The best way to fully appreciate a Finovate conference is to attend one of our shows in person (our upcoming conference in April is your next opportunity, by the way). But our video archive is easily the next best thing. We’ve just added all 71 of the demo videos from our most recent event from February, FinovateEurope. So whether you are checking out our demo videos for the first time or have been waiting on the edge of your seat for another look at your favorite FinovateEurope 2017 technology, we’ve got you covered.

To begin, here are the demo videos from this year’s FinovateEurope Best of Show winners: Backbase, CREALOGIX, Dorsum, eToro, Memento, SaleMove, and Tink.

Backbase

CREALOGIX

Dorsum

eToro

Memento

SaleMove

Tink

As always, thanks to all the companies that demonstrated their technologies live on stage at FinovateEurope 2017. We’ll see you next year!

Last week was quite a rush– seeing all of the new fintech ideas on stage at FinovateEurope and meeting the teams behind the innovations really has us excited about the future of fintech. The 71 companies from across the globe that took the stage to demo their newest technology gave the press, media, and analysts plenty to talk about (and the audience a lot to tweet about).

Felicity Hudson (pictured), Head of Hotwire PR’s FinTech practice contributed a piece about FinovateEurope this year:

“Great, Exciting, Fab, Impressive, Cool, Smart, Fab, Delight, Proud – are just some of the most popular words to appear in the 4,620 tweets around this year’s event in London. After ‘great’ and ‘#fintech’, the next most talked topic was PSD2, reflecting the amount of debate this upcoming regulation is stirring up. The general consensus from this audience is that this major legislative shift represents an opportunity, rather than a threat for banks.”

Hudson continued with an analysis of the event based on Twitter:

“Digging deeper into hashtag usage, and we see blockchain, IoT, biometrics, and regtech all appear in the top 10 most common topics. These have been talking points within the industry for a little while, though applications are now beginning to move out of the ‘lab’ and into the real-world – a case of ‘when’ rather than ‘if’. While the regulatory environment for financial services is often viewed as a barrier to creativity, agility and innovation, you only have to look at PSD2 to see an example of legislation as a powerful enabler.

The blushing emoji smiley face seemed to capture the emotion for most – with 80 posts featuring this little grin. Oh, and then the piggy bank and snout (30 each) – with lots of love for @WorldlineGlobal and the talking piggybank, particularly from the Meniga team.”

In addition to Hudson’s contribution, here’s a list of press coverage that has rolled in so far. We’ll be updating this post in the coming weeks as additional pieces are published.

American Banker
Moven expands into Europe with U.K. launch
by Bryan Yurcan

Assurance & Banque 2.0
En 2017, ne dites plus “entrée en relation”, mais “onboarding”
by Adrien Pigeot

Bankaciyim.net
Bankacılıkta Yüzyılın Güvenlik Uygulaması “Gözünüzü Açın”

Bankier.pl
9 lutego 2017 r. – to powinieneś wiedzieć dziś rano

Banking Hub
FINOVATE EUROPE 2017 – LONDON
by Dr. Sarah Brockhoff

Banking Technology

• FinovateEurope 2017: designing good finance
  by Lisa Moyle

• New SME bank for “millennipreneurs” comes to Europe, BankUP
  by by Tanya Andreasyan

Bank Innovation
7 Startups From Finovate Europe That Got Our Attention
by Diana Asatryan

BankNXT
Fintech innovation with a posh accent – interviews from Finovate Europe
by John Best

BiometricUpdate.com
VASCO demonstrates selfie-based authentication solution at FinovateEurope
by Stephen Mayhew

bobsguide

• Finovate 2017 review part one: Five innovative product launches in mobile banking
  by Alara Basul

• Finovate Europe 2017 review part three: Why banks should be taking an offensive, rather than defensive, approach to PSD2 compliance – Interview with Token’s Mårten Nelson
  by Alex Hammond

• Finovate Europe 2017 review part two: The top five trends the conference predicted for 2017
  by Alex Hammond
  

