OPEN Exchange is hosting Reimagining Finance in the Age of AI on June 27, 2026, at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, bringing together industry leaders, fintech innovators, banking executives, AI experts, founders, and investors for a day-long exploration of how artificial intelligence is reshaping financial services. Registration is open at lnkd.in/dTc4Ux2r, with the event structured around six distinct sessions covering banking, payments, blockchain, fintech infrastructure, financial inclusion, and the specific challenges facing credit unions and regional financial institutions as they navigate digital transformation.
The keynote session, The Future of Banking in the Age of AI, brings together Faraz Shafiq, Chief AI Product Officer at Wells Fargo, Preeti Somal, Executive Vice President at Temporal Technologies, Safwan Shah, Chief Executive Officer of Payactiv, and Zaki Manian, Co-Founder of Somm Finance, to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming banking operations, reshaping customer experiences, and redefining the future of financial services. Faraz Shafiq’s perspective from within one of America’s largest banks offers insight into how AI is being deployed at institutional scale, while Preeti Somal’s experience leading innovation and digital transformation at global organisations adds a systems and scalability dimension to the conversation about how financial institutions prepare for an AI-driven future.
The session on Fintech for Ordinary People, framed around the idea that the future of finance is participation, features Safwan Shah as keynote speaker, drawing on his experience creating the Earned Wage Access category through Payactiv, which has delivered more than 20 billion dollars in interest-free earned wage access to workers, advancing financial wellness and inclusion at scale. This session explores why financial innovations that help more people participate in the economy may prove as important as the underlying AI technology itself, a perspective grounded in Payactiv’s demonstrated impact on financial inclusion for millions of workers.
Treasury, Blockchain and the Global Economy welcomes Samir Addamine, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Heron, a stablecoin-powered enterprise payments company, who will discuss how stablecoins and blockchain technologies are creating new opportunities for enterprises and streamlining cross-border transactions. Fintech and Financial Services Infrastructure features Rehan Jalil, President and CEO of Securiti AI, exploring the technologies, platforms, and frameworks driving the next generation of financial services infrastructure, with his experience building and scaling technology companies giving him direct insight into the data, security, and digital transformation challenges institutions face.
Two sessions specifically address credit unions and regional banking. Credit Unions and Regionals: Opportunities and Challenges features Fawad ur Rehman, Director and Enterprise Architect at Visionet Systems, addressing how financial institutions can modernise legacy systems and build scalable, future-ready platforms, alongside Ambreen Mustafa, Investment Banking Associate at Wells Fargo, who brings a capital markets perspective to the same theme. Credit Unions: Evolving Roles in a Changing Landscape features Kamran Naqvi, Senior Vice President and Head of Digital Experience at Technology Credit Union, discussing how credit unions can innovate and strengthen member relationships while staying true to their community-focused mission.
The conference draws representation from an extensive roster of major financial institutions and technology companies including Wells Fargo, Visa, American Express, Stripe, JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Capital One, Mastercard, Circle, Coinbase, Ripple, Plaid, Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic, alongside numerous regional credit unions and banks across California. For banking professionals, fintech founders, investors, technologists, and business leaders, the June 27 gathering at the Computer History Museum offers a comprehensive cross-section of perspectives on how artificial intelligence, blockchain, and digital infrastructure are collectively reshaping the financial services industry, with registration available at lnkd.in/dTc4Ux2r ahead of the event.
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