FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek Archives

FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: Topicus.Finance

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 20, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, Topicus

Fyndoo, powered by Topicus, unlocks financing for the agricultural sector with automated lending processes combined with satellites providing real-time insight into crop development.

Features

Lending processes are accessible, efficient, and transparent
Investment progress can be monitored in real-time
Automated loan management varies with progress and quality of the crops

Why it’s great
Fyndoo bridges the financing gap for entrepreneurs as well as farmers in developing countries by combining state-of-the-art business lending technology with the ability to monitor crop progress real-time.

Presenters

Jamie Burink, Head of Business Lending
Burink is head of business lending at fintech company Topicus.Finance. He has roots in business administration and a strong passion for making banking simple, social, and transparent.
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Johan Stokking, Tech Lead and Co-Founder
Stokking is tech lead and co-founder of The Things Network: an open, crowdsourced, and decentralized internet of things data network. He also serves as CTO of The Things Industries.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: Yoco

By David Penn Posted on November 15, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, Yoco

Yoco is an African technology company that builds tools and services to help small businesses get paid, run their businesses better, and grow.

Features
Yoco Capital includes:

Fast, simple access to a cash advance
No security or collateral required
One-of-a-kind payback method with no debit orders or late fees.

Why it’s great
Yoco Capital is the simplest, fastest way to access a cash advance for your business with an effortless, one-of-a-kind payback method.

Presenters

Bradley Wattrus, CFO and Co-Founder
Highly experienced in business strategy and venture development, Wattrus enjoys the daily challenges of the fintech industry.
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Clayton Brett, Capital Product Owner
Brett has 15 years of financial industry experience in business analysis and project management.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: OUTvest

By David Penn Posted on November 15, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, OUTvest

OUTvest is a new generation wealth platform. The company has integrated wealth planning and execution and management, online or with human advisors.

Features
OUTvest built its own capabilities to design proprietary advice algorithms, investment exposures and user experience, and deliver it in a simple client experience.

Why it’s great
Imagine if investing was as easy as driving a car: all the technology is there, it’s just as easy to use.

Presenters

Grant Locke, Head of OUTvest
Locke is a CFA charterholder and has worked in the investment industry for more than 15 years in the U.K. and South Africa. He is a passionate advocate that investing is a personal finance solution.
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Niel de Bruin, Head of Operations
de Bruin is a CA(SA) and has been in the financial services industry since 2002. “He is one hell of an operator and a phenomenal business partner,” says Grant Locke.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: DocFox

By David Penn Posted on November 15, 2018
Categories: DocFox, FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek

DocFox automates compliance for the new FICA Act with document processing, client screening, risk rating, and bank account verification.

Features

Automate cumbersome and manual processes in compliance
Breeze through regulatory audits
Branch into new areas of business previously too high risk to enter

Why it’s great
DocFox handles the compliance needs of any organization, of any size, serving all types of clients from individuals to complex offshore structures.

Presenter

Richard Cohen, Director and Co-Founder
Cohen has been a shareholder and board member of DocFox from the inception of the company. He is a qualified economist, Chartered Accountant and a Chartered Financial Analyst.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: Craft Silicon

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 13, 2018
Categories: Craft Silicon, FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek

Craft Silicon is a global leader in financial technology services and consulting. The company enables clients in more than 32 countries to craft and execute solutions for their digital transformation.

Features

Significantly enhances a bank’s acquisition process
Provides a true “anyplace is a banking place” experience to bank customers
Offers an Instant Loans On Phone solution for banks’ customers and non-customers

Why it’s great
Craft Silicon offers a single engagement platform to open new accounts and loan services through any handheld device. These tools significantly enhance the “anyplace is a banking place” experience to clients of financial institutions.

Presenter

Kamal Budhabhatti, Chief Executive Officer
In his more than 20 years of international experience, Budhabhatti has developed deep expertise across a range of technology solutions that moved him to build complex products in the financial space.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: XENO

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 13, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, XENO

XENO is a goal-based, automated investment platform that helps users plan, save, and invest for financial goals like retirement, education, income, etc. The company will demo a group-linked investment account.

Features

The group is on-boarded as a sponsor and members are on-boarded as investors
Each member has a unique investment portfolio
Users are able to track individual and group contributions and manage their portfolio

Why it’s great
The XENO group linked account introduces a robo-advisor that savings and investment groups can use to save and invest for financial goals together transparently.

Presenters
Aeko Ongodia, Chief Executive Officer
Ongodia is a former pension fund manager with the largest pension fund in East Africa. He has extensive industry experience and training.
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Joel Niwogaba, Software Developer
Niwogaba has extensive experience developing software applications for firms.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: truID

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 13, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, truID

truID is a South African fintech that has created a data sharing ecosystem inspired by Open Banking. truID’s innovative Collect platform enables consumers to safely and rapidly share their digital banking information with third parties in a manner that guarantees ease-of-use and privacy.

