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Sparks flew at the Plug And Play Silicon Valley Summit!

CEO Julie Fellows presented to a standing-room-only crowd during the Visa’s Plug and Play Inclusive Fintech Accelerator session of the Plug And Play Silicon Valley 3-day Summit!

Plug and Play Tech Center is the largest innovation platform in the world, driving innovation across 20+ industries by bringing together the most disruptive start-ups, industry-leading corporate partners, and venture funding. There were more than 3,500 attendees, with 55 speakers from 17 different verticals!

Being selected for the Visa Inclusive Fintech Accelerator program was a true honor, as was the opportunity to collaborate with the founders from the 20 other impressive startups in our cohort!

What a fantastic experience for our founders, Julie and Justin Culver, to meet with leading-edge innovators and investors!

According to Julie, “It was an exhilarating three days at The Plug And

Play Silicon Valley June Summit—what a success! I thoroughly enjoyed engaging with many leading-edge entrepreneurs and participating with such an impressive group of startups in the Visa Inclusive Fintech Accelerator program!

It’s been a true honor for me to work with the largest innovation platform in the world, Plug and Play Tech Center, and to be included among those Visa chose to support as part of their commitment to enhancing diversity in Fintech! I extend my heartfelt thanks to the Plug and Play ecosystem, Visa, Holman, other corporate sponsors, and all the participants who made the event great!

A special thanks to advisors and mentors from Plug and Play: Dominique Reese, Javeria Jogi, Yukino Suzuki, Spencer Swanson, Christopher Arnone, Maximillian Jungreis, Julia Keinprecht, Brandon Nguyen, Nathan Gold, and Visa Delores Terry Angela Kadon, Dan Roesbery, Johannes Earl Schaffer.”

Congratulations to all our cohorts: Jason Robinson, James Jones, Andrea Inokin, Kingsley Ezeani, Boum III Jr, Joseph Akintolayo, Monique Ositelu, Dulra Amolegbe, Alejandro Pinzon, Jannae Gammage, Samara Andrieux, Dionne Gumbs, Carles Vila, Castleigh Johnson, Amber Masters, Luis Chau, Victor D. Lombard, Deepak Jain, Chooki Arinze Kooshi, and Alex Shamir. Together, our continued collective efforts will help reshape the #fintech landscape and bring #inclusivity and #innovation to the forefront!

“As an alumna, I am thrilled about our future as we continue to engage with investors and corporate partners to bring much-needed BankWyse solutions to the Web3 ecosystem!”

#privateequity #venturecapital #startup #blockchain #digitalassets #Fintech #riskmanagment #compliance

About BankWyse

BankWyse is a technology-driven financial institution dedicated to supporting institutional investors, financial institutions, and blockchain enterprises with fully regulated solutions for safe, compliant, and integrated fiat and digital-asset services. As a Wyoming state-chartered bank, BankWyse provides regulatory clarity, combined with cutting-edge, institutional-grade technology and unwavering governance and risk protocols, uniquely ensuring customers can safely and securely access, move, and store a broad range of digital assets, while conveniently accessing fiat currencies and payment systems globally.  

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Not FDIC Insured.  Deposits in USD or fiat held by BankWyse are not required to be insured by the FDIC.  BankWyse is a Special Purpose Depository Institution (SPDI) with regulatory requirements to ensure the safety and soundness of the institution. Therefore fiat deposits are not required to be insured by the FDIC.  Deposits held by BankWyse will not be fractionalized and loaned out to other customers, and are therefore safely held in the bank.  Wyo. Stat. § 13-12-108

Julie Fellows is a successful senior executive and financial services leader with a proven ability to drive enterprise-level growth while skillfully managing risk. Her experience as a former federal regulator makes her uniquely qualified to lead BankWyse as we help companies realize the promise of a seamlessly integrated financial environment. A few of Julie’s notable accomplishments include:

  • Known for her ability to solve complex strategic issues and large-scale regulatory challenges
  • Independent corporate director, advisor to boards and C-suites, and a senior banking executive skilled in leading transformational change initiatives
  • Commissioned National Bank Examiner by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

Julie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in business administration from the University of Colorado and a Certificate in Cyber-Security Risk Management from Harvard University