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FinovateSpring
May 7-9, 2025
Sheraton San Diego Hotel and MarinaSan Diego, CA

Connect with senior bankers, investors and fintech leaders

Finovate is the only major fintech event that unlocks access to an truly executive-level audience. We bring together the innovators leading the fintech revolution, senior decision-makers from banks and other financial institutions and top investors from VC firms looking for their next opportunity.

Over half of the attendees are from banks and investors. Most other fintech events have less than a quarter of their audience from this key group.

Quality. Not just quantity.

Finovate audiences are unlike those at a lot of fintech events where the apparently high attendee numbers are padded by junior staff and others with limited influence on the direction of their business.

Those high numbers may look impressive, but it makes it much more challenging to find people you really want to speak with.

And if you do find someone interesting, you’ll have to compete with thousands of others for their time and attention.

Your time is precious. Don't waste it.

Don’t waste your time working out who the right people are for you to meet.

Come to FinovateSpring to talk with the senior-level decision-makers who can actually move the needle for you and your company.

This is how we help you connect with them.

The most senior audience in fintech...

FinovateSpring by the numbers

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innovators

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from banks and other financial institutions

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attendees are C-level/heads of/directors/VPs

50%+ from banks and financial institutions

For 15 years, Finovate has attracted the best and brightest both on stage and in the audience:

  • Decision-makers from banks, brokerages, card issuers, payment providers, investment companies, insurance providers and everything in between
  • Execs and founders of fintech and general tech companies
  • VC, corporate, private equity and angel investors
  • Influential research analysts, press and consultants from large financial services practices
  • Government, regulator, and industry association representatives
Fintech event

Who will you meet?

Here's a snapshot of some of the attendees at FinovateSpring 2024.

8 of the top 10 US banks were in attendance!

Banks & Financial Institutions

  • Abound Credit Union | Chief Strategy OfficerAlly | Senior Director Advanced Business Analytics
  • Banc of California | Executive Vice President
  • Bank of America | SVP, Strategic Competitive Intelligence
  • Bank of America | SVP, Global Banking Product Management
  • Bay Federal Credit Union | SVP/Chief Technology Officer
  • BECU | Senior Vice President
  • Black Hills FCU | VP Innovation
  • Blackrock | Managing Director and Chief Compliance Officer
  • BMO | Head of Technology Banking
  • BMO | Head of FinTech
  • BNP Paribas | Managing Director
  • BNY Mellon | Managing Director
  • BNY Mellon Asset Management | Chief Executive Officer
  • California Bank of Commerce | Sr. EVP, Chief Technology Officer
  • California Coast Credit Union | Assistant Vice President of CU Tech Services
  • CalPrivate Bank | Director of Product Strategy and Innovation
  • Canvas Credit Union | AVP of Enterprise Solutions - Digital Strategies
  • Capital One | Vice President - Partnerships
  • Chevron Federal Credit Union | President/CEO
  • Citi | Director Fintech Solutions
  • Citizens Private Bank | Managing Director
  • Coastal Community Bank | President
  • Community Financial Credit Union | AVP, Experience Operations
  • Corporate America Credit Union | VP, Information Technology
  • Credit One Bank | VP, Product Innovation and New Business Initiatives
  • Credit Union of Texas | Head of Digital, Data and Analytics
  • Crown Agents Bank | Head of US Banks & NBFIs, Strategy & Coverage
  • Customers Bank | SVP, Commercial Digital Bank
  • Deltec Bank | Executive Director
  • DR Bank | VP, Strategy
  • Eagle Community Credit Union | Chief Lending Officer
  • East West Bank | Senior Managing Director
  • Ent Credit Union | VP, Experience Design
  • Extraco Banks | EVP, Director of Consumer Banking & Enterprise Innovation
  • Fidelity | VP Fintech Research
  • FinWise Bank | Executive Vice President
  • Firefighters First Credit Union | Vice President
  • First Citizen Bank | Director, Product Management
  • Fortera Credit Union | Chief Experience Officer
  • Georgia United | Director of Product
  • Hatch Bank | Chief Operating Officer
  • HSBC | Head of U.S. Innovation Banking
  • HSBC | Managing Director, Innovation Banking
  • Huntington Bank | Director, B2C Digital Payments
  • Indiana University Credit Union | SVP, CIO

