Innovate Finance Global Summit 2017: Top 100 Influencers and Brands

Now in its third year, the Innovate Finance Global Summit has become one of the most important global FinTech events to attend in London. This year, the conference gained a second day, dedicated to partner and sponsor breakout sessions, office hours and its brand new startup event, Pitch 360. 24 Startups under 8 categories presented their products and services to the main stage audience in a 6 minute pitch format. Meanwhile, the first day, was primarily busy with keynotes, panel discussions, fireside chats, roundtables and workshops around the hottest topics in FinTech, such as RegTech, Digital Identity, Blockchain, InsurTech. They also discussed the latest policy and regulation news and whether London will remain as the best city in the world for FinTech after the Brexit negotiations.

Sessions across the Great Hall and Livery Hall were hosted by a list of well known and experienced FinTech professionals such as Dave Birch, Director of Consult Hyperion, Ruth Wandhofer, Global Head of Regulatory at Citi, Mike Blalock, General Manager of Intel FSI, Poppy Gustafsson, EMEA CEO of Darktrace, Paul Taylor, CEO of Thought Machine, and Kosta Peric, Deputy Director, Financial Services for the Poor of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

TOPIC ANALYSIS

We were interested in seeing which topics were spoken of the most at IFGS17, so we analysed 8,224 tweets and blogs from the top 100 influencers and brands between 10th – 13th April 2017 and counted the number of times various topics were mentioned to create a topic share of voice pie chart:

The most popular topic mentioned in tweets and blogs by the top Innovate Finance Global Summit influencers is Brexit with a 21% share of voice, illustrating how most of the influencers think Brexit will largely impact the FinTech industry. Regulation and Policy comes second with 16% of all Tweet and Blog posts, reflecting how the Financial Services Industry spends annually millions in Regulatory Compliance and other Policy tasks and how the sector is putting efforts to invest in bringing down the costs by automating it with the goal to to know better their customers. Artificial Intelligence and Fintech is third, mainly thanks to the innovation effort the whole industry is making to “transform banks’ finance function within the next decade – if not sooner“.

2017 has unveiled RegTech, the fifth topic in our list, as one of the main trends, as many predict the beginning of fundamental, tech-enabled transformation of the middle and back office. Blockchain was the sixth largest conversation driver during the IFGS2017 due to the large efforts big banking corporations are putting into developing a blockchain based solutions to change the way International Finance is made. Pitch360 is the main event for the second day of IFGS2017, in which many innovative Startups, the sixth topic in our chart, had the chance to pitch their projects under eight categories in a six minute format.

FinTech and London is the seventh most discussed topic during the event because after Britain voted to exit the European Union, with many experts and corporations discussing the possibility of London continuing as the best city for FinTech in the world or, on the other side, its throne being overtaken by other European or Asian city, like Hong Kong, Singapore or Berlin. FinTech Hubs is another hot topic, and gains the eight most vocal category because of its importance as key organisations for the growth and the sector consolidation.

The ninth most vocal theme, InsurTech, is another FinTech success story for 2017 along with RegTech. The general Media and some influencers announce how “insurers are going to spend $185B on technology in 2017” with the objective of automating and digitalising the industry. The tenth most vocal topic was Digital Identity and Inclusion, one of the topics most discussed during IFGS2017, because, on the first day, a Keynote Conference on this topic was hosted.

MAPPING THE COMMUNITY

We were very interested in seeing which brand and individuals were leading the discussion at #IFGS17, so we analysed over 390K tweets mentioning the key words: “Innovate Finance Global Summit 2017” OR #IFGS2017 OR #IFGS17 from 10th – 13th April 2017. We then identified the top 100 most influential brands and individuals leading the discussion on Twitter. What we discovered was a very engaged community, with much discussion between individuals and brands. Below you can see a network map of the #IFGS17 conversation with the number 1 influencer Chris Gledhill at the centre. This map was created with our Influencer Relationship Management software (IRM). Be sure to click on the map to enjoy the full size network diagram in greater detail.

