🗽 FTW: The Official New York Fintech Week Conference | April 28–30
​THE OFFICIAL NEW YORK FINTECH WEEK CONFERENCE.
​It started with one clear conviction: fintech leadership needed a true home.
​In 2024, Fintech Is Femme launched its first Leadership Summit, creating a space where women leaders and decision-makers could gather, connect, and set a new standard for the industry.
​In 2025, the vision expanded. Fintech Is Femme introduced both the Leadership Summit and the Fintech Security Summit, hosting them at The Times Center — inside the New York Times Building — signaling that these conversations now belonged at the center of business, media, and power.
​It's 2026, and the industry is ready for more.
​Now, Fintech Is Femme presents FTW: NYC — the official New York Fintech Week conference — bringing three summits under one roof at The Penn District by Skylight, a modern, iconic venue purpose-built for high-impact gatherings.
​Across three cornerstone events — The Fintech Summit by Fiat Growth, The Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit, and The Fintech Security Summit — FTW convenes founders, operators, investors, and global brands who are actively building the future of financial services. Not talking about it. Doing it.
​This is where the industry gathers in the heart of Manhattan to set the agenda for the year ahead — powered by trusted voices, sharp strategy, and high-intent relationships.
​FTW is about showing up to build an economy where everyone wins.
​In collaboration with Empire Startups, This Week in Fintech, RevTech Labs, and Fintech Sandbox, Fintech Is Femme continues the legacy of New York Fintech Week — establishing FTW as its next chapter as New York continues its reign as fintech capital of the world.
​What You’ll Experience
​The Fintech Summit by Fiat Growth
Tuesday April 28th 10:00 am - 5:00pm
​A builder-led summit powered by Fiat Growth’s operator network, delivering deep, technical conversations on the technologies shaping fintech — from AI and stablecoins to embedded finance and payments infrastructure. Designed for execution, this summit shares real operator playbooks on how to build, scale, and win.
​The Fintech Summit Agenda
​9:00 – 10:00 AM
​Doors Open + Networking Brunch
​Arrive early, grab a bite, and start building connections before the day kicks off.
​10:00 – 10:35 AM
​The New Financial Rails (Fireside Chat)
​How the next generation of financial infrastructure is being built.
​Speakers:
​John MacIlwaine, CEO, Highnote (Moderator)
​James Tisch, CEO, Loews
​10:35 – 11:00 AM
​Growth in the Age of AI (Panel)
​How fintech companies are scaling with AI across marketing, product, and customer experience.
​Speakers:
​Sunil Thomas, CEO, CleverTap (Moderator)
​Lauren Pruneski, SVP Global Brand & Communications, Tala
​Adam Hadi, SVP Marketing, Current
​Todd Stevens, Chief Capital Officer, Figure (invited)
​11:00 – 11:35 AM
​The B2B Financial Operating System (Fireside Chat)
​The companies that control the ledger will control the platform economy.
​Speakers:
​Everett Cook, CEO, Rho
​Mark Batsiyan, General Partner, Inspired Capital (Moderator)
​11:35 – 11:50 AM
​Break
​11:50 AM – 12:15 PM
​Capital Without Humans (Panel)
​The rise of machine-driven investing and autonomous capital allocation.
​Speakers:
​Jason Schappert, CEO, Moo.la (Moderator)
​Gina Pasqua-Abeles, Senior Director of Product, Robinhood
​Stephen Sikes, COO, Public
​12:15 – 12:50 PM
​The Stablecoin Moment (Fireside Chat)
​Why programmable money is reshaping global finance—and moving into everyday use.
​Speakers:
​Farooq Malik, CEO, Rain
​Marcos Fernandez, Founder & GP, Fiat Ventures
​1:05 – 1:45 PM
​Speed Networking
​Powered by Fiat Growth + CleverTap
​Connect with founders, operators, and investors in curated small-group rotations.
​2:30 – 3:10 PM
​The $150 Trillion Question (Panel)
​How the largest wealth transfer in history will reshape financial services—from trust infrastructure to fraud protection.
​Speakers:
​Noreen Gillen, Wealth Management Advisor, Merrill Lynch (Moderator)
​Courtney Leimkuhler, Managing Partner, Springbank Collective
​Will Sealy, Co-Founder & CEO, Summer
​3:10 – 3:45 PM
​The Fintech Rollup (Fireside Chat)
​Consolidation is coming. Who buys, who builds, and who disappears?
