LendIt is the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community. LendIt hosts three conferences per year in the USA, Europe, and China. LendIt USA is the industry's annual flagship conference and brings together every major online lending platform from around the…
Smartphones are the Terminal of the Future - The importance of being an ally with small businesses - Creating a multiplier effect through recharging Adolfo Babatz, Clip Moderator: Rafa de la Guia, Quona Capital
Reshaping the Lending Experience in Brazil - Democratizing access to cost effecient loans in Brazil - The importance of data algorithms to improve prediction, customer profiling and decision making Sergio Furio, Creditas Moderator: Manuel Silva Martinez, Santander InnoVentures
Regulatory Environment Across the Region - How regulators view fintech and the potential impact it has on the economy - Understand their view on new technology - The impact of politics on fintech regulation Laura Clavijo, SFC Carlos Orta, Deloitte Jorge Alexandre Casara, CVM Moderator: Leticia Riquelme, Inter American Development Bank
Reducing the Cost of Capital for SMEs in LatAm - Institutional capital helps to change the cost equation - Building an attractive alternative to banks through technology Nico Shea, Cumplo
Opportunities for Capital Markets Financing in LatAm Maria Ariza, BIVA
Open Banking as a Service - API delivery models help to change the transfer of funds and reduce friction - Building new connections and value chains can improve customer experience Anabel Perez, Novopayment Moderator: Mariano Carranza, Goldman Sachs
Harnessing the Power of Data to Improve Brazilians' Financial Well-Being - Alternative data can be the equalizer for the unbanked - Automation and new tech to stay ahead of the curve and banks Benjamin Gleason, GuiaBolso Moderator: Dave Nangle, Vostok Emerging Finance Ltd
Follow the money... Fintech investment opportunities in LatAm - Silicon Valley's growing interest in Latin America - How to scale in a way that can lead to a successful exit - The changing dynamics of funds in the region - Discovering positive ROI and new metrics of impact Mike Packer, QED Investors Fabrice Serfati, Ignia Marcelo Lima, Monashees Ishan Sinha, Point72 Ventures Moderator: Ben Saloff, AQN Strategies
Visa Everywhere Initiative - Awards Ceremony Eduardo Coello, Visa
Visa Everywhere Initiative Pagalo (Guatemala) Peiky (Colombia) Tiendapp (Colombia) Zen Finance (Brazil) Zinobe (Colombia) ZroBank (Brazil)
Visa Everywhere Initiative ¡Appa! (Argentina) DinDin (Brazil) Druber (Argentina) Facenote (Argentina) Flexio (Mexico) Kublau (Mexico)
Securing Institutional Capital - Closing the 85 percent gap for Mexican SMBs - Making sense of SMB data to understand and underwrite efficiently - The ROI potential in serving a market ready to explode David Poritz, Credijusto Moderator: Mariano Carranza, Goldman Sachs
Pushing the Pace on Innovation and Partnering with Fintechs - Innovating inside a big bank - Big retail’s move into financial services - The evolution of digital currencies. Manolo Sánchez, Former Chairman & CEO BBVA Compass Moderator: Katie Llanos, Iupana
From Broke to a Billion - Providing the tools, technology and resources needed to succeed - The power of mentoring and financial literacy Ingrid Vanderveldt, Empowering a Billion Women
Forging the Future of Money with Fintechs: Visa’s Vision for the Next Five Years of Payments Innovation - Keeping up with evolving consumer expectations to deliver faster, more personalized experienceS - Why it is crucial for leaders in the payments space to work in collaboration with fintechs - How programs like the Visa Fintech Fast Track program, Visa Partner Portal and Visa Everywhere Initiative are enabling fintechs to scale and promoting fresh thinking from startups Terry Angelos, Visa Moderator: Ana Paula Gonzalaz, 500 Startups
Building the Next Generation of Payments & Commerce Juan Pablo Ortega, Rappi Moderator: Arnoldo Reyes, Visa
