# FinTech Conference 2021 ![Blue Light Abstract](/sites/default/files/styles/866w/public/assets/images/christopher-burns-Kj2SaNHG-hg-unsplash_0.jpg?h=f2fcf546&itok=q6FmGMA9) ## Global Fintech 2021: No Borders, No Barriers **Friday, March 5, 2021 from 8:30 AM to 3:15 PM** Join top Fintech academics, leading Fintech investors, innovative Fintech startups, and forward-looking Financial institutions to discuss Global FinTech 2021 --- ## Conference Speakers [ ![Sanjiv Anand](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/anand.png?h=01e15906&itok=x8XjTjIQ) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjiv-anand-80309110/) [## Sanjiv Anand ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjiv-anand-80309110/)Chairman of Cedar Management Consultant [BIO](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjiv-anand-80309110/) [ ![Arash Asady](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/asady_0.jpg?h=8971ea97&itok=Uu7LUe0F) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasady/) [## Arash Asady ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasady/)Co-founder and CEO of Bits of Stock [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasady/) [ ![Matan Bar](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/bar.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=3ymRkmy2) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbar/) [## Matan Bar ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbar/)Co-founder and CEO at Melio [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matanbar/) [ ![Andrew Boyajian](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/boyajian.png?h=525d80c9&itok=o-wmPmaa) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewboyajian/) [## Andrew Boyajian ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewboyajian/)VP of Product at Tink [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewboyajian/) [ ![Joel Cutler](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/cutler.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=fGhY-R3e) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-cutler-317743/) [## Joel Cutler ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-cutler-317743/)Managing Director at General Catalyst Partners [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/joel-cutler-317743/) [ ![KD](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2023-04/Kathleen%20DeRose_Headshot.jpg?h=c63721b7&itok=bJHSGabu) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose) [## Kathleen DeRose ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose)Fintech Director of the Fubon Center at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/kathleen-derose) [ ![Vasant Dhar](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2023-04/vdhar_0.png?h=0e41a0e6&itok=KcsS-ZM4) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar) [## Vasant Dhar ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar)Professor of Technology, Operations and Statistics at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar) [ ![Elaine Duff](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/duff.png?h=01e15906&itok=3zUFrxRI) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaineduff/) [## Elaine Duff ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaineduff/)Senior VP at FIS [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/elaineduff/) [ ![Charles Elkan](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/elkan.png?h=01e15906&itok=2s60N4o9) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/celkan/) [## Charles Elkan ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/celkan/)Co-founder of ficc.ai [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/celkan/) [ ![Claudio Esposito](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/esposito.png?h=01e15906&itok=vRi9_LSD) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudioesposito/) [## Claudio Esposito ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudioesposito/)Head of Alternative Lending at JPMorgan Chase [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudioesposito/) [ ![Maria Gotsch](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/gotsch.png?h=3fa655c9&itok=tvidnrCK) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-gotsch-15401583/) [## Maria Gotsch ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-gotsch-15401583/)President and CEO at Partnership Fund for NYC [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-gotsch-15401583/) [ ![Sabrina Howell](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-01/showell2.jpg?h=0aa13a0d&itok=8V-S7mXv) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell) [## Sabrina Howell ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell)Associate Professor of Finance at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/sabrina-howell) [ ![Kunal Kapoor](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/kapoor.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=1LOA8ZgT) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-kapoor-morningstar/) [## Kunal Kapoor ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-kapoor-morningstar/)CEO at Morningstar [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kunal-kapoor-morningstar/) [ ![Sjoerd Leemhuis](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/leemhuis.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=3Bb9wAm6) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerdleemhuis/) [## Sjoerd Leemhuis ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerdleemhuis/)CEO and Co-founder at Owlin [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjoerdleemhuis/) [ ![Sanjay Mathew](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/mathew.