Join us at the
2024 Canadian Finance Summit
On May 15th, 2024, discover how next-gen FIs are partnering with fintech to accelerate innovation.
Join over 500 banks, credit unions and fintechs in our networking hall building partnerships. The expert panels will take a deep dive into BaaS, AI, Risk, Fraud, InsurTech and much more.
Speakers
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Peter Aceto Bank Transformation -
Stephen Smith Chairperson -
Diederik van Liere CTO -
Mahima Poddar Group Head -
Rob Khazzam CEO | Founder -
Stephen Murphy Group Head -
Baanu Ratneswaran Head, Enterprise Innovation -
Baiju Devani SVP/VP AI -
Jeremy Bornstein CRO -
Armando Benitez MD & Head AI & Quantitative Engineering -
Christine Day Chief Technology & Information Officer -
Jennifer Arnold CEO -
Amit Sadhu SVP, Risk -
Jean Amiouny CEO | Founder -
Kevin Carmichael Editor-at-Large -
Robin Stewart Head, Business Banking Operations -
Carol Brigham Managing Director, Supervision -
Brent Reynolds CEO | Founder -
Parijat Sinha Head of Ecosystem Products | GM -
Thomas Purves Principal, Financial Services -
Hamid Akbari CEO -
Ardalan Shojaei Chief Credit & Risk Officer -
Curtis Gergley Chief Risk Officer -
Derek Szeto Founder CEO -
Nav Anand Head of Solutions Architecture -
Jackie Shinfield Financial Services | Regulatory Compliance -
Kevin Sampson President -
Noah Buchman President | Co-Founder -
Kim Krushell Co-Founder -
Leigh Day Digital Identity Consultant -
Anne-Marie Kelly Head of Fraud -
Cheryl Woodburn Country Manager -
Lora Paglia SVP, Chief Risk Officer -
Chris Brophy Principal Risk - Banking / Financial Services -
Moe Assaf President -
Hanna Zaidi VP, Payments Strategy & CCO -
Catharine Dutt Enterprise Risk Services Partner -
Nezihe Aquino CEO | CRO -
Kris Hansen CTO -
Evan Chrapko CEO | Founder -
Cato Pastoll CEO | Founder -
Stefanie Marotta Banking Reporter -
Yvette Wu CEO | Founder -
Annaleigh Greene Managing Director -
Yassir Jiwan Financial Services & Insurance -
Fabian Serrato SVP Model, Data & AI Risk -
Aaron Carter Executive Director, Global Collateral Finance -
Michael Garrity Chairperson
Sponsors
Agenda
8:00am - 6:00 pm
Network App
Use the Finance Events Network App to setup meetings in the Securian Networking Hall throughout the day. Schedule time in the network hall. Numbers in the app correspond with numbers on the networking area high tops.
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Sponsored by Naehas
Continental Breakfast
Building a Bank
As its 8th employee, Peter Aceto helped Tangerine Bank get its banking license in 1997 and he is now on the KOHO team to help them do the same. Listen to Peter talk about how to build a bank in 2024.
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Peter Aceto
Bank Transformation
KOHO
Keynote
Actionable AI in Banking: Beyond the Hype
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Thomas Purves
Principal, Financial Services
Lahave
Moderator -
Baiju Devani
SVP/VP AI
TD Bank
Speaker -
Armando Benitez
MD & Head AI & Quantitative Engineering
BMO Capital Markets
Speaker -
Christine Day
Chief Technology & Information Officer
Questrade
Speaker
Creditor Insurance: An Extreme Makeover
Workshop Panel
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Daniel Resnick
Partner, Customer Strategy Financial Services Lead
KPMG
Moderator -
Derek Szeto
Founder CEO
Walnut
Speaker -
Marc Nantel
National Director
Trans Global Insurance
Speaker
Treasury Island: $90B in Banker's Acceptances set to transition
Grab your coffee and head to a discussion on the end of BA. With Banker Acceptances exiting and a tri-party repo system emerging, where will this money move?
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Yvette Wu
CEO | Founder
Yield Exchange
Moderator -
Annaleigh Greene
Managing Director
BMO Capital Markets
Speaker -
Kevin Sampson
President
TMX | CDS
Speaker -
Aaron Carter
Executive Director, Global Collateral Finance
CIBC Capital Markets
Speaker
Morning Schmooze
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Sponsored by Apex
Apex Innovation Investments Ventures
An Interview with Stephen Smith
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Kevin Carmichael
Editor-at-Large
The Logic
Moderator -
Stephen Smith
Chairperson
Fairstone Bank, Home Trust, First National
Keynote
Modeling Certainty: How to Manage Price and Risk Models
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Chris Brophy
Principal Risk - Banking / Financial Services
SAS Global
Moderator -
Curtis Gergley
Chief Risk Officer
Canada Guaranty
Speaker -
Evan Chrapko
CEO | Founder
Trust Science
Speaker -
Fabian Serrato
SVP Model, Data & AI Risk
Scotiabank
Beyond Recognition: A Cautionary Tale of AI and Identity Fraud
Learn how bad actors are creating generative AI deep fake videos, audio, and synthetic IDs that are impossible to detect both in person and virtually. Easy-to-access technology is changing the identity verification landscape.
