FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek |

FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Chekk

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 2, 2017
Categories: Chekk, FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek

Chekk is a B2B2C digital identity ecosystem. For consumers, it offers a mobile app to own, manage, and share personal data. For businesses, it provides a web portal and API to request access to data at on-boarding and during periodic refreshes.

Features

Is easy, secure, and reusable consumer data wallet
Offers a business portal to manage customers, send new data requests, and refreshes
Has more coming including OCR, data and document verification, and secure messaging

Why it’s great
It enables the shift of personal data ownership from the businesses to the individuals, to the benefits of both, simplifying KYC cross-businesses, cross-industry (banks, insurers, etc.) and cross-borders.

Presenter

Benjamin Petit, Hong Kong Country Manager
After having co-founded a boutique M&A in Paris supporting SMEs and start-ups, Petit came to Asia and gained 13 years of experience in large scale, private-public utilities projects.

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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: BeeOnPay

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 31, 2017
Categories: BeeOnPay, FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek

BeeOnPay is a unique, multi-services global payment gateway developed conveniently for all types of businesses, from hypermarkets to online marketers to street vendors using mobile apps.

Features

Offers a multi-services global payment gateway using mobile apps and a blockchain platform
Accepts cryptocurrencies as payment, plus online banking and fiat money
Enables users to go cashless

Presenters

Zamzuri Abdul Majid, Chief Executive Officer
Majid has vast experience in top management and a decade in business. He is also actively involved in cryptocurrencies and the blockchain.

Adnan Mohd Nazar, Founder
Nazar has vast experience in online and offline businesses. He has, so far, created several successful online marketers and has been seriously involved in cryptocurrencies since 2012.

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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Jscrambler

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 26, 2017
Categories: FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek, Jscrambler

Jscrambler, leader in JavaScript Application Security, trusted by more than 30,000 companies and individuals, gives now unparalleled visibility on the client-side of web applications to prevent fraud.

Features

Protect your website against fraudsters and malicious injections
Prevent loss of credentials, private data, credit card information
Detect defacing and tampering of your users’ experience

Why it’s great
Jscrambler presents an innovative solution tailored to financial services allowing organizations to spot fraud in websites. No more stolen data, tampered transactions or hijacked content.

Presenters

Pedro Fortuna, Co-Founder and CTO
Fortuna is Co-Founder and CTO of Jscrambler, leading the technical vision for the product and R&D activities. Has more than a decade of experience and knowledge working in the cybersecurity field.
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Carlos M. Gonçalves, Head of Marketing & Sales
Gonçalves, responsible for marketing and sales at Jscrambler, leads a team of professionals from both business and technical backgrounds. His role also includes managing several deals and partnerships.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Hyper Anna

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 26, 2017
Categories: FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek, Hyper Anna

Hyper Anna wants you to meet Anna, your artificial intelligence-powered data analyst.

Features

Real-time business insight
Insight recommendations
Natural language interactions

Why it’s great
Hyper Anna offers 24/7 business intelligence.

Presenters

Natalie Nguyen, CEO

Sam Zheng, CTO

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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Kript

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 26, 2017
Categories: FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek, Kript

Kript is a decentralized mobile application designed to help invest in crypto assets.

Features

Investment in cryptocurrencies and ICOs
Personalized insights about the crypto-market and the potential price of the crypto-assets
Building and management of the crypto-portfolio

Why it’s great
Kript is a multi-blockchain platform that implements a service function — a community for like-minded people, informational services, personalized support, and advice.

Presenters

Philip Joslin, Director
Joslin has been working in the financial services industry– brokerage and exchange and risk management– for over 20 years in Europe and Asia Pacific.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: AApay Technology

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 24, 2017
Categories: AApay Technology, FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek

AApay is an aggregation payment system, the product of a start-up company founded by three young aspirants who graduated from HKUST.

Features

Offers real-time automatic bill-splitting among customers
Enables aggregation of various popular payments in the greater China region
Provides an efficient platform to launch advertisements precisely

Why it’s great
Share your bill with the world in seconds.

Presenters

Fiona Hong, CMO
Hong is CMO of AApay Technology (Hong Kong) Limited. She has strong market sense and rich knowledge in corporate governance.

Ye Ma, CEO
Ma is CEO of AApay Technology (Hong Kong) Limited. He is a serial entrepreneur and designer.

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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Strands

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 24, 2017
Categories: FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek, Strands

Strands is the fintech partner for banks and SMEs, providing solutions that empower people to better manage their financial and consumer lifestyle and facilitating the transition into Open Banking.

Features

Enables banks to adopt a role as an SME business partner
Provides banks with better understanding of SME’s preferences and behaviour patterns
Helps accelerate the process into Open Banking

Why it’s great
Offers one point-of-entry, a 360 degree financial picture, more efficient money management, and an engaging, meaningful conversation between SME and bank.

