UnBundled – Autumn edition 2026

UnBundled – Where CEE capital meets CEE fintech – is a one-day fintech conference organized by The FinTechers. It is the fintech track of the Engaged Investments Conference during Czech Startup Week 2026, and puts the people who build, regulate and fund financial services in the same room.

What to expect

The program will feature three blocks of keynotes and panel discussions focusing on stablecoins and new financial infrastructure, with Mastercard's participation; traditional finance (TradFi) and resilience; and the intersection of fintech and AI.

Top speakers:

• Dorothea Ysenburg, VP Global Partnerships, Digital Assets & Blockchain, Mastercard
• David Durouchoux, SG Forge (Société Générale)
• Maryna Muntian, J.P. Morgan
• Jiří Raška, CTO and co-founder, Partners Banka
• Michal Vodrážka, Czech National Bank
• Matěj Balga, CTO CZ/SK, Wonderful

Who it's for Fintech founders, bank and payments technologists, regulators, and the VCs and investors who decide which companies get funded.

Exploring the future of fintech, payments, resilience, and AI

Talks on stablecoins and the Eurosystem's Pontes, who carries the risk when a payment goes wrong, bank resilience under DORA, and who is liable when an AI agent makes the payment

• A handover into the fintech section of the Engaged Startup Showcase, where the finalists, including the winning team of $hackathon_ (19–20 October), present to investors
• Direct access to the Engaged Investments crowd, with investors, founders and innovation leaders in the same building

The organizer The FinTechers is a CEE fintech community and accelerator based in Prague. It connects founders, financial institutions, investors and regulators through events like UnBundled and programs that help fintechs scale across the region.

Free to attend, but registration is required and subject to approval. Sign up here.