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Angi Milano
Founder & CEO at Maven Advisory
Chicago, United States
Angi Milano is the founder and CEO of Maven Advisory, where she advises fintech founders and leadership teams on the revenue, growth, and go-to-market decisions required to sell successfully into banks and credit unions.
With more than 15 years of experience across financial institutions and fintech, Angi brings a perspective shaped by both sides of the buying table. She has worked inside organizations including HSBC, Capital One, Citigroup, BCU, and Alliant, evaluating and buying technology, and has also led revenue strategy and execution for fintechs selling into the financial services market. She has been directly involved in six acquisitions throughout her career.
Today, her work focuses on the realities of selling technology into financial institutions: positioning and message-market fit, enterprise sales strategy, buyer behavior, revenue strategy, fintech-bank partnerships, and the changing way financial institutions evaluate and adopt technology.
Angi is also the co-founder and co-host of The GTM Loop, a podcast focused on the realities of building, selling, and growing in fintech, and the co-founder of Midwest Fintech, an initiative focused on strengthening the fintech community across the Midwest.
As a speaker, writer, advisor, and fractional leader, Angi brings a practical operator's perspective to conversations about fintech growth and financial services innovation, grounded in what she has seen work from both the buyer and seller side of the market.
Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Speaking Travels From: Chicago, IL
Speaking Topics: How Banks and Credit Unions Buy Technology, Selling Fintech to Financial Institutions, The Changing Fintech Buyer, Fintech Revenue and Growth Strategy
Embedded Finance, AI, and Fintech’s Next Big Disruption w/ Maven Advisory’s Founder
September 16, 2026
Navigating the #FinTech Landscape — A Journey of Independence
September 16, 2026
Featured Topics
Selling Fintech to Banks and Credit Unions
Selling technology into financial institutions is different from traditional B2B sales. Angi brings experience from both sides of the table to unpack how fintechs can sharpen their positioning, reach the right buyers, navigate long and complex sales cycles, and build a revenue strategy around how banks and credit unions make decisions.
How Financial Institutions Buy Technology
What makes a bank or credit union move from interest to evaluation to a signed contract? Drawing on her experience buying technology inside financial institutions and selling fintech into them, Angi breaks down how buyers evaluate solutions, where deals get stuck, what creates confidence, and what fintechs often misunderstand about the buying process.
Innovation That Financial Institutions Can Actually Adopt
Financial institutions are under pressure to move faster on AI, automation, digital experience, and emerging technology, but adoption depends on more than the technology itself. Angi explores how banks, credit unions, and fintechs can evaluate innovation through the lens of business value, customer trust, risk, implementation, and measurable outcomes.
Marketing to Banks and Credit Unions Without Sounding Generic
Linkedin
September 21, 2026
A pattern I run into all the time when I review a fintech's website is a headline that could be on a competitor's site without anyone noticing the swap. The same holds for the first line of an outbound email and the one-sentence description used at a conference.
Signs Your Fintech Isn't Ready to Scale Sales
Maven Advisory
September 14, 2026
The usual advice about when to add sellers assumes a sales motion that produces evidence quickly. Close 20 or 30 deals yourself, watch the pattern hold, document it, then hire.
Building a Revenue Engine for a B2B Fintech
Maven Advisory
September 06, 2026
A pre-Series B fintech selling to credit unions and community banks had a product that worked and early customer traction. What it did not have was a repeatable way to turn that traction into predictable revenue.
Credit Union Lending Is Getting More Complex. The Conversations Around It Need to Get Better
Maven Advisory
September 06, 2026
Loan growth has slowed across much of the industry, credit performance is under more scrutiny, and members still expect faster, easier borrowing experiences. At the same time, lending teams are being asked to make decisions about automation, pricing, underwriting and AI without losing sight of risk.
Building a Go-to-Market Strategy for Banks and Credit Unions
Maven Advisory
September 06, 2026
Sales advice written for fintechs tends to assume a buyer you will not find inside a bank or credit union: a single decision-maker, a demo that either wins the deal outright or does not, and a cycle measured in weeks. That is not what happens when a fintech tries to sell into a financial institution
LinkedIn Didn't Stop Working
Maven Advisory
September 05, 2026
During my many, many weekly calls, I hear some version of this: "LinkedIn used to work, and now it doesn't." Response rates dropped, connection requests sit unanswered, and the calendar link that used to book meetings gets ignored.
