Fintech Island Barbados 2022 October 5th, 2022

The Fintech Islands Experience (FIX) will be an important catalyst for fintech innovation and transformation across the Caribbean. The three-day conference will focus on bringing global thought leadership, best practices and best-in class solutions to the Caribbean’s banking and financial industry, while introducing this largely untapped market to the fintech world.

Top 10 speakers:

• Gabriel Abed - Founder, Bitt; Ambassador of Barbados to the UAE, Government of Barbados
• Iyinoluwa Aboyeji - Co-Founder, Flutterwave; Founder Future Africa
• Kimberly Adams - Co-Founder, Bridge Network
• Nicholas Brathwaite - Founder and Managing Partner, Celesta Capital
• Carmelle Cadet - Founder and CEO, EMTech
• Rachel Carpenter - Founder and CEO, Intrinio
• Danish Chaudry - CEO, FMFW.io
• W Dave Dowrich - CFO, TIAA
• Christian Duffus - Founder and CEO, FonBnk
• Sebastian Gasman - Latin America Investment Officer, Accion Venture Lab

Agenda:

The general agenda key Sessions

• FINTECHING THE UNBANKED: Driving Economic Access and Banking for All
• BLUE OCEAN, GREEN MONEY: Climate Fintech to Save Our Planet
• EMBEDDED FINANCE: When Every Company is a Fintech Company
• CURRENCY FLUENCY: Stablecoins, CBDCs, and the Future of Money
• FINANCE DECENTRALIZED: Web 3.0 Tokenization and the DeFi Revolution

Day 1:

• 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast / Check-In
• 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Opening Remarks
• 9:05 AM - 9:30 AM Welcome Address: The Honourable Mia Amor Mottley
• 9:30 AM - 9:55 AM Innovation and Inclusion: How Mastercard is Partnering with Fintechs in LATAM and the Caribbean
• 9:55 AM - 10:00 AM Closing Remarks
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Meetups - Make the right connections with curated 1:1 meetings in our beach cabanas.
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Networking break
• 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Opening Remarks
• 11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Featured Interview
• 11:30 AM - 11:55 AM The Clara Lionel Foundation: Rihanna's Philanthropy Joins the Fight for Climate Justice and Resilience
• 11:55 AM - 12:00 PM Closing Remarks
• 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Buffet Lunch / Networking CURRENCY FLUENCY: Stablecoins, CBDCs and the Future of Money
• 1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Main Ballroom
• 1:05 PM - 1:25 PM The Sunny Side of a Crypto Winter: Circle's Head of Regulatory Strategy on Seeing the Positives in a Down Cycle
• 1:25 PM - 2:00 PM Real-World Lessons on the Road to Digital Money: What We Have Learned From the First Deployments of CBDCs
• 2:00 PM - 2:35 PM Trading on the Blockchain: What Does it Mean for Traditional Players and Investors?
• 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM The Fundamental Question: How Can Cryptocurrency Solve Problems in the World?
• 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Closing Remarks FINTECHING THE UNBANKED: Driving Economic Access and Banking for All
• 1:00 PM - 1:05 PM Opening Remarks - at Hilton Resort, Beach Pavillion
• 1:05 PM - 1:25 PM Removing Financial Barriers: The World’s First Interoperable Mobile Wallet for CBDCs - at Hilton Resort, Beach Pavillion
• 1:25 PM - 2:00 PM Phone Finance: How Mobile Apps Are Driving Financial Access in the Caribbean
• 2:00 PM - 2:35 PM Filling the Void: How Fintechs Are Banking on Millennials and Gen Z in LATAM
• 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM The Soul of Insurance: How Almi is Helping People of Caribbean Protect and Grow Their Wealth
• 2:55 PM - 3:00 PM Closing Remarks
• 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM Afternoon Networking Break EMBEDDED FINANCE: When Every Company is a Fintech Company
• 3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Main Ballroom
• 3:35 PM - 3:55 PM Follow the Money: What Are the Fintech Trends Capturing the Imagination of Investors?
• 3:55 PM - 4:30 PM Embedded E-Commerce: Creating Seamless Experiences for Online Shoppers
• 4:30 PM - 5:05 PM Supporting Small Businesses Globally with Embedded Fintech
• 5:05 PM - 5:25 PM Fueling Financial Inclusion: Unipet's Fintech Vision
• 5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Remarks BLUE OCEAN, GREEN MONEY: Climate Fintech to Save Our Planet
• 3:30 PM - 3:35 PM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Beach Pavillion
• 3:35 PM - 3:55 PM Future Card: Making the Fight Against Climate Change Personal
• 3:55 PM - 4:30 PM Looking in the Mirror: How Your Organization Can Help Reverse Climate Change
• 4:30 PM - 5:05 PM Panel Discussion
• 5:05 PM - 5:25 PM Fighting Climate Change by Filling the Credit Gap: How Fintech is Helping Smallholder Farmers to Build Resilience
• 5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Closing Remarks
• 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM Expo Hall Happy Hour
• 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Night at the Museum

