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Canada Fintech Forum 2026

The Canada Fintech Forum is a landmark international gathering that aims to showcase emerging global trends in Fintech, new technology solutions for the financial industry and emerging Fintech start-ups. The event facilitates networking and collaboration between financial institutions, technology providers, start-ups, and other key players in the financial s…

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21Speakers
57Sponsors
40On the bill · sessions
71Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Canada, in alphabetical order.
Abraham A. Tachjian
Brim Financials
Adam Felesky
Portage
Amisha Parikh
Mastercard
Chris Ferron
Visa Canada
Franck Descubes
CGI
Holger Kormann
Symcor
Jacques Deforges
Finance Montréal
Jane Barratt
MX
Jing Zhuang
BMO Capital Markets
Lily Hansen-Gillis
Tetra Digital Group
Lloyd Evetts
CreditBook
Maksims Volkovs
SVP and Chief AI Scientist · TD
Michael Denham
Executive Vice-President and Vice-Chair · National Bank of Canada
Peter Zaffino
Chairman and CEO · AIG
Rachel Lam
Wealthsimple
Rob Khazzam
Float
Ryan Tevel
KOHO
Santiago Duro Tomas
Scotiabank
Steve McPhee
Affirm
Tess Bloch
Co-Founder and COO · Spade
William Bretton
Iceberg Finance
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Accenture
Amazon Web Services
Atlantic FintechVisibility Partner
Autorité des marchés financiers
Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)
AWS
BetakitVisibility Partner
BiasafeExhibitors
Biasafe AIExhibitor
BMOPlatinum Sponsor
Broadridge
CCIFCVisibility Partner
CCIFC (French Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Canada)Visibility Partner
CCI France CanadaVisibility Partner
CCI (French Chamber of Commerce in Canada)Visibility Partner
CentechVisibility Partner
Central 1
CFA Montreal
CGI
Chamber of Commerce and Industry France Canada (CCIFC)VISIBILITY PARTNER
CIFIC
CreditbookExhibitor
Desjardins
EY
Finance et InvestissementVISIBILITY PARTNER
Finance InvestissementVisibility Partner
Fintech Cadence
Fintechs Canada
Highline BetaVisibility Partner
iA Financial Group
IDA IrelandExhibitor
JetscaleExhibitor
Jetscale AIExhibitor
Jetscale.aiExhibitors
KPMG
Kyndryl
La Caisse
LE CAMPVISIBILITY PARTNER
LE CAMP QuebecVisibility Partner
LE CAMP QuébecVisibility Partner
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Agenda

Selected from 40 sessions on the bill.
  • 1:00 - 2:00 PM

    Fintech Pitch Battle

    Enterprise Infrastructure & AI
  • 10:30 - 11:15 AM

    AI-Native Finance VS Legacy Systems: Compete, Partner or Rebuild?

    Enterprise Infrastructure & AI
  • 10:30 - 11:15 AM

    From Real-time Rails to Stablecoins: The Future of the Canadian Payment Ecosystem

    Embedded & Open Finance
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

    Autonomous Transactions: The Next Phase of Embedded Finance

    Embedded & Open Finance
  • 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM

    Regtech at Scale: Automating Compliance in a High-Regulation Environment

    Enterprise Infrastructure & AI
  • 1:15 - 2:00 PM

    Global Fintech Review

    Embedded & Open Finance
  • 12:15 - 1:00 PM

    Lunch break

    Enterprise Infrastructure & AI
  • 12:15 - 1:15 PM

    Lunch break

    Embedded & Open Finance
  • 2:00 - 2:45 PM

    AI VS AI: The New Cyber Arms Race in Finance

    Enterprise Infrastructure & AI
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 71 companies show up, and 4 bet on three roles at once?

71 companies. four are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
4All threespeak · spons · exh
50Sponsoringsponsor only
17Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

CGI·CreditBook·Mastercard·Portage

Speakers by seniority

14% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite314%
  • Other roles1886%

Of 21 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01CGISp1V
  2. 02CreditBookSp·E1V
  3. 03MastercardSp1V
  4. 04PortageSp·P1V
  5. 05AccentureSp
  6. 06Atlantic FintechSp·V
  7. 07Autorité des marchés financiersSp
  8. 08Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF)Sp
  9. 09AWSSp
  10. 10BetaKitSp·V
  11. 11BiasafeSp·E
  12. 12Biasafe AISp·E
  13. 13BMOSp·P
  14. 14BroadridgeSp
Sponsors by tier
exhibitor6
11% of 57
exhibitors2
4% of 57
platinum sponsor1
2% of 57
presenting sponsor1
2% of 57
visibility partner16
28% of 57
unspecified31
54% of 57
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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