Fintech & Payments
The financial system is being rebuilt with AI at its core. The founders, operators, and investors leading this shift are in this room.
Startup showcase alumni
Companies we put on stage in this room
May 28, 2026 | Visa Mission Rock HQ
The Moment
Every fifteen years, the financial system gets rewritten. Cards in the 70s. The internet in the 90s. Mobile in the 2010s. We are now inside the AI rewrite, and it is happening faster than any of the previous three. Stablecoins are settling real volume. Agentic wallets are moving money without human input. Compliance, fraud, and underwriting are being rebuilt by models, not rules. The next decade of financial infrastructure is being decided in rooms like this one, in cities like San Francisco, in the next eighteen months.
Why This Room Exists
The mission.
AI Insiders exists because the most important conversations in AI do not happen on stage. They happen at small, trusted tables where founders, operators, and investors can speak honestly about what is actually working, what is breaking, and where capital should go next.
The thesis for Fintech & Payments.
Fintech is the highest-stakes application of AI. Money moves in milliseconds, regulators are watching, and the cost of getting it wrong is measured in billions. The leaders building this future need a room that matches the seriousness of the work. That is what we built, and that is why Visa opened their headquarters to host it.
Proof of Value
Past AI Insiders editions have been covered by Reuters, Yahoo Finance, and the San Francisco Post, reaching 6.1M+ readers. Past partners include AWS, Silicon Valley Bank, Swissnex, and Verizon Innovation Lab. We bring the same caliber of curation and media reach to Fintech and Payments.
What Makes This Vertical Different
Hosted at Visa HQ
Mission Rock, San Francisco. The venue is the signal, and the access is hard to replicate anywhere else.
During Fintech Week SF
May 26 to 29. Every fintech founder, operator, and investor is already in the city. We give them the room worth showing up to.
Invite-only, 150 cap
No expo booths. No badge-scanning. Concierge intros to the 3 to 5 people you should actually meet.
What We Explore
Stablecoins & programmable money
Agentic wallets & autonomous commerce
AI-native risk, compliance & fraud
Real-time payments & cross-border
Capital markets & digital asset stack
AI governance for financial services
Who Should Be in the Room
150 seats. Hand-curated for signal, not scale.
Fintech Founders & CTOs
Building AI-native platforms across payments, lending, compliance, and infrastructure.
Enterprise Payments Leaders
Decision-makers from banks, card networks, and infra providers evaluating next-gen tools.
Fintech Investors
Seed through growth, including corporate strategic funds active in AI × financial services.
Operators & GTM Leaders
Scaling AI-native financial products across B2B and consumer verticals.
The Anchor Event
AI Insiders: Fintech & Payments
An invitation-only gathering of 150 fintech leaders inside Visa's Mission Rock HQ during Fintech Week SF. Keynotes, panels, startup demos, and high-trust networking. One evening. One room. Two hundred and ten minutes that move deals.
Evening Schedule
A tight, editorial run-of-show, built for outcomes, not panels.
Times shown in your local timezone. Event held in San Francisco (PT).
- 12:00 AM UTC5:00 PM PT · May 29
Doors Open
Registration, espresso bar, craft mocktails, curated welcome introductions.
- 12:30 AM UTC5:30 PM PT · May 29
Opening Remarks
The AI Insiders vision for Fintech, presented by Merve Isler, CEO of Marvelous.
- 12:40 AM UTC5:40 PM PT · May 29
Keynote
Headline perspective on AI-native financial infrastructure from inside Visa HQ.
- 1:00 AM UTC6:00 PM PT · May 29
Panel: The Money Is Moving
Investor view on AI × Fintech, covering where capital is flowing across stablecoins, payments, and AI-native infra.
- 1:30 AM UTC6:30 PM PT · May 29
Panel: Building the New Stack
Founders reshaping payments, lending, compliance, and cross-border settlement.
- 2:00 AM UTC7:00 PM PT · May 29
Startup Showcase
Five curated fintech startups demo live products. Five companies, five minutes each.
- 2:30 AM UTC7:30 PM PT · May 29
Networking Reception
Craft mocktails, elevated bites, concierge introductions, demo corners.
- 3:30 AM UTC8:30 PM PT · May 29
Closing Remarks
Next steps, follow-ups, and what comes after the room closes.
Vertical Roadmap
This is a permanent program. Here's what's next.
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