time : 4.00pm – 6.30pm followed by a networking cocktail
Location : 69, route d’Esch – L-2953, Luxembourg
Participation : free
Parking : As part of FTL’s green initiative, we strongly suggest that you make use of public transport otherwise, you can park at P+R Bouillon and take the shuttle N°17 platform 1A/2A.
Hosted and sponsored by :
BIL

"Get financial support & grow internationally"
2019-11-13 12:00 - 15:00
Description
Funding Round 360° – Workshop 4
Finding funding is stressful and raising capital can be a full-time job. At the LHoFT, we want to help you all the way. That’s the reason why we put together a series of workshops dedicated to funding with the insights of the best experts and practitioners.
Date: November 13th
Title: Get financial support and grow internationally
Speaker: Enterprise Europe Network
The Enterprise Europe Network helps business innovate and grow on an international scale. It is the world’s largest support network for small and medium-sized enterprises with international ambitions. The Network is active in more than 60 countries worldwide. It brings together 3000 experts from more than 600 member organisations – all renowned for their excellence in business support.
Created in 1961, the Ducroire is a public institution with legal entity, designed to support Luxembourg exporters while trading internationally, mainly by providing credit insurance schemes for exports, imports and investments abroad. Since the cooperation agreement of 29 April 2002 between the Ducroire and the Luxembourg Government, establishing the COPEL (« Comité pour la promotion des exportations luxembourgeoises »), the Ducroire supports Luxembourg exports by means of a partial contribution in the promotion, exhibition and export training expenses. Furthermore the Ducroire performs its assignment of supporting Luxembourg exports in participating in external trade instruments such as « Luxembourg for Business ».
If you want to know more, keep an eye on our events section or send a email to info@lhoft.lu

Singapore FinTech Festival 2019
2019-11-11 - 2019-11-15
Description
Join the Luxembourg Fintech Delegation to Singapore Fintech Festival 2019
organised with
Singapore FinTech Festival is the world’s largest Fintech Festival and global platform for the Fintech community, comprising Fintech players, technopreneurs, policy makers, financial industry leaders, investors including private equity players and venture capitalits, and academics.
The multi-format conference and exhibition will showcase latest technologies and trends.
Why attend?

48sqm country pavillon that you can use to showcase the best of Luxembourg Fintech solutions and community to over the 45,000 attendees
Explore a new market
Meet investors, clients, partners and others players in the ecosystem to kickstart operations

About Southeast Asia’s FinTech Sector

Among highest population growth in the world. (e.g., Indonesia will = US By 2035, young consumers)
Southeast Asia’s fintech sector is among the fastest-growing in the world, with expected market growth to reach between $70 billion and $100 billion by 2020.
Southeast Asia is particularly primed for the rise of payment technologies, as three-quarters of the adult population remains unbanked.
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) customers rank among the most willing to use fintech products, with 82% open to the idea in comparison to 77% in North America and 76% in Europe.
Singapore is at the forefront of the digital payment market, as it has long been a leader in smart cities, hyper-connectivity, and all things tech.

Luxembourg Institutions attending (confirmed):

CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du SecteurFinancier) – head of FinTech
Embassy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
ALFI Singapore WG
Belgian Luxembourg Business Group

Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) - The HOW Institute
2019-11-07 09:00 - 2019-11-08 23:30
Description
Join the Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) in Luxembourg for 2 days of Personal and Professional development focused on building healthy mental habits for sustained high performance and wellbeing.
Developed at Google and based on the latest in neuroscience research, Search Inside Yourself Program (SIY) teaches attention and mindfulness training that build the core emotional intelligence skillsneeded for effective leadership.
Get a sneak preview of SIY fundamentals and some hard facts about its effectiveness for individuals & organisations in this 40 min free introductory webinar with our 2 SIY certified teachers.
WHEN – November 7th and 8th, 2019
WHERE – Alvisse Parc Hotel, Luxembourg
PRICE – 990€ VAT excluded (Price for 2 days including food and non-alcoholic beverage)
Who should attend this training ?

Managers and leaders that want to improve organisation wide teamwork & cohesion
Existing teams that want to improve their cohesion, develop a common language and navigate common challenges successfully
Members of highly diverse teams (positions, roles, skills, nationalities..)
Workers & individuals that want to be more serene and mindful at work and in their life
Workers & individuals that experienced engagement & motivation challenges at their workplace or in their life
More generally, workers, managers, leaders and individuals that want to increase their wellbeing and thus their overall performance

And what do you get out of it?
Whether you are coming for personal or professional development or to check out the SIY program for your organisation, you will learn foundational skills to:

Enhance mental fitness and clarity
Develop agile and adaptive mindsets
Reduce stress responses
Increase resilience
Improve access to creativity
Develop greater self awareness
Enhance emotion regulation
Improve communication skills
Develop better decision-making skills
Develop greater emotional intelligence
Experience greater overall wellbeing, thrive!

