Catalyzing the future of financial services with FinTech Sandbox
On September 22nd, we're hosting our capstone Demo Day online and kicking off a week-long series of thought-provoking FinTech Talks. This will lay the foundation for an exciting Boston FinTech Week in 2021.
Read on for details, and RSVP now to be registered for the full slate of events.
Join us for Demo Day on Tuesday at 12:00 noon Eastern Time as FinTech Sandbox residents showcase their solutions to the financial services industry’s most pressing challenges. We’ll kick things off with a special “fireside” chat with Mike Fanning, Head of MassMutual U.S., and Mike Kennealy, Housing and Economic Development Secretary for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
A discussion on the intentional work underway in the FinTech community to develop
more collaborations between institutions and start-ups and the evolution of these critical partnerships during the COVID-19. Moderated by Debarshi Nandy, Barbara and Richard M. Rosenberg Professor of Global Finance at the International Business School of Brandeis University. With Devon Sherman, Managing Director of MassChallenge FinTech, Mona Vernon, Head of Fidelity Labs, and Vasilios Roussos Managing Director of DCU FinTech Innovation Center.
We thought we were making progress before, but COVID-19 has really accelerated the digital transformation of financial services. The next generation of work is already underway to open value chains linking the world's economy — whether your firm is ready or not. Moderated by Andy Beal, Senior Manager and Blockchain Lead at EY, with Steve Kokinos, CEO of Algorand, and Anders Brownworth, Principal Architect at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.
The deployment of digital service models, Internet of Things (IoT) sensors to gather data, and emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) are transforming the insurance industry and providing a path to personalized insurance pricing. Moderated by Mike McCluskey, Head of Partnerships at FinTech Sandbox. On the panel is Snejina Zacharia, CEO of Insurify, and Tatyana Zakrevskaya, AVP of Innovation at Manulife/John Hancock.
In the constantly evolving landscape, FinTech start-ups have reimagined vertical payments to minimize complexity, lower costs, and improve results for a global network of participants, regulators, and institutions. Yvonne McCague, Managing Director of Silicon Valley Bank, will moderate. With Mike Massaro, CEO of Flywire, and David Jegen, Managing Partner at F-Prime Capital.
Financial services firms and venture investors are laying the groundwork for an inclusive financial services sector by closing the access gap for FinTech Entrepreneurs. Moderated by FinTech Sandbox Executive Director Kelly Fryer. With Hannah Arnold, Senior Associate at F-Prime Capital, Timothy Flacke, Executive Director of Commonwealth, and Mohammed Dastigir, Head of FinTech & HealthTech Partnerships, Ecosystem Development at MassMutual.