presentation 7th anniversary

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FINTECH BELGIUM
GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Of the members - 2023

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Welcome GA!
State of the federation today
• Fintech sector is buoyant
• Represented 20 Bio Euro in 2022 for Europe (decreasing from fantastic
2021)
• N°1 Tech investment in EU
• Belgium
• Still N°5 tech invest
• Over 5 years Belgium Fintech is 6x less important relative to Europe
• Embedded finance and Generative AI create fantastic opportunities
• Payment, wealth, insuretech and reg tech still extremely dynamic
• Infrastructure & technology still growing (E.g. ID mgmt., cyber security)

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Welcome GA!
State of the federation today
• FTBE confirms its status of THE Reference actor
• Promote internationally and in Belgium: regular update FSMA/BNB-NBB
• Inform & Teach
• Network: regular events and DFS
• We have continued promoting Fintech & demonstrated creativity
• FireHub >> EU Innovation Hub (on specific verticals)
• Supporting Relaunch plan to Thomas Dermine
• Activated strong partnerships with the eco-system: Febelfin + Assuralia +
schemes + tech
• Our member community is growing and… just great
• near 150 members! & active workgroups (next slide)

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Some figures and facts to
summarise our last year…
• 148 Members (+14%)
• Dedicated Working groups in the board =>
response to hot trends / needs > advancements by
• AccountingTech (Pieter)
• RegTech (Jean-François Heering)
• Insurtech (Patricia Boydens)
• Payment & eCommerce (Joan Carette)
• Digital Assets (ON HOLD)
• Stimulus pack (post covid relaunch) (Jean-Louis Van Houwe)
• EDFA (Xavier Corman)

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Some facts&figures to summarise
our last year…
• 40 events (+18%): in person, digital and hybrid:
• 11 Meetups and networking events
• 9 Meetups (incl. FT Ladies, B4B Launch day)
• 1 Back-to-school networking event
• 1 in person (BeNeLux side-event @M2020)
• 2 Startup-Scale-up webinars (NEW)
• 2 partner events for: Microsoft, POM (NEW)
• Digital Finance Summit
• 550 in pers & 10 online part.
• 104 speakers & 11 investors jury members
• 4 stages & 18 sessions
• 20 EU FT pitches > 4 awards
• 26 repr. countries > 3 continents
• 51 partners & 39 stands
• 14 Breakfasts
• Many PR opportunities
• KPMG 30 voices for 2030, and many others
• DFS winners on LN24

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Some facts&figures to summarise
our last year…
• Academic collaborations (+300%):
• “ULB Forum On” Job fair
• FT Bootcamp @ Vlerick
• FT Day for Antwerp Business School @FIRe
• FT Introduction at Solvay Brussels School
• Representation abroad and on BE events:
• Trade mission: Canada (virtual), Japan, USA
• International trade fairs: M2020, Israel, Women in
Finance, ICT Spring (Lux), AI4Finance (Paris), Sibos
(Ams), Milan Fintech Week, Singapore Fintech Festival,
Fintech Connect (London), BRIEC, TBS Lux, Lithuania FT
Day, Mobile World Congress (Barcelona), Trends
Investment Summit, TBS Bsl, Tech.eu, Paris Fintech
Forum, …
• MoU signed / Visits / outreaches to Brussels:
• Israel, Japan/Tokyo, Congo (RDC), Hong Kong, Bahrain,
Northern Ireland, Wales, UK (London), …
• Closer partnership with Febelfin, Assuralia, Agoria and BFC

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In words…
• Extremely active year
• Financials (partners and ticketing)
• Events (logistics and overwhelming offer)
and supporting Technologies (tools
streaming)
• Communication (with our members)
& working groups
• Promotion of Fintech at federal level
• Relaunch plan with T. Dermine
• Studies @ BNB-NBB on Fintech

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General Assembly
0. Presence, deliberation and voting rules
1. Approval of the budget 2023
2. Approval of the accounts on 31/12/2022
3. Resignation of administrators (M.Toledo)
4. Discharging administrators and accountant
5. Miscellaneous (not submitted to vote)

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BUDGET 2023
& Q1 2024

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ACCOUNTS 2022

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P&L 2022
2022 REAL 2022 budget Var
Tickets 4.095,00 11.100,00 -63%
Membership 95.690,00 84.115,00 14%
Sponsors 51.172,67 167.000,00 -69%
Other revenues 404.301,00 408.000,00 -1%
TOTAL 555.258,67 670.215,00 -17%
Costs ofevents 274.425,00 326.667,00 -16%
General expenditures 23.747,38 26.700,00 -11%
Personnel 241.104,00 254.240,00 -5%
Depreciation 7.570,36 4.200,00 80%
Other expenses 2.767,54 3.600,00 -23%
TOTAL 549.614,28 615.407,00 -11%
Revenues 555.258,67 670.215,00 -17%
Expenses 549.614,28 615.407,00 -11%
DIFFERENCE 5.644,39 54.808,00 -90%

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Balance Sheet 2022

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3. Resignation of
administrator
• Marc Toledo

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5. Discharging
administrators and
accountant

