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THE FEDERATION BY AND FOR FINTECHS IN BELGIUM
THE FEDERATION BY AND FOR FINTECHS IN BELGIUM
Who we are
We are
The Belgian Federation for FinTechs
An independent non-profit association
BY & FOR FINTECHS
FinTech Belgium Community
A grass-root non-profit association since 2015
gathering professionals, startup entrepreneurs and investors
interested in disruptive business models and new technology
for the financial industry: FinTech, RegTech and Insurtech.
Federating and representing over 95 FinTechsactive in Belgium. www.fintechbelgium.be/our-members
2800+ contacts for our regular FinTech focus emailings
1700+Members in Group
3650+ Followers
2300+FinTechers
+1650Followers
The FinTech Belgium Story
• FinTech meetups since early 2015
• Growing interest and initiatives uniting the Belgian FinTechs
• In early 2016, driving the initiative to create an independent
Non-Profit Organisation by its members and for its
members.
The Administrators
• Patricia Boydens, CCO at Harmoney
• Xavier Corman, CEO of Edebex
• Eric Rodriguez, Founder and Managing Partner at Data.be
• Jean-Louis Van Houwe, Founder and President at Monizze - Up
• Toon Vanagt, Founder and Managing Partner at Data.be
• Johannes Vermeire, Founder and CEO of POM
• Catherine Houssa, Attorney/Partner Simont Braun
• Xavier De Pauw, Group Head of Strategic Innovation at Degroof Petercam
• Tine Holvoet, Senior Research Associate at Vlerick Business School
• Isabelle de Laminne, freelance journalist, blogger (MoneyStore.be)
Our Missions
To actively and tangibly promote
the FinTech sectorin BE and
BE FinTechs abroad
Platform for dialogue with regulators
and other parties
To share the experience,
knowledge and information
within and outside
the community
1 2 3
Further to a survey conducted end of 2018, we will extend our 3rd mission
to training for FinTechs as well…
FinTech Belgium Charter
FinTech Belgium Association and all its members
commit to our core values
Integrity
Competence
Client Service as a priority
Transparency
FinTechBelgium
Technological innovation
How do we do this?
1. FinTech’s EventsMake the magic happen animating the communityIn 2019, we will organise:• 5 FinTech MeetUps, evening conferences
for the community
• Min.3 afternoon trainings on Regulation, Cybersecurity and Marketing
• 1 Annual General Assembly of the members / Anniversary event - 04/04
• Project of a job fair• Trainings on Regulation with the Febelfin Academy
• Trainings on cybersecurity, marketing, …
• 1 Day FinTech Belgium Summit – 24/10/2019
=> All our events are on https://fintechbelgium.be/category/events/
FinTech MeetUp Conferences
• 5-7 FinTech evening conferences per year• Audience
– Opinion leaders and Startups entrepreneurs, incumbents, consultants,
investors, journalists, …
– From 30 participants in 2015
– To 100 -160 people during
the last editions
• Typical agenda– 18:00 Welcome drink & networking
– 19:00 Landscape and trends overview
– 19:30 Discover 3-6 FinTechs
– 20:00 Q&A – Debate – Exchange
– 20:30 - 22:00 Meet & Greet
FinTech MeetUp Conferences
• MeetUps organised from 2015 till nowü Best tech for your FinTechü KYCü ICOsü APIsü GDPRü Instant Paymentsü Crowdfundingü How to lower your COC as a FinTechü Payment
ü Impact of robo-advice on wealth management
ü Regulation & FinTech Innovationü The Future of Digital Paymentsü Tax Shelter & Crowdfunding for
Startupsü Hot Startups before Summerü Belgian FinTech kick-off meetup
§ 07/02 - The ideal RegTech partner§ 14/03 - Digitalisation of accounting§ 20/06 - Insurtech§ 12/09 - TBC§ 05/12 - TBC
• MeetUps 2019
2016 FinTech Belgium Summit
FINTECH BELGIUM SUMMIT - www.fintechsummit.be
ALL THE LATEST TRENDS OF FINTECH IN BELGIUM
• Keynotes, pitch battles, debates, awards, exhibitors, networking...
