New York · UNGA Week/Hosted by ScholarPASS & the FinTech Council of Bangladesh (FTCB)

The FinTech Forum for Inclusion

A landmark convening on the future of inclusive finance — featuring the headline keynote conversation and the launch of the ScholarPASS Global FinTech Education Fund.

Location

New York City

Midtown Manhattan

Date

25 September 2025

9:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Access

By invitation

300 seats only

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[ 01 ] Why we gather

A world-leading fintech market deserves world-class, inclusive infrastructure.

Held during UN General Assembly week, the forum brings together the people shaping inclusive finance — and commits to the talent pipeline that will sustain it.

01
Inclusive by design
Convening foundations, regulators, founders and the diplomatic community to widen access to financial services across emerging markets.
02
An education backbone
Launching the Global FinTech Education Fund — a credential path that pairs industry labs with university coursework for the next generation of builders.
03
Frontier opportunity
A working showcase across twelve fintech verticals — from mobile wallets and cross-border rails to RegTech, digital assets and AI in finance.

[ 02 ] The full stack

Twelve verticals. One hundred and twenty builders.

The Builders Track spans every layer of the market — from everyday payments to native AI in finance. Expand a vertical to see ten leading providers defining it today.

M-Pesa
MTN MoMo
GCash
Paytm
Wave
Airtel Money
Orange Money
OPay
Easypaisa
Telebirr
Nubank
Revolut
Chime
Monzo
N26
Starling Bank
TymeBank
KakaoBank
WeBank
Varo Bank
Stripe
Adyen
PayPal
Razorpay
Flutterwave
Checkout.com
Block (Square)
Worldpay
Fiserv
Mercado Pago
Wise
Remitly
Zepz (WorldRemit)
Western Union
MoneyGram
Ria Money Transfer
Nium
TerraPay
Thunes
Sendwave
Affirm
Klarna
Afterpay
Zip
Sezzle
Tala
Branch
SoFi
Upgrade
Avant
Funding Circle
OnDeck
BlueVine
Fundbox
Lulalend
Konfío
Capital Float
Aspire
C2FO
Lendable
Lemonade
Root
Oscar Health
Hippo
Next Insurance
Ethos
PolicyBazaar
Bolttech
Wefox
Ladder
Robinhood
Wealthfront
Betterment
eToro
Acorns
Stash
Nutmeg
Scalable Capital
Groww
Zerodha
Wahed Invest
Alami
Hijra
Ethis
Insha
Kestrl
Qardus
Zoya
IFG
Niyah
Coinbase
Circle
Tether
Ripple
Fireblocks
Anchorage Digital
Paxos
Kraken
Chainalysis
Stellar
Plaid
Tink
TrueLayer
Yapily
ComplyAdvantage
Onfido
Alloy
Socure
Trulioo
Jumio
Upstart
Zest AI
Ramp
Brex
Pagaya
Kasisto
Feedzai
Featurespace
Cleo
DataRobot

Representative providers per vertical · not affiliated unless noted.

[ 03 ] The leaders

Ten founders building financial access at scale.

The operators behind the world's most consequential inclusive-finance companies — from neobanks and payment rails to credit, crypto and cross-border money.

David Vélez

Founder & CEO, Nubank

Nik Storonsky

Co-founder & CEO, Revolut

Patrick Collison

Co-founder & CEO, Stripe

Sebastian Siemiatkowski

Co-founder & CEO, Klarna

Brian Armstrong

Co-founder & CEO, Coinbase

Olugbenga “GB” Agboola

Founder & CEO, Flutterwave

Kristo Käärmann

Co-founder & CEO, Wise

Shivani Siroya

Founder & CEO, Tala

Anne Boden

Founder, Starling Bank

Zach Perret

Co-founder & CEO, Plaid

[ 04 ] The slate

Voices defining inclusive finance.

A curated slate of laureates, central bankers, founders and operators — across keynotes, the headline conversation and frontier panels.

AMHost & Keynote

Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur

Founding Chairman, FTCB; former Governor of Bangladesh Bank

MYThe Yunus Conversation

Prof. Muhammad Yunus

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate; founder of Grameen Bank

AJMarquee Keynote

Andrea Jung

President & CEO, Grameen America; former CEO, Avon

KQThe Yunus Conversation

Kamal Quadir

Founder & CEO, bKash

SSThe Yunus Conversation

Shivani Siroya

Founder & CEO, Tala

IKPanel

Imran Khan

Founder, Proem; former Chief Strategy Officer, Snap

DSPanel

Durreen Shahnaz

Founder, IIX; first Bangladeshi woman on Wall Street

OIMarquee · Stretch

Omar Ishrak

Former Chairman, Intel; Bangladesh-born

UWWomen Panel

UN Women

Senior official · UNGA-week women panel

Programme and speakers subject to confirmation.

[ 05 ] The day

A single, intentional day.

Five movements — from the opening case for inclusive infrastructure to a live preview of the education platform.

TimeSessionPhase

9:00 - 11:00
Welcome & the case for an education backbone
Registration and welcome coffee, the opening keynote from Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur, and a scene-setting fireside on why a world-leading fintech market needs world-class, inclusive education infrastructure for its workforce.
Opening
11:00 - 1:00
The Yunus Conversation & the launch
From microfinance to AI fintech - the next billion, with Professor Muhammad Yunus, Andrea Jung, Kamal Quadir and Shivani Siroya; a panel on the frontier opportunity in emerging-market fintech; and the signature moment - the founding-donor video and the launch of the ScholarPASS Global FinTech Education Fund.
Talks
1:00 - 2:00
Hosted networking lunch
Curated introductions across foundations, industry and the diplomatic community.
Interval
2:00 - 4:00
Builders Track & ecosystem showcase
Live demonstrations across the twelve fintech verticals - from mobile wallets and cross-border rails to RegTech, digital assets and AI in finance - alongside a scholar showcase.
Demo
4:00 - 6:00
FTCB Global FinTech Education - live
A working preview of the platform: the credential path, a university course module, the FTCB Local Lab on regulation, and the capstone model that earns a combined FTCB & University credential.
Training