The International Conference “Fintech in smart economy” was a great success

The International Conference “Fintech in smart economy” is organized by IFI; Normandie Business School, France and Business Development Institute (VCCI) with sponsorship of Vietnam National University at Nguyễn Văn Đạo Hall, VNU. 

The opening speech by Dr. Ngô Tự Lập, IFI Director mentioned of the main aim of this conference is to identify challenges and opportunities of the financial sector in digital transformation era, as well as all aspects of socio-economic: legal framework, information security, technological requirement, financial service organizations, consumer issues, etc.

The presentation by Assoc. Dr. Bùi Thế Duy, Deputy Minister of Science and Technology mentioned of the development of Fintech and the Socio-Economic Impacts under the perspective of policy makers.

The presentation by Dr. Ha Huy Tuan, Vice Chairman of National Financial Supervisory Commission mentioned of the effects of Fintech in financial services; international experiences on the legal framework and frameworks and specific policies to promote Fintech in Vietnam and regions around the world.

The presentation by Prof. Paul Griffiths, Academic Director of Graduate Programme Banking, Finance & Fintech, Normandie Business School, France mentioned of the prospects of Fintech, the business model of digital banks, the Fintech ecosystem and the startup strategy in Fintech.

With more than 15 years of working experience for leading international banks in Europe, Dr. Lý Văn Bảo, Director of ZeroTech mentioned of the analysis and evaluation of Blockchain technology in banking and finance as well as Blockchain application trends in financial institutions in both central banks and world banks.

The presentation by Mr. Phạm Xuân Hòe, Deputy Director, Banking Strategy Institute (State Bank of Vietnam) mentioned about the challenges of high quality Fintech human resources, especially, he emphasized that human resources in Finance needs to be trained and retrained to adapt to the enormous changes of the financial services industry and also that universities need to grasp the changing trend of the market, the great challenges to the quality of human resources and to adjust their orientation and training programs.

Dr. Tạ Quang Chiểu - Doctor of Computer Science at Francois Rabelais University, France and Dr. Dang Minh Tuan - Director of Research Center Blockchain QNET mentioned of the solutions for problems on application of Big Data and Blockchain processing technology in banking and finance.

The International Conference is an event of the Diderot Advanced Academic Seminars (DAAS) as well as in the strategy of developing the science and technology finance of IFI. In conjunction with the conference, IFI also launched the Master's program in Banking, Finance and Fintech, Advanced Blockchain training courses; Big Data and Open Source Technology; building digital banks, designing business models to be successful. All of the above programs have the cooperation of international partners and foreign experts.

For more details: http://www.ifi.vnu.edu.vn/.