It may feel like peak summer now, but the fall is right around the corner. That means our flagship fintech conference—FinovateFall 2026—is only weeks away!
Don’t worry—you’ve got plenty of time to buy your ticket (taking advantage of early-bird savings) and book your room. You’ve also got all the time in the world to learn more about what we’ve got in store for you this year. We’ll be introducing many of the event’s top attractions over the coming days and weeks here on the Finovate blog. For now, to whet your appetite for our autumn event, here’s a look at the recently released FinovateFall 2026 agenda.
Day One—September 9
FinovateFall 2026 starts strong with a battery of live, fintech demos featuring companies innovating in AI-enabled back-office automation, financial literacy, lending, transaction intelligence, embedded finance, and wealth management. The morning will also feature special addresses on topics such as AI and e-commerce and the global economic and geopolitical landscape. We will also present our Breaking News session featuring top fintech analysts discussing the latest headlines that everyone at FinovateFall will be talking about. Heading into the lunch break, we’ll showcase another round of demos from companies offering solutions to automate payments, enhance customer communications, fight fraud, and help institutions meet regulatory requirements.
The demo sessions after the lunch break will feature a range of innovators demonstrating their solutions for financial advisors building out their wealth management offerings, banks seeking to benefit from advanced payment technologies, and small businesses looking for affordable, flexible financing. The day’s content ends with a keynote address on stablecoins and tokenized deposits and our power panel on the opportunities that agentic AI is bringing to financial institutions featuring panelists from Prudential, University of Michigan Credit Union, and Gradient Labs.
Day Two—September 10
The second day of FinovateFall starts with a Finovate favorite: our Analyst All Stars presentations, which borrow our seven-minute format from our demoing companies to present recent research on fintech trends ranging from the relationship between banks and fintechs to AI visibility to adaptive customer onboarding. The morning will also include a special address from Macabacus CEO Charlie Schilling on why trust, not caution, is what unlocks AI’s full value in finance.
Our demoing companies return to the stage on Day Two, with technologies that are enabling lenders to streamline mortgage processing, helping advisors boost customer engagement, and bringing voice security solutions to banks and other financial institutions. The day will feature a total of four demo sessions with fintech innovators delivering rapid-fire demonstrations of their solutions for lending and underwriting, fraud prevention and dispute resolution, authentication and identity verification, payments, and more.
The final content presentations of the day will include a Special Address from Jawwad Rasheed of Camunda, a Quick Fire Keynote from J.D. Power Senior Director Jennifer White, and a Power Panel on financial crime risk moderated by StrategyBRIX CEO and Managing Partner Jas Randhawa. Our Best of Show awards will be held at the end of the day on Day Two during the drinks and networking reception.
Day Three—September 11
With the demos done and Best of Show trophies awarded, Day Three of FinovateFall is all about content: this is true for both our invite-only opportunities such as our Community Bank Spotlight & Breakfast and our IMPACT Funders & Founders event, as well as for our general session and industry stage presentations.
In the plenary, FinovateFall attendees will enjoy a pair of special addresses including an out-of-the-box keynote from AI expert Jon Lakefish on AI-enhanced CX to create trust and loyalty. The morning will also feature a Power Panel on the customer experience as a profit engine, moderated by Beyond the Arc’s Steven Ramirez.
Following a morning break, it’s time for our industry stages—conferences within the conference that allow for deeper examinations and discussions on topics such as AI & Innovation, Customer Experience & Trust, and The Future of Money.
Back in the general session after the lunch break, Day Three of FinovateFall resumes with a pair of Power Panels: one on embedded finance and platform economics and another on bank-fintech partnerships and the transition from competition to collaboration and co-creation. The day concludes with our Fireside Chat on the current US administration and its approach to financial services and fintech regulation, followed by our Investor All-Stars roundtable featuring investors from across the country talking about where the smart money is investing in fintech and why.
This is just a quick overview. There’s so much more to FinovateFall this year—from our pre-event exclusives for banks and credit unions on September 8 to our Executive Briefings on Women in Fintech, Community Banking, Embedded Finance, and more. To learn more about everything FinovateFall 2026 has to offer, check out the agenda, now available at our FinovateFall hub.
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