Why a Plan Is Not a Strategy
Maven Advisory
September 05, 2026
It’s common to think you have a strategy when what you really have is a plan, especially when things are moving fast and expectations are high. A plan outlines the actions you will take. A strategy defines the choices and priorities that determine which actions are worth taking.
Credit Union Lending Is Getting More Complex. The Conversations Around It Need to Get Better
Finopotamus
August 12, 2026
Credit unions are under pressure to grow lending at a time when the margin for error is getting smaller.
Loan growth has slowed across much of the industry, credit performance is under more scrutiny, and members still expect faster, easier borrowing experiences. At the same time, lending teams are being asked to make decisions about automation, pricing, underwriting and AI without losing sight of risk.
That makes the question bigger than how to originate more loans.
Please Hold, Your Partner Will Be With You Shortly.
Linkedin
September 29, 2026
A lot of the fintechs I advise go after a channel partnership early, usually with a core, digital banking, or LOS provider that already has the bank and credit union relationships they want. Sometimes that's a great strategy, especially when it means an integration with a desirable partner. Working with a partner builds credibility, and a single warm introduction can save months of cold outreach.
Seats, Tiers & Sticker Shock
Linkedin
September 23, 2026
If you're pricing is well under comparable tools in your category, it can hold you back. A low price makes a product easy to buy, but can cost you later, usually at renewal. There's a fine balance between price and value, and pricing well below the market implies that your product provides less value.
A Clear-Eyed Fintech Marketing Audit
Linkedin
September 16, 2026
Sales is a numbers game, and depending on experience, I recommend keeping lead volume anywhere between 4-6X your quota. But lead volume isn't the only place to look when things feel stuck. More often it's messaging that no longer matches how the FI evaluates a fintech vendor, or a go-to-market motion that has drifted just enough to slow deals down without tripping any alarms.
The Business Case Has to Survive the Sale
Linkedin
September 08, 2026
During pre-sale it's very common to spend weeks or even months with your champion helping them build the case that gets a credit union or bank steering committee to say yes. After signature, implementation kicks off and the "deal" gets passed to customer success. Here's where I see things go a little haywire. Somewhere between kickoff and the first quarterly business review, that case tends to disappear, replaced by whatever the product's usage dashboard happens to track.
Flights, Follow-Ups & Fuzzy Math
Linkedin
August 31, 2026
This conference season, I'll be in NYC, Lisbon, Indianapolis, Chicago, and Vegas (twice!), which means a lot of flights, hotel rooms, dinners, and conversations packed into a short few months. I love conferences, a lot of my best relationships started at them. There are few other places you can get that many industry people in one room, but they do come with a hefty price tag.
The Best Fintech You'll Never Download
Linkedin
August 12, 2026
The next fintech that matters most may not be one you ever open an app for. No download, no onboarding flow, no referral program, because it lives inside an FI's tech stack instead of on someone's phone. It's the thing making an account opening flow or a marketplace's payout system stickier, doing the work that makes everything else possible.
Your Pitch Was Great, Your Timing Wasn't
Linkedin
August 04, 2026
Before I ever advised fintechs, I sat on the other side of the table, reviewing vendor proposals and deciding what made it into next year's budget. So many times, I watched good products get passed over because the budget was already locked. That's an important lesson to learn, qualification criteria based on timing can make or break your year.
Don't Go Chasing Partnerships (or Waterfalls)
Linkedin
July 29, 2026
I understand the appeal. A partnership with a major system of record like a core provider or LOS seems like a shortcut. They already have tons of clients and trust with the FIs you're trying to sell into. One good partnership feels like it could replace a whole quarter of cold outreach. Right?
Stop Qualifying for a Buyer You Don't Have
Linkedin
July 15, 2026
Should we qualify with BANT or MEDDIC? I get asked this question a lot. There's a lot of advice out there, like: BANT is for fast, transactional deals under $50K, while MEDDIC is for complex enterprise deals over $100K with long cycles and multiple stakeholders. Pick based on your ACV and move on. It's not that simple, though.
LinkedIn Didn't Stop Working
Linkedin
July 07, 2026
During my many, many weekly calls, I hear some version of this: "LinkedIn used to work, and now it doesn't." Response rates dropped, connection requests sit unanswered, and the calendar link that used to book meetings gets ignored. I understand the frustration, and I feel it too. The platform is not broken, but the way buyers use it changed, and most outreach hasn't caught up yet.
