Amy Neale

Presentation Title:

The new financial services model: What the future holds.

Presentation Synopsis:

Studies show that millennials would rather visit a dentist than a bank and are driving disruptive changes in the financial services world. Messaging networks are beginning to enable commerce, AI is predicting customer needs and most financial services offerings are becoming faceless utilities. Globally, fintech in retail banking startups tripled from 2014, topping $6.8 billion in 2015. As startups unbundle the traditional suite of services, cherry pick the profitable products, and create killer user experiences, here’s MasterCard is identifying, engaging and helping them reinvent the future of finance.

Speaker Bio:

Amy has 20 years experience in technology commercialisation and investment. She currently leads the MasterCard Start Path Global programme, working with startups in the fintech, commerce and payments space to scale their businesses. In her current role, Amy has a global perspective on fintech, working with growing companies across 5 continents.

Amy was previously part of the startup team and Director of Communications at NDRC, an Irish early stage investor in technology startup companies and ranked #2 University Business Accelerator in the world. Before arriving in Ireland, Amy led the Business Development team for Queen Mary, University of London to identify opportunities for technology commercialisation and industry collaboration. Named as one of the 100 top women in STEM in Ireland in 2014, Amy has a PhD in Computational Linguistics.