Hey Fintech Nerds 👋
I started this newsletter because you, the people in this industry, constantly surprise me. The founders, the builders, all of you. And I started Fintech Nerdcon because when you put those people in a room, the conversation changes. People get real. Go deeper. Say the quiet part out loud.
This is the announcement I've been most excited to write all year.
When you get to Fintech Nerdcon, you’re gonna be in GREAT company…
It’s speaker drop time!
Speaker Drop // Part 1 🎮
Look who we got:
Ryan King, co-founder of Chime
Immad Akhund, co-founder & CEO of Mercury
Michael Tannenbaum, CEO of Figure
Linda Du, co-founder & president of Valon
Penny Lee, president & CEO of the Financial Technology Association
Plus leaders from Plaid, Gusto, Ava Labs, Navan, Forward, OnePay, Bretton AI, Flourish, Plata and Net Interest
And they're not coming to do panel platitudes. Your eyes are safe, they won’t have to roll. Check this out as an appetizer:
Chime on building your own core banking system. Figure on building the 21st-century competitor to Fannie Mae. Plaid is cooking up some INSANE AI ideas, and Will Robinson (their CTO) is bringing them to life. Plata is the fastest-growing neobank in Mexico (not Nubank!) And Marc Rubinstein, one of my favorite fintech writers (❤), brings a capital markets lens to the show for the first time.
Everyone on this card has shipped the thing they'll talk about. That's the bar for a Nerdcon stage.
Show your work. Tell us what broke. Tell us what you'd do differently.
Part 2 drops shortly.
See you in San Diego. November 19–20.
ST.
P.S. Miami sold out. Second year is when we hit our stride. Don't hear about it secondhand.
