AI-Native Banking and Fintech Conference 2025 | Utah Bankers Association | 30 September 2025 | The University of Utah, 201 Presidents' Cir, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA

Our first year was a smashing success, so we are delighted to be back in 2025 with an emphasis on real world use cases of AI in banking and fintech.

Why Attend?

Learn:
• Learn how regulators are thinking about AI. Discover how leading sponsor banks are deploying generative AI today. Leave with case studies covering complaint management, customer experience (CX), customer support use cases and more. Ask questions from expert panelists specializing in the responsible deployment of AI. Come together with fellow attendees and speakers in our workshops for in-person collaboration and problem-solving. Bring your notebooks!

Innovate:
• When we look back in 5 or 10 years, we’d see that our uses of AI today are limited by imagination more than technology. At this Conference, you will see what AI financial service leaders are comfortable with deploying today so that you can keep up with the blistering pace of innovation while remembering a duty to adopt AI responsibly.

Collaborate:
• Attending this Conference offers you the invaluable opportunity to connect with regulators, sponsor banks, fintechs, expert panelists, and AI creators. This is your chance to engage directly with pioneers and leading professionals who are at the forefront of AI development and financial service regulations. You'll gain exclusive insights, share knowledge, and discuss innovative ideas with those who share your passion for advancing AI responsibly.

2024 Past Speakers

Travis Hill
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, FDIC

Julapa Jagtiani
Senior Economic Advisor and Economist, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia

Al Goldstein
Founder, Chairman & CEO, StoicLane Inc.

Alex Johnson
Founder, Fintech Takes

Spencer J. Cox
Governor of Utah

Laurel Loomis Rimon
Partner, Jenner & Block

Reena Bajowala
Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Nik Milanović
General Partner, The Fintech Fund

Kareem Saleh
Founder & CEO, FairPlay

Paul Zhang
Co-founder & CIO, Avant

Walter J. Mix III
Former California Banking Commissioner

Derek Higginbotham
CEO & President, First Electronic Bank

Armen Meyer
Co-founder, American Fintech Council

Martha O'Malley
Assistant General Counsel, Prosper

Jim Jackson
SVP of Strategic Partner Oversight, WebBank

Rhett Roberts
Co-Founder & CEO, LoanPro

Zach Boyd, PhD
Director, Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, State of Utah

Ryan Christiansen
Executive Director, Stena Center for Financial Technology

Peyman Hesami
CPO, Spring Labs

John Sun
Co-founder & CEO, Spring Labs

Brian Enneking
COO, First Electronic Bank

Jesse Honigberg
EVP of Products and Platforms, Customers Bank

Phil Goldfeder
CEO, American Fintech Council

Laurie Payne
Vice President, Strategic Partner Oversight, WebBank

Peter Piatetsky
Co-founder & CEO, Castellum.AI

Pooja Elhance
VP of Compliance, Bluevine Inc.

Robert Savoie
Member, Chair of the FinTech Practice Group, McGlinchey Stafford

Jordan Esbin
Founder & CEO, CreditPulse

Ashwin Vasan
Partner, FS Vector

Dan Chang
General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, Splash Financial Inc.

Margaret Meyer
Chief Technology Officer, Zions Bancorporation

Kirk Cullimore
Utah State Senator

Michael Umlauf
SVP Data Science & Analytics, TransUnion

Annie Delgado
Chief Risk Officer, Upstart

Jordan Wright
Co-founder & CEO, A

Brian W. Jones
President, Merrick Bank

Evan Weinberger
Correspondent, Bloomberg

Saurabh Bajaj
Chief Product Officer, Oscilar

Vince Wilson
Regulatory Counsel, Lead Bank

Loren Andersen
Head of Customer Operations, Avant

Mark Burnside
Director, Forvis Mazars

Emily Reisig
SVP, Emprise Embedded Strategic Relationship Leader, Emprise Bank

Maria-Kristina Hayden
CEO & Founder, OUTFOXM

Will Tumulty
CEO, Rapid Finance

Brock Blake
CEO & Founder, Lendio

Ryan Hildebrand
Chief Innovation Officer, Bankwell

John Beccia
Co-founder & CEO, FS Vector

Steve Allocca
Former CEO, Funding Circle

Nuwan Bandara
Sr. Manager, Solutions Architecture – Financial Services, Amazon Web Services

Carson Lappetito
President, BankTech & Sunwest

Matt Scarborough
Co-founder & CEO, Bridgeforce

Aleks Teichman
Principal, Brightcheck

Anne Romatowski
Markets Program Manager, CFPB

Johnny Reinsch
CEO, Tradable

Anna Fridman
Co-founder, Spring Labs

Moody Hadi
Head of Credit Analytics New Product Development, S&P Global

Dan Pillemer
CEO, CardWorks