WE NEED FINTECH NOW MORE THAN EVER

The coronavirus pandemic has changed everything, from the way we live and work to the way we consume and get basic services. Financial services will never look the same again.

In this new reality, financial services companies will have to accelerate the development of their digital services, protect their customer data, and continue to improve their user friendliness, ease-of-use, transparency and seamless service on a variety of online platforms.

Companies that will not adapt to the new normal will fail. The fintechs are now needed more than ever.

FinTech Junction is a global community that brings together business and tech leaders from banks, financial institutions, fintechs, startups & investors.

Our annual conference and bi-monthly meetups & virtual conferences present the best fintech solutions that enable businesses to stay relevant.

We invite you to join us today to take your businesses to the next level!

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

FALL 2022 SPEAKERS

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Avi Vizel

Cloud Ecosystem

IBM

Eran Vitkon
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Eran Vitkon

VP of Products

Finastra

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Roman Pavlyuk

VP, Digital Strategy

Intellias

Alexey Brook
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Alexey Brook

CTO, Open API & Open Banking Leader

Matrix

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Eyal Rozen

CRO

Cloud IL

Tomer Michaeli
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Tomer Michaeli

General Partner

Viola FinTech

Sonja Kohn
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Sonja Kohn

Founder

BestFit

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Ziv Gafni

Executive Director, Head of Fintech & Partnerships

JPMorgan Israel

Hadar Siterman Norris
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Hadar Siterman Norris

Partner

Team8 Capital

David Feldman
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David Feldman

Principal

Flint Capital

Dror Shaked
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Dror Shaked

Senior VP Business Development

wix.com

Pavel Livshiz
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Pavel Livshiz

General Partner

Hetz Ventures

Benjamin hadad
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Benjamin Haddad

MD, Technology Innovation

Acccenture

Roi Ben Daniel
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Roi Ben Daniel

Founder and CEO

Received

Ornit Shinar
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Ornit Shinar

Senior Vice President, Israel Lead

Citi Ventures

Mickey Bozer
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Mickey Bozer

Open Banking Business Owner

Matrix

Sarah Podlinski
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Sarah Podlinski

Account Manager

Naviteq

Hernan Arber
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Hernan Arber

Founder

Arber Tech

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Adam Benayoun

Founding Partner

Collider Ventures

Shlomit Wagman
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Shlomit Wagman

Faculty Associate

Harvard University

Odelia Torteman
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Odelia Torteman

FinTech & Digital Transformation

IFC - The World Bank Group

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Tomer Niv

Crypto Investor

Entrée Capital

Meirav Harel
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Meirav Harel

Founder & CEO

MHfintechs

Noam Izhaki
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Noam Izhaki

CEO

Ballerine

Roi Maman
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Roi Maman

Head of Integrations

Israel Interactive Trading

Omri Yacubovich
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Omri Yacubovich

CEO & Co-founder

Lama AI

Oran Aish
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Oran Aish

Public Cloud Country Leader, Israel

IBM

Ronen Moskal
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Ronen Moskal

Solution IT Architect

IBM

Asaf Charnilas
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Asaf Charnilas

Investor

Team8 Capital

Frederik Aouizerats
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Frederik Aouizerats

Cloud Solutions Architect

IBM

Nadav Tzuker
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Nadav Tzuker

Cloud AM

Wiz

Tal Peled
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Tal Peled

Sales Manager EMEA

EasySend

Vladi Shulman
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Vladi Shulman

Founder & CTO

Profisea Labs

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Ben Pelled

Founder & CEO @ FinTech Junction

FinTech Junction

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We will soon publish the program for our 2023 annual summit

FALL 2022 PROGRAM

24 November 2022 at Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Conference Center

Conference opening

60mins

Ben-PelledSarah Podlinski

Ben & Sarah will open our Fall 2022 event – our last event for 2022!

Ben & Sarah will outline the event’s agenda and present the main themes for the day.

