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Finovate Awards
September 9, 2025
Winners announced at FinovateFall 2025

Bradley Leimer
Executive Director, Head of Fintech Partnerships at SMBC Group
Speaker

Profile

Bradley Leimer is Head of Fintech Partnerships and Open Innovation at SMBC. His previous roles prior to SMBC include being the Co-Host of the One Vision podcast and the Co-Founder of financial services and technology consulting and advisory firm Unconventional Ventures. As the former Head of Innovation and Fintech Strategy at Santander U.S., his team connected the bank to the fintech ecosystem and served as an observatory for the global organization for trends originating in the U.S. that have potential to expand and accelerate globally. Bradley adds additional perspective leading marketing and technology teams and projects within the bank and credit union industry and from a decade driving database marketing and analytic programs. Bradley is co-author of the book Beyond Good and writes and speaks about banking and technology trends, and advises corporates, startups, accelerators, and key industry conferences in the financial services space.