FinTech Connect

The Global FinTech Ecosystem. Connected.

December 02 - 03, 2025 | Excel, London

Interviews

Interview: Carlos Domingo, CEO, Securitize

Interview: Carlos Domingo, CEO, Securitize

Carlos Domingo is a senior executive, entrepreneur, investor, and currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Securitize, Inc. Before becoming the CEO of Securitize, Carlos co-founded and launched SPiCE VC, a fully tokenized VC fund.
Interview with Stefan K. Persson, CEO, Precise Biometrics

Interview with Stefan K. Persson, CEO, Precise Biometrics

Stefan K. Persson is Chief Executive Officer at Precise Biometrics, a market-leading supplier of solutions for convenient and secure authentication of people’s identity. In his past career, Stefan was Chief Operating Officer & Executive Vice President for Bang & Olufsen, and Chief Operating Officer of Medicom Innovation.

Interview: Chris Baker, CEO, SoftServe

Interview: Chris Baker, CEO, SoftServe

Chris Baker is both a seasoned entrepreneur and a Fortune 250 senior leader. He has been a member of SoftServe’s Board of Directors since 2012, and became CEO in 2015. Chris has led high growth technology companies for over 20 years. Most recently, Chris has served both as President and CTO of 360incentives.com, a leading incentive management company based in Toronto, Canada.
Spotlight on Flynet with Rhiannon Dakin, Marketing Manager, Flynet

Spotlight on Flynet with Rhiannon Dakin, Marketing Manager, Flynet

Flynet originally started its operations as a science company located next to the University of Cambridge. Back then, the company would solve the clients’ host system integration and mainframe connectivity problems, creating bespoke solutions which were forensically efficient and delivered maximum competitive advantage.
FinTech Connect Podcast #2: Lex Sokolin, Global Director - Fintech Strategy, Autonomous Research

FinTech Connect Podcast #2: Lex Sokolin, Global Director - Fintech Strategy, Autonomous Research

Fintech Connect’s Carly Greene catches up with Lex Sokolin on AI, the future of finance and tips for the start-up community looking to develop the next big innovation.

Robo-Advisors, Open Banking and the Future of Finance; Abba Newbury, CMO, Habito

Robo-Advisors, Open Banking and the Future of Finance; Abba Newbury, CMO, Habito

Abba is CMO at proptech start-up Habito. She is a seasoned marketing consultant working with both Google and Youtube on their accelerator programmes. She has worked on both sides of the marketing industry, as a Managing Partner of Media Strategy at McCann and Director of Advertising Strategy at News UK. 

FinTech Connect Podcast #1: Alexandre Rispal, Co-Founder and CEO, Moonshot-Internet

FinTech Connect Podcast #1: Alexandre Rispal, Co-Founder and CEO, Moonshot-Internet

Fintech Connect’s Carly Greene catches up with Alexandre Rispal on the broadening ecosystem, Moon-Shot Internet and the key technologies paving the way for bleeding edge services in insurance.

Where technology meets fashion: Carlos Belsué, CEO, Armillion

Where technology meets fashion: Carlos Belsué, CEO, Armillion

Carly Greene, Content Director for Fintech Connect, catches up with Carlos Belsué of Armillion, a Swiss company that created the first ultra luxury contactless device, a jewel that fuses functionality, exclusivity and luxury like never before.

Open Banking and the Future of Financial Services, Hetal Popat, Programme Director and Head, Open Banking, HSBC

Open Banking and the Future of Financial Services, Hetal Popat, Programme Director and Head, Open Banking, HSBC

Hetal is Programme Director and Head for HSBC UK’s CMA Open Banking programme.  He is accountable for delivering the open banking solution specified by the CMA and also for supporting the businesses as they seek to develop propositions that use open banking to benefit customers.  

Cloud in Focus: Steve Dorward, Lead Architect, Group Functions, Lloyds Banking Group

Cloud in Focus: Steve Dorward, Lead Architect, Group Functions, Lloyds Banking Group

Steve is a Lead Architect within Group Transformation Architecture & Strategy division. He has recent Software & Platform cloud vendor selection experience and involved in a number of initiatives to position Cloud as the future state architecture. He has many contacts within the IT industry be it vendors or peer FS companies.

Financial Innovation in Focus: Bijna K. Dasani, Group Architecture and Strategy, Group Transformation | Chief Operating Office, Lloyds Banking Group

Financial Innovation in Focus: Bijna K. Dasani, Group Architecture and Strategy, Group Transformation | Chief Operating Office, Lloyds Banking Group

Bijna has established strategic, innovation and complex transformation successes, across the globe, for leading Financial Services firms. Bijna received a felicitation at the House of Lords (UK), at the NRI World Summit and has been recognised as one of the top 50 Visionary Young Leaders in Business

Unleashing the potential for IoT in Insurance: Matteo Carbone, Founder & Director, IoT Insurance Observatory

Unleashing the potential for IoT in Insurance: Matteo Carbone, Founder & Director, IoT Insurance Observatory

Matteo manages an international insurance think tank focused on IoT Insurance. He is internationally recognized as an insurance industry strategist with a specialization on innovation. He is an author and world-renowned authority on InsurTech, ranked amongst the top international InsurTech Influencers and connected to a diverse network of insurance innovators. He speaks globally on the innovation and the benefits of IoT in the insurance industry.

In the lead up to FinTech Connect, we caught up with Matteo in regards to the insurance landscape and unleashing the potential for IoT in insurance.

Financial Innovation in Focus: Benedetta Arese Lucini, Co-Founder, Oval Money

Financial Innovation in Focus: Benedetta Arese Lucini, Co-Founder, Oval Money

Benedetta Arese Lucini is one of Italy’s and Europe’s leading tech entrepreneurs. She is the co-founder and CEO of Oval Money, a personal finance management app that harnesses the power of collective intelligence to help users track and save their money. Benedetta believes that fintech innovation must help improve underlying financial literacy in order to truly empower the consumer.

Ambrish Verma, Director of Product, Data & Loans at Credit Karma

Ambrish Verma, Director of Product, Data & Loans at Credit Karma

We are pleased to welcome Director of Product, Data & Loans at Credit Karma Ambrish Verma to the 2018 speaking faculty. Ambrish will be taking part in this year’s FinTech Connect Accelerating Digital Transformation Conference.

The Blockchain Revolution: Dr. Mihaela Ulieru, Chief Alchemist, Endor.com

The Blockchain Revolution: Dr. Mihaela Ulieru, Chief Alchemist, Endor.com


Our Content Director Carly Greene sits down with Dr. Mihaela of Endor.com to discuss the opportunities and first steps of the Blockchain Revolution.