​Speakers:
​Steve McLaughlin, CEO, FT Partners
​Rohit Ramkumar, Partner, Fiat Ventures (Moderator)
​3:45 – 4:10 PM
​The Wealth Stack (Panel)
​From robo-advisors to autonomous capital allocation—what comes next in wealth.
​Speakers:
​Rafael Loureiro, Founder, Wealth.com
​John Taylor Garner, Founder, Odynn
​Philip Qiu, Founder, Henry
​John Short, Bank of America (Moderator)
​4:25 – 5:00 PM
​Closing Keynote: Who Wins the Next Financial System
​A forward-looking perspective on the future of fintech, infrastructure, and power.
​Speaker:
​Daniel Cohen, CEO, Cohen Circle
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​Scenes from the Fiat Growth Fintech Summit, San Francisco 2025...
​The Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit
Wednesday April 29th 10:00 am - 5:00pm
​Curated by Nicole Casperson, award-winning fintech journalist and founder of Fintech Is Femme, this summit brings together fintech’s top CEOs and founders for candid, actionable leadership playbooks on scaling companies, building culture, and leading through growth. Grounded in real conversations and trusted storytelling, the Leadership Summit delivers the insights leaders actually need — straight from those shaping the industry.
​The Leadership Summit Agenda
​10:00 – 11:00 AM
​Doors Open + Networking Brunch
​Arrive early, grab brunch, and start building connections before the day kicks off.
​11:00 – 11:05 AM
​Welcome Remarks
​Kickoff + opening perspective on the state of fintech.
​Speaker:
​Nicole Casperson, Founder & CEO, Fintech Is Femme
​11:05 – 11:30 AM
​The Blueprint: Leadership at Scale (Fireside Chat)
​A candid conversation on leadership, growth, and building enduring financial institutions.
​Speaker:
​Ida Liu, CEO, HSBC Private Bank
​Nicole Casperson, Founder & CEO, Fintech Is Femme (moderator)
​11:30 AM – 12:00 PM
​Scaling Without Borders: The New Playbook for Global Fintech Expansion (Panel)
​Sponsored by Osborne Clarke
​What it really takes to scale financial services globally — from regulation to infrastructure to distribution.
​Speakers:
​Noline Matemera, FinTech Partner, Osborne Clarke (moderator)
​Ali Rathod-Papier, Partner, a16z
​Delisha Grant, Former General Counsel, Addepar
​12:00 – 12:15 PM
​Break
​12:15 – 12:45 PM
​Live Podcast: Humans of Fintech
​Sponsored by Brex
​A live recording with one of fintech’s leading CFOs.
​Speakers:
​Erica Dorfman, CFO, Brex
​Nicole Casperson, Host
​12:45 – 1:15 PM
​Growth Mode: The CFO Playbook (Panel)
​Sponsored by Brex
​How today’s CFOs are driving growth, navigating uncertainty, and shaping strategy in fintech’s next era.
​Speakers:
​Sruthi Lanka, CFO, Public (confirmed)
​Karan Parekh, Head of Finance, Clay (confirmed)Â
​Nicole Casperson (moderator)
​1:15 – 1:30 PM
​Break
​1:30 – 2:00 PM
​The Future of Fintech Experiences (Fireside Chat)
​Sponsored by Casap
​How leading fintechs are designing for scale, trust, and AI-powered customer experiences.
​Speakers:
​Janelle Sallenave, COO, Chime (confirmed)
​Shanthi Shanmugam, Founder & CEO, Casap (moderator)
​2:00 – 2:30 PM
​Leadership Playbook: AI Edition (Panel)
​Sponsored by Casap
​How top operators are building, leading, and scaling in the age of agentic AI.
​Speakers:
​Shanthi Shanmugam, Founder & CEO, Casap (moderator)
​Flora Zhang, Risk, Analytics & AI, Brex (confirmed)
​Eli Corbett, VP, Deputy General Counsel, Affirm (confirmed)
​2:30 – 2:45 PM
​Break
​2:45 – 3:15 PM
​The Blueprint: Building the Next Generation of Fintech Leaders (Fireside/Panel)
​Sponsored by Candidly
​From capital to leadership — how the next generation of founders and operators are being built.
​Speakers:
​Laurel Taylor, Founder & CEO, Candidly (moderator)
​Denise Leonhard, GM, ZelleÂ
​Stephanie Guild, CIO, Robinhood
​3:15 – 3:45 PM
​The Future of Sales in Fintech
​How go-to-market is evolving in a world of AI, data, and increasingly complex buyers.