• Finovate Europe 2017 preview
  by Alex Hammond

City A.M.
When fintechs and banks go speed dating
by Lynsey Barber

ComputerWorld
ITSector demonstra app na Finovate London

Daily Sabah Tech
Turkish banks take off with fintech ventures
by Timur Sirt

efinancialcareers.com
Five crazy start-up ideas in FinTech now
by Paul Clarke

eSignLive blog
Using Mobile as an Upselling Channel in Financial Services
by Rahim Kaba

Financial IT

• Financial IT speaks to Alex Kwiatkowski, Senior Strategist of Misys at Finovate Europe 2017

• Financial IT speaks to Danny Watkins, CEO and Founder of EarlyBird at Finovate Europe 2017

• Financial IT speaks to Trisha Price, EVP, Product Development & Engineering of nCino at Finovate Europe 2017

• Financial IT speaks to Yosi Dahan, CEO of Configo at Finovate Europe 2017

• Financial IT speaks with Michael Smida, Founder of Twisto Payments at Finovate Europe 2017

• Financial IT speaks with Pete Atkinson, VP of EbankIT at Finovate Europe 2017

• Financial IT Speaks with Token at FinovateEurope 2017

• Infosys at Finovate Europe 2017

Financial Post
As one of few senior women in technology, Janice Diner pays it forward
by Suzanne Wintrob

Finans.Haberler.com
Yapı Kredi, Göz Id Uygulamasını Finovate Europe’da Anlattı

Find Biometrics
Worldcore Adds BioID Facial Recognition to Platform

Fintech Finance

• Backbase awarded FinovateEurope’s ‘Best of Show’ for its Digital Banking Platform

• FinovateEurope 2017 Best of Show Winners Announced

• FinovateEurope: Björn Holmthorsson, Five Degrees Solutions

• FinovateEurope: Brett King, Moven

• FinovateEurope: Don Bergal, Avoka

• FinovateEurope: Greg Midtbo, Moven Enterprise

• FinovateEurope: John Safa, Pushfor

• FinovateEurope: Karthik Sivaprakasam, i-exceed

• FinovateEurope: Maciej Wolanski, Comarch

• FinovateEurope: Marc Stähli, Crealogix

• FinovateEurope: Richard Theo, Wealthify

• FinovateEurope: Tinna Hung, EyeVerify Inc

• FinovateEurope: Tobias Christen, DSwiss AG

• Worldcore Payment Institution Teams Up With BioID At FinovateEurope 2017

The Fintech Times
The FINOVATE Europe showcased the best financial innovations
by Kate Shcheglova

FintechIstanbul.org

• Finovate Europe 2017: Değişimin fotoğrafı

• Finovate Europe 2017 FinTech sektörünü Londra’da bir araya getirdi
  by Melike Belli

Forbes

• Meniga Launches ‘FitBit-Inspired’ Finance App Improving Saving & Spending Skills
  by Roger Aitken

• Moven Launches In London With A Free App Users Can Link To Any Bank Account
  by Tom Groenfeldt

