Dark Underbelly of FinTech

Join Cindy Gallop (Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn) and Noah Landow (Founder and CEO at Macktez) for an informal conversation about the surprisingly complex, conservative, and convoluted financial services companies that together to form the secretive layers underpinning the electronic financial systems we take advantage of every day. Underneath the shiny Stripe, Apple Pay, Square and well-heeled Visa, MasterCard, and Amex, lies a sprawling world of companies and services that connect the world’s financial institutions to each other and you.

Cindy is an unabashed voice, advocating for more women founders, and embodying the principles for which she argues, for reform of this ever-more powerful industry. During this engaging conversation, we will explore how the poorly understood world of financial services controls what art is created, what companies are founded and funded, and what businesses are able to get the money they need to build exciting tools. Strange and surprisingly limitations and conventions abound in this space, hidden largely from view, and wrapped in euphemism and innuendo. It dictates who has access to resources, and gatekeeps access to reaching financial success across a spectrum of people and companies.

Join us at the Macktez office, after work, over light snacks and sips, for a thought-provoking discussion on how a broader, deeper understanding of FinTech could enable positive change to create greater opportunities for equity in the decades ahead.