Past event The AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference wrapped on September 29, 2026.

Conference · Salt Lake City · September 29, 2026

AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference 2026: Aloan in Salt Lake City

Aloan demoed live on the Demo Stage in Salt Lake City at 11:30am MT on Tuesday, September 29. Here is what we showed and where to catch the team next.

Aloan was on stage

Tuesday, September 29 · 11:30am MT

Demo Stage, rapid-fire product demos, fourth in the 11:00am block. · Ten minutes, working software. We ran a real commercial deal packet through Aloan from document intake to examiner-ready credit memo in front of a room of bankers.

Dates: September 29, 2026
Venue: Ken Garff University Club, Rice-Eccles Stadium; Salt Lake City, UT
Aloan presence: Live demo on the Demo Stage
Organizer: Spring Labs with the Utah Bankers Association

About the event

What was the AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference?

The AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference is a one-day gathering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, hosted by Spring Labs with the Utah Bankers Association and partners including the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, the American Fintech Council and the University of Utah Fintech Center. The 2026 edition was its third year, drawing 400+ expected attendees, 200+ of them bankers, and 120+ speakers running AI in production rather than talking about pilots.

The program was built for practitioners: a Main Stage on agentic AI in lending, risk and customer experience, a Workshop Stage on deployment, controls and cybersecurity, and a Demo Stage where nine companies showed working software in ten-minute slots. Former Acting Comptroller Michael Hsu gave the keynote on AI and the appearance of oversight.

Aloan was on the Demo Stage at 11:30am MT, and co-founder Mitch Barnard was on-site all day for 1:1 working sessions. If you missed us in Salt Lake City, the next events are listed on our events page. Bring a real deal packet and watch Aloan spread it and write the memo on your own files.

Aloan in Salt Lake City

How we showed up at the University of Utah

01

Live Demo on the Demo Stage

Tuesday, September 29 at 11:30am MT. A real commercial deal packet run from document intake to examiner-ready credit memo, with every number cited back to its source page.
02

1:1 Working Sessions

Mitch Barnard was on-site all day for private working sessions, spreading real tax return packets and deal files live so bankers could see Aloan on their own data, not a canned demo.
03

Next Event

One day, one room, 400 people. See the events page for where the team is next, or book a remote working session with a founder.

The program

What stood out on the day

01

Demo Stage, 11:30am

Aloan ran a real commercial deal packet from document intake to examiner-ready credit memo, live, in the rapid-fire demo block.
02

Main Street Meets the Machine

The 11:25am Main Stage panel on agentic AI in small business lending was the session closest to what Aloan does, right alongside our demo.
03

Michael Hsu keynote

The former Acting Comptroller of the Currency opened the day on AI and the appearance of oversight, the examiner lens that every bank in the room has to satisfy.
04

200+ bankers in one room

Community and regional bank executives from Utah and the Mountain West, plus the fintechs building for institutions under $25B.

Full schedule

Day-by-day agenda

From the published 2026 agenda. All times Mountain Time at the Ken Garff University Club, Rice-Eccles Stadium. Main Stage sessions are listed in order; parallel Workshop Stage sessions are noted under the Main Stage slot they overlap. The highlighted slot is where Aloan was on stage.

Pre-event · Monday, September 28

Pre-conference party.

Evening

Pre-conference party at Topgolf

Included with a conference ticket.

Conference day · Tuesday, September 29

Main Stage, Workshop Stage and Demo Stage run in parallel. All times Mountain.

7:30–9:00am

Coffee and registration
9:00–9:10am

Welcome

Howard Headlee (Utah Bankers Association) and John Sun (Spring Labs)
9:10–9:40am

Keynote: AI and the Appearance of Oversight

Michael Hsu, Phil Goldfeder
9:45–10:25am

The Agentic AI Reality Check: What Banks and Fintechs Are Doing in 2026

John Piazza, Arvind Mohan, Brandon Thomas, Aaron Kouhoupt

Workshop Stage at 9:45: Unstuck, a realistic path to deploying AI in banking (Jeff Irving, Scott Weller, Ryan Zacharia).
10:30–10:55am

Spring Labs announcements

Peyman Hesami, Kevin Lewis, John Sun
11:00am–12:30pm

Demo Stage: rapid-fire product demos

StackTalk · CALM xAI · Payman AI · Aloan (11:30) · Cordant · Arrow Intelligent Systems · Primitive · Revio Insight · Hamming.
Aloan
11:30am

Aloan live demo

A real commercial deal packet, document intake to credit memo, on the Demo Stage.
11:25am–12:05pm