​Speakers:
​Nicole Patterson, Head of Business Strategy, Financial Services, CleverTap
​3:45 – 4:00 PM
​Break
​4:00 – 4:30 PM
​The Future of Global Talent & Work in FintechÂ
​Sponsored by OnTopÂ
​How fintech companies are building distributed, global teams — and what comes next.
​Speakers:
​Julian Torres Gomez, Co-founder & CEO, OnTop
​Interviewed by Nicole Casperson
​4:30 – 5:00 PM
​The Blueprint: Building What’s Next (Closing Session)
​Sponsored by Springboard Enterprises
​A conversation on building, funding, and scaling the next generation of fintech companies.
​Speakers:
​Kay Koplovitz, Founder & Chair, Springboard Enterprises
​Luan Cox, Founder & CEO, FinMkt
​Umbreen Bhatti, CEO, Springboard EnterprisesÂ
​Nicole Casperson, Founder & CEO, Fintech Is Femme
​5:00 – 6:00 PM
​VIP CMO Lounge + Live Podcast Recording (Terrace Experience)
​An exclusive gathering for senior marketing leaders across fintech.
​Featuring leaders from:
​Zip, Betterment, Prove, and more
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​Scenes from the Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit, New York Fintech Week 2025...
​The Fintech Security Summit
Thursday April 30th 10:00 am - 5:00pm
​Hosted by industry veteran, Frances Zelazny— join us for a convening of leaders across identity, fraud, security, compliance, and risk to share real-world learnings and solutions shaping the future of trust in fintech. Because if fraudsters work together, the solution should too. Hosted by Frances Zelazny.
​Together, the Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit and the Fintech Summit join forces in New York to deliver tactical content, elevated experiences, and real business outcomes.
​9:00 – 10:00 AM
​VIP Breakfast Briefing
​An exclusive pre-summit breakfast conversation for senior leaders across security, identity, fraud, and fintech.
​Featuring:
​John Checco, Chapter President, ISSA; Law Enforcement CISO
​Lenny Gusel, Feedzai
​Tazin Khan, Founder & Executive Director, The Cyber Collective
​10:00 – 10:10 AM
​Welcome Remarks
​Opening perspective on the state of fintech security and the day ahead.
​Speakers:
​Frances Zelazny, Principal, Identity Strategies
​Nicole Casperson, Founder & CEO, Fintech Is Femme
​10:10 – 10:30 AM
​The Scamdemic (Opening Keynote)
​A keynote on the industrialization of fraud — and why the industry must treat scams as a systemic threat.
​10:30 – 11:15 AM
​Confronting the Scamdemic: You Cannot Manage What You Cannot Measure (Panel)
​An inside look at what banks and fintechs are actually seeing across the fraud landscape — and why visibility is the prerequisite to mitigation.
​Speakers:
​Andrea Valentin, Chief Risk Officer, Old Glory Bank
​Ayelet Biger-Levin, Founder & CEO, RangersAI
​Daryl Huff, VP, Biometrics & Identity Technologies, Jumio
​Maya Cohen, Founder & CEO, Monto
​Yigit Yildirim, SVP Global Fraud Prevention, PayPal
​11:15 – 11:45 AM
​The Future of Digital Identity (Fireside Chat)
​A keynote conversation on the next era of digital identity, trust, and verification.
​Speakers:
​Philipp Pointner, Chief of Digital Identity, Jumio
​Nicole Casperson, Founder & CEO, Fintech Is Femme (Moderator)
​11:45 AM – 12:30 PM
​Lunch + Networking Break
​Includes curated networking and a live activation.
​12:30 – 1:15 PM
​What If We Could? Cross-Industry Collaboration Panel
​A forward-looking conversation exploring how collaboration across banks, fintechs, telecom, and compliance leaders can redefine the future of identity and security.
​Speakers:
​Matt Charpentier, Managing Director, Head of Identity, JPMorgan Chase
​Lesley O’Neill, Chief Compliance Officer, Binance.US
​Additional leaders from American Banker and Verizon (invited)
​1:15 – 1:45 PM
​Confronting Deepfakes and Injection Attacks (Panel)
​How the industry is responding to deepfakes, synthetic identity, and increasingly sophisticated attacks on trust infrastructure.