Betting on LatAm's Future - Spotting potential amongst an emerging startup ecosystem - Finding the right disruptive company and market - Staying patient and allowing markets to pan out Paulo Passoni, Softbank Group International Moderator: Steve McLaughlin, FT Partners
The Neobank Revolution Vilash Poovala, Oyster Financial, Inc Stefan Moller, Klar Diego Caicedo, Omnibnk Gabriela Estrada, Vexi Moderator: David Feliba, S&P Global Market Intelligence
The Importance of Debt Capital for Growth Gordon Watson, Victory park Capital James Sagan, Arc Labs Jackie Hyland, A55 Jared Miller, Accial Capital Diego Creel Moreno, Creze Moderator: Rafa de la Guia, Quona Capital
Open Banking: the Core of the Collaboration Phenomenon Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Mambu Rafael Pereira, Rebel Edrizio De La Cruz, Arcus Financial Intelligence Inc. Maria Allen, Unisys Moderator: Lariza Galindo Hernandez, IFC
Low-Code: the Revolution of the Digital Transformation Omar Arab, Veritran
Bank + Fintech: Working Together to Improve the Customer Experience Hernan Lede, BIND Paula Arregui, Mercado Pago Moderator: Karely Franco, Poincenot Technology Studio
Open Banking: the Core of the Collaboration Phenomenon Edgardo Torres-Caballero, Mambu Rafael Pereira, Rebel Edrizio De La Cruz, Arcus Financial Intelligence Inc. Maria Allen, Unisys Moderator: Lariza Galindo Hernandez, IFC
Fintech as a Means to Break the Gender-Equality Gap in LatAm Ana Barrera, Aflore Hanna Schiuma, PRACK Asset Management Ana Paula Gonzalez, 500 Startups Claudia Duran, Endeavor Moderator: Raul Moas, Knight Foundation
How AI Broadens the Origination, Customer Service and Collection for MPL David Johnson, Vervent Moderator: Larry Chiavaro, Vervent
Cross Pollination session: Asia Look towards LatAm Nathan Lustig, Magma Partners Wenyi Cai, Polymath Ventures Bin Chen, Stori Card Moderator: Thiago Paiva, Liquia Digital Assets
Applying Fintech Lessons from Europe in LatAm Boris Batine, ID Finance João Lima Pinto, ITSCREDIT Moderator: Pedro Coelho, Banco BNI Europa
Mobile is the Key to Solving Financial Inclusion Mark Heynen, PayJoy Raymond Katz, Adelantos Steve Polsky, Juvo Amilkar Torres, Cable & Wireless Moderator: Jacopo Bracco, Scale Capital
How Data is Changing the SME Lending Market Pedro de Paula, Mercado Libre Adam Klappholz, Paypal Marc Stein, Underwrite.ai Moderator: Matthew Gamser, SME Finance Forum
Traditional Ecosystems Explore Payments Partnerships Ronald Alvarenga, Rapyd Martin Mazza, Pago46 Eric Nunez, OpenPay Sebastián Castro, Kushki Moderator: Lauren Connolley Morton, QED Investors
Small Business Lending: How Fintech Helps Drive the Economy Francisco Ferreira, BizCapital Nicolas Arrellaga, Nexoos Esteban Velasco, Sempli Alvaro Echevarria, Facturedo Gabriela Ruggeri, N5 Moderator: Joan Zhang, Startup Grind Miami
Consumer Lending Leaders Across LatAm Adalberto Flores, Kueski Santiago Suarez, Addi Tarek El Sherif, Zinobe Alejandro Cosentino, Afluenta Sandro Reiss, Geru Moderator: Glenn Goldman, Fintech Executive
The Power of the Wallet Marce Zetina, BBVA Mexico Moderator: Katie Llanos, Iupana
The QR Payments Push • Toño Peleaz, Dapp • Victoria Albanesi, Albanesi • Moderator: Barbara Magnoni, EA
Payments at the Center of the Fintech Ecosystem Sami Haddad, Z-Tech Dan Cohen, TiendaPago Paolo Fidanza, Mo Tecnologias Jan Heinvirta, Sonect Hector Shibata, AC Ventures Moderator: Lindsay Lehr, AMI
Blockchain as Payments Infrastructure Henrique Teixeira, Ripple Manuel Beaudroit, Bitex Dom Rozic, Minka Sam Trautwein, Carbon Moderator: Sean Lippel, FinTech Collective
Is Securitization About to Take Off in Europe? Rod Lockhart, LendInvest Jonathan Kramer, Zopa Lisa Macedo, Moody's Marion Delille, Crosslend Moderator: Jeremiah Wagner, Latham & Watkins
The Maturation of Digital Property Lending Francesca Carlesi, Molo Finance Michael Bristow, CrowdProperty Brian Bartaby, Proplend Marek Pärtel, Estateguru Moderator: Anthony Danon, Speedinvest
Building a New Paradigm for SME Lending Ayan Mitra, Code Investing Stephane Blanchoz, BNP Paribas Moderator: Therese Torris, Crowdfund Insider