  • Ben Pelled (Conference Organizer) Founder & CEO @ FinTech Junction by People & Computers
  • Sarah Podlinski (Conference MC) Account Manager @ Naviteq
10mins
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Avi Vizel, Cloud Ecosystem @ IBM

At IBM, we do more than work. We create. We create as technologists, developers, and engineers. We create with our partners. We create with our competitors. If you’re searching for ways to make the world work better through technology and infrastructure, software and consulting, then we want to work with you.

15mins
Eran Vitkon
Eran Vitkon, VP of Products @ Finastra

Fintech expertise with focus on embedded financing/open banking. Product management skills. Initiate and create new products using the state of the art technology.

Deep understanding in payments (bank to bank, immediate payments, ACH, RTGS, Swift, Request for pay, confirmation of payee), Open banking, core banking, corporate banking, FX, platforms).

15mins
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Roman Pavlyuk VP, Digital Strategy @ Intellias

Whilst almost two decades in IT, Roman has driven an extensive track of business and technology transformation projects for the US and Middle East clients. With a strong technical background and product management skillset, Roman leads IT consulting, advisory practices and large-scale projects for emerging and enterprise markets by delivering high-value services. Roman’s hands-on experience in shaping the operational excellence to tackle business challenges helps tech innovators and Fortune 500 companies deliver excellent products and services for billions of users across the globe.

15mins
Alexey Brook
Alexey Brook, CTO, Open API & Open Banking Leader @ Matrix

Open banking is here to stay, and is expanding every year, creating vast opportunities to financial companies. But using the open-banking standard can be challenging, as it is a new concept in both business and technology. For those who want to keep focus on business, we have created a starter-kit that will provide a fast track to the open banking community and help to keep up with the future standard and regulation changes. The fast track users will lean on our end-to-end connectivity solution and base their business innovation on it.

10mins
Eyal Rosen
Eyal Rozen, CRO at CloudIL @ Cloud IL

During our presentation, we will be discussing how crucial it is for the finance industry to adopt cloud-native infrastructure for core banking products and services, especially during this time of intense digital transformation.

We will cover the following topics:
-The new necessities finance companies are facing today
-Why is it important for the finance industry to adopt this infrastructure
-What are the benefits of a cloud-native infrastructure?

10mins
Tomer Michaeli
Tomer Michaeli, GP @ Viola Fintech

Tomer Michaeli is an entrepreneur who co-founded Fundbox, a fintech unicorn, and now is a partner a Viola Fintech – a fintech fund that co-invests in global fintech leader side by side with leading global fintech investors.

FinTech in Turbulent Times: while 2022 was a tough year for fintech, we believe there are still numerous opportunities for fintech companies to thrive in the “new normal”. In my talk I’ll discuss areas of opportunities such as vertical and embedded fintech, fintech for SMB, Insurtech 2.0 and more.

10mins
Sonja Kohn
Sonja Kohn, Founder @ BestFit

Sonja Kohn has vast multi-disciplinary experience as a serial entrepreneur, who has founded successful companies in partnership with Italian banking giant Banca Intesa (now Intesa Sanpaolo) to form FundsWorld, a first-mover online funds platform, and with UniCredit Bank Austria, Austria’s largest bank. She has also served as an advisor to the Vienna Stock Exchange and to the Austrian Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, and was awarded the Great Medal of Honor of the Government of Austria.

 

10mins

ziv gafniHadar Siterman NorrisDavid FeldmanDror ShakedPavel Livshiz

Moderator: Ziv Gafni, Head of Digital Strategy Fintech & Markets Innovation @ J.P. Morgan

Speakers:
• Hadar Siterman Norris, Partner @ Team8 Capital
• David Feldman, Principal @ Flint Capital
• Dror Shaked, Senior VP BD @ Wix.com
• Pavel Livshiz, General Partner @ Hetz Ventures

