Hear us speak and meet the team at these events

Web Summit 2019
November 05, 2019
Brad van Leeuwen will be speaking at Web Summit in Lisbon as part of the round table series on cooperation between fintech and banks. Learn how to structure win-win partnerships to bring new revenues to banks and new scale to fintechs.

Polish Tech Day
October 24, 2019
Catch Brad van Leeuwen at Google in Kings Cross at the Polish Tech Day. Brad will be participating in the Fintech panel along with Curve and the ex-CEO of mBank.

Belgian Innovation Day
October 23, 2019
Railsbank's Brad van Leeuwen is speaking at the Belgian Innovation Forum, hosted by Mastercard. Brad is building on our recent interview with Tearsheet and talking about the unintuitive use cases enabled by Banking-as-a-Service.

FinTech Abu Dhabi Festival 2019
October 20, 2019
Railsbank was invited to Abu Dhabi to exhibit at the as part of their Fintech 50 - the most exciting and innovative fintech emerging and scaling businesses from across the world

Warsaw International Banking Summit
October 15, 2019
Railsbank's Shaul David is off to Warsaw to talk about new entrants in the capital markets and the role that Railsbank has to play in reinventing financial services.

Banking as a Service at LendIt
September 24, 2019
Catch Railsbank CEO Nigel Verdon talking about Banking as a Service at LendIt 2019, joined by Nick Ogden from Clearbank, Sophie Guibaud from Robin Finance Tech and Frank Otten from Varengold Bank.

BrightTALK @ Sibos
September 22, 2019
Catch Brad van Leeuwen at SIBOS on 23 September talking about Open Banking, hosted by BrightTALK

Central European Banks Roadshow - The Future of Banking
June 27, 2019
Our VP of Partnerships and Marketing, Brad van Leeuwen will be speaking on 28 June 2019 at Level39 about the Future of Banking.
Thanks to the UK Department of International Trade for the Opportunity.

Power of Women in Innovation
June 25, 2019
Railsbank's Head of Compliance and MLRO Jo Jenkins will be speaking at the EY Power of Women in Innovation event.

AB Insights and Outrun Ventures
June 24, 2019
Railsbank's CEO and Founder Nigel Verdon is off to Rise London on June 25th to talk at the AB Insights and Outrun Ventures event

Vilnius Clojure Meeting
May 29, 2019
Our engineering superstar, Žilvinas Urbonas, will be speaking at Rise Vilnius at the Vilnius Clojure meetup about why Railsbank uses Clojure and Datomic.
Fintech and Insurtech Digital Congress, Poland
May 08, 2019
On 9 May, Railsbank's VP of Partnerships and Marketing Brad van Leeuwen will be talking at the Fintech and Insurtech Digital Congress in Warsaw about Pragmatic Compliance.
Thanks to the UK Department of International Trade for the opportunity!

Guest Lecture Reading University
March 19, 2019
Nigel Verdon CEO & co-founder of Railsbank will be giving a guest lecture on Fintech and Blockchain at Reading University, 2pm - 4pm.
Mobile World Congress - 4YFN
February 25, 2019
Thanks to Mastercard for sponsoring Railsbank to speak at 4YFN, the startup conference attached to the famous Mobile World Congress!
Brad van Leeuwen, VP of Partnerships and Marketing at Railsbank, spoke about how lowering the barriers to entry for financial services makes for better financial products for people and businesses.

Blockchain Conference Stockholm
February 06, 2019
Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder of Railsbank will be conference chairman and guest speaker at this event. Agenda TBC
London School of Economics Guest Lecture
November 29, 2018
Nigel Verdon CEO & co-founder of Railsbank will be giving a guest lecture at 6pm on 29th November.
The LSE Entrepreneur Talks is a bi-weekly speaker series that brings successful entrepreneurs to LSE for an hour of inspiring input and stimulating debates. Previous guests range from techy founders of fast-growing start-ups to executives of global corporations. Last year, for example, the LSE welcomed Riccardo Zacconi (King Digital), Jon Wright (Innocent), Dhiraj Mukherjee (Shazam).
Singapore Fintech Festival
November 12, 2018
Railsbank is part of the DTI's trade mission to Singapore this November and will be exhibiting at this event.
OECD Financial Roundtable Paris
October 24, 2018
Brad van Leeuwen, Railsbank Head of Partnerships will be attending the OECD Financial Roundtable in Paris.
This biannual informal dialogue between Committee officials and private financial sector representatives and stakeholders will be on the topic “Open Banking” and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) in Europe.