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=0eoWLkaP) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaymathew/) [## Sanjay Mathew ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaymathew/)Regional Head at Oracle [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaymathew/) [ ![Darion Miller](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/miller.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=ifMEX8ch) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/darionmiller/) [## Darion Miller ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/darionmiller/)Co-founder of Ply [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/darionmiller/) [ ![Marcelo Morales Rins](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/morales.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=DjsZ0YWu) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmoralesrins/) [## Marcelo Morales Rins ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmoralesrins/)Founder and CEO at Blinktrip.com [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mmoralesrins/) [ ![Christine Parlour](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/parlour.jpeg?h=b9d6abc7&itok=V9tfTJUT) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-parlour-8894981b/) [## Christine Parlour ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-parlour-8894981b/)Professor of Finance at Berkeley Haas School of Business [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/christine-parlour-8894981b/) [ ![Headshot of Foster Provost](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/assets/images/headshot_provost.jpg?h=54de7ba5&itok=_5xVDGSn) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost) [## Foster Provost ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost)Fubon Center Data Analytics & AI Director and Professor at NYU Stern [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/foster-provost) [ ![Fahad Saleh](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-03/saleh.jpeg?h=f7495f53&itok=gcfhC6EJ) ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahad-saleh-0a58aa152/) [## Fahad Saleh ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahad-saleh-0a58aa152/)Associate Professor Finance at the University of Florida [Bio](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fahad-saleh-0a58aa152/) [ ![Ritcha Ranjan](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2024-11/ranjan_1.jpeg?h=6b553072&itok=KL8dD22N) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/fubon-center/events-activities/tech-leadership-lab-ritcha-ranjan-microsoft-oct-22-2024) [## Ritcha Ranjan ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/fubon-center/events-activities/tech-leadership-lab-ritcha-ranjan-microsoft-oct-22-2024)**October 22, 2024** [**Ritcha Ranjan (Microsoft Copilot)**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/fubon-center-technology-business-and-innovation/fubon-center-technology-business-and-innovation-events/2024-2025-events/tech-leadership-lab-ritcha-ranjan-microsoft-oct-22-2024) [More Details](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/fubon-center/events-activities/tech-leadership-lab-ritcha-ranjan-microsoft-oct-22-2024) [ ![Raghu Headshot.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2023-12/Raghu%20Headshot.jpg?h=4ecf8430&itok=hzSkC0s-) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/rangarajan-sundaram) [## Raghu Sundaram ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/rangarajan-sundaram)Senior Vice Chancellor & Head of Global Strategy at NYU [Bio](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/rangarajan-sundaram) [ ![Liza Landsman holds a microphone and speaks](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-05/landsman_1_edit.jpg?h=3b2a3cc0&itok=UoMwQYKT) ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/fubon-center/events-activities/tech-leadership-lab-liza-landsman-stash-nov-19-2024) [## Liza Landsman ](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/fubon-center/events-activities/tech-leadership-lab-liza-landsman-stash-nov-19-2024)**November 19, 2024:** [**Liza Landsman (Stash, NEA)**](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/centers-of-research/fubon-center-technology-business-and-innovation/fubon-center-technology-business-and-innovation-events/2024-2025-events/tech-leadership-lab-liza-landsman-stash-nov-19-2024) [More Details](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-stern/about/departments-centers-initiatives/fubon-center/events-activities/tech-leadership-lab-liza-landsman-stash-nov-19-2024) [ ![Chad Dickerson speaking ](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-05/i-bxzt7pc-x5_0.jpg?h=91763ee6&itok=37ybjS8V) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7IHAodQow) [## Chad Dickerson ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7IHAodQow)**February 5, 2025:** [**Chad Dickerson (Etsy**](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdL-vmx-rf8IfCN7LEoFGLAQ7cAlL1OHylL17HTmCwl4Jt2sQ/viewform)**)** [More Details](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-7IHAodQow) [ ![stephane kasriel speaking](/sites/default/files/styles/500w_x_625h/public/2025-05/25-0572_017.jpg?h=a0996368&itok=xoGAysgk) ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch57r4pV-eQ) [## Stephane Kasriel ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch57r4pV-eQ)**April 14, 2025:** [**Stephane Kasriel (Meta)**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kasriel/) [More Details](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ch57r4pV-eQ) prev next - - - slide 1 - slide 2 - slide 3 - slide 4 - slide 5 - slide 6 - slide 7 - slide 8 - - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Welcome Remarks and Opening