Discover the agenda HERE

#HKFinTechWeek - 'Meet the LHoFT' Side Event
2019-11-06 18:00 - 23:30
Description
‘Meet the LHoFT’ at Hong Kong FinTech Week 2019
A side event as a part of #HKFinTechWeek
Join us to explore the Luxembourg Fintech ecosystem and meet our fintech investors whilst enjoying a glass of wine! This is the perfect Luxembourg – Hong Kong networking event to go, also an opportunity to meet the LHoFT team and Luxembourg for Finance (LFF) – the Agency for the Development of the Financial Centre.
We’ll also be joined by LHoFT members Apla, Cambridge Blockchain, PrimeiroPay, and Tokeny Solutions!
Light refreshments will be served.
To register just drop us an email, here!
To see more details of Hong Kong Fintech Week itself, and what else is going on, check out our main event post.

ALFI - Leading Edge Conference – FinTech: cybersecurity and blockchain
2019-11-06
Description
The fourth conference this year in ALFI’s Leading Edge series will examine the topic of cybersecurity and blockchain.
It takes place on 6 November 2019 at the Luxembourg House of Financial Technology (LHoFT).
The ALFI Leading Edge conference series provides expert knowledge on specialist subjects. ALFI Leading Edge presentations are designed to inform and inspire the audience. They offer rare insights into particularly technical issues, focus on state-of-the-art industry practices and best-in-class approaches and deliver only the latest content for a real educational value.
Cybersecurity challenges from a governance perspective
At the Leading Edge event, the cybersecurity challenges that the industry is facing will be discussed from a business governance perspective, identifying relevant issues and concerns that industry players should address.
FinTech and fund governance experts will clarify the responsibilities that banks, management companies, PSFs and their business leaders and governing bodies have regarding cybersecurity, and will provide an overview of best practices and available guidance documents.
Distributed ledger technology in fund distribution
The audience can also expect valuable insights into the impact of the DLT on fund distribution, gain a better understanding of the developments in distributed ledger technology and discuss proposals for Luxembourg.

Hong Kong Fintech Week
2019-11-04 - 2019-11-08
Meet the Luxembourg Fintech Delegation to the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2019
The World’s First Cross-border FinTech Event
#HKFinTechWeek
powered by
organised with
Why attend the Hong Kong FinTech Week 2019?
It’s Asia’s most anticipated international financial technology event of the year, which brings together over 10,000 executives, entrepreneurs, investors and regulators from China, Asia and across the world. Join us and explore Asia’s most innovative FinTech destinations – Hong Kong, global financial center, and Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley.
The Luxembourg Delegation at Hong Kong FinTech Week
EXPOSURE
24sqm country pavillon that will showcase the best of Luxembourg Fintech solutions and community to over the 10,000 attendees
EXPLORE A NEW MARKET
Delegates will be meeting investors, clients, partners and others players in the ecosystem to kick start operations in Hong Kong
DEMO & PITCHES
Watch companies demo or pitch their products or services on the dedicated demo stage
Meet World’s Most Innovative FinTechs
Across eight stages, our main conference will feature 250+ founders and executives of Asia’s and world’s fastest growing FinTech companies, virtual banks and digital-only insurers, superapps, techfins, AI & blockchain pioneers, payments and lending innovators.
Experience Shenzhen, China’s Silicon Valley
In addition to Hong Kong, the delegation will travel to Shenzhen, to explore the headquarters of TechFin giants and meet their executive team – an unrivalled experience.
FintechHK Global Competition
Fintech companies there will have an opportunity to pitch their business idea to investors, corporate leaders, business partners and engage new connections across six global semi-pitch locations
https://www.fintechweek.hk/competition

Return of #bF Meetup Nights
2019-10-30 18:30 - 23:30
Description
Bitflyer is happy to announce that the famous BF Meetup Nights are back and that they areexcited to invite you to the one that will take place on Wednesday, 30th October, 2019, start 18:30
This time around we will focus on practical use of blockchain and we will also present you new product of bitFlyer. As usual, you will have a chance to ask questions, meet crypto enthusiats and spend nice evening with food and drinks at bitFlyer office.
Please see below detailed agenda for the event:
1. Welcome drinks
2. Presentation of new bitFlyer product
3. “Blockchain used in everyday life” presented by our specialist Shashank Gupta
4. Q&A
5. Networking with finger foods and drinks
Don’t forget to register as there are limited places!
See you soon!
**About bitFlyer**
bitFlyer, Inc. is the largest Bitcoin and blockchain company in Japan which raised over 4.1 billion yen (~$36 million) in venture capital funding. bitFlyer aims to revolutionize the FinTech sector using blockchain technology. Its work includes operation of the bitFlyer integrated
virtual currency platform, in-depth blockchain research, and the R&D of its original blockchain miyabi .
bitFlyer, Inc., corporate site: https://bitflyer.com
bitFlyer EUROPE S.A. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of bitFlyer, Inc., a leading Bitcoin and blockchain company based in Japan. The European office is located in Luxembourg and operates an exchange platform for European traders to buy and sell Bitcoin. bitFlyer EUROPE S.A. corporate site: https://bitflyer.com

