EMPIRE STARTUPS PRESENTS:
NEW YORK FINTECH WEEK 2025
APRIL 21-25 2025
NEW YORK FINTECH WEEK WAS DESIGNED TO BE AN INCLUSIVE COLLABORATION OF THE ENTIRE STARTUP ECOSYSTEM. IT’S A SERIES OF EVENTS HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT FINTECH INITIATIVES AND RANGE FROM CONFERENCES AND INVITATION-ONLY ROUNDTABLES TO EVENTS FREE TO THE COMMUNITY. ***PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE INDEPENDENT EVENTS REQUIRE INDIVIDUAL REGISTRATION***
NEW EVENT ALERTS
FEATURED Events - COMING SOON
Monday, April 8 @ 10 am
Runa Innovation Summit
The Runa Innovation Summit brings together experts and the thought leaders in the stored value and payouts space to exchange ideas about the future of rewards, incentives and digital value payouts. Come along for network, partnerships and a first look at upcoming product innovations.
Monday, April 8 @ 11 am
Financial Wellness Pitch Day
Hear from the brightest entrepreneurs in the financial wellness space and be the first to know about emerging technologies.
Monday, April 8 @ 6 pm
A Bridge Between Two Countries: 2024 Predictions for Fintech Across the U.S. and U.K.
Join us for a stimulating discussion of fintech in the U.S. and the U.K. We will hear from successful companies and their trusted advisors about how to scale your business and bridge from one market to another.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 8:30 am
Flourish Wellness Lounge
Step into our Flourish Wellness Lounge – a calm retreat for FinTech founders and investors for a healthy start to NY Fintech Week. Enjoy an energizing breakfast bar, engaging workshop, and build a sense of community in our serene space.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 9:30 am
AgeTech Collaborative Roundtable
Connecting AgeTech Startups, forward-thinking investors, and enlightened enterprises into what’s now an $8 trillion economy.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 2 pm
Banking and FinTech Innovation Roundtable
Bringing together thought-leaders to tackle big issues, foster collaboration between financial institutions and FinTechs, and chart a course forward.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 5:30 pm
New York FinTech Week Opening Boat Party
Set sail into the future of FinTech at the Opening Boat Party! Join us as we fuse the world of cutting-edge FinTech and high-seas luxury, surrounded by the industry’s brightest minds.
Wednesday, April 10 @ 8 am
Empire FinTech Conference
Join 700+ attendees for the highlight of New York FinTech Week, the Empire FinTech Conference.
Wednesday, April 10 @ 7 pm
New York FinTech Week Cocktails on the Water
An invitation only gathering of NY FinTech Week's cast of keynotes.
Thursday, April 11 @ 9 am
Investor Reverse Pitch Breakfast
We're turning the tables and having investors take the stage and pitch their VC to startups. Grab a coffee, donut, and enjoy. 40 seed funds with dry-powder will be in attendance.
Thursday, April 11 @ 12 pm
FinTech Startup Pitch Event
This highly anticipated event has consistently sold out each year. Immerse yourself in the world of cutting-edge fintech and insurtech innovation as our current accelerator cohort delivers rapid-fire, 3-minute pitches.
Thursday, April 11 @ 5:30 pm
The Financial Revolutionist’s Bourbon & Bites – Networking Happy Hour
Join us to enjoy premium beverages and tasty bites as you connect with other stellar industry folks, build relationships, and become part of The FR (The Financial Revolutionist) community.
Monday, April 8 @ 11 am
Financial Wellness Pitch Day
Hear from the brightest entrepreneurs in the financial wellness space and be the first to know about emerging technologies.
Monday, April 8 @ 6:30 pm
The Future of Payments Merchant VIP Dinner
Join Skipify and Empire at our VIP, invitation-only dinner to kick-off NY Fintech Week on Monday, April 08, 2024. It’s the perfect way to start your Fintech Week experience.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 9 am
AgeTech Collaborative Roundtable
Connecting AgeTech Startups, forward-thinking investors, and enlightened enterprises into what’s now an $8 trillion economy.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 2 pm
Banking and FinTech Innovation Roundtable
Bringing together thought-leaders to tackle big issues, foster collaboration between financial institutions and FinTechs, and chart a course forward.
