{"id":340365,"date":"2019-09-12T09:01:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-12T07:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=340365"},"modified":"2019-09-12T09:01:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T07:01:51","slug":"2019-fintech-conference-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/enterprise\/340365\/2019-fintech-conference-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 FinTech Conference \u2013 Photos"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inaugural BusinessTech FinTech Conference took place on the 11th of September 2019 at The Venue in Melrose Arch.<\/p>\n

The conference is an exclusive event for high-level banking, ICT and fintech executives and professionals, and covered a variety of topics, including FinTech disruption, mobile payments, digital banking, cryptocurrency, blockchain, cyber security, AI and machine learning.<\/p>\n

Keynote speakers included newly appointed chief executive officer of Tymebank, Tauriq Keraan, and Chris Williamson, managing executive, M-Pesa at Vodacom Group.<\/p>\n

Additional speakers included, Christoph Nieuwoudt, CEO consumer at FNB, Akash Dowra, head of technical marketing and client insight at Discovery Bank, Lorien Gamaroff, CEO of Centbee, John Holdsworth, founder & CEO of Tautona AI, and Chipo Mushwana, divisional executive of emerging payments at Nedbank.<\/p>\n

The event was expertly curated by Bruce Whitfield, host of the Money Show 702 & Cape Talk.<\/p>\n

Delegates were also presented with an opportunity to network with some of the sponsors of the event including Nedbank, Futuresense, Winjit, DeARX and WSO2.<\/p>\n

Here is a photo essay of what happened at the 2019 BusinessTech FinTech Conference.<\/p>\n

Delegates arrive for the conference<\/h3>\n

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Conference starts<\/h3>\n

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Emcee Bruce Whitfield opens the conference with a great overview of the current financial services landscape<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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Tymebank CEO, Tauriq Keraan<\/h3>\n

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Managing executive at M-Pesa at Vodacom Group, Chris Williamson<\/h3>\n

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CEO consumer at FNB, Christoph Nieuwoudt<\/h3>\n

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Head of technical marketing and client insight at Discovery Bank, Akash Dowra<\/h3>\n

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Lunch is served<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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CEO of Centbee, Lorien Gamaroff<\/h3>\n

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\nFounder & CEO of Tautona AI, John Holdsworth<\/h3>\n

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\nDivisional executive of emerging payments at Nedbank, Chipo Mushwana<\/h3>\n

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Drinks and networking<\/h3>\n

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