LAS VEGAS — The inaugural FinAi Lending Summit kicks off today at Caesars Palace Las Vegas featuring a fireside chat with Suzanne Rathbun, senior vice president – lending operations group manager at U.S. Bank. 

The summit will bring together executives, technology experts and decision-makers across the FinAi lending ecosystem to discuss AI-driven underwriting, the future of lending compliance, deploying AI for anomaly and complex pattern detection and more. 

View the full event agenda here.  

During the two-day event, attendees will hear from industry experts including: 

• Jay Budzik, senior vice president and director of AI/ML model development and operations, Fifth Third Bank; 

• David Normandin, president and chief executive, Wintrust Specialty Finance; 

• Ryan Erekson, AI strategist and adoption coach, Guild Mortgage; and 

• Wendy Cai-Lee, founder and CEO, Piermont Bank. 

Tech demos

On Day Two of the event, attendees will have a front row seat for live demonstrations during the Emerging Technology Showcase. These startups will present demos of their AI-driven solutions: 

• Arden AI; 

• CreditLab.AI; 

• Cosmos AI; and 

• Kastle. 

FinAi Lending Summit is a new event designed for leaders across the lending ecosystem who are driving real transformation, offering a forum to explore what works and what’s next.