Below you can see another network map created with our Influencer Relationship Management software (IRM) showing the number 1 brand Innovate Finance at the centre and all the #IFGS17 conversations to and from the influencers in their field. If you are interested in learning more about identifying, managing and engaging with influencers click here to get in touch!

TOP 100 INDIVIDUALS

We looked at all the individuals engaging on Twitter to bring you a list of the top influencers at #IFGS17. Below is the top 50, if you want to see who ranks from 50-100 be sure to download the full report by clicking the download button below.

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Rank	Twitter Handle	Name	Company	Influencer Score
1	@cgledhill	Chris Gledhill	Secco	100
2	@lwintermeyer	Lawrence Wintermeyer	Innovate Finance	97.62
3	@dgwbirch	David G.W. Birch	Consult Hyperion	96.22
4	@Gav_in_J	Gavin Jackson	Amazon Web Services	93.05
5	@brettking	Brett King	Moven, Breaking Banks Radio	85.81
6	@obussmann	Oliver Bussmann	Bussmann Advisory	68.13
7	@eileentso	Eileen Burbidge	Passion Capital	60.88
8	@SpirosMargaris	Spiros Margaris	Margaris Advisory	57.19
9	@ccalmeja	Claire Calmejane	Lloyds Banking Group	56.34
10	@JonathanHowePwC	Jonathan Howe	PWC	54.46
11	@GoncaloTV	Goncalo Vasconcelos	Syndicate Room	53.11
12	@deamarkova	Dea Markova	Innovate Finance	48.05
13	@matteorizzi	Matteo Rizzi	FinTechStage Limited	46.52
14	@London_Lady	Lisa Pattenden	Team Blockchain	46.13
15	@MarcHochstein	Marc Hochstein	American Banker	44.70
16	@nigelwalsh	Nigel Walsh	Deloitte	43.93
17	@TrippBraden	Tripp Braden	Strategic Performance Partners	43.32
18	@OttLegalRebels	Marc R Gagné MAPP 🌐	Gagne Legal Services	41.27
19	@GeorgiaHanias	Georgia Hanias	Innovate Finance	41.04
20	@jeffseedrs	Jeff Lynn	Seedrs	40.42
21	@dinisguarda	Dinis Guarda	humaniq	39.70
22	@Visible_Banking	ChristopheLanglois🆑	IBM	37.64
23	@ahatami	Alessandro E. Hatami	Cashplus	36.70
24	@LizLum	Elizabeth Lumley	Rainmaking	36.55
25	@nick_giles	Nick Giles	Seven Hills	35.85
26	@ArunDFernandez	Arun Fernandez	Innovate Finance	35.10
27	@copernicc	Kosta Peric	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	34.66
28	@belimad	(((MarianoBelinky)))	Santander InnoVentures	33.74
29	@BenBrabyn	Ben Brabyn	Level39	33.09
30	@jamesvarga	James Varga	The ID Co	32.10
31	@FGraillot	Florian Graillot	AXA Ventures	31.74
32	@GhelaBoskovich	Ghela Boskovich	Startupbootcamp FinTech	31.53
33	@leimer	Bradley Leimer	Santander US	30.93
34	@OscarWGrut	Oscar Williams-Grut	Business Insider UK	30.47
35	@JimMarous	Jim Marous	Digital Banking Report	30.35
36	@thetenthkabir	Kabir Kumar	Omidyar Network	29.65
37	@AnneBoden	Anne Boden	Starling Bank	29.62
38	@DavidShrier	David L. Shrier	MIT	28.60
39	@thekatiederham	Katie Derham	BBC Radio 3	28.32
40	@daprgio	Giovanni Daprà	Moneyfarm UK	27.86
41	@PruAshby	Pru Ashby	London and Partners	27.73
42	@HusaynKassai	Husayn Kassai	Onfido	27.28
43	@abdulhbasit	Abdul Haseeb Basit	Innovate Finance	26.62
44	@LockhartAlan	Alan Lockhart	Royal Bank of Scotland	26.59
45	@JanineJoyHirt	Janine Hirt	Innovate Finance	25.91
46	@sytaylor	Simon Taylor	11:FS	25.06
47	@petervan	Peter Vander Auwera	Petervan Productions	24.69
48	@jimmychappell	James Chappell	Digital Shadows	24.37
49	@startupeddy	Eddy Travia	Coinsilium Group	23.93
50	@jstockwood	jstockwood	Simply Business	23.55

