Our 2nd edition of the Fintech Summer Festival went from 1 day to a 2-day event and cross-border - doubling the innovation across Hong Kong and Shenzhen! Massive thanks to everyone who joined – seeing familiar faces and welcoming so many new friends made it unforgettable. So much fun, so many memories! ✨
🔥 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫’𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐬? 𝐀𝐈 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐬!
Our panels were supercharged with innovation, diving deep into the burning question: "AI vs. Stablecoins – which one is hotter?" Spoiler: It’s looking like a sizzling season for BOTH! 🤖💸 Shenzhen Day kept the fire burning with deep dives into AI applications and quantum computing!
🌟 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬:
• 𝐁𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐬 𝐁𝐨𝐭: Shoutout to Kazimierz Kelles-Krauz for the mind-blowing chat with Zia (beingAI Corporation)! Her brilliant responses to tough questions left us inspired – next time, let AIs negotiate deals while we humans enjoy Gelato & Chill! 🍦
• 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡 𝐅𝐞𝐮𝐝 🎮 Our family feud -inspired Fintech game brought the laughs and fierce competitiveness out of our participants and attendees. Maybe next time humans face off AI-avatars to compete!
Special thanks to George Chou, Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)’s Chief Fintech for opening our Drink Reception and our Shenzhen day speakers Alvin Li for illuminating cross-border collaboration! 🌌
A heartfelt thank you to all our speakers, partners, sponsors, and especially YOU, the amazing fintech community, for making hashtag#GBASummerFintech2025 a vibrant celebration of innovation. Having established our new board and conducted our flagship event we are going into a little summer break during which we will, for instance, look for our new committee co-chairs. Stay tuned!