• Event: 1 day – 2 stages => 3 editions in the past 2016-2018
• Over 550 delegtaes
FinTech Belgium Summit 2018
All the Belgian FinTech influencers joined in 2018 during the 3rd FinTech Belgium Summit to discuss how FinTechs have evolved into unavoidable players and all the latest trends touching the financial industry: Open Banking, Cross-Industry diversification, Blockchain, AI and Machine learning, Infrastructure, ...
Fintech Belgium Summit was a unique opportunity to: - Network with 500+ professionals from the financial world - Be inspired and learn from +60 speakers - Discover 16 rising FinTech Startups and Scale-ups - Explore 800m2 of pure FinTech expo hall…
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2. FinTech’s other activities
• SPOC of the FinTech industry with Regulators and other parties
• Seat at the board of B-Hive
• Monthly newsletter (FT news, from members – partners and worldwide,
FTBE news and events, job opportunities, discounts on events, …)
• Content creation (studies / barometers, landscape of FT in Belgium, …)
• Representation of the FinTech industry abroad (Missions and State visits,
active participation on International events such as M2020 and Paris FinTech Forum)
• Connect and manage the cooperation of different members with an
expert for an exercise on “Compliance and representation of payment and electronic money institutions”
Our Partners
Startups, Academic, FinTech Hubs, …
And many others
Our 2019 Sponsors
Gold partners:
Platinum partner:
Our 2019 Sponsors
Hosting partners:
Classroom partners:
Our 2019 Sponsors
Silver partners:
BECOME A MEMBERS OF FINTECH BELGIUM
The FinTech Belgium Membership
Members of FinTech Belgium• Are legal entities or natural persons
• Are FinTechs• with a connection with Belgium• Include persons developing a FinTech project
• Share our charter and values (http://fintechbelgium.be/fintech-belgium-charter/)
The FinTech Belgium Membership
Some of the benefits to Members• DISCOUNTS & OPPORTUNITIES
– Reduced price for 3 people/meetup (-50% off including the summit)
– -50% on all the summit’s offers - www.fintechsummit.be
– Discounts and free tickets to our partner’s events, workshops and trainings
– Belgian International events (FTBE common booth, …)
– Be part of working groups on topics that matter
• VISIBILITY
– It is part of our mission to offer you visibility: On our website, during events, speakers opportunities on our and partner’s events, free or discounted stands,
– Share your good news and job opps on our social media and newsletter, …
• THE USE OF FTBE’s LOGO
– Proof of professionalism and sharing of our core values
– Enhanced visibility and trustworthiness for your clients, investors and authorities.
• BE HEARD
– Better access to regulators and pol. authorities. We represent all our members
– Be heard during our Annual Members Assembly, our round tables on FinTech needs, EU and local surveys
• STAY UP TO DATE AND CONNECTED
– with the evolutions in this fast moving sector
– Matchmaking session with our partners
The FinTech Belgium Membership
Interested? Fill in our Application Form
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SZp-RC-PyF2F31R6NeNIJjAz2UJQPV23l3YwEB0M0gc/viewform
* “FinTech of tomorrow” are companies that plan to offer disruptive financialservices in a near future but are not incorporated yet. They morally commit to
become full members as soon as they have a VAT number.
Membership Size (annual turnover)
0 € Fintech of tomorrow*
250 € <500 K€
750 € >500 K€ and < 5 M€
1.500 € >5 M€ and < 25 M€
5.000 € > 25 M€
BECOME A STRUCTURAL PARTNEROF THE FEDERATION AND BIGGEST COMMUNITY OF
FINTECHERS IN BELGIUM
The Friends of FinTech Belgium
Friends of FinTech Belgium• Are individuals
• Have an interest in the FinTech sector
Benefits to Friends• Reduced price to meetups and summit (50% off)
• Early save the date for meetups and events
• Network with FinTech Members and other Friends of FinTech
• Stay up to date with the evolutions in this fast moving sector
€ 200 / year
SILVER
€1500
GOLD
€10000
HOST
Host
PLATI-NUM
€25000
Our Structural Annual Partners
COMMUNICATION / VISBILITY PACKAGEAssociation of your brand to a fast growing innovative industry (website and mailing)
NETWORKING, NEWSLETTER & STAYING TUNEDShare your news and events, early access to potential key trendsetters, latest evolutions in FinTechs
PRESENTATION1min - next meetup
SPEAKERCorp. speaker, FinTech topic according to needs
SPEAKER or INTRODUCTION
50% DISCOUNTFor your (3) guests
50% DISCOUNTFor your (5) guests
50% DISCOUNTFor your (7) guests
50% DISCOUNT(3)& FREE ACCESS
during hosted event
Possibility of tailor-made projects, collaborations on events, matchmaking sessions, workshops, ...
