Things to know about Boston Fintech Week this year

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Boston FinTech Week is coming up soon! It runs from September 27 – 29 this year and is once again an in-person event. We asked Sarah Biller, co-founder of FinTech Sandbox (the organization presenting Boston Fintech Week) and Executive Director of Vantage Ventures, to tell us a little about this year’s event.

The Financial Revolutionist: Tell us about your theme "fintech&".

Sarah Biller: As always, Boston Fintech Week will explore ways to build a financial future that is relevant and adaptable, fair, and inclusive. Embedded finance is blurring the distinction between financial services and other industries. Fintech is being used to deliver better health outcomes by making healthcare more affordable and so more accessible. It’s being applied to the challenges of reducing food insecurity. And, municipal bond markets are being used by our local communities to finance the next generation of greener infrastructure. These are just some of the things we’ll be exploring.

Can you highlight some of the speakers you've lined up?

There are more than 50 sessions taking place covering payments, capital markets, lending, insurtech, DeFi, and more. Something I am particularly excited about is the role fintech plays in supporting all aspects of innovation and in catalyzing advancements both locally and globally. Here are three speakers you don’t want to miss:

  • Rodney Williams, co-founder and President of SoLo Funds, is a serial entrepreneur, nationally recognized disrupter, and a man who has rethought what inclusive finance means within the context of community. He is taking on the challenge of changing a system that doesn't work for everyone.

  • Greg Smith is the Head of Research and MD at FT Partners, arguably the most important fintech investment bank of the last 20 years. If you are building, investing, or leading anything fintech-related, his perspective on the allocation of capital matters a lot.

  • Giedrimas Jeglinskas is the Assistant Secretary General at NATO. But his earlier work at Citigroup involved capital markets and corporate finance, so he knows about using capital markets to motivate innovation. Three things you’ll want to hear him discuss: 1) the changing state of globalization, 2) ensuring we build greater resilience into our economies, and 3) getting 22 Allied countries behind NATO’s innovation fund, the world’s first multi-sovereign venture capital fund. NATO countries are investing 1 billion euros in our shared future.

You can check out the full agenda and secure your ticket at www.bostonfintechweek.org.