FS Tech
FinovateEurope 2017 – winners announced
by Chris Lemmon

GlobalData.com

• FinovateEurope 2017: Aqubix’s KYC Portal

• FinovateEurope 2017: bankUP

• FinovateEurope 2017: Botboarding by Dorsum

• FinovateEurope 2017: EdgeVerve by Infosys Finacle

• FinovateEurope 2017: Eyeprint ID by EyeVerify

• FinovateEurope 2017: FaceKey by Worldcore

• FinovateEurope 2017: FusionFabric.cloud by Misys

• FinovateEurope 2017: Horizn

• FinovateEurope 2017: HotDocs

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Bartosz Golba

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Daoud Fakhri

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Nicole Douglas

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Oliver Williams

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Ouliana Smith

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Patricia Davies

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Resham Karira

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Silvana Amparbeng

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Stewart McEwan

• FinovateEurope 2017: Introducing Thomas McCourtie

• FinovateEurope 2017: Insights by Avoka Transact

• FinovateEurope 2017: iProov Verifier

• FinovateEurope 2017: James by CrowdProcess

• FinovateEurope 2017: Markets Mojo

• FinovateEurope 2017: Mobile Verify by Mitek

• FinovateEurope 2017: Moneyhub

• FinovateEurope 2017: nanoPay

• FinovateEurope 2017: RISK by FinTecSystems

• FinovateEurope 2017: Sales.UP by W.UP

• FinovateEurope 2017: Signicat Assure and Signicat Sign

• FinovateEurope 2017: Swaper

• FinovateEurope 2017: unblu

• FinovateEurope 2017: Wealth Wizards

Hürriyet
Önce CEO’yu gözünden tanıdı

IBSintelligence

• FinovateEurope 2017 winners announced
  by Scott Thompson

• Mitek lands in London
  by Scott Thompson

• Q&A: Jouk Pleiter, CEO and Co-founder, Backbase
  by Clare Ruel

Ihned.cz
Fintech – hrozba, nebo příležitost pro banky?
by Marek Miler and Adéla Skoupá

IT Reseller
Crealogix gewinnt Award mit VR-Banking-Anwendung

Leveris blog
FinovateTV-2017

LinkedIn Pulse
Fintechs are coming of age – my review of Finovate London 2017
by Michael Hilbert

Mapa Finance

• Highlights from Finovate Europe 2017, Day One (Or “Banking still has a long wAI to go…”)
  by Kirsty Cooke

• Highlights from Finovate Europe Day Two (Or, ‘PSD2 is coming, ready or not’)
  by Kirsty Cooke

Memento blog
Memento – Best of Show at Finovate

modeFinance blog
modeFinance on stage at the Finovate European conference

Money.pl
Polska firma pojechała do Londynu podbić serca światowych finansów. To już kolejny raz. Teraz bank ma być jak Facebook
by Agata Kołodziej

El Mundo
Tras Siri y Alexa, tu nuevo ‘chatbot’ será financiero
by Nerea Castro

Netzwoche.ch
Das sind die Gewinner der Finovate-Europe-Awards
by David Kiler

Nostrum Group blog
Finovate Europe 2017

OCTO blog
Finovate Europe 2017 : our first impressions
by Adrien Pigeot, Svetlana Baranov, Samuel Brunard

Paybefore
Moven Unveils ‘Easy’ Financial App at FinovateEurope

Private Banker
Collaboration Over Disruption the Key Theme for WealthTech at FinovateEurope 2017 (subscription content)
by John Schaffer

Puls Biznesu
Comarch wprowadził Myrę na salony
by Mariusz Gawrychowski

Retail Banker
FinovateEurope 2017: Three Ways Fintech Could Replace You
by Patrick Brusnahan

RFi Group
The latest and greatest at Finovate Europe

Rzeczpospolita
Fintechy na fali cyfrowej transformacji banków
by Robert Stanikowski and Łukasz Rey

Social Geek
STARTUPS La app para el control financiero ‘Moven’ acaba de realizar su lanzamiento en Reino Unido
by Stiven Cartagena

Trustly blog
Finovate 2017: Trustly demos its newest payment innovation

TVN24
Zainwestujesz nawet za kierownicą. Nowa polska aplikacja

Verdict
FinovateEurope 2017: have fintech startups matured?
by Billy Bambrough

Yahoo Finance
Worldcore Payment Institution Teams Up With BioID and Presents Face Recognition Authentication at FinovateEurope 2017

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Thanks to everyone who attended, contributed, and braved the Finovate stage. Have a press piece from FinovateEurope you’d like us to add to this piece? Please email the link to research@finovate.com and we’ll include it.

We’ll see you at next year’s event!

What happens when you give fintech nerds a healthy dose of wine and cocktails over the course of 4 hours?

You get honest opinions about what is new and next in fintech. This is exactly what we did last Wednesday night after the 71 presenting companies had finished unveiling their newest technologies at FinovateEurope in London last week.

