Fintech Is Femme and Fiat Growth Launch FTW: NYC, the Official New York Fintech Week Conference

Fintech Is Femme and Fiat Growth today announced the launch of FTW: NYC, the official New York Fintech Week conference—a three-day, targeted experience bringing fintech's most influential leaders together in the global center of financial innovation.

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Fintech Is Femme, a creative media and events platform reaching 100,000 fintech leaders through newsletters, podcasts, and live events, today announced the launch of FTW: NYC, the official New York Fintech Week conference, taking place April 28–30, 2026, in Manhattan.

New York Fintech Week annually draws in an audience of 6,000 attendees with over 65+ events attended by top founders and senior leaders from Citi, JPMorgan, U.S. Bank, Visa, Mastercard, Stripe, Brex, SoFi, and more.

FTW: NYC represents a three-day conference experience—marking the next chapter of New York Fintech Week and reinforcing the city's role as the global center of financial innovation.

FTW: NYC brings together three cornerstone summits under one roof at The Penn District by Skylight, including:

• The Fintech Summit, hosted by Fiat Growth - Tuesday, April 28
   
• The Fintech Is Femme Leadership Summit - Wednesday, April 29
   
• The Fintech Security Summit, co-hosted by Identity Strategies - Thursday, April 30

Together, the summits convene founders, operators, investors, and global brands actively building the future of financial services—across innovation, leadership, and security. Each day is intentionally designed for a highly curated audience of approximately 200 senior decision-makers, enabling deeper dialogue, stronger connections, and measurable business outcomes.

"Fintech has no shortage of conferences, but it has a real shortage of targeted rooms where content and community actually drive value and dealflow," said Nicole Casperson, Founder and CEO of Fintech Is Femme. "Each day of FTW: NYC is designed so each summit builds on the next with high-caliber content, intentional audience design, and meaningful time with the people in the room. We believe content and community fill pipelines, and we've seen it firsthand: founders have taken our stage and met investors who went on to fund their companies with millions, while operators have formed partnerships that turned into multi-million-dollar enterprise contracts. That's the standard we're building toward."

FTW: NYC represents the next evolution of Fintech Is Femme's scale and convening power. Since 2024, Fintech Is Femme has hosted sold-out Leadership Summits during New York Fintech Week at venues including The Times Center inside the New York Times Building. In 2026, FTW: NYC expands that vision into a multi-summit platform aligned with how fintech leaders actually operate—by function, responsibility, and risk—bringing the industry's most consequential conversations together in one cohesive, purpose-built experience.

Fiat Growth is serving as a producing partner, bringing its deep operator and deal-flow ecosystem to the program. Creative partners AscaleX and The Bench support the design, production, and experiential architecture of FTW: NYC, helping scale the vision into a cohesive, high-intent conference environment.

"What makes FTW: NYC different is the intent," said Drew Glover, Co-Founder of Fiat Growth and General Partner at Fiat Ventures. "This isn't about panels for the sake of panels—it's about bringing together operators, founders, and investors who are actively building. When you design for outcomes instead of optics, the right people show up—and real business gets done."

The Fintech Security Summit, hosted and co-produced by identity and security strategist Frances Zelazny, anchors the third pillar of FTW: NYC, recognizing that trust, infrastructure, and resilience are now core to fintech's next phase of growth.

"Innovation without security doesn't scale—and leadership without trust doesn't last," said Frances Zelazny, Founder of newly-minted consultancy firm Identity Strategies and co-host of the Fintech Security Summit. "FTW: NYC creates a rare space where security leaders aren't reacting from the sidelines, but actively shaping how the fintech ecosystem grows responsibly, securely, and at scale. That's where meaningful progress happens."

What Is FTW: NYC vs. New York Fintech Week?

New York Fintech Week is the citywide week of events co-hosted in collaboration with Fintech Is Femme, This Week in Fintech, and RevTech Labs, and built on the decade-long legacy of Empire Startups.

FTW: NYC is the official anchor conference of New York Fintech Week—a curated, three-day experience where the industry's most influential leaders gather in one place for structured, high-intent summits. While New York Fintech Week activates the entire ecosystem, FTW: NYC serves as its strategic core—designed for founders, operators, investors, and executives who want depth, proximity, and real outcomes during the most important fintech week of the year.

"Fintech doesn't live in a vacuum—it lives inside culture," Casperson added. "New York is where finance, media, technology, and culture intersect, and that's exactly why New York Fintech Week matters. FTW: NYC is about putting fintech into the cultural center of the city where decisions are made, narratives are shaped, and the future of financial services actually gets built."

By anchoring New York Fintech Week in a purpose-built, multi-day conference experience, FTW: NYC places fintech leadership at the center of Manhattan—where strategy is set, relationships are formed, and the agenda for the year ahead takes shape.

REGISTRATION & INFO

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About Fintech Is Femme

Fintech Is Femme is a creative media and events platform reaching 100,000+ fintech leaders through newsletters, podcasts, private memberships, and live convenings. Founded by journalist Nicole Casperson, the platform connects decision-makers across financial services through high-impact content, community-driven experiences, and industry-defining events. Learn more here: https://www.fintechisfemme.co/

About Fiat Growth

Fiat Growth is a growth advisory and investment firm helping fintech and financial services companies scale through strategic partnerships, go-to-market execution, and ecosystem-driven growth. Through its advisory arm, Fiat Growth has supported more than 300 companies across fintech and adjacent industries, driving over $2 billion in revenue. Fiat Ventures, an associated early-stage venture capital firm, backs founders building the next generation of financial services. The firm was founded by Alex Harris and Drew Glover, with Marcos Fernandez serving as Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Fiat Ventures alongside Partner Rohit Ramkumar. Learn more: https://www.fiatgrowth.com/

About Identity Strategies

Identity Strategies is an advisory platform focused on digital identity, fraud, trust, and risk in the modern economy. It convenes operators, builders, and security leaders to examine how identity systems succeed, fail, and evolve across financial services, payments, and emerging digital ecosystems. Through consultancy, thought leadership, events, and off-the-record dialogue, Identity Strategies influences the practical implementation of digital identity technologies that shape the future of trust.

About AscaleX

AScaleX is a digital marketing and agency blending creative marketing strategy, data-driven insight, and global talent to help brands connect and grow, primarily targeting startups and enterprises to help them scale. Learn more: https://ascalex.com/

About The Bench

The Bench is a creative and production partner specializing in designing environments where high-impact conversations and communities thrive. Founded in 2018, The Bench operates a remote talent network of more than 700 vetted freelance professionals, connecting brands with flexible, on-demand expertise across experiential marketing, design, and event production. Learn more: https://thebench.us/

Media Contact

Anton Briones, Fintech Is Femme, 1 9177813808, [email protected], https://fintech-week.co/new-york/

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