35mins

Roi Ben Danielroman-pavlyuk-intellias.jpgSarah PodlinskiOrnit ShinarMickey Bozer

Moderator: Benjamin Haddad, MD, Technology Innovation @ Acccenture

Speakers:
• Roi Ben Daniel, Founder & CEO @ Received
• Roman Pavlyuk, VP, Digital Strategy @ Intellias
• Sarah Podlinski, Account Manager @ Naviteq
• Ornit Shinar, Global Head of External Innovation and Venture Investing @ Citi Innovation Lab
• Mickey Bozer, Open Banking Business Owner @ Matrix

35mins

Hernan ArberOdelia Tortemantomer nivMeirav Harel

Moderator: Hernan Arber, Founder @ Arber Tech

Speakers:
• Adam Benayoun, Founding Partner @ Collider Ventures
• Shlomit Wagman, Faculty Associate @ Harvard University
• Odelia Torteman, Global Digital Transformation & FinTech Specialist @ The World Bank
• Tomer Niv, Crypto Investor @ Entrée Capital
• Meirav Harel, Founder & CEO @ MHfintechs

35mins

Noam IzhakiRoi MamanOmri Yacubovich

• Noam Izhaki, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ballerine
• Roi Maman, Head of Integrations @ Israel Interactive Trading
• Omri Yacubovich, Co-Founder & CEO @ Lama AI

55min

Enjoy lunch with fellow attendees in a collaborative environment

60mins

The Main Event will end at 15:00.

IBM Startup Event will start at 15:00.

To register to IBM Startup Event < CLICK HERE

180mins

Check in & mingling

60mins
Oran Aish
Oran Aish, Public Cloud Country Leader, Israel @ IBM

Self-driven, results-oriented individual with a proven track record in sales attainment and growth in both local and international environments. I’m highly qualified in sales, strategic planning, business development and complex problem solving.

As an experienced leader, I’m able to lead and manage diverse teams, understand business problems, position and articulate a vision with a corresponding solution approach to improve the company’s and customer’s business performance and success.

05mins
Ronen Moskal
Ronen Moskal, Solution Architect @ IBM

Solution Architect at IBM ISV & Business development unit. Passionate about working with Israeli Independent Software Vendors, system integrators and startups.
Translates partner’s business requirements into an implementable solution for different industries.

Leading technological initiatives and mentoring Israeli developers, start-ups and matured hi-tech companies on behalf of IBM.
Experience in the development & management of complex software systems.

15mins
Asaf Charnilas
Asaf Charnilas, Investor @ Team8 Capital

Asaf is an investor at Team8 Capital, Team8 Group’s venture capital arm, focused mainly on early stage FinTech investments. Before joining Team8, Asaf held multiple managerial positions at growth-stage Israeli startups – most recently at Pagaya, where he led the onboarding of financial partners. He spent 5 years in New York City during which he graduated from Columbia Business School with an MBA, worked in strategy consulting and at Israeli TransitTech startup Via. Asaf began his career as an on-air journalist, serving as a broadcaster in the IDF’s radio station (Galey Tzahal and Galgalatz) and continuing to a news broadcaster position at Channel 10 News.

15mins

Frederik AouizeratsNadav Tzuker

Moderator > Frederik Aouizerats, Cloud Architect @ IBM

Wiz – a New Approach to Cloud Security and Alliances > Nadav Tzuker, Cloud AM @ Wiz

EasySend – Streamline Customer Data Intake and Automate your Digital Journey > Tal Peled, Sales Manager EMEA @ EasySend

30mins
Vladi Shulman
Vladi Shulman, Founder & CTO @ Profisea Labs

Results-oriented DevOps & Test Automation professional with over 18 years of hands-on experience in designing and developing automation frameworks and tools in the R&D, testing, integration, deployment and support areas.

More than 10 years of managing efficient and agile teams of experts in multi project dynamic environments and leading of various development and testing projects (traditional and scrum methodology).

15mins
50mins

* Confirmed sessions will be updated here as we get closer to the next event date.

* Most sessions will be held in English. Agenda is subject to change.

REGISTER

Our main event will be held on 21-June-2023 at Hilton Tel Aviv. On 20-June-2023 we will hold our VIP event.

Register early to save $. Our events are always in high demand and space is limited.