Session Title: The Past, Present, and Future of Financial Supervision

Tuesday, February 2nd

9:55 am – 10:45 am

Location: Grand Ballroom

Raj Date is the Managing Partner of Fenway Summer LLC, a Washington DC-based venture investment firm focused on the financial services sector. He is also the co-founder of FS Vector, an advisory firm that counsels financial services companies on regulatory strategy, compliance, and public policy, and the Trustee of the Fenway Summer Charitable Trust.

Raj was the first-ever Deputy Director of the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). As the Bureau’s second-ranking official, he helped steward the CFPB’s strategy, its operations, and its policy agenda. He also served on the senior staff committee of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, and as a statutory deputy to the FDIC Board. Before being appointed Deputy Director, Raj acted as the interim leader of the new agency, serving as the Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury. He led the CFPB for most of the first six months after its launch.

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Tuesday, February 2nd

2:30 pm – 3:20 pm

Location: Grand Ballroom 

Alex Johnson is the founder of Fintech Takes, a media brand focused on the intersection of financial services, technology, and public policy. In his 2x weekly newsletter and weekly podcast, Alex explores the ideas and companies changing the way that money works, with plenty of analogies and pop culture references along the way!

Prior to founding Fintech Takes, Alex spent 20+ years in various marketing, strategy, and market research roles at companies, including Cornerstone Advisors, FICO, Mercator Advisory Group, and Zoot Enterprises. He is a recognized expert in fintech and his analysis has been featured in American Banker, The Wall Street Journal, and NBC Nightly News.

Alex lives in Montana and spends his spare time hiking and chasing his young children around.

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Tuesday, February 2nd

2:30 pm – 3:20 pm

Location: Grand Ballroom

Jason started his career working on one of the original pieces of banking technology: the printing press. After leaving the world of printing checks behind, he became one of the earliest advocates for taking financial services digital. He launched one of the first online only bank accounts for First Marblehead before co-founding PerkStreet Financial, one of the pioneers of banking-as-a-service before the category even had a name.

Today he's CEO of Alloy Labs, a consortium of community and mid-size banks that work together to ensure they compete, and win, in the next era of banking. Alloy Labs is not a passive membership organization; bankers roll up their sleeves to uncover shared strategic insights, create fintech partnerships, and build differentiated products.

Jason cohosts Breaking Banks, the #1 global fintech podcast, and is a frequent stage presence on innovation in a regulated world, leadership in times of change, and where banking goes next.