Finovate, a research and events firm focused on innovation in financial and banking technology, today announced its lineup of expert speakers for FinovateSpring 2025, to be held May 7-9 at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California.
A leading event dedicated to shaping the digital future of the financial services industry, FinovateSpring is set to attract more than 1,200 senior-level attendees, including more than 600 from banks, credit unions, and other financial institutions.
This year, over 100 industry leaders will be featured at the conference. Panels and speakers at FinovateSpring 2025 will explore the future of AI in financial services, including its role in cybersecurity, customer experience, and core operations. Sessions will cover banking modernization, the next wave of open banking, banking-as-a-service, and third-party risk management. Other topics include real-time payments, quantum computing, the rise of embedded lending and finance, and strategies for winning consumer trust. Discussions will also address gender diversity in fintech, financial inclusion, and the challenges facing credit unions and community banks.
FinovateSpring’s featured speakers include:
- Jason Henrichs, CEO, Alloy Labs
- Katie Dove, Behavioral Scientist & Managing Director, Irrational Labs
- Pam Kaur, Head of Bank Technology, BankTech Ventures
- Steve Bishop, President & Co-Founder, amBaaSsador
- Lindsay Lehr, Managing Director, Payments & Commerce Market Intelligence
- Catherine Woneis, VP, Product, Fingerprint
- Phil Goldfeder, CEO, American Fintech Council
- Lauren McCollom, SVP, Head of Embedded Finance, Grasshopper Bank
- Michael Rihani, Director of Product, Coinbase
- Alisa Rusanoff, Head of Credit/Trade Finance, Crescendo Asset Management
- Ami Iceman Haueter, Chief research & Digital Experience Officer, MSU Federal Credit Union
- Jamie Twiss, CEO, Beforepay
- Tamara Zaichkowsky, Chief Digital Officer, Acrisure
- Jelena Zec, Director, Citi Ventures
- Sean Albertson, Founder & CEO, CX4ROCKS LLC
- Sammy Assefa, Head of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Innovation, U.S. Bank
- Sydney Thomas, Founder & General Partner, Symphonic Capital
- Nirvikar Jain, Managing Director, Woodside Capital Partners
- Jade Mandel, Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
- Kyle Mack, CEO & Co-Founder, Middesk
Learn more about the full speaker lineup.
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About Finovate
Finovate is a research and events firm focused on innovation in financial and banking technology. Its team runs the Finovate conference series and authors the popular Finovate blog. Finovate is the only conference series focused exclusively on showcasing the best and most innovative new financial and banking technologies. Finovate conferences consistently attract large, high-impact audiences of senior financial and banking executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers, regulators and entrepreneurs. For more information visit www.finovate.com.
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