Ruthless Prioritization Wins the Back Half
Linkedin
June 24, 2026
We are at the midpoint of the year (or year-end for some), and the back half is where the number gets decided. This is the stretch that determines how the year ends. The deals that close in Q4 are the ones you are advancing right now, and the budgets you get access to for next year is being shaped by the conversations you are having this quarter.
How Peer Validation Drives Buying Decision
Linkedin
June 18, 2026
Credit union buyers trust their peers more than your marketing. When a credit union evaluates a new vendor, the first question is usually "who else like us is using this," not "what features does it have."
Warm Intros Are Not a Go-To-Market Strategy
Linkedin
June 10, 2026
I got introduced at a conference recently as "the queen of lead generation." Kind, but wrong, and it told me everything about how misunderstood advisor and fractional revenue leader roles still are.
The Best Reps Use Silence to Qualify
Linkedin
May 20, 2026
Discovery should never feel like asking a million questions in a row, like an interrogation. It should flow naturally like a conversation. If you can master the art of the pause, the buyer will tell you everything. They will fill the silence with the real story: what's broken, who cares, what's in the way, and whether they have any intention of moving forward.
The Math That Matters in GTM
Linkedin
May 12, 2026
Your GTM plan looks strong until you run the math. Does that sounds familiar? Revenue may still be growing, but if the business is spending more to acquire customers or converting less efficiently, the model is not scaling and is getting more expensive.
The Single Mistake Breaking Your Forecast
Linkedin
May 06, 2026
Linear extrapolation is the math mistake that inflates nearly every early-stage forecast.
Teams take recent growth data and project it forward as if that trajectory will continue unchanged. A strong quarter becomes the baseline for the year. A single enterprise deal becomes the template for every deal. The spreadsheet looks clean, but the assumptions underneath are already cracking.
Then reality arrives, and the numbers fall short by 30%, 40%, sometimes more.
When Customization Becomes a Problem
Linkedin
April 27, 2026
"I like your product, but we need "laundry list of feature additions here" before we can move forward." Ever heard that one before? You're working with a prospect you really want to win, and they start asking for a ton of custom features. It feels like yes is the only option, so you agree to the full list. Custom integrations, one-off workflows, features that no one else in your ICP would ever ask for.
You Get 7 Minutes. Use Them Wisely.
Linkedin
April 20, 2026
7 minutes! That’s the amount of time a founder has to pitch and make an impression on an audience that wants to learn more. A compressed test of how clearly you can explain value, prove relevance, and create enough trust to turn attention into interest.
Warning Signs Your GTM Model Will Not Scale
Linkedin
April 13, 2026
Let me set the picture, your pipeline looks healthy and deals are moving. It’s exciting to see pilots or revenue coming in and then one quarter, everything stalls.
A GTM model scales when revenue growth becomes easier to repeat, less expensive to buy, and more durable to keep. When the opposite starts to happen, the numbers usually warn you first, even if the business still looks like it’s growing.
GTM models break slowly before they break completely. The cracks appear as longer sales cycles, forecast misses, and over-reliance on a few top performers, while metrics like CAC payback, pipeline coverage, and conversion begin to move in the wrong direction.
Stop Selling Outcomes You Can’t Back Up
Inbal Rodnay
April 07, 2026
Buyers don’t buy features; they buy outcomes. One crucial nuance in outcome-based selling often gets overlooked: outcomes must be measurable. Value must connect to what buyers care about and can prove internally. When outcomes are vague, theoretical, or hard to track, buyers struggle to justify the spend and the effort required to implement a new solution. Here, strong product stories lose momentum.
Multi-Threading Done Wrong Will Cost You the Deal
Linkedin
April 01, 2026
Multi-threading sounds like the obvious fix for single-threaded deals. Engage more stakeholders, reduce risk, increase your chances of winning. But I see teams move into it too quickly without a clear plan, and it often creates the same problems they were trying to avoid.
Your Champion Shouldn't Have to Wing It
Linkedin
March 23, 2026
You found a champion; they loved the demo, and they said all the right things. Then the deal stalled because getting a financial institution contact excited about your solution is the easy part. What happens after that meeting is much more nuanced.
Turn Every Win Into the Next One
Linkedin
March 17, 2026
There's a fine line between running a great sales process and treating growth like a to-do list. Here's what I mean: run a campaign, close some deals, repeat. The problem is that yesterday's effort doesn't make tomorrow easier, because it creates a cycle where you start from zero every quarter.
