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How Digital Banks and Fintechs can Successfully Navigate Regulations, Risk, and Uncertainty

How Digital Banks and Fintechs can Successfully Navigate Regulations, Risk, and Uncertainty
Agenda
June 24th, 2025
6:00 pm
Welcome
6:05 pm
Discussion Starts
7:00 Pm
Discussion Ends & Zoom Networking Session Begins
7:30 pm
Event Ends
Speakers
Meet Our Speakers

Shawnet Hendricks
Lithic
Detail-oriented Compliance and Operations professional bringing 18 years of experience in the financial industry. Focused on maximizing company compliance with applicable laws and standards. Knowledgeable about internal controls, process evaluations and procedural reviews. Focus on improving policies and procedures in all business areas. Hardworking and driven with quality-focused and a proactive approach. Team leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals.

Ron Shevlin
Cornerstone Advisors
Ron Shevlin is the Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone Advisors, where his research on banking and fintech trends helps shape the direction of financial institutions and fintechs. Author of the Fintech Snark Tank on Forbes and host of the What’s Going On in Banking podcast, Ron is ranked among the top banking and fintech thought leaders globally and is a frequent keynote speaker at banking and fintech industry events.

Carol Grunberg
Yuno
Carol is a seasoned technology and financial services executive, having been on founding teams of some of the most innovative Commerce offerings in the market today; Google Wallet, Digital Assets at Citi and leading international growth at Alipay. Today, as the Chief Business Officer at Yuno, the world’s leading payments orchestration platform, serving a global customer base across all four hemispheres, Carol leverages her expertise in incorporating new business development, product innovation, client experience, and strategy to expand Yuno’s reach and impact across markets and industries.
Carol is passionate about transforming global commerce by revolutionizing the payments ecosystem and helping democratize finance worldwide.
Outside of her work at Yuno, Carol is a committed investor and mentor for early-stage startups, particularly in fintech, digital transformation, and social impact. She champions women in fintech, having served as President of the Board of Directors of Paytech Women. Currently, she sits on the Board of TeamUnity, which focuses on elevating communities within New York, especially in Harlem.

Ahon Sarkar
Helix by Q2
Ahon Sarkar is the General Manager of Q2’s Helix organization, which empowers innovative companies to build personalized, empathetic banking products that serve over 10M people nationwide. As one of the pioneers in the “Banking as a Service” space, Ahon has led Q2’s BaaS platform evolution and expansion in partnership with industry leaders like Credit Karma, Square, Betterment, Acorns, and Gusto. Together, they create modern banking products that expand their product ecosystem, delight their users, and catalyze a new era of human-centric finance.
Prior to joining the Q2 team, Ahon built Cambr at StoneCastle, a joint venture with Q2 that was the first BaaS offering in the US market. Before that, he ran special projects for the CEO and CIO of Bridgewater Associates (the world’s largest hedge fund) and founded a startup in the voice communications space while earning a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Chicago.
Throughout his career, he has worked in a variety of verticals — from nanochemistry to audio technology to, more recently, finance and fintech. Regardless of the industry, Ahon is passionate about building unique products that make a real difference to everyday people.