At the fintech cocktail club, we played a scientific game of Hot or Not (if you’re younger than 30, think of it as Fintech Tinder). The game was simple; we pitched a list of 11 fintech topics, ranging from flaming hot to icy cold, to the group of booze-sipping fintech-ers.

The audience, which was filled with 30+ folks from the fintech community, gave their feedback about each trend via a shouting match. We recorded their cocktail-fueled opinions and here’s how things played out:

The hot

• Regtech
  Rank: blistering lava hot
  This topic received the most positive feedback and was by far the hottest trend of the night.

• Open Banking
  Rank: scorching hot
  Of the 11 contenting trends, this ranked second. Considering the audience, this is not surprising. Given the pending PSD2 regulation in Europe, almost half of the technology we saw on stage at FinovateEurope had some sort of PSD2 compliance element.

• AI
  Rank: red hot
  This topic landed in the top three hottest topics of the night, but having just come from FinovateEurope and seeing the number of successful AI solutions on stage, I expected it to rank a bit higher.

• Insuretech
  Rank: balmy
  This field has been around for a few years and has been slow to build up steam. The fintech-ers at the cocktail club deemed it hot, but I would have expected a more confident response from the audience.

The not

• P2P lending
  Rank: frozen tundra
  According to the fintech-ers in the audience, P2P lending is ice cold! I’ll confess we planted this one on the list to intentionally give the audience a reason to heckle us. While I personally love the high returns I get from my P2P lending account at Prosper (complete with portfolio optimization through LendingRobot), I don’t think P2P lending will be trending again until someone creates a fully-fledged P2P-based banking model.

• Mobile Wallets
  Rank: icy
  This was a close call for the lowest trending topic of the night. The payments industry is flooded with payment applications from brick-and-mortar merchants, technology companies, banks, and card issuers. Perhaps after three years of consolidation, mixed with some enabling technologies (IoT and AI, anyone?), this will rise back up as a trend.

• Algorithmic-based investing (roboadvisory)
  Rank: chilly
  The industry is currently overwhelmed with wealthtech solutions and so people are beginning to look toward consolidation, not expansion. Also, there’s a moral feeling that more resources should be invested into solutions that support the underbanked and underprivileged.

• Biometric authentication
  Rank: cool
  As with the wealthtech sector, biometric authentication has had a lot of new players enter into the market since it first appeared circa 2013. In my opinion, biometric authentication will be relevant as long as it is providing a seamless way to stop fraudulent attacks. The audience, however, seemed to be jaded about the technology.

The ?

• Real Estate/ Mortgagetech
  This was the biggest wild card of the night. I was eager to hear the audiences’ thoughts, but instead of noisy opinions I heard silence, followed by someone asking, “is that a thing?” Perhaps this is more relevant in the U.S. Keep an eye out for a blog post about this– I’ll be summarizing this sector in a bit more detail (and yes, it is a thing!).

• Neo-banks/ challenger banks
  There were a number of representatives from challenger banks in the room, so those folks were quick to deem this a hot trend. However, most of the audience was uncertain, and a small number very confidently voted that challenger banks are not a trend.

• Blockchain
  I was surprised at the lukewarm response to this one. The audience was split fairly evenly on the vote, but perhaps some folks were confusing blockchain with bitcoin.

As expected, this opinionated group had other thoughts about this list of trends. Sam O’Connor, CEO at Monizo, said, “Business banking is so hot right now. Consumer banking disrupters have paved the way, but small and micro businesses have much bigger money problems than consumers. And banks are just ignoring them. In the future your business account will help with tax, getting paid and keeping records. It will change everything.”

I also spoke a representative from a large, London-based bank who thought that biometrics should be divided into multiple groups. He said that facial and voice recognition biometrics are dated and that behavioral biometrics are the new and next thing that banks should be looking for this year.

Obviously since this discourse took place in London, many of peoples’ opinions were geographically-specific. I can’t wait to play it again with the audience at FinovateSpring. If you’ve already purchased your ticket, register today to get ready!