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Kim Krushell
Co-Founder
Treefort
Speaker -
Leigh Day
Digital Identity Consultant
Identivex
Speaker -
Jay Krushell
Chief Legal Officer
Treefort
Speaker
A Sleuth's Guide to AML and Fraud
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Anne-Marie Kelly
Head of Fraud
Paays
Moderator -
Cheryl Woodburn
Country Manager
Provenir
Speaker -
Jennifer Arnold
CEO
Minerva
Speaker -
Nezihe Aquino
CEO | CRO
Vancity Community Investment Bank | Vancity
Speaker
The Great Canadian Catch-up: Tech as an Enabler
A discussion on the technology that will transform Canadian banking services from microservices through to Open Finance.
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Yassir Jiwan
Financial Services & Insurance
Deloitte
Moderator -
Diederik van Liere
CTO
Wealthsimple
Speaker -
Sean McCarthy
Financial Services Industry Leader
AWS
Speaker -
Parijat Sinha
Head of Ecosystem Products | GM
FIS
Speaker
Lunch
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Sponsored by Finwise Bank
Finwise Bank
Off the Rails
Jeremy Bornstein, who scaled retail payments innovation at RBC and built payment dispute deflection solutions from zero to tens of millions at Mastercard, walks us through the next revolution: real-time payments and tremendous benefits it could bring the financial sector in Canada.
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Jeremy Bornstein
CRO
Peoples Group
Keynote
The Launch Code: Unleashing New Digital Financial Products
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Hamid Akbari
CEO
Blanc Labs
Moderator -
Jean Amiouny
CEO | Founder
Shakepay
Speaker -
Baanu Ratneswaran
Head, Enterprise Innovation
TD Invent
Speaker -
Mahima Poddar
Group Head
EQ Bank
Speaker
Watching the Kettle Boil: Preparing for the Credit Downturn
Workshop Panel
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Samantha Simpson
Analytics Lead
Payson
Speaker -
Brent Reynolds
CEO | Founder
Payson
Moderator -
Amit Sadhu
SVP, Risk
RBC
Speaker -
Ardalan Shojaei
Chief Credit & Risk Officer
Fig
Speaker
Taking Care of Business: The State of Business Banking
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Stefanie Marotta
Banking Reporter
Globe and Mail
Moderator -
Rob Khazzam
CEO | Founder
Float
Speaker -
Cato Pastoll
CEO | Founder
Loop
Speaker -
Robin Stewart
Head, Business Banking Operations
BMO
Speaker
A 60 Minute Playbook to Scale AI within Financial Services
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Prithvi Srinivasan
Managing Director, Advisory
Blanc Labs
Speaker -
Ali Khachan
Managing Director, AI
Blanc Labs
Speaker
Afternoon Break
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Sponsored by Fionic
Fionic
Lending-as-a-Service
Insight on Oversight: Regulating Canada’s Financial Infrastructure
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Jackie Shinfield
Financial Services | Regulatory Compliance
Blakes
Moderator -
Carol Brigham
Managing Director, Supervision
Bank of Canada
Speaker -
Hanna Zaidi
VP, Payments Strategy & CCO
Wealthsimple
Speaker -
Catharine Dutt
Enterprise Risk Services Partner
MNP
Speaker
Strange Bedfellows: Navigating the BaaS Revolution
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Kris Hansen
CTO
Sagard
Moderator -
Noah Buchman
President | Co-Founder
Propel Holdings
Speaker -
Stephen Murphy
Group Head
CWB
Speaker
Finance Award Winners Announced
The Tiffany & Co Award presented to individuals and companies:
Risk Officer of the Year
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EQ Bank
Sponsored by EQ Bank
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Mahima Poddar
Group Head
EQ Bank
Al Fresco Drinks
Outside with a view of the downtown cityscape, network with peers with cold wine and beer.
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Sponsored by the CanCap Group
CapCap Group
Details
Date
May 15th, 2024
Time
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Venue
The Quay, 100 Queens Quay E 3rd Floor, Toronto, Ontario
