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Posted December 12, 2018

JACKSONVILLE, FL / ACCESSWIRE / November 29, 2018 / Global Accelerated Ventures (GAV), an innovation aggregator that identifies and fosters innovative talent for financial services partners, announced today it would offer upwards of $100,000 (USD) in cash prizes at its inaugural FinTech Challenge, sponsored by FIS and other leading companies.

The Global FinTech Innovation Challenge is GAVs new flagship event designed to create new business opportunities for startups and established market players. This two-day, elimination style event brings together the best and brightest of the startup community addressing blockchain, data analytics, process automation, banking, and payment challenges. Each startup will pitch their solution to a panel of judges spanning large FinTech providers, financial institutions, consultancies, and the media. The winner from each category will compete in a final competition for the honor of being named GAV’s ‘FinTech Startup of the Year’ and the chance to win cash prizes. In addition to the competition, the event will feature keynote and panel sessions exploring topics of mutual interest across the FinTech community.

”The Global FinTech Challenge will showcase the world’s most promising FinTech innovations and provide a clear path to success through our channel partners,” said Thomas Buchar, Managing Partner at Global Accelerated Ventures. ”We are thrilled to have the support of FIS as the title sponsor of the event and look forward to hearing their insights as judges and panel participants.”

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