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Financial Technology Mission Money 20/20 (North America)
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WELCOME
I am delighted that some of the fastest growing, innovative Financial Technology (fintech) companies in London will be travelling to Money 20/20 in Las Vegas to showcase the London fintech ecosystem.
London is a vibrant and diverse city with a thriving business, financial services and tech community. The city has been deemed the number one global financial centre (GFCI) and is Europe’s most valuable tech ecosystem, at $44bn.
With more than 44,000 people working in fintech role in London, and with the city attracting a record £1.1bn of VC tech investment in the first half of 2017, London continues to triumph in its position as a global fintech hub. The US is another fintech giant with 13 fintech unicorns now based in the market. Connecting these two fintech centres is vital to ensuring the development of the sector.
Our companies, representing the strength of London’s fintech talent and innovation, will explore business partnerships at Money20/20, the world’s largest marketplace for ideas, connections and deals in Payments and Financial Services. Meet our companies in the London fintech lounge on stand 1261.
We look forward to meeting with key corporates and leaders locally to collaborate further and explore the opportunities across our great cities, and to show that London is open for business #LondonIsOpen
David SlaterDirector of Trade and Investment, London & Partners
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY MISSION MONEY 20/20 (NORTH AMERICA)
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THE MAYOR’S INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PROGRAMME
The Mayor’s International Business Programme helps ambitious high-growth (scale-up) companies from London’s technology, life sciences and urban sectors to expand their businesses internationally.
Tailored to fit a company’s specific international growth ambitions, this exclusive programme provides:
• One-to-one and one-to-many mentoring and ongoing guidance from entrepreneurs and business leaders
• Focused workshops and events that provide the opportunity to learn from expert advisers
• Live leads for specific business opportunities in North America, Europe, China and India
• The opportunity to join high-profile targeted trade missions led by our team of international business experts
For more information on the programme please visit gotogrow.london
FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY MISSION MONEY 20/20 (NORTH AMERICA)
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London & Partners is the Mayor of London’s official promotional agency. Our purpose is to support the Mayor’s priorities by promoting London internationally, as the best city in the world in which to invest, work, study and visit.
We do this by devising creative ways to promote London and to amplify the Mayor’s messages, priorities and campaigns to international audiences. Our mission is to tell London’s story brilliantly to an international audience.
We are the experts on doing business in London. We help overseas businesses set up in London, help London businesses win business overseas through the Mayor’s International Business Programme, support companies to grow in London through our Business Growth Programme and attract capital investment into regeneration projects.
For more information, please see londonandpartners.com
THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS
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I am proud to be leading the Mayor’s International Business Programme visit to Money 20/20.
London is home to an incredible pool of some of the world’s best and brightest talent, with 44,000 people already working specifically in London fintech, more than in Silicon Valley or New York.
Mark WalkerTechnology and Urban Specialist
London & Partners, 6th Floor, 2 More London Riverside, London, SE1 2RR
T: +44 (0)20 7234 5707M: +44 (0)7837 870881E: [email protected]
londonandpartners.com
Connecting the exceptional fintech talent we have in London with the brightest minds globally is vital to ensuring the continued development of the fintech sector. We look forward to meeting with key corporates and leaders locally to collaborate further and explore the opportunities for global growth.
Meet the team
Pru AshbyHead of North America (London)
Cassie Hermiston-BoydBD Associate - North America (Los Angeles)
James CummingsVP Business Development - North America (Los Angeles)
Mia Iwama HastingsBD Manager - North America / Fintech Lead (London)
Kyle DeweesBD Associate - North America (San Francisco)
Penny HarwoodSVP Business Development - North America (San Francisco)
Padric GleasonUS Business Manager, Mayor’s International Business Programme (New York)
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Caroline PlumbCEO
M: +44 (0)7974 002314E: [email protected]
fluid.ly
Fluidly plans, manages and optimises cashflow for SMEs using machine learning and financial intelligence to predict future finances, detect threats and identify opportunities. It is a seed-stage startup backed by leading UK and US investors.
Nicholas HellerCEO & Co-Founder
M: +44 (0)7511 760900E: [email protected]
fractal-labs.com
Fractal is a financial data exchange for small-medium-enterprises (SME) and their financial partners. We use machine intelligence to interpret and communicate financial information, thereby facilitating the flow of financial services. Our mission is to bring liquidity to the SME financing market by creating a new asset class. Fractal works with banking partners to automatically aggregate permission based SME business data from bank accounts, accounting software, credit risk agencies and more.
Alan McAlpineProduct Marketing Manager
M: +44 (0)7531 340894 E: [email protected]
imaginecurve.com
Curve is a smart card connected to an even smarter mobile wallet that combines all your cards into one, allowing you to spend, see, and save your money across all your bank accounts - in one place. Building the world’s first ‘Connected Finance’ platform, Curve today helps users to spend smarter with all their cards in one place, better track and stick to their budgets, seamlessly manage their expenses on the go, and earn better Rewards.