NPF & Regtech Leaders Forum - Brussels
October 21, 2018
Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder of Railsbank will be a key note speaker at this event.
Taking place in Brussels from October 22-23.
The NPF & Regtech Leaders Forum will host the exclusive meeting point between regulators, bankers, retailers, fintech & regtech execs, technology evangelists and thought leaders, in an exclusive 2-day setting.
The agenda combines keynote sessions on industry-wide issues with focused workshops/panel discussions and practical case studies for compliance, payments professionals and solution providers on subjects such as current and upcoming regulations, digital transformation and cyber security, mobile banking/payments, customer experience, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, AI, and much more.

#NeoCrypto Trust
October 02, 2018
Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder of Railsbank will be a panellist at this event.
#NeoCryptoTrust: Using AI to provide risk-free operations to neo-banks and cryptocurrency markets
Date: Wednesday, 3rd October 2018
Time: 18:00 – 21:00
Location: Sandbox 1, Level39, One Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5AB
Agenda
18:00 Registration & Welcome Drinks
18:30 Keynote Address
18:40 Panel Discussion
Making the world safe for neo-banks and cryptocurrency companies
19:20 Q&A Session
19:30 Cybersecurity and Cryptocurrency Startups Pitches
19:50 Closing Remarks and Networking Drinks
20:50 Vacate the Premises

Innovation in Banking Conference Prague
September 17, 2018
Nigel Verdon, CEO & co-founder of Railsbank will be speaking about innovation in Open Banking during this two day conference.

Asian Banker Delegation
July 24, 2018
Railsbank is taking part in welcoming an Asian Banker delegation on 25th of July from
- Investec Bank (South Africa)
- ABSA (South Africa)
- Central Bank of Swaziland (South Africa)
- Allied Bank (Malaysia)
- Emirates (Dubai)
- Siam Commercial Bank (Dubai)
Agenda
3.30 - 4.15 Startupbootcamp (Nektarios Liolios)
4.15 - 5.15 FinTechs presentations & Q&A

Matercard Conference Ukraine
June 27, 2018
Mastercard hosts an annual event for issuers in Europe. This year it is in Ukraine and the theme is empowering the digital economy. Brad Van Leeuwen, our Head of Partnerships, is speaking at the conference about how Railsbank is an enabler for both banking and fintech and how Mastercard Start Path supports us.
Fintech and Insuretech Showcase
July 04, 2018
Funding London is hosting the FinTech and InsureTech industry showcase at the WeWork office space in Aldwych. Railsbank will be there!
There will be guest speakers sharing insights on market trends with feature presentations from LCIF portfolio companies, sharing how their technologies are disrupting this sector.
Key industry speakers include
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Mason Maini, Senior Director of Business Development, Pitchbook
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Susanne Chishti, CEO, FINTECH Circle & FINTECH Circle Institute
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Christer Holloman, CEO, Divido
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Garrick Douthwaite, Manager, FinTech Strategy, Ernst & Young (EY)
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James Birch, Associate Director, and Richard Chattock, CEO, InsurTech Gateway
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Mia Iwama Hastings, Head of Business Development, and David Cunningham, CEO, Priviti
LCIF portfolio companies presenting include:
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David Tuck, Founder & CEO, Chaser
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Karan Shanmugarajah, CEO, WealthKernal
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Brad van Leeuwen, Head of Partnerships, Railsbank
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Janthana Kaenprakhamroy, Founder & CEO, Tapoly
Agenda:
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FinTech and InsureTech sector overview
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FinTech and InsureTech companies
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Networking with VCs, corporates and our partners begins after presentations.
Starting time: 5.45pm | Finish time: 8.30pm | Drinks will be provided
InTeahouse Global FinTech Summit China
March 16, 2018
Nigel Verdon, CEO and co-founder of Railsbank will be speaking at the InTeahouse Global Fintech Summit in China in March. The summit is a gathering of 300+ industry leaders from Severn countries. Nigel will be joining top industry leaders in the largest Fintech market in the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the future of money, competition, regulation and talent.
North European MBA Venture Capital Investment Competition
March 09, 2018
Nigel Verdon, CEO of Railsbank has been invited to be a judge for the North European Final of the MBA Venture Capital Investment Competition (VCIC) at Cranfield School of Management.
VCIC is one of the leading Global MBA competitions. The aim of the competition is to put MBA students into the shoes of investors. In teams of five, the MBA students have to evaluate 3-4 real businesses currently looking for funding, do face-to-face due diligence with each entrepreneur on the day, present their decision on who they would like invest in and under what terms to the investment committee (judges) and then negotiate the deal.