Fintech Meetup Europe 2026
6 October 2026 – 8 October 2026
Feira Internacional de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
Fintech Meetup Europe is a three-day fintech, banking, payments and commerce event built around pre-scheduled one-to-one meetings between fintechs, banks, merchants, investors and other industry leaders. The 2026 edition runs 6-8 October at Feira Internacional de Lisboa (Pavilions 1 and 2) in Lisbon, with a conference programme spread across a main stage and four tracks covering banking and challengers, enterprise and infrastructure, commerce and fintech, and startups and investors.
67 sessions · 71 speakers
Media Partners (7)
Financial IT · CryptoNewsZ · Digital Assets Edge · Biometric Update · FinTech Scotland · Times of AI · Crypto Moon Press
Sponsors (26)
Ripple · FinScan · Moveris · Emburse · Plumery · Oxford Risk · Enfuce · Chift · CrediWire · Fundbox · Mambu · Copla · Unit21 · Visa · Ondato · J.P. Morgan · Backbase · Tweezr · Utila · Veriff · Persona · Thunes · Resistant AI · ClearBank · Plaid · Feedzai
Association Partners (3)
Fintech House · Atlantic Fintech · Portugal Fintech
Speakers (71)
- Theodora Lau Founder, Unconventional Ventures
- Richard Davies Allica Bank
- Payal Raina Founder, Fin.Tech Marketing Community
- Keith Grose Coinbase
- Bianca Zwart Chief of Staff to the CEO, bunq
- Jeff Tijssen Co-Founder, Stealth
- Ugne Buraciene Group CEO, payabl
- Irina Chuchkina Financial Alliance for Women
- Steve Naude Managing Director - Wise Platform, Wise
- Daniel Kimerling Deciens Capital
- Jan-oliver Sell Chief Executive Officer, Qivalis
- Barbara Gottardi Co-Founder and CEO, Finbridge Global
- Kaushal Shukla VP Payments, Moniepoint Group
- Thorsten Seeger Member of the Management Board, SME Bank
- Kilian Thalhammer Managing Director, Global Head of Merchant Solutions - Fintech & Platform Sales, Deutsche Bank
- Jenni Himberg-Wild Managing Director, HSBC
- Christos Chamberlain GM UK & Europe, Airwallex
- Prashant Fuloria Chief Executive Officer, Fundbox
- Ivan Maryasin Altitude
- Jessica Holzbach Partner & CEO Germany 0TO9, 0TO9 | Bank of Entrepreneurship
- Gabriella Kindert CEO | Snappi Bank, snappi
- Wesley Chan Co-Founder & Managing Partner, FPV Ventures
- Yorick Naeff Head of Innovation, ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
- Divya Bhardwaj COO, Uber Payments UK
- Pol Navarro Subdirector General. Chief Digital, Sales and Customer Success, Banco Sabadell
- Clare Gambardella Zopa Bank
- Chris Mason CEO, Orbital
- Tim Chong Co-founder and CEO, Yonder
- Afonso Fuzeta Eça Banco BPI
- Ian Rand CEO, Monument
- Christian Wolf Head of Strategic Partnerships & Ecosystems | Group Strategy & Innovation, Raiffeisen Bank International AG
- Doni Hoti Adclear
- Dora Grant Chief Risk Officer (CRO) and Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Griffin
- Iryna Agieieva Head of Payments, Mollie
- Jenny Edwards Managing Director, Head of NatWest Venture Banking, NatWest Commercial and Institutional
- Heidrun Luyt Chief Growth Officer, Qonto
- Janet Du Chenne Founder & CEO, ThoughtTree Lab
- Vincent Kolijn Transformation Office Rabobank/ CEO Datakeeper, Rabobank
- Junaid Baig Head of Strategic Investments & Co-Head of Strategy, BNP Paribas CIB
- Chantal Swainston Founder, The Heard
- Manuel Costescu MD, Global Corporate Bank, Head of EMEA Fintech, JPMorgan
- Michael Hurup Andersen Founder & co-CEO, kompasbank
- Abraham Georgakarakaros VP Digital & E-Commerce, Virgin Media & O2
- Andre Amaral CEO, Liga Portugal
- Andreas Ioannou Investor, Fintech Collective
- Caroline Wahl Co-founder and PR Strategist, Berlin Finance Initiative
- Catarina Pires CPO, BNP Paribas Personal Finance
- Felipe Peñacoba CEO, Payments Hub (Pagonxt), Pagonxt (Banco Santander)
- Gustavo Pilatti Chief Data Officer, BNP Paribas Personal Bank
- Helen Yu Author, "Ascend Your Startup"
- Ignacio De Navascués Payments Modernisation & Governance Lead, SWIFT
- Indrek Reimand Head of Digital Channels & Design, Coop Pank
- Inês de Macedo Santos VC Investor, Armilar Venture Partners
- Jeff Courtney Managing Director, Reply
- João Freire de Andrade Executive Director, Start Ventures
- Jouk Peiter CEO, Backbase
- Kayode Odeleye Managing Partner, 23mile Capital
- Kimberly Waldron Founder, Started PR
- Komitas Stepanyan Director of Technology and Cybersecurity, Central Bank of Armenia
- Kunal Datta CPO, Unit21
- Kym Jesse Of Counsel, Mishcon De Reya LLP
- Mariia Komissarova Head of Data & AI Delivery in Retail, Raifeissen Bank
- Miguel Angel Alcala Managing Director, Head of Europe, BBVA Spark
- Mikael Modig COO, Saldo Bank
- Miriam Wohlfarht Co-founder & CEO, Banxware
- Philippe Teixera Da Mota Co-founder, Shapers
- Pranay Ahluwalia GM Payments, Monzo
- Sam Bobev Founder & CEO, Fintech Wrap Up
- Sandra Flavia Fenstereifer Cluster Lead & Managing Director, CommerzBank
- Tom Schapira CEO & Founder, Imagine Capital Group
- Veronica Glab Industry Speaker
Agenda
- Fintech Meetup Europe Startup Competition Round 1 6 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- When AI Decides, Who Holds Accountability? 6 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- A2A Has Been Promised for Years. How Does It Take Off and Who Owns Checkout? 6 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Here in MiCAR, will Europe be the safest of all? 6 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- How Europe Engineered the World's Most Resilient Neobanks 6 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- 44 Countries, 50+ Payment Rails: Can Europe Solve its Fragmentation Problem? 6 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Banks Used to Buy. Now They Build. What Does That Leave for Fintech? 