The Financial Services Innovation Hub

The only place where financial professionals connect live with deep experts to shape - and implement - the future of financial services. Access to Human expertise has never been more important!

Communities

10 Fintech groups/hosts and growing

Events

12 a month and growing

Networking

160 members and growing

The Problem We’re Solving

  • Technology is moving too fast. Every week brings new AI tools, regulatory changes, and competitive models.

  • Implementation is messy. Startups and incumbents alike struggle to apply innovations inside real businesses.

  • Knowledge is fragmented & static. LinkedIn posts, reports on websites, and blogs on Substack, are all static broadcasting.

  • Risk is personal. Careers and reputations are on the line when leaders hesitate—or bet on the wrong move.

The cost is massive: slower adoption, delayed benefits, wasted spend, and missed opportunities that compound across entire economies.

Who The Hub Is Really For

This community is for anyone working in, or driving, the evolution in financial services change.

Senior leaders in banks, asset managers, any licensed financial services provider or vendor and Fintech startups.

Regulators, consultants, and advisors shaping the next wave of financial infrastructure.

Anyone navigating the chaos of financial services transformation and want to lead rather than follow, this is your hub.

this is a live community, connecting you to the experts and your peers

What are your options?

the Web?

  • Information is spread across platforms

  • Misinformation is real and tricky

  • There's no way to ask the author

REsearch reports?

  • Static content you have to digest

  • Out of date within a few weeks

  • No ability to talk to the authors

Conferences?

  • They only happen once a year

  • It is days out of your schedule

  • You can`t easily follow up

How The Hub WOrks

Community, deep experts in conversation, and more, all in one simple platform with easy access.

Live Events

Expert talks, Q&A, workshops, and innovation sprints.

Exclusive Insights

Curated intelligence and strategies not found anywhere else.

Networking

Direct connections with senior leaders, investors, and innovators.

Emerging Technologies

Discover AI, blockchain, quantum computing, and more.

Peer Insights

Learn what others are implementing right now, avoid pitfalls.

Leadership Development

Guidance to lead teams through fintech change with confidence.

Specialist Sub-Communities

Deep dives into regulation, digital assets, sustainable finance, etc.

Recognition & Growth

Opportunities to lead sessions, contribute, and raise your profile.

Efi Pylarinou, Founder

Why I created the FS i-Hub

I have been covering the FinTech sector for 10+ years, and working with major players in the space. Along the way I have built up 200,000+ followers on LinkedIn and 27,000+ on X, sharing what I see and what it means for the industry.

Along the way I kept seeing the same problem over and over - everyone wanting to move forward, our space becoming noisier and very unidirectional. More broadcasting and less interactivity. This reality is amplified even more with the AI advancements.

Access to human expertise has never been more important - and this is what we're creating together with more than a dozen Fintech deep experts. This is just the beginning.

So join us on the Financial Services Innovation Hub, where every week, we connect you with practitioners who’ve faced—and solved—the exact challenges you’re dealing with. No theory, no fluff—just real solutions from leading specialists who’ve built, scaled, and transformed financial services.

Whether you’re tackling a core system overhaul, racing against compliance deadlines, or making tough architecture decisions, our sessions bring you proven, practical guidance. We cut through press releases and vendor spin, focusing on what actually works.

The Hub is peer-to-peer learning at its best—linking you to a network of experts and peers who share your challenges. And we’re continually expanding our roster across emerging fintech verticals.

The Experts Who Make Up The Hub

We’ve brought together leading minds from across FinTech—practitioners with hard-won expertise in every critical area. They won’t just share ideas; they’ll bring in guests to push each topic deeper. This isn’t about lofty theory or vague predictions. These are the people who can help you turn strategy into results.

Hugo Pacheco

Africa Fintech Specialist

Alessandro Hatami

Bank/Fintech Partnerships

Shaul David

Banking as a Service/

Embedded Finance

Neira Jones

Payments

Marie Walker

Open Banking

Dharmesh Mistry

Retail Banking

Monica Jasuja

Payments in Asia

Steve Suarez

Quantum Readiness

Ned Phillips

Product B2B Distribution

Michael Charles Borrelli

AI Regulation

real value for you projects, your organization, and your career

The cost of the alternatives

Do It yourself

  • Projects take longer than planned

  • Slow results delay the next phase

  • All the risk is on your shouldersr

Use Consultants

  • Limited supply of real experience

  • Often just two steps ahead of you

  • Their skills walk out with them

Hire Teams

  • Takes months to find them

  • You need a huge range of skills

  • Hiring and employing is expensive

Still not sure?

The Hub is still free to join

We're committed to making the Hub as wide and deep as possible, with anyone able to join. That means it is free to all users for now. Our only request is that you engage in the communities and share what we're doing with your peers, your groups and your teams.

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