Make it to Market Meet Up: Series Launch – Navigating FinTech Partnerships

This half-day event brings together FinTechs, financial services buyers, and ecosystem enablers to consider supplier readiness, market readiness, and the practical challenges of FinTech Partnerships.

Join us for the launch of the FinTech-Tables Make it to Market Meet Up Series.

The theme of this first session is – Navigating FinTech Partnerships and will be packed full of insights around supplier readiness, make it to market readiness, the challenges facing buyers and sellers in financial services, and approaches to securing and maintaining effective FinTech Partnerships.

Why attend?

  • Gain clear insights into what buyers (banks & FSIs) and sellers (Fintechs) expect from partnership engagements, including ownership, accountability, and deal drivers.
  • Here practical approaches to building confidence and trust with regulated firms: effective risk management, supplier operational resilience, and steps to become a “chosen supplier.”
  • A go-to-market case study on building regulatory-compliant AI solutions for financial services — lessons on product, compliance, and commercialisation.
  • Curated networking and speed‑dating to explore solutions, new partnership opportunities and accelerate collaboration.

Format:

  • Panel discussion with Buyers and FinTechs
  • Keynote on supplier readiness and compliance
  • Go-to-market success story / case study
  • Curated networking / speed‑dating for one-to-one partner discovery

Who should attend:

  • FinTech founders, commercial, and marketing leads
  • Product and compliance owners at FinTechs
  • Partnership, innovation, procurement, security, risk and compliance leads from banks and FSIs

Expected Outcomes:

Attendees will leave with actionable next steps to improve supplier readiness, deepen buyer engagement, and identify one or more partnership opportunities to accelerate commercial traction.

Agenda

DRAFT AGENDA
9:00am
Arrival & Networking
9:30am
Welcome & Series Introduction, Ian Davey, Founder & CEO, FinTech-Tables
9:40am
Interactive Panel Discussion: Navigating FinTech Partnerships
Gillian Benge, COO, Synthix
Zoe Fisher, Engagement & Partnerships, Natwest
Mickael Paris, Partnerships & Ecosystem, Barclays
Dave Blackwood, Head of Partnerships, Aveni
Victor Chauhan, Co-Founder & Partner, Argus Pro
What do buyers want?
What do suppliers want?
Relationships, ownership & accountability
Creating the conditions for success
10:40am
Short Networking Break
11:00am
Ensuring confidence & trust when selling solutions to regulated firms
Scott Moncur, Head of Financial Services, Vialex
What is practical and effective risk management for solution providers?
What does good look like for supplier operational resilience?
Preparing to become a chosen supplier
How to achieve compliance in collaboration with financial institutions
11:20am
Personal Connections Matter: Exploring FinTech Partnerships, Ian Davey, FinTech-Tables
11:30am
Curated Speed Dating / Networking for FinTech Partnerships
12:30pm
So what next?
12:40pm
Netwokring Lunch
1:30pm
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Thursday 05 March 2026
9:00am to 1:00pm
Barclays Eagle Labs, Glasgow

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