6 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Fintech Meetup Europe Startup Competition Round 2 6 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Tech Spotlight 6 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Sponsored Session 6 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Sponsored Session 6 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Sponsored Session 6 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Opening Remarks 6 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 1: Speaker TBC 6 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 2: Speaker TBC 6 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 3: Speaker TBC 6 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Credit Where Credit's Due: The European Lending Landscape 6 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Is AI Destroying the Ecosystem for New Entrants? 6 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- MEGA: Is Europe's Regulatory Depth Becoming a Strategic Asset? 6 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Payments Margins Are Thin. How Can AI Actually Improve the Economics? 6 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Sponsored Summit 6 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Replace or Reshape? Designing the Workforce of the Future 6 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Building Scale Across Borders: The Multi-Market Tool Box 6 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Deep Fake Nine. Has Consumer Fraud Entered a New Orbit? 6 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Has Venture Capital Stopped Funding the Middle? 6 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Innovation Is Easy to Announce. How Do New Payment Ideas Hold Up at Enterprise Scale? 6 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Living La FiDa Loca - Fintech Inside Out. Preparing for Open Finance 7 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Can CVC and Venture Debt Power the Next Eurostar of Fintech Scale? 7 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Is AI Becoming Fintech's Dot-Com Bubble? Are We Keeping Up? 7 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- The Last Human in Banking - What Will Premium Banking Look Like? 7 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- How to Fight Fraud in Real Time. An inhuman task against an inhuman enemy. 7 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Does Europe’s Highly Regulated Industry Present a Safety Net or a Barrier for Startups? 7 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- The Agentic Atelier: Designing Europe's Independent Runway for AI Agents 7 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Speaking Fluent ISO 20022: Is Europe Still ‘Lost in Translation’? 7 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Sponsored Session 7 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Tech Spotlight 7 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Sponsored Session 7 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Sponsored Session 7 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Where Are Fintech Investors Still Finding Durable Returns? 7 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Papers Please! How Does a Fintech Grow Across Europe Without Getting Stuck? 7 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- What Should Banks Still Be Building, and What Should They Stop Chasing? 7 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- A Digital Dollar, a Digital Euro, or a Digital Pound? Does Europe Need One Stablecoin Future? 7 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Tearing Down the Tolls: Building the Next High-Speed Platforms for Global Payments 7 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- If Every Fintech Looks the Same, What Still Counts as Product Innovation? 7 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- The Michelin Guide to Growth. What Makes a Fintech Star-Worthy? 7 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- The Consolidation Curse: Are Europe's Mid-Sized Banks Built for this Moment? 7 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Opening Remarks 7 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 4: Speaker TBC 7 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 5: Speaker TBC 7 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 6: Speaker TBC 7 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Opening Remarks 8 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Fintech Meetup Europe Startup Competition Finale 8 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 7: Speaker TBC 8 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 8: Speaker TBC 8 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Keynote Session 9: Speaker TBC 8 October 2026 · Main Stage
- Sponsored Session 8 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- Sponsored Session 8 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- Sponsored Session 8 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Tech Spotlight 8 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Stablecoins Promise Faster Liquidity. How Do Firms Use Them Without Importing New Funding Risks? 8 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- The Streaming Shift: Re-platforming Banking for a Digital-First World 8 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers
- Velocity & Loyalty: The New Merchant Royalty 8 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- EU Inc. Can a Startup Truly Scale Across Fragmented Europe? 8 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- Data, Dollars, and Autonomy: Can Sovereign European Rails Capture the Value Beyond the Payment? 8 October 2026 · Track 2: Enterprise & Infrastructure
- How to Get in Front of the Right Customers and the Right Investors. 8 October 2026 · Track 4: Startup & Investors
- The Giants' Causeway: How can Europe keep its Unicorns at home? 8 October 2026 · Track 3: Commerce & Fintech
- In Sickness and In Health: Engineering Trust for Europe's KYC Ecosystem 8 October 2026 · Track 1: Banking & Challengers