As I watch the discussion of the EU’s (and the world’s) financial state in the media these days, I can’t help but see tremendous entrepreneurial opportunities. From helping individuals to manage their money more confidently to helping banks to find new revenue streams to helping small businesses with alternative lending options and much more, there has never been a better time to be innovating in financial technology.

As I write this, our team is hard at work on our next showcase of the companies that are on the cutting-edge of those opportunities — FinovateEurope 2012 — which will take place February 7th in London. Over the last two weeks, we’ve begun screening the applicants that want to demo their latest fintech innovations at the event and it’s shaping up to be an incredible roster of companies.

If you’d like join us in London and watch the future of financial and banking technology debut on stage via our fast-paced demo-only format, please get your ticket soon. Tickets for the event are selling strongly — well ahead of last year’s pace when we sold out weeks ahead of the conference — and registering now is the only way to guarantee your spot and the affordable super early-bird ticket price!

FinovateEurope 2012 is sponsored by: BlueRock Consulting

FinovateEurope 2012 is partners with: Deutsch Startups, The Financial Services Club, and the Financial Services Innovation Centre