You Closed the First Deals. Now What?
Linkedin
March 09, 2026
Early wins can create a false sense that the path to scale is already in place. The first customers sign, the product proves its value, and momentum looks strong from the outside. Then revenue starts behaving inconsistently, and forecasting becomes more difficult than it should be. When this pattern appears, the root cause is rarely product performance. More often, the company never built a repeatable sales process designed for how financial institutions actually make decisions.
The Product Works. The Story Doesn’t.
Linkedin
March 04, 2026
Founders work hard to achieve product-market fit because it shows their product solves a real problem for real buyers. But many overlook what comes next after reaching that first milestone.
Power Panel: Precision Lending: Using Data And Ai To Win Without Taking More Risk
FinovateFall
September 11, 2026
1. How precision lending is being transformed by AI and advanced data models to evaluate borrower credit risk, speed up underwriting from days to minutes and fine-tune loan pricing.
2. How AI can help FIs to process alternative data, automate compliance, and spot default risks early while keeping human oversight for complex cases
3. Transforming the lending journey of tomorrow through Agentic AI - how autonomous agents can orchestrate the process steps in the background and in real-time - from understanding the context, supporting decision making and proactively engaging with the client
4. With AI the future of lending is not about doing the same things faster; it is about fundamentally reimagining the end-to-end process and transforming operating models
The Growth Stack
Midwest Fintech & MWAA for TechChicago Week
July 22, 2026
GTM, Sales & Partnerships for Scaling ISOs. Midwest Fintech takes the stage at the Midwest Acquirers Association annual conference for a 60-minute deep dive into how the region's top ISOs actually win.
Power Panel: The 90-Day Digital Playbook for Credit Unions - How Smaller Institutions Can Make Meaningful Progress Without Big-Bank Budgets
FinovateSpring
May 07, 2026
1. What can realistically be delivered in 90 days? Moving away from transformation fantasies
2. How to prioritise one or two digital initiatives that actually move the needle
3. Separating “nice-to-have” innovation from regulatory, revenue or CX-critical change
4. What progress looks like when legacy cores can’t be replaced (yet)
5. How to show tangible momentum to boards and regulators quickly
6. Case studies of incremental wins that unlocked further funding
Join us on Thursday, May 8th for the 8th annual ScaleUp, a half-day event designed to equip founders and leaders with the insights and strategies they need to scale their businesses, enhance their leadership skills, and navigate today’s ever-changing technical and geopolitical landscape.
Ep 14 - The Bake Sale Is Not the Strategy
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August 23, 2026
What do declining nonprofit membership, the loneliness epidemic, walking groups, and startup methodology have in common? More than you might think. This week, we are joined by Deborah Hill, Founder & CEO of Seahorse Innovation Lab, to talk about what happens when you take lessons from 30+ years in t
Ep 13 - Hiring for Impact
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July 27, 2026
Hiring can accelerate growth or slow it down. In this episode, we sit down with Sarah Greenwell, Founder of Growth Mode Partners, to talk about one of the biggest challenges founders face: knowing who to hire, when to hire, and what role will make the biggest impact. We explore why founders often h
Ep 12 - You're Leaving 25% of Your Market Behind
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May 12, 2026
What happens when your product or website isn't accessible? You lose customers. Emily Goodson joins us to break down why accessibility should be built in from day one, not added after the fact. We talk about real-world consequences, from failed user experiences to compliance issues, and how small ch
Ep 11 - There's Data… and Then There Are Vibes
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April 27, 2026
In this episode of In the Loop with Holly & Angi, we sit down with Hanane Bouchareb, Head of Product Management at M1 to talk about the real role product plays in go-to-market strategy. We get into the balance between data and instinct, and why "vibes" actually matter more than people like to ad
Ep 10 - Solving the Unnamed Problem
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April 05, 2026
How process, communication, and decision-making quietly break down as teams scale. In this episode, we sit down with Chrystal Price, founder of In Good Company Co., to talk about something every growing company feels but rarely defines. We see this in repeated meetings that go nowhere, decisions tha
Ep 9 - Will You Swipe Left on Your Bank?
