Fintech Drinks
Fintech Drinks is a meetup where we bring the community together to discuss the hottest topics in fintech.
Upcoming event:
A look back at 2021: Fintech successes, learnings and personal journeys
November 16th from 4pm to 6pm EST
LIVE in person at the Montreal Rialto Theatre* and online!
*Please note, all guests will need to show their vaccine passports and an ID. If from outside Quebec they need to show proof of Vaccination.
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Past Events
September 2021
Gatekeepers: Collaboration in the age of cyber threats
Our speakers:
- Esha Ponnappa, Executive Director at EY
- Steven Cohen, VP Cybersecurity Practice at Centrilogic
- Régis Desmeules, Author, Cybersecurity and IT entrepreneur, Angel Investor
July 2021
Rising to the Challenge: Creating Inclusive Financial Services
Our speakers:
- Alex Mazer, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Common Wealth
- Ruth Stephen, Director, Strategic Policy, Research and Experimentation at the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
- Keith Taylor, Executive Director at DUCA Impact Lab
May 2021
Need for Speed: How RTR will change the fintech game.
Our speakers:
- Cyrielle Chiron, Chief Strategy Officer at Payments Canada
- Krikland Morris, VP Enterprise Initiatives and External Affairs at Interac Corp.
- Hamed Arbabi, CEO and Founder at VoPay
March 2021
Everything is fintech
Our speakers:
- Kathryn Van Nuys, Global Head of fintech development at Amazon Web Services
- Robert Hamlin, Principal at Portag3 Ventures
November 2020
2020: Innovate or die trying
Our speakers:
- Philippe Daoust, Managing Director, NAventures, National Bank
- Jan Arp, Founding Managing Partner, Holt Accelerator
- Tamara Zimmerman, Head of Innovation and wavespaceTM, EY Canada
October 2020
Building the ultimate financial experience
Our speakers:
- Abdulah El Tarazi, Chief Business Development Officer, Expertus
- Corby Fine, Vice President, Digtal, goeasy
- Mahima Poddar, SVP, Digital Banking and Strategy, Equitable Bank
September 2020
M&A and the future of collaboration
Our speakers:
- Robert Paterson, President & CEO, Alterna Savings and Alterna Bank
- Ranjit Sarai, VP Digital Banking, Credit Sesame
- Corey Gross, Co-founder & CEO, Sensibill
August 2020
Billion dollar overhaul: The digital transformation of FIs
Our speakers:
- Francois Cote, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Fairstone
- Jacques Leblanc, CEO at Expertus
July 2020
Lockdown: how cybersecurity has to step up
Our speakers:
- Mathieu Lavoie, Co-founder & CEO at Flare Systems
- Jason Green, Partner, Cybersecurity at EY
- Joseph Lau, CISO at Portage Ventures