{"id":330957,"date":"2019-07-24T08:09:14","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T06:09:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=330957"},"modified":"2019-07-24T08:09:14","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T06:09:14","slug":"excellent-speakers-for-the-2019-fintech-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/finance\/330957\/excellent-speakers-for-the-2019-fintech-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Excellent speakers for the 2019 FinTech Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BusinessTech will host the <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechconference.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>2019 FinTech Conference<\/strong><\/a> on 11 September 2019 at The Venue in Melrose Arch.<\/p>\n<p>This one-day conference will cover a range of FinTech topics, including digital banking, mobile banking, fintech disruption, mobile payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain, AI and machine learning.<\/p>\n<p>The Emcee for the event is The Money Show\u2019s Bruce Whitfield, who will be joined by fintech experts from South Africa\u2019s top financial and technology companies.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chris Williamson &#8211; Managing Executive, M-Pesa at Vodacom Group<\/li>\n<li>Christoph Nieuwoudt &#8211; CEO Consumer at First National Bank<\/li>\n<li>Lorien Gamaroff &#8211; Founder &amp; CEO of Bankymoon<\/li>\n<li>John Holdsworth &#8211; Founder &amp; CEO of Tautona AI<\/li>\n<li>Executive from Discovery Bank<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>BusinessTech editor Gareth Vorster said financial technology is a rapidly growing field, especially in South Africa being a mobile-first country.<\/p>\n<p>The 2019 FinTech Conference, Vorster said, will provide delegates with better insight into the local FinTech industry and the latest innovations in this burgeoning sector.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Register now<\/h3>\n<p>Early-bird tickets for the conference have been sold out, but BusinessTech has made an additional 50 tickets available at a discounted rate.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For more information, and to register, visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/fintechconference.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>2019 FinTech Conference Website<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please note that the discounted tickets will only be available for a week, and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topics which will be covered include digital banking, mobile banking, fintech disruption, mobile payments, cryptocurrency, blockchain, AI and machine learning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":325167,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11121],"tags":[14177,14103,14179],"class_list":["post-330957","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance","tag-2019-fintech-conference","tag-businesstech-fintech-conference","tag-gareth-vorster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330957","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=330957"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330957\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330987,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330957\/revisions\/330987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/325167"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=330957"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=330957"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=330957"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}