Presenters

Victoria Yasinetskaya, Marketing Director
Yasinetskaya is a senior marketing executive with extensive experience in FS. She is an active participant in the conversation about women’s role in fintech and setting the precedent for female inclusion in financial services.
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Albert Morales, Product Manager
Morales is the Product Manager of digital money management solutions. Since his previous role at Kantox, Morales has been a hands-on witness of the technological revolution within the finance industry.
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Yogesh Desai, Business Development Manager – APAC
Desai has 18+ years of experience in the technology industry. He focuses on assisting banks to add new revenue streams, enhance customer experience and increase wallet share. He works with banks in the APAC region.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Ak Bars Digital Technologies

By David Penn Posted on October 19, 2017
Categories: Ak Bars Digital Technologies, FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek

Aimee from Ak Bars Digital Technologies is a solution based on deep learning algorithms that helps a contact center operator find the right answer and responds by herself if she has no doubts.

Features

Fast learning. It uses an ensemble of algorithms
Can be used for development a conversational digital bank and/or roboadvisor in any financial area
Awesome UI

Why it’s great
Aimee is constantly learning. It does not require a large training sample and a man-customizer. Therefore, it is may be quickly installed and ready to help with the first answers.

Presenters

Yaroslav Shuvaev, Head of R&D
Shuvaev is in charge of R&D strategy and runs several full-stack development teams.
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Damir Galiev, Head of Innovation PO
Galiev leads the company’s efforts to innovate, commercialize inventions and results of R&D.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Bank4YOU

By David Penn Posted on October 19, 2017
Categories: Bank4YOU, FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek

Bank4YOU Group develops a new generation of financial services for managing mobile money transactions in order to benefit the lives of everyday people.

Features

Provides for easy, low-cost money transactions to and from anywhere from a mobile banking app
Supports fiat and cryptocurrency transactions/conversions/trading
Offers financial inclusion for the unbanked/underbanked

Why it’s great
Our Mobile Money Remittance System represents the first convergence of cryptocurrencies with local mobile network operators’ mobile wallets based on blockchain for cross-border money transfers.

Presenters

David Agar, CEO
A highly experienced, growth-focused business leader, Agar has been building disruptive, innovative global tech businesses for over 20 years.
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SinChee Saw, VP Business Development, Asia
SinChee is a payments services professional, developing key strategic partnerships throughout Asia Pacific. His blue-chip career includes sales and marketing roles for MasterCard, Gemalto, and Ingenico.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: CASHOFF

By David Penn Posted on October 17, 2017
Categories: CASHOFF, FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek

CASHOFF provides innovative solutions for banks by collecting and analyzing their consumers’ financial flows.

Features

Accurate forecasting of consumer buying behavior through itemization of receipts and predictive models
Customized loyalty
Data collection from different sources (banks, e-wallets, etc.)

Why it’s great
CASHOFF’s white-label analytical engine inside your e-banking system is a source of deep customer understanding. By integrating it, a variety of options to generate profit will be revealed.

Presenters

Dmitry Gorkov, CEO & Founder

Yulia Clarke, Marketing Director

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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: Harborx

By David Penn Posted on October 17, 2017
Categories: FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek, Harborx

Harborx is a fintech company created with the mission to simplify currency trading (forex), making it fun and accessible to anyone with a mobile.

Features

Simplifies FX trading through an intuitive mobile interface
Supports beginners with recommendations from Harborx pro traders
Provides gaming features like competitions, achievements, and missions to make trading fun

Why it’s great
Harborx is a simplified forex trading app that combines guidance from professionals with fun gamification features, where users have fun while enjoying multiple revenue channels.

Presenters

Cyrus Wen, Director
Wen has over 9 years of experience in investment, merger and acquisition, asset management, corporate finance, and business management and development.
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David Sung, Technical Manager
During his years at Harborx, Sung had the privilege of building the tech team which takes leading-edge technology to its extreme.
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FinovateAsia Sneak Peek: WeInvest

By David Penn Posted on October 17, 2017
Categories: FinovateAsia 2017, FinovateAsia 2017 Sneak Peek, WeInvest

WeInvest is a digital wealth management solutions provider for banks, wealth and asset managers, insurance companies, and independent financial advisors.

Features

Drill down to any client’s portfolio with comprehensive analytics across performance, exposures, and risk
Generate ideas which could be relevant for the client across products
Manage, trade, and advise

Why it’s great
The RM Workbench is a capability built to deliver a holistic picture to the relationship managers about their clients, client communications, product information along with the ability to precision-service clients.

Presenters

Bhaskar Prabhakara, CEO
Prabhakara co-founded WeInvest and TrackWealth with the vision to help everyone take control of their finances, make better investment decisions and gain access to simpler, smarter, and transparent investing.
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Aananth Solaiyappan, CTO
Solaiyappan is a passionate technologist and a firm believer in the transformative power of design lead innovation. He is an accomplished executive and a serial entrepreneur.
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