Main Street Meets the Machine: Agentic AI in Small Business Lending

Rhett Roberts, James Moughon, Sarvesh Baveja, Michael Failor, Kim Gerhardt

Workshop Stage at 11:25: The AI Agent Operating System for Banks (Derek White, Ryan Caldwell, Karin Lockovitch).
12:10–12:35pm

Building an AI Financial Partner Inside the Primary Account

Jeff Currier, Alex Johnson

Workshop Stage at 12:00: Financial Crime at Machine Speed (Jihyun Kim, Angelo DeRosa).
12:35–1:30pm

Lunch
1:30–1:55pm

What Bank Grade AI Looks Like Inside an Innovative Bank

Richard Rosenthal, Ryan Christiansen

Workshop Stage at 1:30: Complaints, Controls, and Oversight (Cam Sullivan, Vaunte Epps, Chad Richards, Jonathon Ritchie).
2:00–2:40pm

Beyond Guardrails: How Can We Ensure Our AI Agents Are Secure

Joe Breeden, Kareem Saleh, TJ Marlin, Kyle Kneubuhl, Peter Renton

Also at 2:00: live recording of the Breaking Banks podcast (James Moughon, Samer Saab). Workshop Stage at 2:15: Cybersecurity at AI Speed (Simone Garreau, Casey Williams).
2:45–3:25pm

From Cutting Costs to Growing Revenue: The New Playbook for AI-Native Banks

Ben Xiang, Andy Schornack, Marc Rehberger, Jane Barratt, Carey Ransom
3:30–4:10pm

How Customer Experiences Are Being Reimagined With Agentic AI

Elizabeth O'Connor, Loren Andersen, Angelo DeRosa, Kevin Lewis
4:15–4:55pm

What New Risks Does Agentic AI Bring to Banking

Matthew Bacal, John McNamara, Martha Cummings, Syed Raza, Karin Lockovitch
5:00–5:30pm

GRC Gets an AI Upgrade: Connecting It All Together

Brian Enneking, John Sun, Derek Higginbotham
5:30–5:35pm

Closing remarks

John Sun
5:35–6:45pm

Happy hour

Source: conference.springlabs.com/agenda. Session titles, times, and demo lineups are subject to change. Verify on the official site.

What Aloan showed on the Demo Stage

End-to-end AI commercial loan underwriting in ten minutes

The Demo Stage format is ten minutes of working software. That is enough to run a real commercial deal packet from analyst inbox to examiner-ready credit memo. The on-stage walk-through covered:

01

Document intake and classification

Tax returns, bank statements, financials, rent rolls, K-1s. Aloan tags each by type, year, and entity.
02

Spreading with source citations

Every number clicks back to the exact page. That's the audit trail SR 11-7 and OCC 2025-26 examiners now expect.
03

Multi-entity consolidation, global cash flow

K-1 tracing, Schedule E reconciliation, entity graph and global cash flow rollup. No Excel handoff.
04

Risk flags and policy checks

Revenue trend inversions, NSFs, UCC liens, covenant breaches, concentration risks, policy exceptions.
05

Examiner-ready credit memo

Borrower overview, financial analysis, risk factors, mitigants, recommendation. Every figure cites back to source. LOS hand-off, not re-keying.

FAQ

AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference, answered

Where was Aloan at the AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference?

Aloan was one of nine companies on the Demo Stage at the 2026 AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference on September 29 at the Ken Garff University Club at Rice-Eccles Stadium, University of Utah, Salt Lake City. Our demo was at 11:30am MT, and co-founder Mitch Barnard was on-site all day for 1:1 working sessions.

When did Aloan demo?

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 11:30am MT on the Demo Stage, fourth in the rapid-fire demo block that ran from 11:00am to 12:30pm. The demo walked a real commercial deal packet through AI commercial loan underwriting end to end: document intake and classification, spreading with source citations, risk flags, and an examiner-ready credit memo.

Who hosted the conference?

Spring Labs hosted it with the Utah Bankers Association, with partners including the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity, the American Fintech Council and the University of Utah Fintech Center. 2026 was the third year.

Can I book a meeting with Aloan at a future event?

Yes. Our events page lists the next conferences where the Aloan team will be on-site. Bring a real commercial deal packet (tax returns, financial statements, bank statements) and we will run it through Aloan so you see exactly how our AI commercial underwriting platform handles your file mix.

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Catch us at the next event

The AI-Native Banking & Fintech Conference is in the books. See where the Aloan team is heading next, or grab a working session with a founder remotely.

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