CT Digital Banking Innovation Summit
June 3, 2025 @ Fairfield University
Hey everyone - excited to drop some new content later this week. Had a bit of travel and some personal things pop up recently which have slowed down our output. But in the meantime, I’d like to share some information about an event that is coming tomorrow in Connecticut, passed along by friend of the newsletter
:Connecticut Digital Banking Innovation Summit, hosted by Bankwell
“This conference will be focused on initiating discussions in Connecticut on digital banking innovation. Our goal is to bring regulators together with banks and FinTech experts with the goal of fostering greater support of innovation in the CT Department of Banking and state government.
We have two senior regulators speaking on panels. I am moderating the first panel, which includes Joe Chambers, who is the Chief of Staff and General Counsel.
Our second panel is ”Managing Financial Technology Risk in a Digital Economy.” Faraz Rana (CEO/Founder Affinity) is on that panel along with Derek Henderson, the Chief Compliance Officer for DR Bank (based in CT) and Steve Brunner, Chief Risk Officer at Bankwell (based in CT). Jaspers Sneff Nanni of FS Vector is moderating that panel.
The third panel is focused on the “new” CT Innovation Charter, which is a non-depository charter. There are a few banks operating under this charter, including Banking Circle. As you can imagine, it is of particular interest to people in the payments ecosystem. Matt Saunig from the CT Department of Banking is participating in that panel.
Our event is Tuesday, June 3rd from 11 am – 2:30 pm at Fairfield University in Fairfield, CT.
We are viewing this summit as just the first discussion.”
As a bonus for our readers, if you use the code “FINSOLUTE” you will get free admission to the event. If you attend, kindly let us know and take pictures! Always proud to support the fintech compliance community.
Zarik - Thanks for the shout out. We were very happy with the panels today but also with all the informal small discussions and networking before and after. We are starting to plan the next discussion. Anyone interested should reach out to me.