Ladi Delano

Money, Access, and Scale: The Evolution of Financial Technology | Global Conference 2025

Nicole Valentine, Ashley Bell, Ladi Delano, Jalak Jobanputra, Matthew Oppenheimer, Trevor Traina, Matt Oppenheimer

Leading financial innovators including Remitly, Tools for Humanity, and Redemption Bank convened to address the global challenge of serving four billion underserved individuals through biometric identity verification and alternative credit scoring. These organizations are deploying digital assets and real-time data from sectors like ride-hailing to bypass traditional credit barriers, enabling fractional asset ownership and reducing remittance costs for emerging markets. With the recent institutional validation provided by Bitcoin ETFs, the industry is pivoting toward scalable, trust-based infrastructure that empowers credit-invisible populations via decentralized finance and impact-driven lending models.