The Impact of Open Banking and Data Availabiliity on SME Lending Neil Mullane, Funding Circle Christoph Rieche, iwoca Patrick de Nonneville, October Greg Carter, Growth Street Moderator: Conrad Ford, Funding Options
The Evolution of New and Alternative Data Sources Sam Coe, Experian
How (and When) Will Digital Banks Operate Profitably? No one can question the ability of the digital banks to grow their customer bases. Or their ability to raise equity capital. But what we have not seen yet is a profitable digital bank. In this session we will explore what it will take for these new banks to turn the corner on profitability. Giles Andrews, Zopa Norris Koppel, Monese Moderator: Will Beeson, Rebank
Building the Infrastructure for Financial Inclusion in the Developing World Geoffrey Prentice has been a co-founder of Skype and a founding partner at Atomico. He has now turned his attention to building the financial infrastructure for the developing world. Learn about the challenges of helping the unbanked build financial identities for the first time while providing responsible credit and helping improve financial literacy. Geoffrey Prentice, Oriente Moderator: Mark Tluszcz, Mangrove Capital
Lending at the Point of Sale: The Revolution is Coming In June 2019, Visa announced it is bringing the power of installments to the point of sale through beta APIs in the US. This has the potential to change point of sale installments globally. Learn the story behind this new set of beta APIs, and the benefits it brings to the payments ecosystem. Cetin Duransoy, Visa
Man Bites Dod: Fintech Acquires a Bank Tamaz will discuss Raisin’s recent acquisition of MHB Bank (Europe’s first case of a fintech acquiring a bank!), their growing list of bank distribution partnerships, and new innovative investment products for European savers. Tamaz Georgadze, Raisin Moderator: John Detrixhe, Quartz
Tech Partnerships and the Future of Banking With annual revenue totaling over £1 billion, CYBG owns a slew of banks, including Clydesdale Bank, Yorkshire Bank, Virgin Money UK and the app-based bank B. Responsible for CYBG digital transformation, Samantha is well-versed on how best to innovate your customer offerings by building the right lifestyle ecosystem. Samantha Bedford, CYBG Kulchetan Sanga, GoCompare Moderator: Eleni Digalaki, Business Insider
Reinventing the Capital Stack for Lending Platforms When building a lending platform with a long-term, sustainable future, it is not enough to focus on just one or two types of investors. In this lively session you will learn from one of the fintech industry pioneers as he reveals how they have built a truly diversified investor base using a variety of different capital structures. Christian Faes, LendInvest Moderator: Oliver Smith, AltFi
Big Banks are Searching for their Treezor – a True Open Banking Love Story Their joint presentation will dig deep into the partnership between multinational bank SocGen and fintech startup Treezor, exploring how the relationship evolved from ‘nice to meet you’ to ‘let’s get married.’ Takeaways include how do large bank-fintech relationships work, who drives project plans and business relations, what were the biggest challenges and much more. Claire Calmejane, Société Générale Eric Lassus, Treezor
Big Banks, Big Tech and the Future of Fintech Get an update on the MarketInvoice/Barclays partnership, one the most significant bank/fintech partnerships in all of fintech. Also learn how fintech companies will impact the big banks in the future and what the arrival of big tech will mean for all of financial services. Anil Stocker, MarketInvoice Moderator: Peter Renton, LendIt Fintech
Augmenting Underwriting with AI and Beyond Saul Fine, Innovative Assessments Marc Stein, Underwrite.ai Mark Rosel, Lendable Jack Alton, Neuro-ID Moderator: Sarah Hollinshead, RFi Group
Helping Europe's Underbanked: The Rise of Payday Lending Alternatives Peter Briffett, Wagestream Mark Allcock, Neyber Neil Kadagathur, Creditspring Freddy Kelly, Credit Kudos Moderator: Yusuf Ozdalga, QED Investors