Tuesday, April 9 @ 5:30 pm
New York FinTech Week Opening Boat Party
Set sail into the future of FinTech at the Opening Boat Party! Join us as we fuse the world of cutting-edge FinTech and high-seas luxury, surrounded by the industry’s brightest minds.
Wednesday, April 10 @ 8 am
Empire FinTech Conference
Join 700+ attendees for the highlight of New York FinTech Week, the Empire FinTech Conference.
Wednesday, April 10 @ 7 pm
New York FinTech Week Cocktails on the Water
An invitation only gathering of NY FinTech Week's cast of keynotes.
Thursday, April 11 @ 9 am
Investor Reverse Pitch Breakfast
We're turning the tables and having investors take the stage and pitch their VC to startups. Grab a coffee, donut, and enjoy. 40 seed funds with dry-powder will be in attendance.
Thursday, April 11 @ 12 pm
FinTech Startup Pitch Event
This highly anticipated event has consistently sold out each year. Immerse yourself in the world of cutting-edge fintech and insurtech innovation as our current accelerator cohort delivers rapid-fire, 3-minute pitches.
Community Events
HOST AN EVENT
From the start, New York FinTech Week was designed to be an inclusive collaboration of the entire startup ecosystem. At Empire Startups, we want nothing more than to use our platform to facilitate connection, collaboration, and community.
Anyone is welcome to post an event and the process for submitting an event is entirely free. Note that all logistics, including creating the event page, managing RSVPs, securing the venue, and curating content is the responsibility of the event organizer.
- Lock in event details (date, time, location, title, and description.
- Create an event registration page on Luma that will be included in your event proposal submission. If for compliance reasons, you are unable to use Luma, please contact us here.
- Add fintechweek@empirestartups.com as a host/manager on your event.
Include the following language somewhere on your registration page and link to NY FinTech Week (this page):
This event is a part of #NYFinTechWeek – an inclusive collaboration of the entire FinTech ecosystem.
***If requirement #3 or #4 are later removed from your event page, you will not be able to repost your event on the list of NY FinTech Week events***
Typical turnaround is 48 hrs.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
New York Fintech Week is a series of conferences, workshops, hackathons, meetups and parties. Attendees come from near and far to hear the best and brightest across various verticals in FinTech.
Save the date! April 21 – 25, 2025.
Empire Startups acts as the platform for New York FinTech Week and we use our website, newsletter, social, and SEM to raise awareness about EVERY event across the week.
The opportunities are endless when it comes to the type of event you can host.
From social gatherings, to demo days, to micro-conferences.
FinTech is hard for many reasons but access to capital and access to customers are the two top ways to help founders.
The week tends to get heavy on adult beverages. Don’t shy away from coffee and bagels versus expensive cocktails.
We’ve heard from many event hosts in the past that they are concerned about hosting an event at a “peak” time. Our best advice for you? The more events for attendees to choose from, the better! Almost every event in 2023 was oversubscribed. In other words demand > supply!
Pro tip: Breakfast and lunch time slots are underrated AND cost effective..
A great thing about New York FinTech Week is that events are hosted all over the city! We recommend the awesome community at Rise New York or the variety of locations available through WeWork.
Yes, we do post invite-only events as long as there is a clear way for potential attendees to request an invitation. We ask;
- Event hosts to commit to responding to 100% of attendance requests letting them know one way or the other.
- Publish a date in which prospective attendees can expect to hear from you no later than April 14.
- NOTE: All invite-only events will be marked “Sold Out” one week prior to the event. We do this so the community has a good experience and does not apply to attend something they’re highly unlikely to get it to.
Waitlists for events are allowed. Attendees like to plan their schedule for New York FinTech week in advance, and we are relying on you to provide timely updates. We ask;
- Event hosts to commit to responding to 100% of attendance requests letting them know one way or the other.
- Publish a date in which prospective attendees can expect to hear from you.
- NOTE: All waitlisted events will be marked “Sold Out” on Friday Apr 5. We do this so the community has a good experience and does not apply to attend something they’re highly unlikely to get it to.
The Empire team is fully dedicated to ensuring this is the largest and most successful FinTech Week yet!
All event logistics, from content to securing a venue to managing the event, will be in your hands.
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