About XFW

Amsterdam FinTech Week (XFW) is a week-long event that takes place in the Dutch capital of Amsterdam. Through a variety of events and opportunities, we bring together all relevant players, stakeholders, and companies active in the FinTech scene to bring you the most recent knowledge, developments, and insights. 

A week of events is planned, including a two-day Summit, an expo, community activities, several highly anticipated keynotes, expert panels, workshops, and startup pitches. It’s also a great way to meet the industry’s key players, learn from one another, and do business.

from meta fintech to impact fintech

As a professional, you need to stay on top of your game. As developments are coming at you at light speed, staying there is hard work. Or is it?

This year’s Amsterdam Fintech Week (XFW), will bring together key market players, experts, investors, regulators and many more. All stakeholders will be present, and not shy away from tough conversations. There will be some serious straight talk here – what did you expect from the Dutch. 

We will discuss market developments through the lens of two unique perspectives: meta fintech, which is focused on how to use (financial) technology to make business more effective and efficient, and impact fintech, which is focused on how to use technology to have a positive impact on customers and society.

The shift from meta fintech to impact fintech represents a growing trend in the fintech industry towards using technology to address some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. 

This momentum is driven by an increasing awareness of the role that the financial sector plays an essential role in helping the world with some pressing issues. There is also a growing demand from new talent, consumers and investors for products and services that align with their values. This is often captured by ESG, but we take a broader approach here. 

The rise of impact fintech provides new opportunities for companies and investors to create measurable positive impact by leveraging technology to reach and serve underbanked populations, promoting sustainable finance, and enabling new ways for investors to access impactful projects. With the war on talent still ongoing, this is where the difference is made. 

Alone you go faster, together you go further. Impact is not something organisations can do on their own. Meta Fintech is just as important, as it’s an ecosystem that is enabling and making an impact. Just like there is plain steel required to build a windmill, transactions, identities, administration, risk management might not not easily look that impactful, but they play a key role in the ecosystem. 

Let’s get together and explore this new world. 

Watch the XFW 2022 Recap
Meet Our 2022 Speakers

Byron

Voorbach

SeMI Technologies
Head of Customer Success & Solution Engineering

Ernst-Jan

Stokvis

Stokvis Consulting
Director

Robbie

Hadfield

Payhawk
Solution Engineer

Madalina

Lavinia Preda

NN
Head of Strategic Partnerships

Ryan

King

Dusk Network B.V.
Head of Business Development

Jeroen

de Bel

Fincog
Founder & Director

Ken

Serdons

Mollie
Chief Commercial Officer

Richard

Neve

Cognito
Managing Director | Partner

Robin

Kiera

Digitalscouting
Founder & CEO

Farhad

Amiri

Accenture
Manager Strategy & Transformation

Mathijs

van Esch

Maven11
Associate Partner

Constantijn

van Oranje

Techleap
Envoy

Jeffrey

Severijn

°neo by Five Degrees
CEO

Elliot

Lyons

Cognito
Content Producer

Vincent

van Dugteren

OikoCredit
Head of Innovation Hub

Richard

Doherty

ScaleUp Consulting
Founder & CEO

Marijn

van Rijswijck

DemaTrading.ai
Co-founder

Sonya

Barlow

LMFNETWORK
Founder

Martijn

Bos

Plaid
EU Policy

Pauline

Brunel

BlackFin Tech
Investment Manager

Conny

Dorrestijn

Shiraz Partners
Principal

Duncan

de Vries

NIBC
Head of Innovation Lab

Devie

Mohan

Burnmark
Founder

Simon

Boonen

ING
FinTech lead (a.i)

Raphael

Neuhaus

Google Cloud
Platforms & SaaS Industry Manager

Erik

van Ommeren

Levi9
Director of Portfolio and Innovation

Chantal

Korteweg

ABN AMRO
Director Inclusive Banking

Karin

Jakobsen

BrightPensioen
Founder

Anna

Blyablina

Form3
Strategic Partnership Manager

Chris

Kneen

Provenir
Managing Director