Possibility of DEDICATED MAILINGGREAT RECOGNITION
Invite our community
As a partner
• Associate your corporate identity to a fast growing
innovative industry
• Early access to potential key trendsetters (companies &
people) for the financial services industry of tomorrow
• Stay in tune directly with the latest evolutions in FinTech
• Recognition of your logo on the FinTech BE-related mailings and on our website
• During meetups:
– A dedicated space for you to distribute your promotional material
* Calendar year
The FTBE Silver members
Silver Members of FinTech Belgium• Are Members willing to increase their visibility thanks to
FTBE’s network.
• Is at an early stage of development (start-up – Turn Over <€5M)
Benefits to Silver Members • 1 min presentation of you and your service/product by the
M.C. (testimonial approach when possible) during our next MeetUp and/or be one of our corporate speaker during one of our events
• Reduced price to meetups for 2 more pers./meetup (total of 5 people - 50% off)
• Greater presence of your logo in some of our communication and on our website.
* On top of Membership - Calendar year
€450/ year*
Our Silver Partners
Silver Partners of FinTech Belgium• Are legal entities / companies
• Are not especially FinTechs
• But have an interest in FinTech and a link to the sector
Benefits to Silver Partners• 1 min presentation of you and your service/product by the
M.C. (testimonial approach when possible) during our next MeetUp and/or be one of our corporate speaker during one of our events
• Reduced price to meetups for 3 pers./meetup (-50%)
* Calendar year
€1500/ year*
Our Gold Partners
Gold Partners of FinTech Belgium• Same as Silver Partners
Benefits to Gold Partners• Be one of our corporate speaker during one of our events
according to your specialty and on content relevant to the Members and Friends
• Possibility of dedicated mailing (offer, announcement, …)• Possibility of tailor-made projects, collaborations on events,
matchmaking sessions, workshops, ...
• Reduced price to meetups for 5 pers./meetup (-50%)
* Calendar year
€10.000/ year*
Our Platinum Partners
Platinum Partners of FinTech Belgium• Same as Silver Partners
Benefits to Platinum Partners • Be one of our corporate speaker during one of our events
according to your specialty and on content relevance to the Members and Friends
• Dedicated mailing (offer, announcement, …)• Possibility of tailor-made projects, collaborations on events,
matchmaking sessions, workshops, ...
• Reduced price to meetups for 7 pers./meetup (-50%)
• Special deals for our Summit
* Calendar year
€25000/ year*
Our Hosting Partners (only 5/year*)
Hosting Partners of FinTech Belgium• Same as silver
• Hosts one of our MeetUp events (rooms for welcome drink / plenary session /
networking, security, cleaning, parking, …) and offer a light walking dinner and drinks
for 80-150 pax. (approx.30-35€ - cutlery, furniture, decoration, all included).
Catering to be organised by you or by us (supplier’s invoice +15% management fee).
Benefits to Hosting Partners• Be one of our corporate speaker during one of our events OR become a speaker
(according to the topic) or do the opening/welcome speech of the meetup
• Invite our community to your offices. • Greater recognition of your company during the hosted event
• Free entrance for your guests
Invite 10% of the total number of seats of the hosted meetup (max.10 people)
• Reduced price to meetups for 3 pers./meetup (-50%)
If you would like to host a FinTech Belgium event and you cannot afford the catering, don’t
hesitate to contact us so that we can find a solution together…
* Calendar year
Hostan event
Interested ?Fill in our Partnership Application Form *
If you would like to propose another type of partnership,
don’t hesitate to contact Alessandra, our General Manager
M. +32 475 95 63 30 - skype: alessguion
Interested in sponsoring the FinTech Belgium Summit?Send us an email.
* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1SZp-RC-PyF2F31R6NeNIJjAz2UJQPV23l3YwEB0M0gc/viewform
