As we approach our fourth year, fintech_devcon continues to redefine the conference experience. Founded on the vision of creating a relaxed, educational environment free from sales pitches, our event focuses on what truly matters: the developers shaping the future of fintech.
Moov is saving a lender a million dollars a year, but they’re thanking us for something else.
Before I tell you what that is, let me share a little story.
Lending is hard.
As a lender, you’re riding the ups and downs of interest rates, trying to mitigate risk, and dealing with numerous things that have nothing to do with underwriting loans.
I’ve never been more excited about payments than I am today.
Admittedly, after twenty years in the fintech and payments industry, I’ve seen a lot of the same problems over and over. Payments veterans have wrestled with the same challenges and heard a lot of empty hype about the “next generation” of [insert thing here] that was going to solve everything but didn’t.
My path to fintech_devcon was far from typical.
I could never have predicted where I’d end up—founder, CEO, speaker at fintech conferences. None of this was anywhere close to my radar when I was a kid, but here I am. This isn’t a brag, but I’m bringing this up as encouragement, maybe even inspiration. And to let you know that it is possible to find a supportive community, and to maybe even give you the courage to speak at fintech_devcon—because it’s a safe space for speakers from all backgrounds.
I’ve always considered myself a software engineer by craft and an entrepreneur by accident. I never planned to end up in fintech, and I certainly never envisioned myself at the helm of a company like Moov. Technology has always been a passion of mine, and even as a CEO, I’m answering technical questions in our Slack community or commenting on pull requests on GitHub asking for test cases.
I have more than a decade of experience in engineering and data analysis. I’ve been the Lead Data Engineer at iDENTIFY, working in the fintech and banking space, for over four years. I pretty much live, eat, and breathe financial technology. But I don’t attend fintech conferences.
The anticipation for fintech_devcon is reaching its peak, and we’re thrilled to unveil this fourth and final speaker lineup. Once again, we’re honored to showcase the exceptional leaders and builders who will be gracing our event.
It’s time for our third fintech_devcon speaker lineup and the fintech superstars just keep coming! We’re excited, grateful, and humbled to have so many amazing builders and leaders willing to share their expertise with the developer community.
Our second speaker lineup is just as amazing as our first. We mean it when we say it’s truly an honor to host such distinguished speakers at our conference. When we created fintech_devcon, we did it to inspire and give back to the fintech developer community. We had no idea builders from all over the world would jump at the chance to share their valuable knowledge to level up other builders.
We’re in the home stretch! With just a month left, the excitement is palpable as we eagerly await the fintech festivities to commence (by the way, if you haven’t joined the fun yet, there’s still time to register). While the event promises lots of opportunities for networking and fun (including an exciting after-party at Electric Shuffle with free drinks, food, and Killer Mike), we couldn’t be more thrilled about our fintech_devcon speaker lineup.
Our fintech_devcon conference follows the give-first mantra inspired by the TechStars community. It means freely giving to others without expecting to get something in return. That’s why we’ve partnered with MX to open up the Give First scholarship program to improve access, participation, and engagement for all people, regardless of identity or background.
If you’ve spent significant time working with cloud vendors, you know that whatever new feature that any one provider trots out, another can typically replicate in short order. Don’t get me wrong, there are differences—but what’s mattered the most for us hasn’t been the bells and whistles. We want a true partnership, which means working with a team that values collaboration and wants our customers to be successful.
Last year’s fintech_devcon was the first conference I’ve attended in North America. I’ve been building communities around tech startups in South Africa for almost twelve years, so I’ve visited my share of fintech events. But this one was different.
The flagship fintech developer conference is back and ready to bring builders together for a third year. The purpose of fintech_devcon is to democratize fintech knowledge across payments, compliance, finance, and more. This means we want to hear from builders like you.
When I started in fintech, it wasn’t commonly called fintech yet. We just called it financial services back then. In that previous life, I spent a lot of time connecting to processors, and a lot of banking cores—42 of them, if I remember right. And all those hours working on integrations got me wondering, “How do you build a modern payment stack?”
We get it—planning your time at Money20/20 is like building a Disneyland itinerary; so many fintech attractions but so little time. If you’re looking for an all-in-one payments platform, consider this a FastPass in helping you decide if you should meet with our team.
