Partner
PwC
Amanda has spent nearly 20 years at PwC, where she currently serves as leader of the firm’s Financial Services Risk and Regulatory team and, a Lead Client Partner on a global Financial Services client, and a member of the PwC US Board of Partners and Principals. She has spent her career serving the Financial Services industry on regulatory risk and compliance matters, including serving as a Bank Examiner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. In her free time, Amanda enjoys exercising, spending time with her family and investing in real estate.
The financial services industry is on the cusp of its most transformative decade since the commercialization of the internet. Venture capital is fueling the rise of AI-native fintechs, digital identity platforms, and tokenized financial ecosystems that promise to upend traditional models. Instant payments, programmable money, and agentic AI are reshaping everything from lending and fraud prevention to wealth management and cross-border payments. But with this tidal wave of innovation comes unprecedented challenges: how do financial institutions strike the right balance between speed and security, compliance and creativity, disruption and trust?
This super panel discussion brings together venture capitalists, fintech executives, bank executives and management consultants to explore the future of venture-backed fintech innovation, its impact on all stakeholders in digital finance, and the biggest opportunities and challenges ahead. Panelists will examine where capital is flowing in 2026, which technologies will define the next wave, how banks and fintechs can collaborate without compromising resilience, and what governance and risk frameworks must evolve to keep pace.