Colin Walsh has extensive experience as a founder, entrepreneur, CEO, and global business leader in the digital finance space, and he is committed to enhancing financial access and inclusion. A recognized thought leader, change agent, and public speaker, Mr. Walsh is actively engaged in shaping the future of finance in an increasingly technology-driven world. He is dedicated to making a positive impact as a board director, strategic advisor, and active participant in industry think tanks and nonprofit organizations.
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Disrupting Traditional Banking
The AI-Powered Fintech Revolution
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 1pm EDT
Event Overview
AI is transforming industries worldwide, with banking at the forefront of this revolution. The fintech sector offers unprecedented opportunities to modernize financial services and make them more accessible to everyone.
Join us for an insightful discussion with two industry leaders: Lutz Finger from Cornell University and Colin Walsh, Founder and Board Director of Varo Bank — the first fintech company to receive a U.S. national banking license.
Our panel will explore how AI is revolutionizing banking, ways to expand financial access through technology, opportunities for disruption in fintech, and why successful implementation matters more than the technology itself.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how AI is shaping the future of financial services.
Join us for an insightful discussion with two industry leaders: Lutz Finger from Cornell University and Colin Walsh, Founder and Board Director of Varo Bank — the first fintech company to receive a U.S. national banking license.
Our panel will explore how AI is revolutionizing banking, ways to expand financial access through technology, opportunities for disruption in fintech, and why successful implementation matters more than the technology itself.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn how AI is shaping the future of financial services.
What You'll Learn
- How AI can drive broader, fairer access to financial services
- Why fintech is still in the early stages of AI-driven disruption
- What it takes to move from tech startup to licensed national bank
- Why AI is an execution game — and how winners will separate from the rest
- Lessons from building Varo, including the importance of vision, discipline, and trust in the age of AI
Speakers
Colin Walsh
Founding CEO, Board Director, and Strategic Advisor
Varo Bank
Lutz Finger
Senior Visiting Lecturer
Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Senior Visiting Lecturer, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell SC Johnson College of Business
Lutz Finger is an esteemed technologist with a diverse background in building innovative technology platforms for companies including Google, LinkedIn, and Snap Inc.. He is the founder of R2Decide, a platform for generative AI tools.
Finger is a regular contributor to Forbes, where he writes about AI and deep learning. His book Ask, Measure, Learn was published in 2014 and serves as a non-technical guide on how to extract significant business value from big data. Finger serves as an advisor, venture partner, and angel investor at several data-centric corporations in Europe and the United States. He has an MBA from INSEAD and an M.S. in quantum physics from TU Berlin.
Finger, who resides in the San Francisco Bay area, aims to bring over 20 years of diversified experience in data science and product management to his students at Cornell.
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