Community-led Fintech event hosts dozens of sessions across Boston and continues to expand as it attracts Fintech leaders from around the world
BOSTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / September 8, 2022 / FinTech Sandboxa nonprofit organization that provides startups worldwide with free access to critical financial data sets and resources, today announced the return of Boston Fintech Week, which will take place in person across Boston from September 27 – 29, 2022. Boston Fintech Week’s key sessions will be held at the iconic Boston Public Library as well as at other locations throughout the city. Officials expect thousands of people to descend on Boston to attend or participate in this year’s event.
This year’s theme is “Fintech& – Building Today for an Uncharted Tomorrow” and will bring together the global fintech community with illuminating keynotes, panel discussions, networking receptions, community-led events and discussions on the latest advances in financial technology impacting our everyday lives.
“Boston Fintech Week is back in person and dedicated to exploring how fintech is growing in influence across industries and driving a better future for everyone,” said Sarah Biller, co-founder of FinTech Sandbox. “We are thrilled to bring the fintech community back together in Boston for discussion and debate about what the lessons of today’s most forward-thinking innovators teach us about the role of FinTech in tackling disparities not only in wealth, but in health, technology, energy and other industries critical to a stable global economy.”
Whether it’s healthcare, commerce, climate change, lending, banking, payments or supply chain logistics, fintech has a positive impact on all aspects of daily life. At this year’s event, speakers will share and debate ways to build an economic future that benefits all parts of society. Each of the event’s three days highlights how fintech is having an impact across industries and the role it plays in new products and services. Here is the agenda:
- September 27 – Financial Services New Frontier: Discussions with Capital Markets and Insurance Entrepreneurs and Investors Breaking Through Industry Barriers
- 28 September – Scale models: Rethinking capital, banking and lending for new opportunities
- September 29 – Conversations at the Edge: Megatrends in Payments, Crypto, and DeFi and the Implications for Innovators
Boston Fintech Week also features leading voices in fintech, including:
- Greg Smith – CEO, FT partners
- Giedrimas Jeglinskas – assistant general secretary, corporate management, NATO
- Joe Maxwell – Managing Partner, FINTOP Capital
- Justin Blakes – Co-Founder and CEO, Future financing
- Madeleine Dassule – Senior Managing Director and Co-Head, Technology, Wellington Management
- Michael Meyer – Managing Partner, Middlegame Ventures
- Mike Fanning – Head of MassMutual USA
- Rodney Williams – Co-Founder and President, SoLo funds
- Stephanie Khoo – partner, Nyca Partners
Additional speakers will be revealed regularly in the weeks leading up to the event. See the current speaker list and agenda here.
For more information and registration, please visit: https://bostonfintechweek.org/.
For the full list of event sponsors that make Boston Fintech Week possible, please visit https://bostonfintechweek.org/sponsors/.
About FinTech Sandbox
The FinTech Sandbox is a non-profit organization that promotes innovation in financial technology and financial services globally by providing FinTech entrepreneurs and startups with access to critical data and resources. In return, FinTech Sandbox startups collaborate with current and former residents, sharing learnings and advances that benefit the ecosystem. Participating startups – more than 230 so far – pay no fees and no equity is taken. Along with Boston Fintech Week, the recently launched Lots of Fintech Hubs, which is a public-private partnership dedicated to making the Commonwealth a global leader in fintech, is an initiative under the FinTech Sandbox umbrella. For more information, please visit and https://www.twitter.com/FinTechSandbox.
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SOURCE: FinTech Sandbox