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March 22, 2026
Our guest this week is Fabiola Salazar, VP of Technology Banking at Wells Fargo. Fabiola works directly with founders to help them solve one of the most overlooked parts of building a company: choosing the right banking partner. In this episode, we talk about what fintech founders should expect f
Ep 8 - Don't Be Clever at the Expense of Clarity
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March 08, 2026
In this episode of The GTM Loop, we sit down with Arden Evenson of Firefly Advising to talk about messaging, clarity, and why so many companies make their products harder to understand than they need to be. Arden shares lessons from her early days at SoFi, why clarity always beats clever copy, and h
Ep 7 - The Pitch Slap Recovery Plan
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February 15, 2026
In this episode, Angi and Holly talk about what empathetic selling looks like in fintech and why chasing an ICP just because "they have budget" is not a real strategy. They unpack what buyers inside financial institutions are worried about, the personal and reputational risk behind every decision, a
Ep 6 - Your AI Is Only as Smart as Your Mess
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February 01, 2026
In this episode, Angi and Holly sit down with Neal Mann, co-founder of Noan, to talk about the part of AI most companies keep avoiding: their foundation. Neal explains why layering AI on top of broken systems does not work, why documents were never meant to be the backbone of modern businesses, a
Ep 5 – SKO or Expensive Field Trip?
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January 18, 2026
Sales Kickoff season is here, and Angi and Holly have thoughts. In this episode, they break down what actually makes an SKO useful and what turns it into a glorified team vacation with better lighting. From comp plans and pipeline math to role-playing trauma, ICP clarity, and why trust matters mo
Ep 4 – The Year-End Reality Check
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December 29, 2025
Let's take a candid look back at what actually changed in GTM over the past year and what didn't. We talk through the real shifts we saw in 2025, including the return of in-person events, the growing focus on credit unions, how rising conference costs are changing how teams show up, and why curat
Ep 3 - Stack It Like You Mean It
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December 09, 2025
In this episode, we get tactical. We walk through the tools we rely on every day to run our GTM motion, from CRMs to automation hacks. We talk about why spreadsheets are not a sales process, how to pick the right CRM for your team size, and the integrations that actually make your life easier. We
Ep 2 - Create Demand, Don't Chase It
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November 11, 2025
Angi and Holly get real about early pipeline. We cover how to define an ICP, why you need at least three buyer personas, and what it takes to reach a cold contact. Hint: plan for 8 to 12 touchpoints. We unpack channel preferences, why text can beat cold calls, and how to warm specific accounts with
Ep 1 - How Growth Really Works
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October 08, 2025
Welcome to The GTM Loop Podcast with Angi Milano and Holly Glowaty. We talk about go-to-market strategies that actually work. Real stories, honest lessons, and tactical conversations on how to sell it, keep it, and grow it. From why growth is a loop (not a funnel), to navigating bank sales cyc
Episode 2026-01: Navigating the Future of Technology and Gender Equality
Finopotamus
March 11, 2026
In this episode of Finopotamus Unscripted, host John San Filippo was joined by Angi Milano, Becky Reed, and Jill Robb to discuss the intersection of gender, technology, and the evolving landscape of financial services. Recorded shortly after International Women’s Day, the conversation began with a startling statistic: At the current rate of change, it will take over 122 years to close the economic gender gap.
Building a GTM Strategy that Works for Financial Institutions
CAFE (Center for Accelerating Financial Equity)
September 02, 2026
An ongoing workshop for Fintech Startups deployed yearly for new co-horts with RevTech Labs and CAFE (Center for Accelerating Financial Equity) accelerators.
Fractional & Advisory Revenue & Growth Leadership for Fintechs
Location: Chicago, IL | Available Remotely an Fees: 7500.00
Service Type: Service Offered
Maven Advisory works with fintech founders and leadership teams selling to banks and credit unions on the decisions that drive revenue and growth.
Engagements can include fractional revenue and growth leadership, go-to-market strategy, positioning and messaging, market segmentation, sales strategy, pipeline strategy, buyer strategy, and executive advisory.
Angi Milano brings 15+ years of experience from both sides of financial services, including roles inside HSBC, Capital One, Citigroup, BCU, and Alliant, as well as experience leading revenue strategy and advising fintechs selling into financial institutions.
This work is best suited for fintechs that need senior-level revenue and growth leadership without hiring a full-time executive, or leadership teams looking for an experienced advisor to help sharpen strategy, improve execution, and make better growth decisions.
Location: Virtual | Chicago, IL | Available f Fees: 7500.00
Service Type: Service Offered
Angi Milano is available for conference speaking, panels, fireside chats, and moderated discussions focused on fintech, financial services, revenue and growth, technology buying, and innovation.
