Follow-up — Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP (2026-05-26)
Event match
- Source: Sasha voice note + Financial Club link in Telegram, 2026-05-27 UTC.
- Financial Club URL: https://www.app.financialclub.com//event/nKCl87dF3oWXHXM2CU3J
- Event ID: `nKCl87dF3oWXHXM2CU3J`
- Title: Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP
- Time: 2026-05-26 23:00 UTC / 16:00 America/Los_Angeles
- Location: 1 California St #2500, San Francisco, CA 94111
- Source roster: `Дополнительные файлы/financialclub_roster.csv` and `.json`
- Roster rows available locally: 55 from older user-registration export; Neon fresh event roster says 126 attendees.
Intake rule for incoming photos
For every incoming photo from this batch:
1. Treat this event as the default match unless Sasha says otherwise.
2. Extract visible name/company/LinkedIn/context from the image.
3. Cross-check against the Financial Club roster and Neon/CQCRM as supporting evidence.
4. Add each person below with source screenshot/message id, context, contact route, next step, and draft message.
5. Do not send outreach without explicit approval.
People
SVB / Silicon Valley Bank — compliance feedback + Finori sponsor path
- Source voice note: Telegram message #1335, 2026-05-27 01:00 UTC.
- Source image context: Telegram photo batch included a BPM event group photo. Vision check: BPM branding visible; several attendees in center; name tags not readable. Do not identify a person by face alone.
- Sasha context: Met one Silicon Valley Bank person, likely visible near center in the event photo. Sasha believes he can be found in the attendee list; he handles partnerships at Silicon Valley Bank / SVB. Both SVB people asked for compliance feedback. Their acute pain: compliance does not accept/approve fintech clients. This makes them primary potential sponsors for Finori when selling into Silicon Valley Bank: help onboard fintech companies and reduce compliance rejection/friction.
- Roster/Neon check: BPM event roster confirms two highly relevant SVB/payment-partnership people:
- `Kourosh Adlparvar` — `Head of Payment Partnerships`, `SVB`, LinkedIn `https://www.linkedin.com/in/kadlparvar/`; attendee at BPM Happy Hour and many SF Fintech Week events.
- `Dylan Lisle` — `Payment Partnerships Manager`, `Silicon Valley Bank`, LinkedIn `https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanlisle/`; attendee at BPM Happy Hour and many payment/compliance-related SF Fintech Week events.
Other SVB people appeared across the week (e.g. Shawn Repulles, Senior Director), but the BPM event partnership matches are Kourosh + Dylan.
- Identification confidence: Updated after close-up photo #1343: likely Dylan Lisle rather than Kourosh. Vision check on the close-up says the name tag looks more consistent with `Dylan Lisle` and possibly `Silicon Valley Bank`; not enough to identify from face alone, but the visible name-tag shape + roster/title make Dylan the best candidate. Kourosh remains the other SVB partnership contact to keep in the list.
- Close-up source: Telegram image #1343, 2026-05-27 01:04 UTC; curly-haired man with mustache, dark jacket, light collared shirt, holding a tall can; name tag blurry but likely Dylan Lisle / Silicon Valley Bank.
- Priority: Very high.
- Contact route: LinkedIn for Kourosh and/or Dylan.
- Next step: Follow up referencing the compliance feedback ask; offer a concrete feedback session; position Finori as a way to help SVB/BaaS/payment teams pre-qualify and onboard fintech clients so compliance can approve more of the right ones.
- Reminder / commitment: Sasha promised SVB people he would attend their Thursday event; do not forget. Cron reminders set for 2026-05-27 21:00 PT and 2026-05-28 07:30 PT. Likely event: `SF Fintech Coffee May` at SVB Office, `222 2nd St, 17th Floor`, Thu 2026-05-28 08:30–10:30 PT. Confirm exact details before leaving.
- Status: draft ready; target person confirmation still needed before sending externally.
#### Draft message — Kourosh/Dylan
Hi [Name] — great meeting you during Fintech Week at the BPM event. I enjoyed the conversation.
I was thinking about your point on how painful it is when promising fintech clients get stuck or rejected by compliance. That’s exactly the kind of workflow we’re trying to improve with Finori: helping fintech teams understand what banks/compliance teams need before onboarding, so the right clients can move faster and with fewer surprises.
I’d be happy to share practical feedback from what we’ve seen on the fintech/operator side, and I’d love to learn how SVB is thinking about this problem. Would you be open to a 20–30 minute call next week?
Tarko/Tarco Sivanta — Visa Direct / enabler intros (spelling unverified)
- Source voice note: Telegram message #1333, 2026-05-27 00:59 UTC.
