Agenda v2 | Embedify 2026
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Morning

Afternoon

Arrival + Coffee + Badge Pickup

All

Show Barn

8:15 AM - 9:00 AM

Welcome + How the Day Works

Greg Myers

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

Opening Keynote - From Roadmap to Reality: A Vertical SaaS CEO’s Journey in Embedded Finance

James Armijo, CEO of Inktavo, will discuss his leadership journey and how vertical SaaS companies can build a thoughtful roadmap for embedded finance that aligns with real customer needs. He’ll share lessons on product strategy, investor communication, and where opportunities are emerging across payments, lending, banking, insurance, payroll, and accounting.

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9:15 AM - 9:45 AM

Fireside Chat - Expanding the Platform: The Next Embedded Finance Decisions

A Worldpay-moderated fireside chat with a leading vSaaS operator on how platforms are evolving from embedded payments to broader embedded finance strategies. The conversation will explore the complexity of integrating multiple financial products, the impact on customer experience, and what it takes to build a roadmap that expands value beyond payments.

TBD

Show Barm

9:45 AM - 10:15 AM

Break

All

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10:15 AM - 10:25 AM

In this fast-paced session, select ecosystem partners will each have six minutes to share one practical insight, customer example, or real-world lesson from the embedded finance market. No slides and no sales pitches, just concise perspectives on what is working, what platforms are asking for, and where real value is being created.

Embedify Lightning Series - Six Minutes. One Insight.

Anchor Sponsors

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10:25  AM - 12:00 AM

Lunch

All

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12:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Payments Breakout - What Great Embedded Payments Strategies Get Right

For many vertical SaaS platforms, payments is the first and most important financial product they bring to market, but long-term success depends on more than simply turning it on. This session will examine what separates stronger payments strategies from weaker ones, including integration, adoption, customer value, and the role payments can play in a broader roadmap.

TBD

Show Barn

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Embedded lending is evolving beyond one-off offers into a more strategic and integrated way for vertical SaaS platforms to help customers access capital at the right time and in the right context. This breakout will look at how platforms can evaluate funding products, customer experience, partner models, and roadmap decisions as they build a more effective embedded capital strategy.

Lending Breakout - From Financing Offer to Growth Strategy

TBD

Amber Room

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

As vertical SaaS platforms look to add more financial functionality, embedded banking opens up new possibilities around accounts, money movement, cards, and cash flow management within the software experience. This breakout will examine how platforms can assess product scope, customer value, operational complexity, and long-term priorities as they define what embedded banking should look like for their business.

Banking Breakout - Embedded Banking: The Next Layer of Platform Value

TBD

Velvet Room

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Insurance Breakout - Making Insurance a Natural Part of the Platform Experience

Insurance can be powerful when it is offered at the right moment, in the right context, and in a way that feels helpful rather than disruptive. This session will examine how vertical SaaS leaders can approach embedded insurance with a focus on customer relevance, operational simplicity, and long-term platform value.

TBD

Rose Room

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

Break

All

Transition

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

For many small businesses, accounting is still fragmented, manual, and disconnected from the software they use to run the rest of the business. This session will look at how vertical SaaS leaders can embed accounting workflows in ways that improve visibility, reduce friction, and make the platform more valuable over time.

Accounting Breakout - From Back Office to Platform Advantage

TBD

Velvet Room

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Payroll Breakout - Making Payroll Part of the Core Platform

Payroll has traditionally lived outside the software experience, creating extra steps, added friction, and disconnected workflows for customers. This session will examine how vertical SaaS platforms can bring payroll closer to the core product in ways that strengthen usability, increase platform value, and support a more complete operating system for the customer.

TBD

Rose Room

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Infrastructure Breakout - The Embedded Finance Stack: What You Need Before You Launch

Launching embedded financial products requires more than a partner integration. Platforms need the right technical, operational, compliance, and data infrastructure to support onboarding, risk, money movement, reconciliation, reporting, support, and long-term scalability. This session will break down the core building blocks vertical SaaS companies should think through before launching or expanding embedded payments, lending, payroll, banking, insurance, or accounting products.

TBD

Show Barn

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Investor Breakout - Monetization, Moats, and the Investor Lens on Embedded Finance

What makes one embedded finance strategy look incremental and another look truly strategic? This session will explore how operators can build stronger platforms by understanding the factors investors care about most, including customer value, defensibility, revenue quality, and long-term growth potential.

TBD

Amber Room

2:15 PM - 3:15 PM

Break

All

Transition

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Operator Panel - From Software Platform to Financial Platform: Is Your Business Ready?

Launching embedded financial products requires more than a partner integration. Platforms need the right technical, operational, compliance, and data infrastructure to support onboarding, risk, money movement, reconciliation, reporting, support, and long-term scalability. This session will break down the core building blocks vertical SaaS companies should think through before launching or expanding embedded financial products.

TBD

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3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Closing Keynote - The Next Chapter of Growth in Vertical SaaS

As vertical SaaS platforms move deeper into embedded payments and financial products, the real opportunity is not simply adding more products. It is building a more valuable, differentiated, and durable platform. In this closing keynote, WorkWave’s SVP & GM of Fintech will share a practical operator’s perspective on what it takes to expand from payments into a broader embedded finance strategy, including lending and payroll. Drawing from WorkWave’s own journey, he will explore why vertical SaaS companies are embedding financial products, how to think about sequencing and execution, what success looks like beyond revenue, and how fintech can become a deeper part of the customer experience.

Jacob Olins, Workwave

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4:15 PM - 4:45 PM

Closing + Next Steps

Greg Myers

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4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Explore Agenda - October 13, 2026

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