The FinTech Mexico Association has officially launched the FinTech Mexico Festival 2025 in an effort to transform collaboration and innovation between the financial and technological sectors. The event will take place on February 27, 2025, at the Papalote Children's Museum in Mexico City and will bring together more than 2,500 attendees, becoming one of the most prominent FinTech forums in Latin America.
This festival is an evolution of the successful FinTech Mexico Forum 2024 and includes more than 50 sponsors, 70 recognized speakers, and 25 international conferences. Mexico leads the number of fintech startups in Latin America, with over 500 companies, and the fintech sector in the region has experienced a 30% annual growth since 2017, according to CB Insights.
The theme of the festival, "I Collaborate, I Grow, I Build, and I Thrive," reflects the mission of FinTech Mexico to foster an inclusive ecosystem, promoting collaboration between regulators, startups, and major financial entities such as Bitso, Stori, Nu Mexico, Mercado Pago, and Mastercard. The event aims to establish itself as a hub of financial innovation in Latin America.
The program of the event includes panels, workshops, and conferences led by experts such as Jesús De la Fuente, President of the CNBV, Óscar Rosado, President of the CONDUSEF, Daniel Vogel, CEO of Bitso, Suvendu Pati, Chief General Manager of the Reserve Bank of India, and Adolfo Babatz, CEO of Clip. The participation of international representatives, such as the Government of India, the guest country for this edition, highlights the importance of Mexico as a global fintech center.
Some of the key topics to be addressed at the event will include regulation and competition in the fintech sector, the digitization of financial services in Mexico, and the growing market for Blockchain and digital payments with significant projections for the future. Felipe Vallejo, President of FinTech Mexico, stated: "We want to establish the FinTech Mexico Festival as a space where innovative ideas and best practices merge to strengthen the global ecosystem."