Day 2:

• 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast / Check-In
• 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Opening Remarks
• 9:05 AM - 9:30 AM Giving Back: How the Co-Founder of Africa's Most Valuable Fintech is Investing in the Mission-Driven Companies Working to Solve the Continent's Biggest Challenges
• 9:30 AM - 9:55 Bank + Fintech Partnerships: The Platforms Powering the Next Generation of Financial Innovation
• 9:55 AM - 10:00 AM Closing Remarks
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Meetups - Make the right connections with curated 1:1 meetings in our beach cabanas.
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Networking break EMBEDDED FINANCE: When Every Company is a Fintech Company
• 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Main Ballroom
• 11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Fintech in the Music Industry: Embedded Finance That Empowers Artists and Provides Them Access to Capital
• 11:30 AM - 12:05 AM Planet of the APIs: The Impact of Open Banking on the Fintech Ecosystem
• 12:05 PM - 12:30 PM Helping Small Businesses Win Everyday: How This Gaming Company Became One of the Largest Fintechs in the Region FINTECHING THE UNBANKED: Driving Economic Access and Banking for All
• 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Beach Pavillion
• 11:05 AM - 11:30 AM A Conversation About Doing Well By Doing Good: How Financial Institutions Benefit from the Strategic Pursuit of Financial Inclusion
• 11:30 AM - 12:05 AM On-Ramps to Digital Money: Crypto and Financial Inclusion
• 12:05 PM - 12:30 PM WiPay's CEO on the Launch of Colour Bank: An American Neobank Serving the Caribbean and African Diasporas
• 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Take-Away Lunch / Networking
• 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Tech Discovery Island Safari at Transportation provided to and from the Hilton Resort Climb into one of the comfortable Safari rigged Land Rover Jeeps, and prepare for a tour of the Island like no one else can show you!
• 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Mount Gay Rum Tech Tour on the Bajan Bus at Transportation provided to and from the Hilton Resort Journey on board the Bajan Bus to the site where Mount Gay has distilled rum for over 300 years.
• 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Cave and Garden Eco-Tech Tour Join us on this Eco-Tech tour of one of the “Seven Wonders of Barbados”, Harrison’s Cave.
• 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM Sunset Cocktails

Day 3:

• 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast / Check-In
• 9:00 AM - 9:05 AM Opening Remarks
• 9:05 AM - 9:30 AM Unlocking the Potential for Caribbean Fintech
• 9:05 AM - 9:30 AM Featured Interview
• 9:30 AM - 9:55 Dwolla Founder's Takes on a New Challenge: How Can Value Move Between Decentralized and Centralized Finance?
• 9:55 AM - 10:00 AM Closing Remarks
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Meetups - Make the right connections with curated 1:1 meetings in our beach cabanas.
• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Morning Networking break FINANCE DECENTRALIZED: Web 3.0 Tokenization and the DeFi Revolution
• 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Main Ballroom
• 11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Bulilding Blockchain Bridges: How FTX-Backed Bridge Network is Enabling Better Cross-Chain Experiences
• 11:30 AM - 12:05 PM Banking in Web 3.0: The Central Role of Decentralized Finance
• 12:05 PM - 12:30 PM Making Crypto More Social: How This Influencer Platform is Bringing Crypto to Telegram and WhatsApp UNICORN ISLANDS: Structuring Your Fintech Business in the Caribbean
• 11:00 AM - 11:05 AM Opening Remarks at Hilton Resort, Beach Pavillion
• 11:05 AM - 11:30 AM Future-Proofing Financial Regulation: A Framework for Fintech
• 11:30 AM - 12:05 PM Building Blocks: What You Need to Know About the Fintech Ecosystem in the Caribbean
• 12:05 PM - 12:30 PM Featured Interview
• 12:30 PM - 5:30 PM Catamaran Conversations Snorkel Sail

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