Keynote](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/1_8_0.png.webp?itok=AwwDjoJx) [ Play Video ](#) Welcome Remarks and Opening Keynote (Kathleen DeRose, Kunal Kapoor) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Research Session 1: Manipulating a Bubble](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/2_13.png.webp?itok=JBVpQnDC) [ Play Video ](#) Research Session 1: Manipulating a Bubble: Three Dark Sides of Bitcoin and the Future of Public Blockchains (Sabrina Howell, Christine Parlour, Amin Shams, Fahad Saleh) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Practitioner Panel 1: Financial Inclusion, Investing Accessibility and Integration](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/3_7_0.png.webp?itok=u18t8EJm) [ Play Video ](#) Practitioner Panel 1: Financial Inclusion, Investing Accessibility and Integration (The Super App) (Stacey Widlitz, Claudio Esposito, Marcelo Morales Rins, Chenni Xu) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Start-Up Demos, Session 1 ](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/4_6.png.webp?itok=aA3X5WNY) [ Play Video ](#) Start-Up Demos, Session 1 (Matan Bar, Darion Miller, Arash Asady) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Research Session 2: (How) Can You Trust AI Systems?](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/5_3.png.webp?itok=uUpfA-gs) [ Play Video ](#) Research Session 2: (How) Can You Trust AI Systems? (Foster Provost, Vasant Dhar, Charles Elkan) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Practitioner Panel 2: Enterprise Innovation ](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/6_3.png.webp?itok=RU1bnGdE) [ Play Video ](#) Practitioner Panel 2: Enterprise Innovation (Maria Gotsch, Sanjiv Anand, Andrew Boyajian, Sanjay Mathew, Elaine Duff) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Start-Up Demos Session 2 ](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/7_1.png.webp?itok=CmDz9Q1h) [ Play Video ](#) Start-Up Demos Session 2 (Ben Zweig, Sjoerd Leemhuis) - ![2021 Fintech Conference - Fireside Chat and Closing Remarks](/sites/default/files/styles/965w_x_564h/public/2025-03/8_1.png.webp?itok=8liZ5lEQ) [ Play Video ](#) Fireside Chat and Closing Remarks (Joel Cutler, Raghu Sundaram, Kathleen DeRose) ## GLOBAL FINTECH 2021: NO BORDER, NO BARRIERS NYU Stern School of Business, known for its academic strength in finance and data science, offers the number one undergraduate and MBA Fintech programs, preparing students for future jobs in Fintech, and produces the most widely recognized research on Fintech, shaping global understanding of the impact of Fintech on economic policy and on the financial services industry. NYU Stern's Fubon Center for Technology, Business, and Innovation, and its Fintech initiative, will host Stern's annual FinTech Conference on Friday, March 5, 2021. This year's conference will focus on Global Fintech 2021: No Borders, No Barriers. The speakers will explore the disruption and innovation in the Global FinTech Market. In a global era, how do financial, social, and e-commerce data and AI shape global consumer financial services? What are the most important academic insights into explainable AI and the economics of permissioned blockchain adoption? Which parts of the world are best at different parts of banking? Come hear the top Fintech academics, the leading Fintech investors, the most innovative Fintech startups, and the most forward-looking Financial institutions address these topics and more. This conference is ideal for: Academics, students, startups, corporates, investors, policymakers, and regulators. We look forward to having you join us! This conference has a maximum capacity of 1000 guests. Registration does not guarantee access to the event if capacity is reached. Thank you for your understanding. ## PROGRAM Show All | Hide All Welcome and opening keynote Kathleen DeRose, NYU Stern Kunal Kapoor, Morningstar Research Session 1: Manipulating a Bubble: Three Dark Sides of Bitcoin and the Future of Public Blockchains Sabrina Howell, NYU Stern Christine Parlour, UC Berkeley Amin Shams, Ohio State University Fahad Saleh, Wake Forest University Practitioner Panel 1: Financial Inclusion, Investing Accessibility and Integration (The Super App) Stacey Widlitz, SW Retail Advisors Inc. and Dealmakehers Claudio Esposito, Stash Marcelo Morales Rins, Ualá Chenni Xu, Ant Group Start-up Demos Session 1 Matan Bar, Melio Darion Miller, Stash Arash Asady, Bits of Stock Closing Morning Session Remarks Kathleen DeRose, NYU Stern Table Topics Session Peter Dietrich, Morningstar Danny Hakimian, Onfido Brian Hirsch, Tribeca Venture Partners Elena Sofia Giralt, Electric Coin Company Jeff To, Safekeep Matthieu Mingasson, Code and Theory Steve Faktor, Idea Faktory Fabrice Coles, Bank Policy Institute Sean Judge, Highland Capital Partners Steven Wasick, infoSentience Michael Dooijes, Future Street Advisory & Investments Liam Gray, Tech Nation Kunal Vaed Managing Director, JP Morgan and Chase Priyanka Lilaramani, Truealpha Larry Tabb, Tabb Group Michael Sonnenshein, Grayscale Investments Rebecca Garner, Stash Richard Berner, NYU Stern Research Session 2: (How) Can You Trust AI Systems? Foster Provost, NYU Stern Vasant Dhar, NYU Stern Charles Elkan, ficc.ai Practitioner Panel 2: Enterprise Innovation Maria Gotsch, Partnership Fund for New York City Sanjiv Anand, Cedar Management Consulting International Andrew Boyajian, JP Morgan Sanjay Mathew, Oracle Elaine Duff, FIS Start-up Demos Session 2 Ben Zweig, Revelio Labs Sjoerd Leemhuis, Owlin Fireside Chat with Joel Cutler and Dean Raghu Sundaram Joel Cutler, General Catalyst Partners Raghu Sundaram, NYU Stern Closing Remarks Kathleen DeRose, NYU Stern