Fintech World Cup

Dubai

23 Jan 2024

Concluded

Singapore

17 Nov 2023

Concluded

India

24 Nov 2023

Concluded

Saudi Arabia

12 Dec 2023

Concluded

Rest of the World

20 Feb 2023

Concluded

Milan

3-5 Apr 2023

Concluded

Regional Competitions

Bringing the World to Your Idea

Explore our Regional Pitch Competitions across the globe, turning local innovation into global triumphs. Join us in the most vibrant startup cities, from Milan to Riyadh, for a chance to elevate your startup on the world stage. Each event is a gateway to the Grand Finale at the Dubai FinTech Summit.

Regional Champions

Saudi Arabia
Regional Winner

Monak E-Services

Monak App is a gateway to a streamlined and enhanced digital lifestyle in the Middle East. Tailored to simplify your financial, health, and everyday needs. It serves as a one-stop shop for local bank setup, debit cards, remittance, medical visas, online pharmacy, grocery delivery, and more. For recruiters, Monak App streamlines the recruitment process by offering efficient onboarding solutions and helps track their workforce seamlessly.

Singapore
Regional Winner

Audax

Audax is a leading digital banking capabilities provider, dedicated to revolutionising the financial landscape by empowering banks and financial institutions to scale and modernise rapidly. With a focus on addressing key industry challenges, Audax excels in assisting organisations in developing alternative business models, ensuring swift speed to market, and future-proofing their operations. Their expertise lies in navigating dynamic product changes, upgrading legacy infrastructure through core migration, and mitigating the ownership costs associated with legacy technologies.

India
Regional Winner

Xaults Technologies

Xaults is your reliable ally in the realm of digital finance, simplifying the adoption of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) and regulated real-world tokenized assets. Our platform offers programmable financial products, efficient corporate instance management, treasury optimization, and user-friendly retail wallet solutions. Count on Xaults to navigate complexities, allowing you to focus on the growth of your business in the ever-evolving digital finance landscape.

Dubai
Regional Winner

YABX

As a data science and analytics team, YABX specializes in simplifying complex markets. Our cloud-based digital lending platform - a versatile solution that adapts to any use case and drives multiple key performance indicators. Their goal is to overcome the financial divide that separates our world into two halves: the free and the captive. YABX believes that fintech holds the key to breaking down this barrier, and are on a mission to make it happen.

Rest of the World
Regional Winner

Altpaynet

Altpaynet is a very experienced global FinTech company with proven capabilities to enable banking institutions, payment service providers and merchants with capabilities to be on top of their games through technology, managed services and regulatory compliances.

Why Attend

Startups

Elevate your FinTech innovation on the global stage, forging partnerships with mentors and industry insiders, gaining insights from investment experts, and competing for the grand prize of upto US$ 1 million investment.

Enterprises & Governments

Witness cutting-edge FinTech advancements, explore strategic collaborations with innovative startups, engage with FinTech pioneers from across the world, and stay ahead of trends through insights from visionaries.

Investors

Discover highly curated future FinTech disruptors, access exclusive deal flow, build a robust investment network, and influence the transformation of the financial industry by supporting groundbreaking startups.

Regional Pitch Competitions

One regional winner is selected from several competitions which takes place across the world between Sep 2023 to April 2024.

Semi Final

Regional winning startups participate at the Semi Final pitch competition and up to 10 finalists are shortlisted for the final round.

Date: 6 May 2024

Venue: Dubai FinTech Summit,

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE

Grand Finale

Shortlisted finalists participate in the final round of the FinTech World Cup and 1 winning startup will emerge.

Date: 7 May 2024

Venue: Dubai FinTech Summit,

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, UAE

Innovate, Compete, Elevate: Unleashing FinTech Excellence

FinTech World Cup marks a pioneering endeavor to reshape the world of finance. This innovative event kicks off with regional competitions, spotlighting startups globally. These competitions, held in partnership with leading organisations, provide a launching pad for revolutionary FinTech concepts. From these regionals, standout startups advance to the Semi-Finals, culminating in the Grand Finale hosted at Dubai FinTech Summit.

Here, global investors, venture capitalists, angel investors, along with the finest minds in FinTech gather to witness startups pitch groundbreaking ideas, ultimately awarding the winner up to US$ 1 Million Grand Prize in investment funding.

More than a competition, FinTech World Cup cultivates connections, propels innovation, and fuels the future of finance.