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The Benzinga Fintech Awards were created to recognize innovation and excellence throughout the capital markets industry. If you’re looking for great networking opportunities, access to top financial institutions and startups, and are sick of attending plain vanilla events, then this is the event for you. From its first year in 2015, the competition has grown to over 250 applicants and over 500 attendees in 2016. At the gala and awards on May 24th, 18 awards were presented to the Best In Class for each of our 11 competing categories, and 7 special categories.
This event is for those interested in finance, entrepreneurship and those interested in capital markets, deal-making, networking and accelerating their business. This event gives attendees the opportunity to network with Founders, C-Suite executives, directors of the biggest and hottest fintech companies, brokerages, banks, quants, hedge funds, managing directors from VC funds.
The fintech awards have traditionally been geared towards fintech companies that deal with investing and the capital markets. This year, we have expanded the range of companies to include blockchain, payments, bitcoin, insurance, and compliance related businesses.
Tickets include heavy hors devours, snacks and dessert. The event will also feature an open bar (read: drinks are free) throughout the night.
Agenda
| 11AM | Registration opens | ||
| 11:15AM | Networking lunch begins | ||
| 11:30AM | Opening remarks from Jason Raznick, CEO, Benzinga | ||
| 11:35AM | DEMO: Benzinga Pro: Profit with faster news & research | ||
| 11:39AM | DEMO: ag-Grid: Build the best data grid in the world | ||
| 11:43AM | DEMO: MobyTrader: Gamers become traders. Next generation forex/bitcoin trading. | ||
| 11:47PM | DEMO: Devexperts: Highly complex software solutions and services for the capital markets industry | ||
| 11:52 AM | How Orchard CEO Matt Burton went from fintech meetups to what some say is the next ‘Unicorn’
Moderator: Jason Raznick, CEO, Benzinga |
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| 12PM | Foursquare: How Foursquare Went from a leading consumer app to a top provider of data to hedge funds.
Speaker: Conor Moran, Enterprise Business Development Director, Foursquare |
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| 12:15PM | Panel 1: Revenge of the Nerds: How data science is disrupting the global market
Moderator: Michael Marrale, CEO, M Science Panelists: ● Hans Stimming, VP of Product Strategy, TradeStation ● Yin Luo, Vice Chairman of Quantitative Research, Wolfe Research ● Michael Curry, VP of Engineering, IBM Watson Financial Services ● David Rukshin, CTO, WorldQuant |
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| 12:40PM | DEMO: SavaNet: Quantamental analytics | ||
| 12:44PM | DEMO: BillMo: Enabling payments through your mobile wallet | ||
| 12:48PM | DEMO: Swaper: The first platform for investing in an agile way | ||
| 12:52PM | DEMO: Capitali.se: Translating words into triggers to execute trades | ||
| 12:56PM | DEMO: Uniken: Highly scalable, on-demand, secure connections | ||
| 1PM | BREAK | ||
| 1:15PM | Panel 2: How these fintech startups changed their businesses overnight with multi-million dollar deals & how you can too
Moderator: Vicki Walia, Alliance Bernstein Digital Investments Panelists: ● Dan Schleifer, CEO, ChartIQ ● Travis Dulaney, CEO & CTO, Push Payments ● Chris Camillo, CEO, TickerTags |
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| 1:41PM | DEMO: GreenKey: Next generation voice collaboration platform | ||
| 1:45PM | DEMO: BuildFax: One-of-a-kind property condition database | ||
| 1:49PM | DEMO: Chaikin Analytics: Pandora for stocks | ||
| 1:55PM | Fireside Chat with Kathleen Murphy, President, Fidelity
Moderator: Bill Emerson, Vice Chairman, Rock Holdings |
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| 2:36PM | DEMO: Visible Alpha: Advanced data and analytics platform | ||
| 2:40PM | DEMO: Fincurate: Saving you valuable time, giving you an edge in today’s competitive landscape | ||
| 2:44PM | DEMO: Mercury Capital Advisors: Curated, leading-edge alternative investments | ||
| 2:48PM | DEMO: Unison: Home ownership investment – a new and revolutionary financial product category
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| 2:55PM | Panel 3: Wall Street 2025: How technology will transform finance
Moderator: Nikhil Lele, Principal, Strategy and FinTech Advisory Leader for the Americas, Ernst & Young Panelists: ● Seth Merrin, Founder, Liquidnet ● Marc Chaikin, CEO, Chaikin ● Adam Dell, CEO, Clarity Money |
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| 3:25PM | BREAK | ||
| 3:35PM | Panel 4: How to win the hearts of VC’s in a crowded fintech ecosystem
Moderator: David Sorin, Partner and Co-Chair, VC & Emerging Growth Practice, McCarter & English Panelist: ● Gene Munster, Founder and Managing Partner, Loup Ventures ● Steve Lau, Managing Director, WorldQuant Ventures ● David Teten, Partner, FF Venture Capital |
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| 4:05PM | DEMO: Finvasia: India’s first fintech broker offering commission free financial investment | ||
| 4:09PM | DEMO: Push Payments: Take control over cash flow through instant money movement | ||
| 4:13PM | DEMO: InvestCloud Navy: Robust performance analytics through customizable dashboards | ||
| 4:17PM | Eric Rosenbach, Former Department of Defense chief of staff, Obama Administration, Co-Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, the Harvard Kennedy School on his time at the White House | ||
| 4:25PM | Panel 5: How firms can scale innovation to solve consumer problems
Moderator: Kelli Keough, Global Head of Digital Wealth, J.P. Morgan Chase Panelists: ● Ron Suber, President, Prosper MarketPlace ● Tim Hockey, CEO, TD Ameritrade ● Jim Riccitelli, Co-CEO, Unison |
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| 4:50PM | Exhibit hall opens & networking reception begins | ||
| 7PM | Award presentation begins | ||
| 7:15PM | Keynote: Kevin O’Leary, Chairman, O’Shares ETF Investments | ||
| 8:30PM | Dessert Reception |
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