Start your day with fresh coffee, light breakfast, and meaningful connections. Pick up your badge, meet fellow attendees, and ease into the day’s conversations before the main stage kicks off.
No long intros. No fluff. Just a fast-paced, high-energy welcome to FinTech Junction 2025. Our MC Sofia takes the stage alongside Ben, to kick things off with purpose and personality. Expect a sneak peek at what’s coming, a few surprises, and a clear message: this isn’t just a conference – it’s where things gets real.
As financial systems expand across borders and regulations grow more complex, the need for fast, accurate, and trustworthy identity verification has never been greater. In this opening keynote, Pavel Goldman-Kalaydin, Head of AI/ML at Sumsub, shares how cutting-edge AI is transforming digital onboarding, fraud prevention, and compliance – from KYC to deepfake detection.
Expect real-world insights, live trends, and a bold vision for building trust at scale in a frictionless, global fintech ecosystem.
Keynote by Alteryx & ONE data.ai.
Data is everywhere – but value comes from what you do with it. This keynote explores how modern businesses and financial institutions are building an “intelligence layer” powered by analytics, automation, and AI.
Learn how leading teams are breaking down silos, reducing time-to-insight, and transforming raw data into precise, business-moving decisions that drive real results across compliance, risk, and customer experience.
Data is no longer just an asset – it’s an ecosystem. In this keynote, Keren Ben Zvi, Chief Data Officer at PayU, explores how fintech leaders are rethinking their data foundations to scale smarter, move faster, and stay compliant across global markets.
In collaboration with Snowflake, this session dives into modern data architecture, real-time decisioning, and the shift from reactive reporting to proactive intelligence.
Whether you’re optimizing risk, personalizing customer journeys, or breaking silos, you’ll learn how to turn data into a multiplier – of speed, trust, and innovation.
Quick-fire pitches from 6 promising fintech startups
MCs:
Startups will be revealed soon.
Recharge, connect with fellow attendees, and explore the exhibition area over great coffee
Founders & Investors
Where Founders Meet Capital & Opportunity
IT, Cloud & Security
Building & Managing Secure, Scalable Infrastructure
Meet the speakers in this track. We’ll reveal who’s speaking where very soon.
We open this track with a special welcome to our founders, investors, and partners – the people building the future of financial technology, despite some of the toughest times in recent memory.
Over the past 20 months, Israeli startups have shown extraordinary resilience in the face of war, uncertainty, and global market shifts. In this session, we’ll highlight the themes of 2025 and celebrate the strength and creativity of our ecosystem.
Moderator: Noam Inbar, Partner, Viola Fintech
Speakers:
The State of the Startup Scene in 2025 – and How to Spark the Next Wave of Innovation
Israel was once a fintech powerhouse—but in recent years, new startup activity has slowed dramatically. While sectors like cybersecurity boom, fintech appears to be in retreat.
In this session, top VC investors will explore what’s behind the decline, whether it’s a global or local trend, and what it will take to reignite fintech innovation in Israel. We’ll look at the data, the drivers, and the real opportunities that still lie ahead.
What does it take to grow a FinTech company amid war, political uncertainty, and constrained capital? A founder shares lessons from scaling a business in Israel and abroad — from fundraising and hiring to building customer trust during crisis.
While the headlines may focus on layoffs and down rounds, some of the most enduring companies are born in times of crisis. Learn why the current climate — including shifts in regulation, consumer behavior, and AI adoption — creates opportunity for mission-driven founders ready to solve hard problems.
Startups in 2025 must balance two paths: the high-burn race to scale, and the lean journey to profitability. This panel addresses both — from Israeli companies that stayed lean to those that doubled down on growth despite wartime constraints.
Topics include remote team challenges during mobilization, fundraising delays, resilience planning, and how to build durable companies in uncertain markets.
Meet the speakers in this track. We’ll reveal who’s speaking where very soon.
Join us as we kick off the track with insights into the themes and what’s ahead, and welcome speakers, sponsors, and guests.
Moderator: TBA
CIOs and CISOs from leading financial institutions are under pressure to modernize legacy systems while staying ahead of fast-moving cyber threats. This candid panel explores how tech leaders balance operational stability with agility and lead secure, strategic transformation across complex organizations.
Learn how institutions are using CSPM tools to continuously monitor, secure, and govern multi-cloud environments while staying compliant with regulations.
Find out how API-driven architecture and microservices are empowering financial institutions to launch new services faster, reduce technical debt, and scale flexibly.
Moderator: TBA
Deepfakes, synthetic IDs, and real-time fraud are disrupting how financial institutions verify and protect their users. This panel explores advanced biometrics, continuous authentication, and behavioral security technologies that can safeguard both FinTechs and traditional banks.
Retail, Payments & CFO
Seamless, Secure, Instant: The Future of Commerce
AI, Data & Vibe Coding
The Biggest Revolution in Decades is Here
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Track Chair: Michal Hayon, Founder & CEO, 2DO!
Join us as we kick off the track with insights into the themes and what’s ahead, and welcome speakers, sponsors, and guests.
