On May 24, 2022, FinTech Nexus, formerly Lendit, drew more than 4000 attendees to New York’s Jacob Javits Center for two intense days of engagement and networking. Following are conference highlights: Fintech women: Over 100 fintech female executives shared insights on career enhancing strategies and ways to achieve influence in a male-dominated field. The session…

I am excited to announce a new Wnet program that will prepare you to lead with ease, perform at your peak, influence those around you and positively affect your organization. As co-chair with Tom Wimsett, Chairman & Managing Partner, Merchant’s PACT, we have developed the PayTech Women Executive Academy with expert executive coaches and trained facilitators to propel you to succeed,…

May 2022 went out with a bang and a new fintech holiday: Finclusion Day! What better way to gauge our collective progress than with our very own holiday? Going forward, fintechs around the world will promote advances in financial inclusion every May 31. And considering our industry’s vast reserves of creativity, I can’t wait to…

The rise of embedded finance tools in the consumer sector in recent years has made payments and money management significantly more convenient, flexible and intuitive for users, while drastically increasing revenue and growth opportunities for providers. With the power–and profitability–of embedded finance well-proven in the consumer sector, the model has begun making its way into…

Since the beginning of the Pandemic, it has become eminently more noticeable that retail and dining customers are using contactless payments far more frequently.  What started out as germophobic anti-virus protection on payment terminals has developed into a very convenient payment habit for many consumers. Contactless payments, like most payment innovations, has taken a long…