Final agenda for Fintech Stage of Disrupt 2024
It joins Space, SaaS, AI and Builders as the other industry-focused stages — all under one big roof. The Fintech Stage joins Space as well as SaaS and AI stages, all of which are under the same roof. Mobile banking, global payrolls, digital payments and embedded finance are all growing areas in the coming years. The open banking movement is also gaining momentum in the United States. At Disrupt’s Fintech Stage, hear from leaders across the industry about what challenges they’ve faced so far and where the opportunities lie.
Check out the final agenda below.
The complete Fintech Stage agenda
Finding the Consensus of Crypto VC
With Morgan Beller (NFX), Will Nuelle (Galaxy VC), and Haseeb Qureshi (Dragonfly Capital)
In the crypto space, it’s time to scale. The signs are all pointing to a period of rapid growth, with high prices in the market and favorable regulations. Let’s speak with investors who have invested in some of the biggest protocols, exchanges and decentralized applications. What’s the next big thing and what has been the biggest surprise in their investment portfolio?
Coinbase’s Onchain Pivot with Base
With Jesse Pollak (Base)
Base is a secure, low-cost and developer-friendly Ethereum layer-2 blockchain. Coinbase is making its biggest bet yet on decentralization with Base. Base is the platform that Coinbase uses to host its on-chain apps, but anyone else can build decentralized applications on Base. Jesse Pollak, the head of Coinbase’s ambitious Base project, will tell us why Coinbase is moving outside its comfort zone and betting on protocols. He will tell us why Coinbase is moving outside of its comfort zone and betting on protocols.
How These Neobanks Grew During Challenging Times
With Colin Walsh (Varo Bank) and Jason Wilk (Dave)
While there have been many digital bank shutdowns in recent years, there are some players that are not only doing well, but thriving. Neobanks Dave, Varo Bank and each has millions of customers. They are growing despite the challenging macroeconomic climate and increasing competition. What are the companies doing to grow in these challenging times? We’ll talk to executives to find out. We’ll talk to execs to find out.
With Tiptop, Postmates Founder Bastian Lehmann Is Hungry for More
With Bastian Lehmann (Tiptop)
After selling Postmates to Uber for $2.65 billion, Bastian Lehmann is back with Tiptop, a startup that wants to unlock the monetary value of things you already own. Tiptop has a trade-in option that can be found at the checkout. Tiptop is a payment solution that retailers can use. Tiptop takes care of everything, from quotes to payouts to fraud prevention. After revolutionizing the modern delivery economy and the food industry, can Bastian Lehmann change how we buy (and sell) things?
Future of Work
With Corinne Beksha (Check), Marcelo Lebre (Remote), and Josh Reeves (Gusto)
Software is eating the world, and companies are hiring global talent more frequently than ever. They want to retain employees that want to relocate abroad and be able hire talent from foreign countries. But can they replace local subsidiaries? But can they replace local subsidiaries?
BaaS in a Post-Synapse Meltdown World
With Itai Damti (Unit), Peter Hazlehurst (Synctera)
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and Sheetal Parikh (Treasury Prime)The bankruptcy of banking-as-a-service (BaaS) fintech Synapse shows just how treacherous things are for the often-interdependent fintech world when one key player hits trouble. Synapse’s troubles have affected and brought down many other startups, and millions of customers across the country. Many people believe that regulatory clarity will be needed in the future. According to one analyst, the Synapse case highlights the need for fintech firms to maintain high standards of compliance and operational efficiency. This panel looks at the potential impacts the Synapse collapse will have on the future of BaaS.Visa Everywhere Initiative
Presented by Visa
The Visa Everywhere Initiative is an open innovation program that helps startups like yours unlock new opportunities — and can give you a global platform to demonstrate your ground-breaking solutions. The program was first launched in the U.S. and rapidly expanded to a global program. To date, nearly 15,000 startups have applied to the program — many of which now work with Visa or its clients.
About TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
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