UK / US FinTech Forum - West Coast

Innovate Finance, the UK’s trade body representing the global FinTech sector, is co-hosting its dedicated US / UK FinTech Forum with Google on 21st February 2023.

The purpose of this Forum is to connect with and support members that are currently located in the US; to support members who are seeking to scale to the US through regulatory, partner and investor connections; to promote the UK FinTech ecosystem to US investors; to promote the UK as an international scaling destination of choice for US FinTechs; and more broadly to foster stronger ties between the two ecosystems.

Building on our recent engagement in New York City, we now want to bring this programme to California, and as such we want to meet with interested companies and investors in order to expand their network on behalf of members.

Our programme on February 21st will provide attendees the opportunity to engage with peers, meet with the FinTech community, and learn about Innovate Finance and the work we do in both the US and the UK.

Agenda

2:30 - 3:00pm
Pre-event networking

3:00 - 3:15pm
Opening remarks by:

• Rashee Pandey, Head of Membership and Growth, Innovate Finance
• Joe White MBE, British Consul General in San Francisco and Technology Envoy to the US
• Google

3:15 - 4:00pm
Panel Discussion on Scaling to the UK /US
Moderated by: Rashee Pandey, Head of Membership and Growth at Innovate Finance

Speakers:

• Joe White MBE, British Consul General in San Francisco and Technology Envoy to the US
• Mohit Narula, Managing Director, Citi
• Nello Franco, Chief Customer Officer, Onfido
• Paula Paschoal, Managing Director, Global Partnerships, Google Pay

4:00 - 4:15pm
Q&A with panellists

4:15 - 4:45pm
Fireside chat on Digital Assets & Web3

Moderated by: Jeremy Goro, Head of Financial Services Strategy & Partnerships, Google UK
Speaker: Rich Widmann, Head of Web3 and Digital Assets at Google Cloud

4:45 - 5:30pm
Presentation by Google

5:30 - 7:00pm
Networking Reception