TOP 100 BRANDS

We also looked at all the brands engaging on Twitter to bring you a list of the top brands talking about Innovate Finance Global summit 2017. Below is the top 50, if you want to see who ranks from 50-100 be sure to download the report to get the full top 100 list, and see who are most the influential brands in #IFGS2017.

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Rank	Twitter Handle	Name	Influencer Score
1	@InnFin	Innovate Finance	100
2	@businessinsider	Business Insider	27.66
3	@gatesfoundation	Gates Foundation	27.49
4	@pitdesi	Sheel Mohnot	21.17
5	@fintechna	FINTECHNA	20.11
6	@FINTECHCircle	FINTECH Circle	14.38
7	@Deloitte	Deloitte	13.77
8	@TheFCA	FCA	12.84
9	@DeloitteUK_FS	Deloitte UK FS	11.57
10	@IKTNorge	IKT-Norge	11.19
11	@Onfido	Onfido	10.99
12	@cityoflondon	City of London	10.24
13	@mangopay	MANGOPAY	9.86
14	@Level39CW	Level39	9.19
15	@anthemis	Anthemis Group	9.15
16	@Seedrs	Seedrs	8.64
17	@LuxFinance	LuxembourgForFinance	8.10
18	@TechCityUK	Tech City UK	7.33
19	@ixaris	Ixaris	7.05
20	@FinancialNews	Financial News	6.61
21	@currency_cloud	Currencycloud	6.44
22	@ThinkRiseLDN	Rise London	6.43
23	@Ripple	Ripple	6.22
24	@innova_scape	InnovaScape	6.01
25	@SyndicateRoom	SyndicateRoom	5.91
26	@ibmevents	ibmevents	5.69
27	@MonitiseGroup	Monitise FINkit	5.68
28	@theGFHF	TheGFHF	5.33
29	@ProphetBrand	Prophet	5.27
30	@intelligentHQ	intelligentHQ.com	5.22
31	@RateSetter	RateSetter	5.10
32	@Breakingbanks1	Breaking Bank$ Radio	4.97
33	@ScotDevInt	SDI	4.96
34	@moneyfarmUK	Moneyfarm UK	4.92
35	@sevenhillsviews	Seven Hills	4.88
36	@StarlingBank	Starling Bank	4.87
37	@nousinc	Nous	4.83
38	@HeyBrolly	Brolly	4.80
39	@FTCInnovate	FINTECH Innovate	4.76
40	@bhive_eu	B-Hive	4.74
41	@WiseCrowdGlobal	WiseCrowd	4.73
42	@ScalableCapital	Scalable Capital	4.65
43	@EdAid	EdAid	4.59
44	@thenutmegteam	Nutmeg	4.59
45	@DataRobot	DataRobot	4.49
46	@hubculture	Hub Culture	4.49
47	@bahrainedb	Bahrain EDB	4.28
48	@TheFINTECHBook	The FINTECH Book	4.25
49	@wearebankable	Bankable	4.19
50	@ComplyAdvantage	ComplyAdvantage	4.07

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Disclaimer: As ever with these lists, it must be stressed that the ranking is by no means a definitive measurement of influence, as there is no such thing. The brands and individuals listed are undoubtedly influential when it comes to driving discussion at #IFGS17.

The PageRank based methodology we use to extract influencers on a particular topic takes into account the number and quality of contextual references that a user receives. These calculations also take into account a user’s relevance (number of tweets on topic), reach (number of followers) and reference (how often they appear in Twitter lists). If you want to learn more, please read our article that outlines influencer identification.