Hi, my name is Chijioke Ejimuda 👋
I’m a builder who won last year’s scholarship to fintech_devcon. If you want the short version of my experience, here it is: The conference was unbelievable. I heard from expert industry leaders, beloved developers, and inspiring new voices. I gained a renewed understanding of what was possible in the fintech space and how my developer skills could be translated. fintech_devcon was the best conference I’ve been to before. No sales pitches. No demos. Just amazing content and caring humans coming together to share knowledge and build.
I always wanted to host a fintech developer conference—the type where I wouldn’t have to dress up or smile for PR interviews. I just wanted a place to be myself, get inspired, and learn from like-minded people: the creators, developers, founders, and product geeks designing new technologies and bringing amazing products to market.
The vision of fintech_devcon, first-ever fintech developer conference, is to bring together like-minded developers and increase the voices heard throughout the financial technology space. We’re committed to improving access, participation, and engagement for all people, regardless of identity or background. We created the #JustDewitt scholarship to support this commitment and make the event accessible for even more developers. In partnership with MX Technologies, Inc., we’re excited to extend our scholarship to six individuals.
We’re excited to announce that our flagship developer conference is back and ready to bring together builders in 2022. fintech_devcon started as a way to democratize fintech knowledge across payments, compliance, finance, and more. It’s grown into the premier place for the best minds and builders in fintech to meet, learn, and network—all without the sales pitches.
We can’t think of a better way to start the new year. Moov made Colorado’s renowned Best Places To Work list for 2022. We’re honored to earn No. 5 on the 100 Best Places to Work in Colorado and No. 1 on the best small places to work in Colorado.
I’m happy to announce that Moov has joined Plaid’s payment ecosystem to help bring faster, more secure payment experiences to every digital financial interaction.
We caught up with Anuhya Challagundla, a computer science student and fintech_devcon 2021 scholarship winner, to talk about her experience attending the inaugural event. In this interview, Anuhya shares her background, favorite parts of the conference, and why students must consider attending next year.
When we announced we’d be hosting fintech_devcon, we made it clear: this is not a Moov product event. No pitches are happening at this conference. This event is for you—fintech developers and our growing community of doers. It’s for the executives and product managers trying to bring a big audacious vision to life.
Our commitment to creating a diverse culture in fintech development.
fintech_devcon is the first-ever fintech developer conference. Our vision is to bring together like-minded developers and increase the voices heard throughout the financial technology space. We’re committed to improving access, participation, and engagement for all people, regardless of identity or background. We created our scholarship to support this commitment, and we’re excited to extend our sponsorship to five individuals.
After announcing fintech_devcon earlier this year, we’ve been blown away by the positive response. Not only are developers eager to finally attend a conference dedicated to them, but it’s exciting to see that people are ready for in-person events again. While there’s certainly a draw for a chance to finally dust off your suitcase and pack clothes other than sweatpants, we’d also like to provide a business case for attending fintech_devcon.
Developers don’t want payments, and they don’t want Elasticsearch. They want a better user experience for their users. They want the experience we have all come to expect from Uber (payments) and Google (Elasticsearch).
We are thrilled to announce that Moov Financial has joined the U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization dedicated to advancing faster payments in the United States.
The fintech developer community has exploded. While the growth has been happening for a while, 2020 saw an exponential expansion. This explosion has created a massive demand for education and brought a new wave of developers into the space. It’s time they all met.
We started Moov in 2017 to lend a trusted hand to developers building or integrating financial products. After more than 15 years of experience developing digital banking solutions, core banking, and payments, we knew that banking infrastructure could be better. We knew that sending, receiving, and storing money could be more straightforward. We knew that in a cloud-native world, security, portability, and flexibility are everything. And we wholeheartedly believe in community. So, we created Moov as an open source platform.
Today, the news of our $5.5 million seed round became public! All of us at Moov have been looking forward to this day for a while, and we’ve internally referred to it as Moov-ing day. We’re excited because we have the momentum and support of 7 institutional investors, led by Bain Capital, as well as 27 individual investors who believe in Moov’s mission, who are generous with their time and their knowledge.
First of all, hi, we’re Moov. We’re a new company with a mission to bring joy to developers tasked with building on top of the United States banking and payments infrastructure. We have world-class investors that believe in our mission, and we’re building a team of people who are passionate about creating a better future.