Fintech Meetup 2026 | 3950 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA

Über Fintech Meetup 2026

Fintech Meetup 2026 will take place March 30 – April 1 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, USA. As one of the most highly anticipated fintech events globally, it brings together over 5,000 attendees, including 1,000+ CEOs and founders, senior banking and fintech professionals, investors, and regulators. The event is built around a tech-powered match-making system that drives 50,000+ one-to-one meetings, enabling real, high-value connections tailored for startups, financial institutions, and capital partners.

Over 300 exhibitors and sponsors will showcase the latest innovations from blockchain and AI-driven trading platforms to payment infrastructure, embedded finance tools, and open banking solutions. Attendees can expect a program packed with thought leadership, peer-group roundtables, demos, product launches, and curated investor sessions — making it a high-impact stage for companies scaling in digital finance and Web3 intersection technologies.

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Michelle Prohaska

Chief Banking & Risk Officer at Nymbus NYMBUS

Mike Butler

CEO / President at Grasshopper Bank Grasshopper Bank

Mike Pecen

VP, Alternative Data & Analytic Products at Equifax Equifax

Misha Esipov

CEO and Co-Founder at Nova Credit Nova Credit

Molly Poppie

Chief Product and Analytics Officer at Experian Experian

Neha Narkhede

Co-founder & CEO at Oscilar Oscilar Inc

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Nicholas Halpern

Chief Credit Officer at Square Financial Services Square

Pam Kaur

Head of Platform at Alloy Labs Alloy Labs

Pankaj Kulshreshtha

CEO & Founder at Scienaptic Scienaptic

Phil Goldfeder

CEO at American Fintech Council American Fintech Council (AFC)

Prashant Fuloria

CEO at Fundbox FundBox

Rajiv Yadlapalli

Head of Partnerships and Industry Solution Lead, Embedded Payments at J.P. Morgan J.P. Morgan

Reuben Piryantinsky

CEO at Altitude Consulting Altitude Consulting

Rhett Roberts

CEO and Co-Founder at LoanPro LoanPro

Rich Franks

President at Grizzly Peak Strategy LLC Grizzly Peak Strategy LLC

Richa Awasthi

SVP, Digital & AI, Zelle Payments at US Bank U.S. Bank

Sibongile Ngako

Chief Compliance Officer at Brex Brex

Richard Wada

Chief Lending Officer at Patelco Patelco

Steve Boms

Executive Director at Financial Data and Technology Association – North America FDATA

Rishi Oberoi

Deputy CFO at Varo Varo Bank

Sumeet Bhalla

SVP, Chief Lending Officer at PenFed Credit Union PenFed Credit Union

Rob Finnegan

SVP of Risk & Analytics at Affirm Affirm

Susan Ehrlich

Partner at Core Innovation Capital Core Innovation Capital

Rob Seidman

Head of US Bank Avvance at US Bank U.S. Bank

Theo Lau

Founder and Book Author at Unconventional Ventures Unconventional Ventures

Rohit Arora

CEO & Founder at Biz2Credit Biz2Credit

Tiffani Montez

Principal Analyst at EMARKETER EMARKETER

Rom Mascetti

Principal at Flagship Advisory Partners Flagship Advisory Partners

Tiffany Haynes

Founder at Illumea Advisory Illumea Advisory

Ruth Foxe Blader

Managing Partner at Foxe Capital Foxe Capital

Timothy Li

CEO at LendAPI LendAPI

Ryan Beaudry

SVP, Network Services, Open Finance at Mastercard Mastercard

Tom Simpson

Global Head of Currency Clearing & North America Regional Head of Cross Border Payments at HSBC HSBC

Ryan Christiansen

Executive Director – Fintech Center at University of Utah University of Utah

Tomás Campos

CEO & Co-founder at Spinwheel Spinwheel

Ryan Lawler

Fintech Reporter at Axios Axios Pro

Tony Hayes

Founder at Banking & Payments Group Banking & Payments Group

Samant Nagpal

Head of Payments & Risk at Gusto Gusto Money

Tyler Seydel

Chief Fintech Officer at Sunrise Bank Sunrise Bank

Samee Zafar

Director & CEO at Edgar, Dunn & Company Edgar, Dunn & Company

Wendy Cai-Lee

Founder & CEO at Piermont Bank Piermont Bank

Sarah Biller

Co-founder at Fintech Sandbox FINTECH SANDBOX

Scott Sanborn

CEO at LendingClub LendingClub

Shawn Budde

General Partner at Ensemblex Ensemblex

Chris Dorsey

Head of Partnerships for Emerging Payments and AirKey at Capital One Capital One

Christian Widhalm

CEO of Bloom Credit Bloom Credit

Darius Wise

President & CEO of Red Rocks Credit Union Red Rocks Credit Union

Dave Birch

Principal at 15Mb Ltd David G. W. Birch

Dennis Weiss

CEO at IPQS IPQS

Drew Glover

Co-Founder at Fiat Growth Fiat Growth

Edward Brady

Head of Mid Market FI’s for the America’s at SWIFT Swift

Edward Maslaveckas

СEO at Bud BudPay

Elena Casal

Chief Client Officer at The Clearing House The Clearing House

Elizabeth St-Onge

Managing Director, Head of Client Innovation & Advisory at TD Securities TD Securities

Danielle Aviles Krueger

Head of Policy at Plaid Plaid

Erik VanBramer

Senior Vice President of Customer Relations at Federal Reserve Federal Reserve Financial Services