​Speakers:
​Andrew Bud, Founder & CEO, iProov
​Nishant Kaushik, CTO, FIDO Alliance
​Maxine Most, Principal, Acuity Market Intelligence (Moderator)
​Additional speaker to be announced
​1:45 – 2:15 PM
​Recipient Verification: Know Your Payee (Panel)
​A conversation on shifting from sender verification to recipient verification — and how stronger trust models can reduce fraud at the payment layer.
​Speakers:
​Seth Frank, VP Innovation, Bank of America
​Christina Rea, CEO, RayCor Consulting (Moderator)
​Sentilink
​Al Pascual, Scamnetic
​Oded Zehavi, CEO & Co-Founder, Mesh Payments
​2:15 – 2:30 PM
​Break
​2:30 – 2:50 PM
​Trust at Scale (Fireside Chat)
​A keynote conversation on identity, trust, and the infrastructure required to secure financial services at scale.
​Speakers:
​Rodger Desai, CEO, Prove
​Frances Zelazny, Host, Fintech Security Summit (Moderator)
​2:50 – 3:15 PM
​Managing Identity in an Agentic World (Panel)
​As autonomous AI agents begin to transact and interact on behalf of users, what does identity management look like in a world where humans are no longer the only actors?
​Speakers:
​Kim Sutherland, Global Head of Fraud & Identity, LexisNexis Risk Solutions
​Max Cabannes, CEO & Co-Founder, Smartup
​Mary Ann Miller, VP of Client Experience, Prove
​Chris Briggs, SVP Product Management, Identity Verification Services, Mastercard
​3:15 – 3:45 PM
​Open Banking: Who’s Holding the Bag? (Panel)
​A deep dive into risk, liability, and opportunity in the open banking ecosystem as data portability and financial interconnectedness continue to expand.
​Speakers:
​Michelle Beyo, CEO, Finavator
​Doug Mihalow, Executive Director of Fraud Strategy, Jenius Bank
​Carol Grunberg, Chief Partnerships Officer, AU10TIX
​Jyothsni Reddy Gondesi, Partner Risk Strategy, Stripe
​3:45 – 4:00 PM
​Break
​4:00 – 4:15 PM
​Startup Spotlight
​A fast-paced showcase of emerging companies tackling fintech security’s most urgent challenges.
​Featuring:
​Kayla Underkoffler, Director, AI Security and Policy Advocacy, Zenity
​Roy Zur, CEO, Charm Security
​Additional startup spotlight to be announced
​4:15 – 4:45 PM
​Boardroom Priorities: Balancing Growth, Risk, Security, and Corporate Responsibility (Closing Panel)
​A closing conversation on how boards and executive teams can balance growth ambitions with risk management, trust, and resilience.
​Speakers:
​Lisa Nelson, Senior Advisor & Managing Director, Wealthing VC Club
​Brian Russell, Founder & CEO, Davinci Partners Consulting
​Dawn Robertson, Chairman, Splitit
​Lynne Marlor, Co-Founder, Women in Digital Assets
​4:45 – 5:00 PM
​Closing Engagement + Key Takeaways
​A collaborative wrap-up designed to capture the strongest takeaways and ideas from the day.
​Scenes from the Inaugural Fintech Security Summit, New York Fintech Week 2025...
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​The Venue:
​THE PENN DISTRICT by Skylight: PENN 2, 2 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10121
​FTW New York takes place at one of the most iconic intersections in the world. The Penn District offers a modern, high-design space built for bold ideas, meaningful connections, and industry-defining conversations.
​About:
​​​Fintech Is Femme is a creative media publication reaching 50,000+ newsletter subscribers, hosting sold-out events, and producing top-rated content across podcasts, social, and editorial—spotlighting the real, raw stories of leaders driving financial innovation in our digital economy.
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​​​Nicole Casperson is a five-time award-winning journalist, author of Fintech Feminists, and a leading voice in the fintech industry. As the Founder & CEO of Fintech Is Femme, she has built an industry-leading media company and community of over 100,000 fintech leaders, all united by a mission to build a more inclusive financial system. Through her acclaimed newsletter, podcast, and packed event series, Nicole delivers insights and analysis that have earned her a reputation as a trailblazer defining a new era of fintech leadership. In addition to her media work, Nicole lectures at Parsons School of Design, contributes to Forbes, speaks on global stages, and champions women as fintech’s most powerful—and overlooked—advantage.