The second edition of ING Fintech Village has just been launched. Start-ups from around the world, especially those from the Grand Duchy, are invited to submit their applications on the fintech-village.be website until 4 December 2016.

Up to ten of them will be chosen to participate in this accelerator in 2017.

In 2017, the solutions offered by the start-ups must be able to tackle four major challenges:

 

- the "Personal Bank" Challenge: create "highly digital" solutions to allow the bank to be "very personal" with its customers;

- the "Secure Bank" Challenge: introduce new, user-friendly security, authentication and connection solutions;

- the "Efficient Bank" Challenge: create solutions that increase efficiency tenfold thanks to new simple working methods;

- the "Stretch the Limits" Challenge: revolutionary ideas that shake up the traditional perception of banking. New ways of creating, distributing or offering financial services that go beyond traditional banking.

 

 A programme of this scale doesn't just happen by itself: as with the first edition, Deloitte, SWIFT Innotribe and Eggsplore are ING's main partners in this adventure.

 

Several ING entities are heavily involved in the project: ING Belgium, ING Netherlands and ING Luxembourg. ING Luxembourg will participate in the decision-making and selection process, whilst also taking part in the mentoring programme. There are also 3 ING Luxembourg representatives among the mentors: Sandrine De Vuyst, Head of Private Banking; Damien Degros, Head of Wholesale Banking and Erik Jacquemart, Head of Bank Transformation.

 

For more information on ING Fintech Village, visit www.fintech-village.be !

 

Press release by ING Luxembourg