Esty Scheiner

Co-founder & CEO at Shiboleth AI Shiboleth AI

Eyal Lifshitz

Founder & CEO at Bluevine Bluevine

Florian Wahl

Head of Product Strategy at Akoya Akoya

Gabriella Brignardello

Partner at Fika Ventures Fika Ventures

Gary Fan

COO at Royal Business Bank Royal Business Bank

Genevieve Dozier

Vice President, Product & Marketing, Enterprise Payments at Huntington National Bank Huntington National Bank

Georgina Merhom

CEO & Founder at SOLO SOLO

Ginger Siegel

Head of North America Small and Mid-Market Business at Mastercard Mastercard

Herman Man

Chief Product Officer at Bluevine Bluevine

Itai Turbahn

Co-founder & CEO at Dynamic Labs Dynamic Labs

Jamie Twiss

CEO at Carrington Labs Carrington Labs

Jane Barratt

Chief Advocacy Officer at MX MX Technologies, Inc.

Jason Henrichs

CEO at Alloy Labs Alliance Alloy Labs

Jason Rosen

CEO and Co-Founder at Prism Data Prism Data

Jay Budzik

SVP, Director of AI/ML Model Development and Operations at Fifth Third Bank Fifth Third Bank

Jessica Donohue

Executive Vice President, Head of Product Management at Northern Trust Northern Trust

Jessica Schaefer

Founder and Managing Partner at Capital V Strategies Capital V Strategies

Joe Breeden

CEO at Deep Future Analytics LLC Deep Future Analytics

John D’Agostino

Head of Strategy at Coinbase Coinbase

John Lunn

CEO at Gr4vy Gr4vy

John Macilwaine

CEO at Highnote Highnote

John Pitts

Vice President for Public Policy, Public Affairs, and Social Impact at Affirm Affirm

John Sun

CEO and Co-Founder at Spring Labs Spring Labs

Jonathan Gurwitz

Credit Lead at Plaid Plaid

Joshua Silver

Founder & CEO at Rainforest Rainforest Foundation US

Justin Keene

CEO & Founder at Moveris Moveris

Kareem Saleh

CEO and Co-Founder at Fairplay FairPlay AI

Katie Perry

CMO & Author of TICKER SHOCK (Wiley 2026) at zerohash Zerohash

Kelli Keough

EVP, Group Business Unit Leader for Spend, Invest, Protect and Save at SoFi SoFi

Ken Kruszka

Managing Director at Something FINteresting Something FINteresting

Kent Landvatter

CEO & President at FinWise Bank FinWise Bank

Kevin Moss

President at Kevin Moss Consulting LLC, Senior Advisor at Baselayer Baselayer

Kim Gerhardt

Owner and Principal Advisor at The Fintech Interactive The FinTech Interactive

Kin Kee

Co-Founder and CTO at Highnote Highnote

Kyle Hauptman

Chairman at NCUA National Credit Union Administration

Laura Spiekerman

Co-founder & President at Alloy Alloy

Leah Price

Vice President, Tinman AI Platform at Better Better

Leighanne Costello

COO at Hatch Bank Hatch Bank

Madeline Fredin

VP of Partnership Strategy at Alloy Labs Alloy Labs

Maik Taro Wehmeyer

Co-Founder & CEO at Taktile Taktile

Mary Wisniewski

Editor-at-large at Cornerstone Advisors Cornerstone Advisors

Matt Marcus

Co-Founder & CEO at Modern Treasury Modern Treasury

Maya Mikhailov

CEO & Co-Founder at Savvi AI Savvi AI

Melissa Pancoast

Founder & CEO at The Beans The Beans

Michelle Beyo

CEO at Finavator FINAVATOR INC

Aaron Slettehaugh

SVP of Product at Ripple Ripple

Abe Rojo Joseph

Chief Innovation Officer of Lincoln Savings Bank Lincoln Savings Bank

Alex Johnson

Founder of Fintake Takes Fintake Takes

Alex McLeod

Founder and CEO of Parlay Finance Parlay

Alex Preec

Co-Founder and CEO of Tillo Tillo

Amanda Estiverne-Colas

Director, Head of Payments Practice at Perficient Perficient

Andrew Schmidt

Managing Director, FinTech Equity Research at KeyBanc Capital Markets KeyBanc Capital Markets

Angela Strange

General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Andreessen Horowitz

Anna Joo Fee

Founder and CEO of Goodfin Goodfin

Annie Delgado

Chief Risk Officer of Upstart Upstart

Asya Bradley

Startup & VC Partners Lead at Stripe Stripe

Baishi Wu

Director of Product Management at Chime Chime

Benjamin Maxim

CTO at MSU Federal Credit Union MSU Federal Credit Union

Billie Jo Parker

Chief Banking and Development Officer at Insbank InsBank

Brian Kaas

Senior Vice president of Corporate Development at TruStage TruStage

Cara Oppenheimer

CEO and co-founder of Goodbuy Goodbuy

Carmen Podgurschi

Head of Global Payments at Wells Fargo Wells Fargo

Carol Grunberg

Growth Partner, Global Strategics at Ant International Ant International

Chris Black

CEO, President and Director at Thread Bancorp, Inc. Thread Bank

Chris Chazin

Managing Director, Head of Transaction Banking Product at TD Securities TD Securities

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