WHO WE ARE
An NGO, an eclectic non-profit association, interested in developing the FinTech and InsurTech sectors in Portugal
Banks and insurance companies
We look for new products, services and partners to improve our competitive position
Startups and technology entrepreneurs
We seek resources and partners to innovate, create new business models and win customers and markets
Telecoms and other communications companies
We seek to follow the innovation to respond to the needs of our customers and markets
Knowledge and management consulting
We seek to know the needs of our customers and markets to respond efficiently
Information technology companies
We seek to know the evolution of the market to offer the most advanced technologies
Research and teaching institutions
We try to know what the knowledge needs are, and where they are to respond efficiently
Venture capital companies and investors
We look for projects with potential for success and for developing winning partnerships
Development and regulatory entities
We seek to know the special needs of the most advanced sectors to satisfy them
WHAT WE DO
Keeping our national record of innovation in information and communication technologies, including financial ones, we seek to develop new sectors.
We have the capital, the entrepreneurship, the human resources, the technological infrastructures, the information and communication technologies businesses, the consulting and legal companies and the institutions of investigation and teaching.
There is a great receptivity of the potential clients, national and international, business and private, to the new FinTech and InsurTech products and services.
We are the neutral entity that leverages these conditions to develop the activity of the FinTech and InsurTech sectors in Portugal, to seize the national potential and improve the competitive position of all.
We produce and disseminate valuable information and knowledge to the sector
We promote relationships between the entities of the sector, national and international
We promote the orientation of several private and public resources to the sectors
We follow the sectors environments and try to change them favorably
HOW WE DO
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NEWS
InsurTech Working Group welcomes participants
The conference on “The state of the art at InsurTech” on 19 June was highly attended and had a great impact on the insurance and InsurTech sectors and even an interesting media coverage. It also marked the kick-off of AFIP’s InsurTech working group, the beginning of an effort to unite wills and efforts to promote Read more about InsurTech Working Group welcomes participants[…]
Legalize Blockchain Conference in Porto on July 24 and 25
The Legalize Blockchain Conference, which explores how the blockchain will change legal relationships in society, will take place on July 24 and 25 in Porto. Legalize Blockchain is a unique event that will discuss all the legal issues related to blockchain and how these issues will change as blockchain technology becomes more generalized. The Conference Read more about Legalize Blockchain Conference in Porto on July 24 and 25[…]
Seminar on digital transformation in the financial sector
DigitalSign will organize a seminar on digital transformation in the financial sector in partnership with the Judicial Police on June 28, at 2:30 p.m. in the Judicial Police’s premises. This seminar will present practical cases of digital transformation, as well as risks and opportunities of the new technologies against the requirements of European legislation. This Read more about Seminar on digital transformation in the financial sector[…]
Presentations of the French FinTech in Lisbon
More than 100 guests representing banks, insurance, FinTechs, InsurTechs, consultants, lawyers and technology companies were present at the event, with the participation of leading French FinTech and InsurTech companies. During the event, the participants and these companies had the opportunity to get to know the FinTech and InsurTech national and French ecosystems and some of Read more about Presentations of the French FinTech in Lisbon[…]
Transposition of PSD2 in the Parliament
Proposed Law 123 / XIII / 3 (GOV), which “authorizes the Government to approve a new legal regime for electronic money payment services, transposing Directive 2015/2366”, the so-called PSD2 , was generally approved by the Assembly of the Republic and is being considered in the specialty by its Committee on Budget, Finance and Administrative Modernization. Read more about Transposition of PSD2 in the Parliament[…]
Kickoff of the RegTech Working Group
More than 70 guests representing Banca, Seguros, Fintechs, InsurTechs, Consultants, Regulators and the Academy attended this meeting with the participation of an international speaker, Lisa Rabbe, a specialist in RegTech, who defended that: “Regulators must also become digital natives. Until they do so, there is a big question mark regarding their own appetite to use Read more about Kickoff of the RegTech Working Group[…]
Event French FinTech in Lisbon
The event “French FinTech in Lisbon” will take place on June 12, 2018 at 9 am in the Auditorium of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon (Av de Berna 45A). The event will discuss the development of the FinTech sector in France and the potential for collaboration between French and domestic companies. Among the speakers Read more about Event French FinTech in Lisbon[…]
Andrew Rear of Munich Re in the InsurTech WG
The kick-off of the Working Group on InsurTech will take place on June 19, 2018 at 6 pm on Rua Dom Luis I, nº 28 in Lisbon (VdA). The InsurTech Working Group of FinTech and InsurTech Portugal aims to follow, discuss and promote the development of InsurTech in Portugal and is open to InsurTech professionals Read more about Andrew Rear of Munich Re in the InsurTech WG[…]
AFIP partnered with Insurtech Insights
The Insurtech Insights Conference, Europe’s largest insurtech conference, is gathering top leaders and prominent innovators from the insurance technology sector under the same roof to discuss the future and opportunities in the insurance industry. The conference will take place in London the 19-20th June. Gain exceptional insight in how the development and implementation of technology Read more about AFIP partnered with Insurtech Insights[…]
BBVA Open Talent Competition
BBVA has just launched the tenth edition of the BBVA Open Talent, one of the biggest fintech competition in the world. This competition looking for fintech solutions with the most disruptive potential and is certainly an opportunity to launch a startup. The contest is looking for: – The startup with the most potential for transforming Read more about BBVA Open Talent Competition[…]