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.
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08:30 – 09:15
Registration & Networking
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09:15 – 09:35
Opening Session
Welcome to Fintech Week Tel Aviv 2026
State of global fintech and Israel's place in the 2026 landscape. A broad-lens welcome framing the week: the bottlenecks and challenges, where capital, talent and innovation are moving, and why Tel Aviv is a hub for builders and investors from around the world.
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09:35 – 09:50
Keynote
Opening Keynote: Sponsor
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09:50 – 10:30
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.
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10:30 – 10:55
Coffee & Networking
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10:55 – 11:30
Panel
AI-Native Banking: Agents, Automation and the End of the App
How agentic AI is rebuilding banking products from the inside — underwriting, service and operational decision-making. Includes the governance question: who's liable when the agent decides?
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11:30 – 12:05
Panel
Rebuilding the Rails: Real-Time, Tokenized Payments for a Multi-Rail World
Instant payments, tokenized settlement and orchestration across cards, A2A and blockchain rails — the product and infrastructure bets being made in payments and cross-border remittance for 2026.
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12:05 – 12:30
Panel
Payments in the Age of Agentic AI: What's Next for Merchants
How Israeli merchants compete on the global stage and scale internationally, spotlighting the payment infrastructure decisions — from local acquiring to FX to checkout optimization — that made cross-border growth possible.
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12:30 – 13:20
Lunch & Networking
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13:20 – 14:00
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.
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14:00 – 14:30
Pitch Session
Start-Up Pitch Session 1 — Early-Stage Israeli Fintech
Three early-stage Israeli fintech start-ups pitch live to a panel of investors. 10 minutes per company: 5 minutes pitch, 5 minutes Q&A.
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14:30 – 15:10
Panel
Stablecoins & 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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15:10 – 15:40
Panel
Insurtech Rebuilt: AI Underwriting, Prevention and Where VCs Are Betting
Insurance's shift from claims recovery to loss prevention, practical AI in underwriting, and why Israeli insurtech is drawing fresh venture attention against a global protection gap.
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15:40 – 16:00
Closing Session
What We're Building, What We're Betting On
A rapid-fire synthesis of Day 1: the build-side bets worth watching, and a bridge into tomorrow's question — who actually wins the market with what's been built.
Day Theme: Winning the Market
Every topic today is asked the same commercial question: who wins distribution, capital and trust. Dealmaking, go-to-market and customer/branding are the throughlines.
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08:30 – 09:15
Networking Breakfast
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09:15 – 09:35
Opening Session
From Building to Winning
A broad framing of Day 2: if Day 1 was about what's being built, Day 2 is about who wins on it — capital, go-to-market and trust as the competitive battleground.
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09:35 – 09:50
Keynote
Keynote: Sponsor
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09:50 – 10:30
Panel
Capital in 2026: Dealmaking, Venture Building and the Israeli Exit Machine
Fundraising amid geopolitical uncertainty, the fintech M&A rebound, licensing as a moat, and what the Wiz effect signals about Israeli venture building and exits heading into 2027.
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10:30 – 10:55
Coffee & Networking
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10:55 – 11:35
Panel
Buying Trust: How Banks, Fintechs and Insurers Deploy Fraud and Identity Defense
The corporate and regulatory side of yesterday's cyber story: how enterprise buyers evaluate and procure deepfake and synthetic-identity defense, what's driving adoption budgets (DORA-style operational resilience rules, AML/KYC pressure), and why a breach is now a brand event, not just a compliance incident.
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11:35 – 12:15
Panel
Go-to-Market for Fintech: Selling AI-Era Products from Israel to the World
Building pipeline and brand as an Israeli fintech selling into US, European and APAC markets — product-led growth, AI in the sales motion, and what global buyers actually respond to from an Israeli badge in 2026.
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12:15 – 12:30
Keynote
Keynote: Sponsor
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12:30 – 13:20
Lunch & Networking
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13:20 – 13:50
Pitch Session
Startup Pitch Session 2 — Early-Stage Israeli Fintech
Three more early-stage Israeli fintech startups pitch live to a panel of investors. 10 minutes sharp per company: 5 minutes pitch, 5 minutes Q&A.
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13:50 – 14:30
Panel
From Friction to Loyalty: Designing Financial Customer Experience That Sticks
Customer expectations reshaped by digital-first experience, why financial services still struggles with legacy friction, and how brand and trust compound — or collapse — across the customer journey from prospecting to renewal.
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14:30 – 15:10
Panel
Who Owns the Customer Moment? Embedded Finance, Banking-as-a-Service and Remittance Rails
Banking-as-a-service, non-bank distribution and the fight for the point of financial need — where banking and payments/remittance topics collide over who actually owns the customer relationship.
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15:10 – 15:40
Closing Panel
Fintech's Next Decade: Betting on What Sticks
Industry leaders debate which 2026 trends are durable infrastructure and which are hype cycles — the capstone discussion of the week.
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15:40 – 16:00
Closing Session
Broad Wrap and What's Next for Israeli Fintech
Closing remarks: takeaways from both days, thanks to partners and sponsors, and a look ahead to 2027.
Be in the Room
Early-bird tickets are live until 18 September — Corporate $150, Start-up $75.