Discover how Pandora, in partnership with Nayax, is merging elegance with efficiency, creating a seamless, high-touch shopping experience that removes friction from payment and elevates in-store service. Snir Mazoz, CFO & Deputy CEO @ Pandora ,shares how advanced retail tech transforms every purchase into a premium, concierge-like moment.
In a world where fintechs can go global overnight, growth is no longer just about speed – it’s about intention. In this keynote, Adam Cohen, Chief Growth Officer at Payoneer, shares what it truly takes to scale with purpose in today’s complex, opportunity-rich financial landscape.
From navigating regulation to building resilient infrastructure and customer trust across borders, Adam will reveal hard-won lessons and future-forward strategies from one of the world’s leading global payment platforms. Whether you’re a startup eyeing expansion or a scaleup chasing sustainability, this session delivers the blueprint for going big without losing your edge.
Moderator: Michal Hayon, Founder & CEO, 2DO!
As retail continues to evolve, customers expect seamless, personalized experiences across digital and physical touchpoints. This panel explores how technology and data are bridging the gap between online and offline, enabling frictionless, omnichannel journeys.
Hear from industry leaders on how they’re using AI, real-time data, and integrated platforms to deliver connected commerce that drives engagement, loyalty, and growth.
How AI is redefining customer loyalty by powering real-time offers, predictive rewards, and hyper-personalized customer journeys across finance and retail.
Loyalty is now built through seamless, value-driven experiences. This session explores how banks, retailers, and FinTechs are using BNPL, embedded finance, and new loyalty frameworks to deepen customer relationships.
Meet the speakers in this track. We’ll reveal who’s speaking where very soon.
Join us as we kick off the track with insights into the themes and what’s ahead, and welcome speakers, sponsors, and guests.
Discover how leading financial organizations turn raw data into actionable AI-powered insights that drive smarter customer experiences, underwriting, and fraud detection.
Moderator: TBA
AI is reshaping every facet of financial services, from underwriting and risk analysis to hyper-personalized customer journeys. This panel showcases how leading players are operationalizing AI to enhance performance and outcompete rivals.
Learn why small, high-quality datasets are critical for fine-tuning AI models for financial applications — and how institutions are curating strategic data assets.
Explore frameworks and best practices to ensure transparency, fairness, and trustworthiness in AI solutions deployed across banking and financial institutions.
Trust is everything in finance — and with AI, it’s under new pressure. This session focuses on how financial institutions and FinTechs are balancing data-driven innovation with privacy, transparency, and ethics.
Web3, Blockchain & Crypto
Decentralizing Finance: Beyond Traditional Boundaries
Risk & Compliance
Navigating the New Era: Compliance and Innovation
Meet the speakers in this track. We’ll reveal who’s speaking where very soon.
Join us as we kick off the track with insights into the themes and what’s ahead, and welcome speakers, sponsors, and guests.
Explore how banks, asset managers, and custodians are integrating digital assets into traditional finance — and what hurdles must still be overcome.
As crypto adoption grows, real-time security is no longer optional – it’s essential. This panel exploreד how on-chain firewalls and threat prevention are reshaping digital asset protection.
From contract exploits to bridge hacks and compliance risks, the threat landscape is evolving fast. How can institutions, protocols, and investors stay ahead? What does real-time defense really mean — and who’s responsible for implementing it?
Join us for a deep dive into the technologies and strategies defining the future of crypto security.
Moderator: Adam Benayoun, Founding Partner, Collider Ventures
As crypto matures and regulation clarifies, fintech giants are no longer sitting on the sidelines. This panel will explore how leading fintech companies – including unicorns like Payoneer – are building real-world integrations with crypto and blockchain infrastructure.
What are the business drivers, compliance challenges, and customer use cases? Meet the leaders who are shaping the convergence of traditional finance and the decentralized economy
As CBDCs, stablecoins, and tokenized assets gain momentum, financial institutions face both new opportunities and challenges. This session unpacks how banks, wealth managers, and payment providers are preparing for the tokenized economy.
Meet the speakers in this track. We’ll reveal who’s speaking where very soon.
Join us as we kick off the track with insights into the themes and what’s ahead, and welcome speakers, sponsors, and guests.
Discover how AI, blockchain, and smart contracts are powering the next generation of regulatory technology, transforming compliance from burden to competitive advantage.
From GDPR to MiCA to the AI Act, financial players must navigate complex regulations. Risk, legal, and compliance executives will share how they future-proof operations and accelerate growth without running afoul of regulators.
Understand how digital onboarding, real-time payments, and DeFi are changing the game for anti-money laundering (AML) — and what new defenses financial institutions are building.
Learn why successful financial institutions embed compliance into their culture, operations, and innovation strategies — not just in regulatory checklists.
Regulatory pressure is rising, but smart tech is turning compliance from a cost into a competitive advantage. Hear how banks, insurers, and FinTechs are automating onboarding, KYC, AML, and reporting with new RegTech platforms.
Connect with fellow attendees over drinks and snacks in a relaxed networking atmosphere