The right fintech speakers can shift how your audience thinks about money, technology, and what's coming next. I've pulled together the voices worth booking—people who bring real expertise, sharp insights, and ideas your attendees will actually use long after the event ends.
Top 15 Fintech Speakers
Below are the profiles of the top fintech speakers, covering who they are and the impact they've made in this space.
Renaud Laplanche
Co-founder & CEO at Upgrade
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Consumer lending#Digital banking#Credit innovation#Fintech leadership
Renaud Laplanche is co-founder and CEO of Upgrade and previously founded and led LendingClub. These two fintech businesses are centered on consumer credit, digital banking, and lending innovation.
Laplanche helped make online…
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Sebastian Siemiatkowski
Co-founder & CEO at Klarna
Stockholm, Sweden
Focus area:
#Payments#Consumer finance#Digital banking#AI strategy#Fintech leadership
Sebastian Siemiatkowski co-founded Klarna in 2005 and remains its CEO. He has led the company from a Stockholm startup to a global digital bank and publicly traded fintech business.
His work spans…
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Jackie Reses
Co-founder, CEO & Chair at Lead Bank
Focus area:
#Banking infrastructure#Embedded finance#Payments#Fintech strategy#Financial services
Jackie Reses is co-founder, CEO, and chair of Lead Bank, a technology-focused bank. Her career also spans Block, Yahoo, Apax Partners, Goldman Sachs, and major public-company board roles.
At Lead, Reses is…
Lito Villanueva
EVP & Chief Innovation & Inclusion Officer at RCBC
Metro Manila, Philippines
Focus area:
#Digital banking#Financial inclusion#Fintech innovation#Public policy#Digital finance
Lito Villanueva is EVP and Chief Innovation and Inclusion Officer at RCBC. His work covers digital banking, financial inclusion, fintech, and public policy.
Villanueva has built his career around expanding digital financial…
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Immad Akhund
Co-founder & CEO at Mercury
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Startup banking#Payments#Financial infrastructure#Entrepreneurship#Fintech products
Immad Akhund is co-founder and CEO of Mercury, the fintech company building banking and financial workflows for startups. He is a serial entrepreneur with a background in software and startups.
Akhund has…
Edward Woodford
Founder & CEO at zerohash
Focus area:
#Stablecoins#Digital assets#Payments infrastructure#Tokenization#Financial infrastructure
Edward Woodford is Founder and CEO of zerohash, a financial infrastructure company for crypto, stablecoins, and tokenized assets. He previously built and sold a regulated derivatives venue.
Woodford develops infrastructure that connects…
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Rohit Arora
Co-founder & CEO at Biz2Credit and Biz2X
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Small-business lending#AI fintech#Credit#Digital lending#Financial technology
Rohit Arora is co-founder and CEO of Biz2Credit and Biz2X, businesses focused on small-business finance and digital lending. He has led their work in credit, data, and lending technology.
Arora has spent…
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Phil Goldfeder
CEO at American Fintech Council
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Fintech regulation#Public policy#Responsible innovation#Financial inclusion#Bank-fintech partnerships
Phil Goldfeder is CEO of the American Fintech Council, representing responsible fintech companies. His career includes fintech public affairs, the New York State Assembly, and government service.
Goldfeder works across financial innovation,…
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Peter Renton
Fintech Media Founder & Advisor
Denver, United States
Focus area:
#Fintech media#Digital lending#Payments#Fintech strategy#Industry analysis
Peter Renton is founder and CEO of Renton & Co and creator and host of Fintech One-on-One. He previously co-founded Fintech Nexus and has covered fintech through media and events since…
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Misha Esipov
Co-founder & CEO at Nova Credit
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Credit infrastructure#Underwriting#Cash-flow data#Consumer credit#Financial inclusion
Misha Esipov is co-founder and CEO of Nova Credit, a credit infrastructure and analytics company. Before entrepreneurship, he worked in finance at Goldman Sachs and Apollo Global Management.
Esipov built Nova Credit…
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Maik Taro Wehmeyer
Co-founder & CEO at Taktile
New York, United States
Focus area:
#Risk decisioning#Credit underwriting#Financial crime#AI#Decision automation
Maik Taro Wehmeyer is co-founder and CEO of Taktile, a decision platform used by financial institutions to automate and improve risk decisions across lending, fraud, and financial crime.
Wehmeyer focuses on helping…
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Alex Johnson
Fintech Writer & Analyst
Bozeman, United States
Focus area:
#Consumer lending#Banking infrastructure#Payments#Fintech strategy#Financial regulation
Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, where he works as a writer, podcaster, researcher, and consultant. His career includes financial-services strategy, research, marketing, and fintech analysis.
Through Fintech Takes,…
Charly Kevers
CFO at Carta
San Francisco, United States
Focus area:
#Finance leadership#Private capital#Equity management#AI in finance#Financial operations
Charly Kevers is CFO of Carta, a company focused on equity management and private capital. He previously held finance leadership roles at marketplace and technology companies.
Kevers offers the perspective of a…
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Prashant Fuloria
CEO at Fundbox
Focus area:
#Small-business lending#Embedded finance#Product strategy#Payments#AI
Prashant Fuloria is CEO of Fundbox, a small-business lending company. He brings more than 25 years of product and technology leadership, including roles at Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and Flurry.
Fuloria combines technology…
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Long Dinh
CFO at Ada
Focus area:
#Finance leadership#AI strategy#Growth finance#Technology investing#Financial operations
Long Dinh is CFO of Ada, the AI customer-service company, where he works across finance, growth, and AI. He also invests in and advises early-stage technology companies.
Dinh brings a finance leader’s…
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Selection Methodology
We selected the leaders on this list based on their relevance, demonstrated expertise and impact, professional credibility, and ongoing contributions to the field.
We look for evidence such as leading meaningful initiatives or delivering notable results within their organizations, developing influential ideas or practices, publishing research or educational resources, speaking or teaching, and other contributions that demonstrate impact within their work or the broader field.
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