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FinovateFall 2024: Welcome to the AI Era in Financial Services

FinovateFall 2024: Welcome to the AI Era in Financial Services

In a recent post about the themes of FinovateFall 2024 (New York City, September 9 – 11), we recognized just how much our demoing companies were leveraging AI to help build innovative financial solutions in everything from payments and lending to cybersecurity and regulatory compliance. Financial services and fintech have truly entered the AI era.

And while our demoing companies showcase ready-to-go AI-powered tools and platforms, our keynote speakers are doing their part to help fintechs, banks, credit unions, lenders, and other financial services organizations figure out how to make AI work for their businesses and their customers.

Below is just a sample of the AI-in-financial-services content we have in store for you in less than two weeks time. If you haven’t picked up your ticket yet, you’re in luck: registration is still open and spaces are still available. Visit our registration hub today and we’ll see you in New York in September!


Conversational Banking: Get Value from Generative AI

Peter Wulfraat – Chief Revenue Officer, Kore.ai

Wulfraat is a seasoned industry leader bringing more than 20 years experience in solutioning and selling automated customer and employee experience solutions to many of the world’s most prestigious brands. At Kore.ai, he leads global direct sales, and is responsible for revenue performance across product offerings and regions. LinkedIn.


Unifying and Personalizing the Customer Journey through a Digital and AI-First Strategy

Rahul Kumar – GM & VP, Financial Services & Insurance, Talkdesk

Kumar is focused on driving thought leadership and industry specific innovation to position Talkdesk as a leader in the market. He advises all components of digital transformation within the financial services industry on business strategy and adoption of new business models to support growth plans. In his 15 years in financial services, Kumar has helped multiple credit unions and community banks ideate and execute large scale digital transformation program. LinkedIn.


AI as a Co-pilot in Financial Services – How Every Function is Being Reimagined by Automation, AI Data Mining & AI-Generated data

Dan Latimore – Chief Research Officer, The Financial Revolutionist

Latimore is Chief Research Officer at The Most Impactful, a leading research-based recognition program created by The Financial Revolutionist to identify companies in financial services making the greatest difference. Latimore’s focus is on innovation in financial services and fintech, with a keen interest in consumer behavior and technology-enabled strategy. Most recently, he was the Chief Research Officer at Celent, a leading research firm focused on technology for financial services. LinkedIn.


Beyond the Hype: Delivering Real Business Value with AI in Financial Services

Chris Brown – President, Intelygenz USA

Brown is a seasoned leader in the AI and tech industry, specializing in transformative solutions for banking and fintech. Leading a team dedicated to innovation, Brown drives the development of tailored Deep Tech solutions to meet evolving client needs. At Intelygenz, he focuses on pushing AI technology boundaries, specializing in data-driven architecture, streaming AI, and human-centric solutions. LinkedIn.


What Does the Era of Generative AI Mean for Financial Institutions? What are the Real Use Cases for GenAI in Financial Institutions and Banks?

Aditi Subbarao – Financial Services Lead, Instabase

Subbarao leads Financial Services and Strategic Parnterships at Instabase. She is responsible for setting and implementing Instabase’s Financial Services product and market roadmap, enabling organizations across the world to drive bottomline efficiencies and transform customer journeys through the automation of critical processes underpinned by unstructured data. LinkedIn.


AI Amplifies Developer Velocity and Code Quality

Kevin Alwell – Director, Field Services, GitHub

Alwell leads the Financial Services Solutions engineering team at GitHub and has worked in AI for the last decade. He has spoken at Microsoft events such as Build and Innovate as well as every GitHub Galaxy event including the keynote of 2022. His developer tools journey started in communications, digital media, then consulting, and now his focus is on serving GitHub’s financial services customers. LinkedIn.


Leveraging Advanced AI to Deliver Accurate and Adaptive Customer Service

Apurva Misra – Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Truckstop

Misra is Senior machine Learning Engineer at Truckstop and an AI Consultant at Sentick, where she focuses on assisting startups with their AI strategy and building solutions. She leverages her extensive experience in machine learning and a Master’s degree from the University of Waterloo, where her research bridged driving and machine learning to offer valuable insights. LinkedIn.


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