With 15+ years of experience across both financial institutions and fintech, Angi brings the perspective of someone who has bought, evaluated, sold, and advised on financial technology. Her experience includes roles with HSBC, Capital One, Citigroup, BCU, and Alliant, as well as advising fintech founders and leadership teams through Maven Advisory.
Popular topics include selling fintech to banks and credit unions, how financial institutions buy technology, fintech revenue and growth strategy, buyer behavior, fintech-bank partnerships, AI and innovation in financial services, and the practical realities of adopting new technology.
Angi is available for industry conferences, executive events, private leadership sessions, podcasts, panels, and moderated conversations.
Location: Chicago, IL | Available Remotely Fees: $3,500
Service Type: Service Offered
Angi Milano is available for contributed articles, expert commentary, interviews, podcasts, research participation, and branded thought leadership focused on fintech and financial services.
Her areas of expertise include how banks and credit unions buy technology, fintech sales and revenue strategy, financial institution buyer behavior, fintech-bank partnerships, positioning and message-market fit, technology adoption, AI and innovation in financial services, and the changing financial services technology market.
Her perspective is shaped by 15+ years working on both sides of the industry: inside financial institutions evaluating and buying technology, and with fintechs selling into banks and credit unions.
Angi is available for bylined articles, contributed commentary, executive interviews, podcasts, research discussions, and sponsored or commissioned thought leadership where her expertise and point of view are a strong fit.
Location: Chicago, IL Date : September 17, 2026 - September 17, 2026 Organizer: 1871
The annual Momentum Awards are an evening dedicated to celebrating Chicago's tech community and championing the companies and individuals building extraordinary businesses. This year, we're honoring standout work across six categories, from growth-stage founders to established leaders. While the Momentum Awards are only one night, the impact transcends the evening. By supporting 1871, attendees champion the future of tech in Chicago and contribute to providing resources for founders whose solutions are changing the world.
Location: Lisbon, Portugal Date : October 06, 2026 - September 08, 2026 Organizer: FintechMeetup
Fintech Meetup Europe brings together leaders from fintech, banking, payments, commerce, and investment for three days of meetings, conversations, and industry programming. The 2026 event marks Fintech Meetup’s European launch and is expected to bring more than 2,500 attendees to Lisbon, with a strong focus on pre-scheduled meetings between financial institutions, fintechs, investors, and industry leaders.
Angi Milano will attend Fintech Meetup Europe to connect with fintech founders, financial institution leaders, and others working across the European and U.S. fintech markets.
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Building a Business Case a Bank Will Fund
Marketing to Banks and Credit Unions Without Sounding Generic
Signs Your Fintech Isn't Ready to Scale Sales
How Fintech Founders Should Qualify a Bank Deal
Building a Revenue Engine for a B2B Fintech
Credit Union Lending Is Getting More Complex. The Conversations Around It Need to Get Better
Building a Go-to-Market Strategy for Banks and Credit Unions
LinkedIn Didn't Stop Working
Why a Plan Is Not a Strategy
Please Hold, Your Partner Will Be With You Shortly.
Seats, Tiers & Sticker Shock
A Clear-Eyed Fintech Marketing Audit
The Business Case Has to Survive the Sale
Flights, Follow-Ups & Fuzzy Math
The Best Fintech You'll Never Download
Your Pitch Was Great, Your Timing Wasn't
Don't Go Chasing Partnerships (or Waterfalls)
Stop Qualifying for a Buyer You Don't Have
LinkedIn Didn't Stop Working
Ruthless Prioritization Wins the Back Half
How Peer Validation Drives Buying Decision
Warm Intros Are Not a Go-To-Market Strategy
The Best Reps Use Silence to Qualify
The Single Mistake Breaking Your Forecast
When Customization Becomes a Problem
You Get 7 Minutes. Use Them Wisely.
Warning Signs Your GTM Model Will Not Scale
Stop Selling Outcomes You Can’t Back Up
Multi-Threading Done Wrong Will Cost You the Deal
Your Champion Shouldn't Have to Wing It
Turn Every Win Into the Next One
You Closed the First Deals. Now What?
The Product Works. The Story Doesn’t.
Design to Win: Smarter CX & GTM for Growth
ScaleUp
Fintech & Financial Services Speaker: Growth, Technology Buying & Innovation
Money 20/20
1871 Momentum
FintechMeetup Europe 2026