Money can't buy you love!
2019-10-30 12:00 - 18:00
Description
Finding funding is stressful and raising capital can be a full-time job. At the LHoFT, we want to help you all the way. That’s the reason why we put together a series of workshops dedicated to funding with the insights of the best experts and practitioners.
During this exclusive workshop with one of the best in the game, you will learn how to manage your relationship with your investors. A special focus will be put on VCs and what to expect from them in terms of financial and human capital support from the initial investment to the exit.
Patrick Van de Mosselaer – Founding Partner at Tioga Capital Partners. Experienced founder & start up/scale up CEO loving growth. Early stage investor.
Headquartered in Europe and with a strong presence in the Silicon Valley, Tioga Capital Partners provide a diversified exposure to the asset class through a long-term strategy including both crypto assets and equity positions.
Their deep technical expertise combined with investment, legal, and entrepreneurial experience allows them to be value-added partners to the teams behind the opportunities they source through our “grassroots network” across the industry.
With compliance and security at the highest standard, they provide an institutional-grade investment vehicle out of Luxembourg supported by a best-in-class fund ecosystem.

Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas
2019-10-27 - 2019-10-28
Description
Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas​: Where Money Revolutionaries Unite
Money20/20 is the anchor event on the industry calendar where leaders, innovators, and disruptors unite to drive change and revolutionize the future of money. It’s a truly unique 4-day experience that facilitates the right conversations and insightful learnings, leaving you inspired and equipped to reach your goals.
The Money20/20 stage sports an unparalleled speaker roster and an expansive set of cutting-edge topics. As the industry’s most esteemed platform for thought leadership, you’ll walk away with unique perspectives and insights on the ways our market is revolutionizing the future of money.
More info on the agenda
More info on registration
Money20/20 USA in Las Vegas​ overview

The European Open Banking Party 2019
2019-10-24 18:00 - 19:00
Description
Luxhub and its partners can’t wait to celebrate the future of Open Banking together!
PARTY CONCEPT
We connect the Open Finance Community
Our mission is to bring all the finance actors together. The Open Banking Party is a great occasion to interact with each other and create new opportunities!
1. Grab your cards
To help Bank and Fintech actors to interact with each other we developed a card game. The cards are a good pretext to connect with each other and help attendees trigger conversations.
2. Break the ice
Use your cards as an ice breaker. You are from the banking sector? Suggest a card to a Fintech actor. You are from the Fintech sector? Sugest a card to a bank actor. Create new opportunities!
3. Play and share
You found a nice card match? Go make a picture in our 360° GIF Photobooth and share it to the world
Did you receive your invitation to the event?
Let us know your reply online at info@luxhub.com
Places are limited!

African Microfinance Week (SAM) 2019
2019-10-21 - 2019-10-25
Description
The fourth edition of the SAM will take place in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 21 to 25 October 2019 and is expected to attract more than 500 participants. This event will focus on inclusive finance in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).​
The African Microfinance Week (SAM – Semaine Africaine de la Microfinance) is a biennial conference dedicated to the development of financial inclusion in Africa.
The African inclusive finance sector is flourishing. It has achieved substantial impacts, developed promising innovations and created important new inroads to cross-sectoral collaboration and the achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Financial inclusion across the continent climbed from 24% to 43% between 2011 and 2017, led in large part by digital innovations. Sub-Saharan Africa has become the world leader in mobile money with 21% of adult Africans owning a mobile money account.
Meanwhile, innovations in rural finance and the use of satellite and SMS technology are reinforcing the availability and impact of crop insurance and farm loans, thereby enabling some of Africa’s smallholder farmers to increase yields and financial resilience. And multisectoral partnerships in health and sanitation are leading to better health outcomes that improve productivity, enhance financial services performance and help make economic growth possible.
SAM objectives

Identify, discuss and celebrate the innovations, impacts and contributions that the African inclusive finance sector has made over the past 3-5 years toward achieving the SDGs;
Analyze the gaps and challenges currently facing the sector and catalyze promising solutions to address them;
Reinforce the sector’s commitment to and tools for effective impact measurement and business case analysis;
Stimulate new and enrich existing relationships with potential partners and allies across the African inclusive finance sector, including promoting actionable plans and follow-through after the conference;
Leverage the Luxembourg Cooperation’s financial expertise and enhance the agency’s role as a key partner for inclusive finance practitioners working to achieve the SDGs in Africa;
Rally participants around how to focus their individual and collective energy in order to make substantial progress toward the 2030 milestones that we will reassess at SAM 2021.

Discover the AGENDA HERE
Exhibit in the Innovators’ Village!
The objective of the “Innovators’ Village” is to showcase innovations that significantly contribute to the SDGs fostering financial inclusion, for an audience of microfinance institutions, investors, donors and NGOs. Are you an innovator and would you like to present your innovative solutions to financial inclusion professionals? All info available HERE
