The Agenda

28–29 October 2026 · Tel Aviv Stock Exchange & Herzog Tower

Draft program (updated October) — sessions and timings subject to change. Meet the speakers.

Day Theme: What Fintech Is Building

Every topic today is asked the same build-side question: what's the technology, what's the product bet, and where is capital actually pointed. AI, product/R&D and start-ups/VC are the throughlines.

  1. 08:30 – 09:15

    Registration & Networking

  2. 09:15 – 09:30
    Opening Session

    Welcome to Fintech Week Tel Aviv 2026

  3. 09:30 – 09:45
    Opening Keynote

    You Can Build Technology. But Can You Build Trust?

    Moshe Kimhi, Founder & CEO, Neema

    Why the next generation of fintech will be defined not only by what we build, but by what people and institutions are willing to rely on.

  4. 09:45 – 10:20
    Panel

    The Fintech Build Cycle 2026: AI, Capital and What's Actually Shipping

    A state-of-the-industry opener: what's real vs. hyped in AI adoption, where VC is deploying in fintech right now, and what separates products that ship from products that pitch.

  5. 10:20 – 10:50

    Coffee & Networking

  6. 10:20 – 11:00
    Workshop · TASE Lecture Room

    Particle Crypto Security — Implement Policy On-Chain: Why Governance and Security Aren’t Optional

    Runs alongside the coffee break

    Hands-on session. Connect your wallet (or create one instantly) and operate a governed account: policy blocks unauthorized payouts, time locked treasury transfer, on-chain audit trail. For fintech teams who already use MPC. Participate, and unlock Bloxchain Pro Account.

  7. 10:50 – 11:30
    Panel

    Rebuilding the Rails: Payments Infrastructure for a Multi-Rail, Agentic World

    As instant payments, tokenized settlement and orchestration reshape cards, A2A and blockchain rails, merchants are the ones who have to make it all work at checkout. This panel connects the infrastructure bets being made in payments and cross-border remittance for 2026 with the real-world decisions — local acquiring, FX, checkout optimization and AI-driven commerce — that are letting Israeli merchants compete and scale globally.

  8. 11:30 – 11:45
    Keynote

    Sponsor Keynote: Checkout.com

  9. 11:45 – 12:20
    Panel

    Borderless Checkout: How Israeli Merchants Win Abroad

    This panel brings together leading Israeli merchants to unpack how they've scaled internationally, spotlighting the payment infrastructure decisions — from local acquiring to FX to checkout optimization — that made cross-border growth possible.

  10. 12:20 – 13:15

    Lunch & Networking

  11. 13:15 – 13:50
    Panel

    Why the World's Fraud-Fighters are Built in Israel

    The technical and founder story: behavioral biometrics, ML fraud-detection stacks and the deep-tech bench that lets Israeli teams out-build global fraud rings — plus the venture and M&A pull as payments and fintech giants acquire Israeli cyber talent. Built for an international audience asking what makes Israeli cyber different.

  12. 13:50 – 14:20
    Pitch Session

    Start-Up Pitch Session 1 — Early-Stage Israeli Fintechs

    Three early-stage Israeli fintech start-ups pitch. 10 minutes per company: 5 minutes pitch, 5 minutes Q&A.

  13. 14:20 – 15:00
    Panel

    Stablecoins and the New Money Stack: Product, Policy and the Digital Shekel

    Regulated stablecoins post-GENIUS Act and MiCA, the product and business-model race to become the default B2B settlement rail, and where the digital shekel and Bank of Israel's tightening stablecoin oversight fit alongside it.

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Early-bird tickets are live until 18 September — Corporate $150, Start-up $75.

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