Why it’s great
truID has made bank integration simple. With just a few lines of code, developers can securely access real-time bank data from South Africa’s largest banks.

Presenters

Dmitry Drabkin, Co-founder
Drabkin started his career as a chartered accountant, specializing in financial services. His passion for technology and innovative solutions led him to co-found truID.

Paris Valakelis, Co-founder
Valakelis has a background in actuarial science. He gained his experience as an equity analyst covering banking and insurance, where his deep insights inspired the co-creation of truID.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: Bambu

By David Penn Posted on November 8, 2018
Categories: Bambu, FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek

Bambu is a leading robo-advisor technology provider, transforming digital wealth globally. The company enables businesses by making saving and investing more straightforward and intelligent for their clients.

Features

Customizable, goal-based robo advisor platform
Natural and effortless experience
Combination of personalization advice, investment strategies and the latest technology

Why it’s great
A smarter way to invest and save for the future.

Presenters

Ned Phillips, CEO and Founder
Former MD and now an entrepreneur, Phillips is the founder and chief executive officer of Bambu. Based in Asia for the past 25 years, he started his journey in fintech in 1999 with E*TRADE.
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Nick Wood, Senior Representative, Middle East and Africa
With over 20 years of work experience in the international financial services environment, Wood is a successful business builder with extensive South African and global contacts and track records.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: Drive Revenue

By David Penn Posted on November 8, 2018
Categories: Drive Revenue Holdings, FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek

Drive Practice, a Drive Revenue Holdings product, provides real-time online accounting and practice management for the legal profession.

Features

Instant insight into practice and professional performance
Visibility of trust monies held and disbursements incurred
Automation created management by exception.

Why it’s great
Legaltech is a buzzword, focused on operational innovation. Drive Practice innovates the strategic management of the business practice, critical for the survival of the #21stCenturyLawyer.

Presenters

Jenny Assheton-Smith, CEO
Assheton-Smith is experienced in Business Process Re-engineering, design and implementation of business systems. She is passionate about automating business processes, strategic alignment, and management by exception.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: RISQ

By David Penn Posted on November 8, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, RISQ

RISQ empowers corporate/SME banking divisions with a solution that combines an efficient platform with intelligence, data integration, and AI, presented in a radically intuitive user experience.

Features

Manages complex credit decisions with ease
Provides integrated analytics and AI components to support the process
Integrates “out-of-the-box” with multiple external data repositories

Why it’s great
RISQ | corporate lending powered by CRIF puts the business banking user in the driver’s seat, giving them a 360-degree visibility of every credit decision in real-time.

Presenters

Michael Jesse, CEO and Co-Founder
Jesse has met with over 150 banks in 35+ countries as part of various management roles. This unique insight was channeled into RISQ to create a radically new approach to financial software.
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Ozan Vakar, CTO and Co-Founder
Vakar, being an entrepreneur for over 25 years in the financial services industry, has the unique capability to transform a business requirement into a software solution that exceeds clients’ expectations.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: RattleHub

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 6, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, RattleHub

RattleHub understands that lives are digital and extremely fragmented. Everyone deals with unnecessary cost and risk as a result. This needs to change, and when it does, it will be a wonder why it was tolerated for so long.

Features

One view of all assets, liabilities, documents, and data
Seamless integration with clients’ trusted partners and service providers
Peace of mind that everything is in order for the client’s family

Why it’s great
Those banks, wealth advisors, insurance companies, etc. that best serve their clients will triumph over their competitors. Seamless integration with this emerging ecosystem drives retention and growth.

Presenters

Steve Watt, Chief Revenue Officer
Watt leads global sales, marketing, and customer success from RattleHub’s head office in Canada.
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Gary Goetsch, Chief Technology Officer
Goetsch leads global technology design, development, and operations from RattleHub’s office in South Africa.
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FinovateAfrica Sneak Peek: NF Innova

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 6, 2018
Categories: FinovateAfrica 2018, FinovateAfrica 2018 Sneak Peek, NF Innova

NF Innova provides a unique banking solution to visionary financial institutions by delivering a rich and seamless customer journey on any digital channel.

Features

Opti-channel digital banking platform
Full process automation and digitalization
Real-time mobile app changes without redeployment of a new version on app stores

Why it’s great
The NF Innova platform is providing banks with a unique possibility to make real-time changes and create tailor-made segmentation within a native mobile app without publishing a new version in app stores.

Presenters

Eldar Banjica, Board Member
With over 20 years of experience in leading teams and companies of various sizes, Banjica is in charge of the company’s strategy and global business development.
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Vladimir Stojić, Technical PreSales Consultant
Stojic has been consulting with banks on end-to-end, opti-channel banking for more than 10 years. He is an expert in front-end channels, the “smart digital layer,” and the design of digital banking.
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