Side-note: a huge thanks to our gracious hosts Lisa Moyle, Liz Lumley, and Richard Maton for lending us their audience and fueling us with cocktails!

With more than one wit referring to the new President of the United States as the “Tweeter in Chief,” it is clear that the Age of Trump means one thing if nothing else: time to up your Twitter game.

While the majority of the action at Finovate conferences takes place on stage or in the networking hall, our live Twitter feed @Finovate is often an attraction in and of itself. Curious what the hot trends are in fintech heading into FinovateEurope? Our Twitter audience has you covered. Got a sharp observation or spontaneous insight on a company’s technology midway through its live demonstration? No better place than Twitter to share it. Wondering if startup ABC has an inside track to a Best of Show award? A quick heat check on Twitter can tip you off to likely frontrunners and crowd-favorites.

And, of course, if you can’t be at our conference live and in person, there’s no better way to follow the action than via our @Finovate live Twitter feed. This year’s FinovateEurope tweets are a mix of live and remote viewpoints – including many in languages other than English – all asking questions, praising impressive performances, and encouraging our presenting companies to show us (not tell us) how their solutions will solve some of our most persistent problems when it comes to everything from authentication and e-commerce to payments and wealth management.

This year, our Twitter coverage is complimented by the observations of frequent Finovate sponsor, Hotwire. Felicity Hudson (pictured), Head of Hotwire’s Fintech practice, kept a sharp eye on #Finovate over the two days of the conference and here’s what she saw:

Great. Exciting, Fab, Impressive, Cool, Smart, Delight, Proud … are some of the most popular words to appear in the 4,620 tweets around this year’s event in London. After ‘great’ and ‘#fintech’, the next most talked topic was PSD2, reflecting the amount of debate this upcoming regulation is stirring up. The general consensus from this audience is that this major legislative shift represents an opportunity, rather than a threat for banks.

The top Tweeters over the few days were Global Data Financial and Finovate, followed by brands including EarlyBird, Meniga, Wealthify, and Memento Payments, with the latter going on to win a Best of Show award. The most prolific tweeter was Private Banker reporter John Schaffer, with Robby Hilkowitz taking the investor crown. And the most vocal publication? FinTech Futures.

And with that, let’s take a look at some tweets from the week.

Leveris demoing its lending platform on the first day of FinovateEurope 2017 (photo credit: Paul Brennan ‏@paulbrennan_3)

Yesterday’s demos sure gave us something to Tweet about, and we’re back at Old Billingsgate Market Hall for another round of fintech fun!

Day two of FinovateEurope is packed with more fintech. If you weren’t able to make it yesterday but want to drop in today, we have special one-day tickets available (ask at the registration desk).

Here’s today’s lineup:

Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.

8:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

• Mitek
• Xignite
• eToro
• Tink
• unblu
• W.UP
• ti&m
• Wealth Wizards
• Dorsum
• i-exceed

10:15 a.m. – 10:45 a.m. Intermission & refreshments

10:45 a.m. – 12:05 p.m.

• ITSector
• Worldcore
• Horizn
• Twisto
• Worldline
• HotDocs
• Avoka
• NanoPay
• InvoiceSharing
• Marketsmojo

Lunch 12:05 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

1:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

• Icon Solutions
• ICAR
• Moneyhub
• Efigence
• FinTecSystems
• Sentifi
• Crealogix
• Vasco
• Model office (Engage Insight)
• BankGuard
• Trustly

Best of Show winners will be announced at 4:15

2:40 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Networking, open bar & appetizers

Thanks to everyone who attended and braved the Finovate stage to present their very biggest and brightest fintech innovations! We look forward to seeing you all again next year.

All demo videos will be available for free in a few weeks in our video archives.

Fintech’s first great event of 2017 is here! FinovateEurope starts today and after a busy morning, noon, and night of rehearsals, we are looking forward to two days of live demonstrations from some of financial technology’s most accomplished and ambitious.