- Name confidence: Spoken as “Тарко Сиванта”; exact English spelling not yet confirmed. Possible variants to verify from LinkedIn screenshot/profile: Tarko Sivanta, Tarco Sivanta, Tarkko Sivanta, or similar.
- Sasha context: Visa Direct contact. Need follow-up and try to schedule a call. He may know newer/better payment enablers; ask him to recommend someone instead of KickGlobal as an enabler.
- Event context: Met during Fintech Week / BPM event flow; default note context remains Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP / 1 California.
- Roster/Neon check: No confident exact match found in Neon for the BPM event roster or broader search using `Tarko/Tarco/Tarkko/Sivanta` patterns. Nearby Visa/Visa Direct contacts in event/week rosters include Prashant Arya (Visa), Conor Bell (Visa Direct), Paco Flores (Visa), Nischal Belthan (Visa), and others; do not merge this note with them unless Sasha confirms.
- Priority: High.
- Contact route: LinkedIn once exact profile/name is confirmed.
- Next step: Warm follow-up, ask for 20–30 min call, explain we are looking for reliable Visa Direct / cross-border/payment enablers and would value recommendations beyond KickGlobal.
- Status: draft ready; profile spelling needs confirmation; do not send until Sasha approves.
#### Draft message
Hi Tarko — it was great meeting you during Fintech Week at/around the BPM event. I enjoyed the conversation.
I’d love to follow up and get your perspective on payment / Visa Direct enablement. We’re looking at cross-border and payout/payment workflows for CashQ / Finori, and I’d really value your view on which newer enablers are worth talking to.
In particular, if there are teams you’d recommend as stronger fits than KickGlobal, I’d be grateful for an intro or a short list of names to evaluate.
Would you be open to a quick 20–30 minute call next week?
Lessa/Lisa Maran — ex-Visa Direct executive / advisor (spelling unverified)
- Source voice note: Telegram message #1331, 2026-05-27 00:59 UTC.
- Name confidence: Spoken as “Лесса Маран”; exact English spelling not yet confirmed. Possible variants to verify from LinkedIn screenshot/profile: Lessa Maran, Lisa Maran, Lissa Maran, or similar.
- Sasha context: Very interesting contact; former executive at Visa Direct; currently advisor to a founder/CEO / bank or fintech CEO (audio phrase sounded like “фондбанка CEO” — spelling/entity needs verification). Very local San Francisco. Potentially very strong advisor.
- Event context: Met during the Fintech Week / BPM event flow; default note context remains Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP / 1 California.
- Roster/Neon check: No confident exact match found in Neon for the BPM event roster or broader people search using `Lessa/Lissa/Lisa/Maran/Moran`, `Visa Direct`, or `FounderBank` patterns. Treat Sasha’s voice note / screenshot batch as primary evidence until exact LinkedIn profile is captured.
- Priority: High.
- Contact route: LinkedIn once exact profile/name is confirmed.
- Next step: Ask for an in-person coffee/meeting in SF or a short call; position as wanting her perspective as an operator/advisor rather than pitching too hard; explore whether Finori/CashQ could be interesting enough for her to advise or introduce.
- Status: draft ready; profile spelling needs confirmation; do not send until Sasha approves.
#### Draft message
Hi Lessa — it was great meeting you during Fintech Week at/around the BPM event. I really enjoyed the conversation.
Your Visa Direct background and current advisory work are very relevant to what we’re building around fintech operations, cross-border/payment workflows, and bank-facing readiness at CashQ / Finori.
I’d love to get your perspective and see if there may be a useful way to stay connected. Since you’re local in San Francisco, would you be open to coffee or a quick 20–30 minute call next week?
Liz Ray — Stellar Development Foundation
- Source voice note: Telegram message #1328, 2026-05-27 00:58 UTC.
- Sasha context: Liz Ray, Stellar Foundation. She said Stellar works on cross-border payments; likely has grants or partnership programs. Follow up warmly: it was very nice to meet her, and explore what we can do together.
- Event context: Met at Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP / 1 California.
- Roster/Neon check: Neon confirms exact attendee: `Liz Ray`, CFO, `Stellar Development Foundation`, on `Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP` (`financialclub:nKCl87dF3oWXHXM2CU3J`, event id `24920`).
- Priority: High.
- Contact route: LinkedIn / direct if available.
- Next step: Warm thank-you; propose 20–30 min call; discuss cross-border payments overlap with CashQ/Finori; ask whether Stellar has grant/partnership paths relevant to the work.
- Status: draft ready; do not send until Sasha approves.