Banks & Financial Institutions

  • Jenius Bank | Managing Director - Customer Experience
  • JP Morgan | Managing Director
  • KeyBank | Head of Commercial Product
  • Las Colinas Federal Credit Union | Chief Executive Officer & President
  • Lone Star National Bank | CIO Senior Vice President
  • Meriwest Credit Union | CTO
  • Meriwest Credit Union | VP of Digital Strategy
  • MetaBank | Executive Vice President , Enterprise Development
  • Morgan Stanley | Vice President, Technology
  • MUFG Bank | Head of Americas, Global Innovation Team
  • MVB Bank | VP, Senior Director of Fraud Policy and Strategy
  • National Bank of Canada | Managing Director and Vice-President
  • nbkc bank | Chief Technology Officer
  • North Bay Credit Union | CEO
  • OneAZ Credit Union | SVP Revenue Optimization & Market Analytics
  • Pacific West Bank | Sr. Director of Fintech Compliance
  • Patelco Credit Union | Vice President - Digital Experience
  • PeopleFirst Bank | President/CEO/owner
  • PNC | Senior Vice President, Head of Small Business Payments
  • PNC Bank | Senior Vice President, Embedded Finance
  • Poppy Bank | SVP - Branch Operations / Bank Security Officer
  • Public Service Credit Union | CIO/SVP of IT Systems and Documents
  • Raiffeisen Bank | Head of Strategy and R&D
  • RBC Capital Markets | US Head Tech
  • Redwood Credit Union | CAO
  • Sandia Laboratory FCU | VP of Product Development
  • Sandy Spring Bank | Senior Vice President and Director
  • Santa Cruz County Bank | Executive Vice President
  • Silicon Valley Bank | Director - Strategy & Planning
  • Stanford Federal Credit Union | Chief Financial Officer
  • Sunwest Bank | Head of Card Solutions
  • TAB Bank | Senior Vice President
  • Tasi Bank | President
  • TD Bank | Senior Manager, TD Invent
  • Technology Credit Union | Vice Preisdent
  • The Police Credit Union | Chief Operating Officer
  • Truist | Senior Vice President
  • U.S. Bank | Chief Digital Officer, Corporate & Commercial Segment
  • UFCU | Director - Digital Strategy
  • Umpqua Bank | EVP / Regional Director San Francisco Bay Area
  • University Credit Union | Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer
  • University Federal Credit Union | VP – Insights and Innovation
  • Wells Fargo | Head of Partnerships
  • Wells Fargo | Vice President, Strategic Initiatives
  • Wells Fargo | Vice President, Venture Capital

VCs & Investors

  • 137 Ventures | Founding Partner
  • 1839 Ventures | Venture Capital Principle
  • Alpha Impact 8 Ventures | Founder & Managing Partner
  • Alumni Ventures | Managing Partner
  • American Family Ventures | Investor
  • Anthemis Group | Partner
  • Arable Ventures | CEO/ Founder
  • Avanta Ventures | Managing Partner
  • BankTech Ventures | Managing Director
  • Bay Bridge Ventures | Co Founder and General Partner
  • Blank Ventures | Founder and General Partner
  • Cambrian Ventures | GP & Founder
  • Charles Schwab | Managing Director, Corporate Development
  • CME Ventures | Senior Director
  • Commerce Ventures | Partner
  • Comvest Partners | Vice President
  • Cota Capital | Partner, FinTech Venture Fund
  • Devlabs Ventures | General Partner
  • Entrada Ventures | Managing Partner
  • ff Venture Capital | Venture Partner
  • Fiat Growth | Founding Partner
  • Gramercy Ventures | Managing Partner
  • Grand Ventures | Founder and General Partner
  • Intuit Ventures | Managing Director
  • Javelin Venture Partners | Managing Director
  • Lendingclub Bank | VP Financial Innovation
  • Meta | Sr. Director of Engineering
  • Nido Ventures | Co-Founding Partner
  • Nomura | Executive Director
  • Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures | Managing Director
  • OCA Ventures | General Partner
  • Raido Capital Partners | General Partner
  • Rose Tech Ventures | Managing Partner
  • Samsung Next | Managing Director and Head of Investments
  • Scale Asia Ventures | Founding Partner
  • Sony Ventures | Senior Director
  • Startup Capital Ventures x SBI | Managing Director
  • Stereo Capital | Managing Partner
  • Summit Partners | Investor
  • SV Venture Group | Managing Partner
  • The Garage | MP & CEO
  • Transform VC | Investor
  • TruStage Ventures | Managing Director
  • Valley Ventures | Managing Partner

Mark Friedenthal

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Tolerisk

The event was a great way to meet the right people at the right organizations! It was really exciting to have them approach us after seeing our demonstration on stage!

Attendee seniority breakdown:

Financial technology event

Attendee region breakdown:

Banking technology event