Day One features 40 companies from around the world specializing in technologies ranging from behavioral biometric authentication and digital banking to artificial intelligence and wealth management. Make no mistake: if you’re looking to measure the pulse of fintech innovation in 2017, we can’t think of a better place to be than Old Billingsgate Market Hall this week for FinovateEurope. So pick up your ticket today if you don’t already have one and join hundreds of your fellow fintech fans in London as we celebrate our seventh event here in the U.K.

Here is the lineup for today.

Registration begins at 8am

8am to 8:45am: Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:45am to 10:15am:

• GainX
• Market EarlyBird
• Jumio
• nCino
• Five Degrees
• Veridium
• SaleMove
• Pushfor
• collectAI
• ING Bank Slaski

10:15am to 10:45am: Intermission & Refreshments

10:45am to 12:05pm

• Comarch
• Signicat
• EyeVerify
• Envestnet | Yodlee
• Configo
• Opentech
• Aqubix
• Infosys Finacle
• Moven
• James by CrowdProcess

12:05pm to 1:00pm: Lunch

1:00pm to 2:20pm

• DSwiss
• Infolio
• Token
• Misys
• Caxton
• Hooyu
• bankUP
• Aixigo
• Ephesoft
• Wealthify

2:20pm to 2:50pm: Intermission & Refreshments

2:50pm to 4:10pm

• Meniga
• Memento
• modeFinance
• ebankIT
• Backbase
• Leveris
• iProov
• Dynamics
• Swaper
• EdgeLab

4:10pm to 6:15pm: Networking, Open Bar, & Appetizers
Best of Show winners will be announced tomorrow

All demo videos will be available for free in a few weeks in our video archives.

FinovateEurope 2017 is just hours away and that means we’re busy preparing the demos for the 71 presenting companies that will demo their newest technologies over the course of the next two days.

If you don’t have your ticket, there’s still time to register. If you do, here are a few last-minute items to help you prepare.

Here’s what you need to know:

1. Arrive early to get the perfect seat.
2. Registration opens at 8:00 AM and the first demo will begin at 8:45 AM in the demo hall at the Old Billingsgate Market (directions).
3. We’re returning to Old Billingsgate Market Hall in London: 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London EC3R 6DX, UK

Agenda

For specific questions, visit our FAQ at the bottom of the event site or email europe@finovate.com.

It’s FinovateEurope time again in England’s capital city. In just a few days, the lights will go up on the Finovate stage and some of the most innovative entrepreneurs, startups, and fintech industry veterans in the world will be on hand to demonstrate their latest technologies live before our audience. We’re looking forward to seeing you Tuesday and Wednesday, February 7 and 8. So here are a few informational tidbits to make sure your FinovateEurope experience gets off to a great start.

Get Ready

The good news is that there are still “last-minute” tickets available for purchase. If you were hoping to attend this year’s event, but were afraid that you missed out, then click over to our Registration page and save your spot today.

Get There

FinovateEurope 2017 returns to Old Billingsgate Market Hall on the Thames in London’s financial district. 1 Old Billingsgate Walk, London, EC3R 6DX, UK.

 

Get In

Registration opens at 8am, with the first demo beginning at 8:45am. Coffee and a continental breakfast will be provided, so come early, grab something to sip and something to nibble, and join us in the main hall.

Get Going

There will be four demo sessions on Tuesday and three demo sessions on Wednesday. Find out about our presenting companies on the FinovateEurope 2017 homepage, then learn a little more about them by checking out our FinovateEurope Sneak Peek series.

And be sure to check out the FinovateEurope 2017 Live Twitter feed @Finovate to read some of the more astute – and occasionally cheeky – insights on the day’s live demonstrations. Please tag your tweets with #Finovate so everyone will be able to find, read, and maybe even retweet your observations, as well.

Questions? We’ve got answers! Check our our FAQ section on the FinovateEurope 2017 website or send us an email europe@finovate.com.