We’re less than 24 hours away from the first Finovate event of the year, FinovateEurope 2013.

And from fintech veterans to the latest innovators on the block, the diversity of new apps, toolkits, services, and solutions on display here at dress rehearsal is nothing short of impressive.

What are we seeing so far? More mobile payment and banking strategies than you can shake a dongle at, advances in authentication and gamification, creative ways to help banks better understand and serve their customers and much more.  

We hope you’ll be joining us for what promises to be two great days of presentations and demos of the best in financial technology. If you can’t be with us here in London, then be sure to follow us on Twitter @Finovate, or via our Live Blog at finovate.com starting bright and early Tuesday morning at 9:00 AM London time.

Over the weekend the Finovate team was able to relax and enjoy London. But tomorrow we’ll be busy putting the final touches on the third annual FinovateEurope, which opens Tuesday, 12 Feb. Attendees will be treated to the best in fintech from around the globe. Registration is open until we sell out.

Live blogging and Tweeting
We’ll be live-blogging each company’s launch and development as it happens. We’ll also be tweeting from @Finovate, our Twitter handle. Hundreds of others in the crowd will be contributing to the discussion by using the #finovate hashtag.

Schedule
Registration begins at 8:00 AM on Tuesday and Wednesday and the first demoing company takes the stage at 9:00 AM on both days.

Location
We’re returning to the historical Old Billingsgate Hall. Overlooking the Thames, Old Billingsgate can be found at 1 Old Billingsgate Walk 16 Lower Thames Street London, EC3R 6DX.

Presenters
Over the two day event, we’ll watch 64 companies step up to the Finovate stage. Be one of the first to see the new fintech demoed live and talk to the founders and senior execs who are pushing the envelope in fintech. 

Here’s the lineup:

In order to help you take full advantage of our biggest FinovateEurope show yet, we’ve launched a mobile app available for iPhone, iPad, and Android devices.

Attendees and followers of FinovateEurope 2013 can download the free app, which features:

• Full event agenda
• Short descriptions of presenting companies
• Ability to manage your Finovate schedule with calendar integration

On February 12, the first day of the event, the app will update to unveil full demo information for all 64 presenting companies and allow users to:

• Contact presenters with email integration
• Search within the app
• Take notes and save them with each company’s profile
• Quickly register for the upcoming conferences, find Finovate alumni, follow Finovate tweets, and more 

It’s available for download in the Apple App Store for iOS devices and the Google Play Store for Android devices. To download, use the QR codes or links below.

Apple App Store

If you still haven’t registered for FinovateEurope, there’s still time. Get your ticket here.

At FinovateEurope next week, 64 companies will gather in Old Billingsgate Hall in London to show off their newest fintech innovations to an audience of bankers, VC’s, press, and fellow members of startup communities across the globe. 

To give you a better idea of what each company will demo on stage, here’s a word cloud of the main topics. As you can see, there’s a large variety, but it’s no surprise that mobile and payments are well represented.

As we inch closer to what’s shaping up to be Finovate’s largest international show so far, we thought you’d be interested in the geographic and topical distribution of the demoing companies. 

While two-thirds of the companies are headquartered in Europe (click on the map to enlarge), there are also 21 companies from other continents. Here are the HQ locations:

• Europe (43)
• U.S. (14) 
• Chile (2) 
• Australia (1)
• Canada (1)
• India (1)
• Israel (1)
• South Africa (1)

Interested in seeing these companies demo live? There’s still time to get your ticket to FinovateEurope 2013.