#### Draft message
Hi Liz — it was great meeting you at the Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM. I really enjoyed our conversation.
I’d love to stay in touch and explore whether there’s something useful we could do together around cross-border payments. What Stellar is doing is very relevant to the kinds of fintech/operations workflows we’re thinking about at CashQ / Finori.
If there are grant, ecosystem, or partnership programs at Stellar that might be a fit, I’d be very interested to learn more. Would you be open to a quick 20–30 minute call next week?
Penelope “Penny” Harwood — London & Partners / UK–US fintech
- Source voice note: Telegram message #1326, 2026-05-27 00:58 UTC.
- Sasha correction/context: “Точнее, Penny Harwood.” High-priority relationship. She is lawyer/legal-adjacent in Sasha’s description; helps companies between the U.S. and the U.K.; they serve/served Remitly; very actively try to get a call and find common ground, especially for Finori clients.
- Event context: Sasha says to reference meeting at this event. Default batch event remains Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP / 1 California unless later corrected.
- Roster/Neon check: Neon found `Penelope Harwood` as Financial Club profile, title `SVP Business Development`, company `London & Partners`. It did not show her on the BPM Happy Hour event roster, but did show her at `Inside the UK–US Fintech Landscape` on 2026-05-26 at `1 California St #2500`, plus later Financial Club events (`Exclusive Pours at The Amador with BPM`, `SF Fintech Coffee May`, `Fintech Fest 2.0`). This strongly supports the UK–US fintech context; keep BPM Happy Hour as current photo-batch context but mention “Fintech Week / 1 California” if exact session is uncertain.
- Priority: High.
- Contact route: LinkedIn / direct if available.
- Next step: Warm thank-you, explicitly reference meeting during Fintech Week at/around 1 California, ask for 20–30 min call, explore UK↔US fintech expansion and possible Finori client collaboration/introductions.
- Status: draft ready; do not send until Sasha approves.
#### Draft message
Hi Penny — it was great meeting you during Fintech Week at 1 California. I really enjoyed our conversation.
I’d love to stay in touch and find 20–30 minutes to compare notes. The U.S. ↔ U.K. fintech corridor is very relevant for what we’re building with Finori and for some of the clients we work with, especially around expansion, setup, and regulatory-facing needs.
I also remembered you mentioned work with companies like Remitly, which sounded very relevant. Would you be open to a quick call next week to see where there may be useful overlap?
Daniel Figueredo / Daniil — BPM LLP
- Source screenshot: Telegram batch of 6 LinkedIn profile screenshots, message #1320, 2026-05-27 00:56 UTC.
- Source voice note: Telegram message #1323, 2026-05-27 00:57 UTC.
- Correction note: Sasha’s later voice note shifted the high-priority follow-up to Penny Harwood; keep Daniel as a captured BPM contact unless Sasha says to remove/merge.
- LinkedIn/profile shown: Daniel Figueredo — Partner at BPM LLP, San Francisco; LinkedIn says invitation sent / pending; Message button visible.
- Sasha context: “Даниил, BPM”; BPM provides legal/service support for financial companies, works across the U.S. and with regulators. Useful contact; should befriend him. He lives in San Diego, but likely has local colleagues; ask for a call and potentially local/regulatory-practice intro.
- Event context: Met at Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM LLP, 1 California St, SF.
- Roster/Neon check: Neon found the exact person as Financial Club attendee/profile `Daniel Figueredo`, BPM LLP, plus historical Luma profile `https://linkedin.com/in/daniel-figueredo-6009a62`. For the specific BPM event, Neon attendee search did not return Daniel under event `24920`; however BPM event roster in Neon includes BPM colleagues Mark Leverette, Nick Whitehead, Nicole Mayta, Stephen Daughters. Treat Daniel match as confirmed by screenshot + profile + event context; Neon event roster may be partial/stale for this person.
- Contact route: LinkedIn message once connection/request state allows.
- Next step: Send warm thank-you, propose a short call, and ask who local/SF at BPM would be best for fintech/regulatory-services conversations.
- Status: draft ready; do not send until Sasha approves.
#### Draft message
Hi Daniel — great meeting you at the Fintech Week Happy Hour at BPM yesterday. Thanks again for the conversation.
It would be great to stay in touch. I’d love to find 20–30 minutes to compare notes on how BPM works with fintech companies across the U.S., especially around regulatory-facing work and expansion/compliance needs.
Also, since you’re based in San Diego, if there’s someone on the BPM side in SF / Bay Area who is close to fintech or regulatory work, I’d really appreciate an intro.
Would next week be a good time for a quick call?
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