Big Data is one of the main IT-related challenges of the current decade. It brings with it exciting new developments in numerous sectors, including asset management. To better understand this shift, the challenges it brings and the opportunities it reveals, SESAMm is cordially inviting clients and partners to its first event on “Asset Management and Big Data”.
LU-CIX, the Luxembourg Internet Exchange, has announced that registration has opened for the 2016 Luxembourg Internet Days to be held at the Chambre de Commerce in Luxembourg-Kirchberg on 22 & 23 November 2016, focusing on the Internet of Things, Blockchain and Start-ups.
Koosmik is a new mobile payment solution made in Luxembourg, offering a simplified money transfer experience. The mobile app allows making payments between friends, securely and for free enabling everyone to experience banking without banks! Founder Grégoire Yakan and Head of Business Development Matthieu Crance discussed insights into their solution.
Interesting interview with Rik Willard, blockchain consultant in New York City. Rik Willard is the Managing Director of Agentic Group, a consortium of blockchain and related companies that provide executive education, consulting, and development in the emerging blockchain sector. Agentic Group is based in New York City, with member companies in the EU, Canada, South America, and Asia.
Via Micaël Weber Blog. Recently he wrote a blog about the dynamic Fintech (Financial Technologies) sector in Luxembourg. He talked about the many reasons why Luxembourg has become a major European Fintech Hub. To give you a great real-world example, he spoke with Eric Mouilleron, Founder and CEO of the fast-growing Fintech company Bankable.
Charles-Louis Machuron, founder of the Silicon Silicon Luxembourg site created FinTech Luxembourg. The Kick-off event has been held on Tuesday, January 20, 2015. “In all major financial hubs such as London to Hong Kong, Singapore or Zurich, communities were created. In Luxembourg, such an initiative was missing. The objective today is to enhance the ecosystem, allowing many professionals in this sector to become to meet under the same banner”, says Charles – Louis Machuron. “That is also why I chose to create an identity, a branding.”
Luxembourg (Luxembourg) January 13, 2015: Luxembourg’s FinTech Industry is growing really fast. More and more startups, SMEs or large corporations are innovating in that field. Let’s talk about what’s currently happening in that field and establish a picture at the Meetup on January 20 from 6:00 – 9:00pm at Digicash Payments, L3372 Leudelange, Luxembourg.
It’s hard to dismiss the concept of ‘crowdfunding’ after you see the impressive growth of the U.S-based Lending Club platform. With a loan portfolio of USD$4 billion – and nearly $1 billion in growth in the first quarter of 2014 alone – there’s little doubt that such upstart initiatives are making waves, and banks may want to find ways to join the ‘FinTech’ revolution, possibly through co-creation projects.