Christer Holloman CEO, Co-founder
M: +44 (0)20 3773 9510E: [email protected]
divido.com
Divido is a ‘Finance as a Service’ provider; a platform for merchants, lenders and intermediaries that want to offer instant instalments as a payment option to their end-consumers and B2B clients in one or more countries.
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Georgia Steele MatthewsHead of International Sales
M: +44 (0)7961 649076 E: [email protected]
pixelpin.co.uk
PixelPin provides a highly secure, user-friendly and personalised 2-Factor visual authentication solution that strengthens user engagement and brand loyalty, whilst ensuring a higher level of security than traditional alphanumeric passwords. It’s a cloud-based solution that’s cost effective, easy to deploy, and works across all devices. PixelPin’s innovative solution uses a photo instead of a PIN or password to login. Users select 4 points on a pre-selected image. It works on any device using a touch screen or mouse and can be used to login to any application or system.
Nikolay StoronskyCEO & Founder
M: +44 (0) 7860 651737E: [email protected]
revolut.com
Revolut launched in 2015 with a punchy mission: to turn the financial banking sector on it’s head. Because today’s hyper-connected world deserves a financial partner just as progressive. Instant payment notifications, free international money transfers and fee-free spending globally with the real exchange rate. Fast forward to today, Revolut has signed up 800,000 customers across Europe, processed over $4b in transactions and raised over $90m in investment from some of the world’s largest investors, including Index Ventures and Ribbit Capital.
Norris KoppelCEO
M: +44 (0)7923 244380E: [email protected]
monese.com
An award-winning banking account you can open instantly on your mobile. Our technology enables people to travel, live or work freely, anywhere in the world.
Joe MahavuthivanijEvents & Partnerships
M: +1 415 309 5637E: [email protected]
onfido.com
Onfido delivers next-generation identity verification and background checks, helping businesses across the world onboard more users while reducing dropout and fraud. Powered by machine-learning technology, Onfido is the fast and simple way for businesses to verify identities online - to ensure that someone is who they claim to be - and run adverse history searches such as Criminal and Anti-Money Laundering checks.
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Simon BinnsManaging Director
M: +44 (0)7775 697779E: [email protected]
sthaler.com
Sthaler is biometric identity business created to make payment easier, faster and safer. Our product, Fingopay uses Vein ID scanning technology which the worlds best biometric for retail and hospitality and an individual can instigate many transactions beyond payment such as earn reward points, tickets or VIP access from one simple 3 second scan.
Lawson EmanuelEVP, Global Partnerships
M: +44 (0)7739 398944E: [email protected]
vega-one.com
Vega One, in Strategic Alliance with Visa Inc and Gemalto SA, is a leading wearable technology company for payments, security, and fashion globally. Vega One is a trading name of McLear Ltd, also known as NFC Ring™, inventor of the smart ring and leader in the category with over 350,000 units sold and several patents. Vega One has acquired USD22m in venture financing and is now a subsidiary of a large conglomerate.
(Formerly NFC Ring™)
Jason TrostCEO
M: +1 213 284 9204E: [email protected]
smarkets.com
Smarkets operates an event exchange that allows people to trade sports, politics and current affairs. There was more than £2.6 billion of trading volume on the Smarkets exchange in 2016 (up 141%), with nearly 200,000 users and revenue climbing 144% to £25.4m (2015: £10.4m) and overall business profit jumping 160% to £13.7m (2015: £5.2m). Operating from the UK and Malta, we have recently set-up an office in Los Angeles to bolster our software development team.
Ben ChisellCPO
M: +44 (0) 7921 378636E: [email protected]
starlingbank.com
We’re a fintech business with a banking licence, fully regulated by the FCA and PRA. We were granted a banking licence by the Bank of England back in July 2016 and now we’re out in app stores. From ordering a takeaway to arranging a babysitter — we organise our lives through our mobile phones. We thought it should be easy to manage your money this way too, so we created a customer-first, mobile-focused account designed specifically for the phone-loving generation.
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Alain FalysCEO
M: +44 (0)7825 469090E: [email protected]
yoyowallet.com
Yoyo Wallet is the largest multi-retailer mobile wallet in Europe. It provides fast and simple mobile payment solutions combined with an instant personalised loyalty and rewards programme for high street retailers, universities and corporate locations - backed by an easy-to-use analytics and campaign measurement platform. Now in its 4th year, Yoyo was recently chosen by Marketing Week as one of the Top 100 Disruptor Brands and by KPMG as one of 50 Fintechs to watch globally. Yoyo recently announced a series B raise of $15M
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