Musings from Finovate Spring'23
Theodora Lau
American Banker Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech | 3x Book Author | Coming Soon: Banking on Artificial Intelligence (2025) | Founder — Unconventional Ventures | Podcast — One Vision | Public Speaker | Top Voice
As with most conferences, the week often feels like a whirlwind. Serendipity encounters always end up breaking even the most meticulous attempts to plan ahead.
Here are some of my takeaways ...
The cool kids
The one thing we love most about Finovate are always the startup demos. The one by Flybits in particular caught my eye — giving us a glimpse on how banking in the future might look like.
Speaking of ... here are the best of show winners:
Top trends
The "Analysts All Stars" this year was presented by Tiffani Montez , Dan Latimore , and Dylan Lerner , who covered the topics of Gen Z, Buy Now, Pay Later, Generative AI, and consumer financial fitness.
AI is in the air
It is quite impossible to miss the AI trend this year, particularly against the backdrop of round-the-clock news from tech companies. Discussions around AI, along with data and privacy, dominated quite a few demos and panels.
As I stressed in my keynote presentation, it's crucial for our industry to proceed —?with caution, while keeping an eye out on bad actors and unintended consequences. Ultimately, it is about people.
Community
Which brings me to the last and most important point: The fintech community. Attending Finovate has always been like a family reunion, and it feels particularly true this year. Not only was I able to catch up with many old friends in person, I also met quite a few new people who left me inspired and super energized.
And that —?is the magic of Finovate.
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Stay tuned for pictures from the event. And see you all in NYC for Finovate Fall!
Chief Growth Officer @ Flybits | Board Chair at Accelerate Okanagan | Advisor at Nishe & Rocketplan
1 年Appreciate the shout out Theodora Lau!
Master Future Tech (AI, Web3, VR) with Ethics| CEO & Founder, Top 100 Women of the Future | Award winning Fintech and Future Tech Influencer| Educator| Keynote Speaker | Advisor| (ex-UBS, Axa C-Level Executive)
1 年Flybits is a great example and they are working on more personalised experience for a while. Thanks Theodora Lau for sharing!
American Banker Top 20 Most Influential Women in Fintech | 3x Book Author | Coming Soon: Banking on Artificial Intelligence (2025) | Founder — Unconventional Ventures | Podcast — One Vision | Public Speaker | Top Voice
1 年Great wrap-up by Rutger van Faassen — especially on all the demos that I've missed! https://www.dhirubhai.net/pulse/whatd-i-miss-news-insights-got-noticed-rutger-van-faassen/
Business Owner at TKT home made mosla products
1 年Great share Theodora Lau