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6. Miscellaneous
(not submitted to vote)
Miscellaneous (not submitted to vote)
1. Announcements

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CORPORATES
accelerate growth
through open -
external
innovation
STARTUPS &
SCALE-UPS
accelerate
growth through
open
collaboration
The Innovation Hub, FinTech BE’s community and the open innovation/acceleration support
will enable the Digital Finance scene in Belgium to rise and shine!
FINTECH BELGIUM –THE FACILITATOR
FIRe -THE PLACETO
CONNECT. COLLABORATE. & INNOVATE.
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PLEASE CHECK AND SPREAD THE LOVE…
• Mapping.fintechbelgium.be

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PLEASE CHECK AND SPREAD THE LOVE…
Careers.fintechbelgium.be (all your jobs in one place - scraping)
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Our next events
• 06/06 > 08/06 – M2020 EU
• Pay us a visit on booth B152 with Hub.Brussels and 12 of our
members and partners: Aera, AIvidens, ByQwest, DataVillage, Exthand,
Gambit, itsme, Moneytrans, Neterium, Scudi, terms.tech and Simont
Braun
• 07/06 – BeNeLux Side event
(only a few tickets left!)
• 15/06 – Meetup on Data Economy + Summer BBQ
• 23/06 – Breakfast
• 19/06 > 20/06 - We’ll be at Fintech London Week with hub.brussels and
DataVillage, Vadis Technologies, Chainco, The Connector, Scudi, Simont Braun
• 31/08 - Back to school networking drink
• A series of Bi-weekly Breakfasts > PITCH, send an email to ioana
• 18/09 > 22/09 - Brussels days in Spain with hub.Brussels
• 22/10 > 27/10 – FS Mission to Saoudi Arabia and Bahrain with BFC & hub.bsl
• 13/11-16/11 – Websummit with AWEX
• 15/11-17/11 – Singapore Fintech Festival with FIT & hub.Bsl
• 21/11 - Wed 22/11 – FS Mission to Switzerland with hub.Bsl
• 30/11- Thu 01/12 – Slush with hub.Brussels, AWEX and FIT
• 08/12 - Digital Finance Summit

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DON’T MISS THE BIGGEST AND MOST EXCITING
EVENT IN BELGIUM
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Don’t miss the biggest and most exciting event in Belgium
Partnership Opportunities available
Don’t miss the Super Early Birds
www.digitalfinancesummit.com
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Our communication, our struggle,
Our channels to you explained
• Whatsapp group > NEW – FOR MEMBERS ONLY
• Announcements and opportunities
• Chat between members
• Our website
• News (send yours : news@fintechbelgium.be)
• #fintechbe > appear on our homepg
• Events calendar (subscribe and add it to yours)
• Members section (offers, calls for, discounts, …)
• No access yet? Check with Regina
• And soon new pages: MENTORS, DEALS & PERKS, PARTNERS
• Weekly Mailings and/or Monthly newsletter
• to all our community (events, news, …)
• Via www.fintechbelgium.be
• Direct emails to our members only
• Emails from Regina and/or Alessandra
• Important & sometimes urgent content for you!
• Check with Regina the points of contact according to type of
message

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NEW! CONTENT CREATION
Article or Advertorial 3000€ * / **
• 1000 word journalistic piece - in printed and digital magazine
• Printed version : To be distributed during the DFS and along the year
• Digital media: fintechbelgium.be, Youtube, Li, Tw, Fb
Expert Interviews
• VIDEO and PODCAST 20 min/10 min 4000€ - 2800€ * / **
o Video and Podcast releases
o Digital media: fintechbelgium.be, Youtube, Li, Tw, Fb, podcast
• Expert Interview InfoSnacks 1500€ * / **
o 1-3 minute extract clip highlighting one or two interview insights
(only after the order of Expert interview)
o Video release > Digital media: Li, Tw, Fb,
• Podcast Interview 10 min 600€ * / **
o Podcast releases > Digital media: fintechbelgium.be, Li, Tw, Fb,
Apple podcast, The Connector
* NOT Only accessible to partners having chosen a package, also for speakers
and attendees of the DFS
** -50% for ALL paid 2023 membership at FTBE

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LET’s DEVELOP DIGITAL FINANCE
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CONNECT.
COLLABORATE.
INNOVATE.

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FTBE’s MEMBERS
WORKING GROUPS
Think together… about what matters to you!

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Objectives
Gather your feedback on…
• your needs, how we can better help you,
• the working groups / verticals activities that
make sense for you
• collaborations/partnerships you’d see useful
• you willing to get more involved.

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3 principles, one law,
and a technique
• Whoever comes is the right person
• Whenever it starts is the right time
• When it's over, it's over
> Law of two feet
> Technique: List the ideas, if applicable make
the best ones stand out, add your name if…

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Different groups/topics
1. REGTECH / AI / OPEN DATA > with Jef & Toon
2. BLOCKCHAIN / DIGITAL ASSETS > Pat
3. PAYMENTS & eCOMMERCE > Pieter
4. COLLABORATIONS / COOPERATIONS > Aless
5. REGULATION / EDFA > Joan & Xavier
6. FINTECH AND SUSTAINABILITY > Bea

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THANK YOU