The Price of Nice: WMNfintech Lunch

​Join 1871, BMO Financial Group, and NYC Fintech Women for an initmate lunch on Thursday, May 22nd welcoming the new WMNfintech Founders cohort.

​Amira Barger will lead a powerful discussion on The Price of Nice, exploring how we can move beyond comfort and safety to drive meaningful change. Her forthcoming book, The Price of Nice: Why Comfort Keeps Us Stuck—And 4 Actions for Real Change (launching October 28, 2025), is a bold examination of how “niceness” often upholds inequity, paired with a clear call to action for transformative progress.

​Special thanks to BMO for generously hosting and sponsoring both the lunch and this timely, thought-provoking conversation.

​Book link: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/800343/the-price-of-nice-by-amira-barger/

​WMNfintech is 1871 & BMO Financial Group’s award-winning program designed to empower startup founders as they scale their services and solutions in the fintech industry.

​As North America’s largest fintech accelerator of its kind, WMNfintech returns for its sixth consecutive year to support fintech startups through tailored strategic connections, resources, and programming.

​Founders who have participated in the program have created more than 200 jobs in their communities and raised over $45M in capital.

​Five startups will be selected to participate in the accelerator and receive support through tailored resources, programming, and strategic connections, free of charge.