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Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab

FinTech 101: What Policymakers Need to Know

May 4, 2017

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On April 4th, 2017, Ivey's Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab hosted an afternoon workshop for 50 public sector workers on "FinTech 101: What Policymakers Need to Know". Held at the tech accelerator OneEleven in downtown Toronto, participants from federal, provincial and municipal governments heard from FinTech founders working in key verticals: peer-to-peer lending, equity crowdfunding, digital wealth management / robo-advisors, blockchain, and digital payments. They also heard first-hand how regulators are promoting this vital sector through the OSC LaunchPad, and from a panel of venture capitalists, accelerators and hubs about the strengths and weaknesses of Canada's FinTech ecosystem. The day concluded with a networking reception between participants, presenters and representatives of the FinTech community. The names of the presenters and selected presentations are available below.

This event was organized by the Scotiabank Digital Banking Lab as part of its outreach to promote Canada's FinTech sector. For more information about the Lab and its activities, please contact the co-Directors at:
Michael King, Associate Professor of Finance, mking@ivey.ca 
J.P. Vergne, Associate Professor of Strategy, jvergne@ivey.ca 

Copies of the speakers' presentations can be downloaded by clicking on the session name below.

Day

Session

Speakers

11:30 – 12:00

Arrival and registration

 

12:00 – 12:45

Buffet Lunch and Opening Talk: “Understanding Canada’s FinTech Ecosystem”

Prof Michael King
Ivey Business School

 12:45-1:00

 Overview of OSC Launchpad 

 OSC (Pat Chaukos)

1:00 – 1:20

Peer-to-Peer Lending

Lendified (Troy Wright)
LendingLoop (Cato Pastoll)

1:20 – 1:40

Equity Crowdfunding

CrowdMatrix (Rubson Ho)

1:40 – 2:00

Robo-Advisors and wealth management

Nest Wealth (Randy Cass)

2:00 – 2:30

Blockchain 101: An Interactive Simulation

Paycase (Michael Young)

2:30 – 2:45

Break

 

2:45 – 3:05

Blockchain

Nuco (Matthew Spoke)

3:05 – 3:25

Digital Payments

Women in Payments (Kristy Duncan)

3:25 – 3:45

Regtech / Cybersecurity

SecureKey (Andre Boysen)

3:45 – 4:00

Break

 

4:00 – 5:00

Incubators, Accelerators & Investors

MaRS (Dinaro Ly)
Fintech Growth Syndicate (Sue Britton)
OneEleven (Bilal Khan)
ScaleUp Ventures (Matt Roberts)

5:00 – 6:00

Reception and networking event with FinTech community

ALL SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS + guests from FinTech community