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| 8:00 | REGISTRATION AND NETWORKING | |
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| 8:45 | Chairperson’s Opening Remarks Andrea Dunlop, Chair, EPA Advisory Board and CEO, Merchant Acquiring, Europe, Paysafe Tony Craddock, Director General. Emerging Payments Association | |
| 08:55 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Payments Disrupted: Growing your business at speed and scale Jeni Mundy, Managing Director, UK and Ireland, Visa | |
| 09:15 | KEYNOTE PANEL DISCUSSION: The Aftermath of PSD2 – What is next for open banking and APIs? Join our panel of experts to review requirements for full implementation to deliver on PSD2 and open banking. What changes are expected? How to best prepare? PSD2 on the rest of the world, where are the opportunities? Moderator: Jim Wadsworth, Senior Vice President, Open Banking, Mastercard Nilixa Devlukia, Head of Regulatory, Open Banking Maha El Dimachki, Head of Payments Department, FCA Monica Monaco, Founder and Managing director, TrustEu Affairs | |
| 09:45 | KEYNOTE STUDY: The Balance of Payments – Expectation, Innovation, Regulation Marion King, Director of Payments, NatWest | |
| 10:05 | ALL STAR PANEL DISCUSSION: Adapt or Die – Digital Banking Transformation Join our panel of market leaders exploring best practice in everything from overcoming legacy (systems, processes and people) to physical and digital channel transformation. Moderator: Judith Rinearson, Partner, K&L Gates Sujata Rastogi, Global Programme Manager, Growth Transformation, HSBC David McHenry, Head of Global Treasury and Payments Advisory – EMEA, Silicon Valley Bank Franziska Schmid, Head of regulatory impact, innovation and product oversight, Santander UK Søren Rode Andreasen, Chief Digital Officer, Danske Bank | WORKSHOP: Beyond the Economic Cyclical Slowdown: Mobile Platforms As Enabler of Global Commerce Adolfo Laurenti, Principal European Economist, VisaListen to an economists view on the European economy at an unprecedented time in the bloc’s history. |
| 10:35 | MORNING NETWORKING BREAK | |
| 11:05 | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Accelerate and Adapt – helping new entrants scale Scott Abrahams, Group Head Acceptance and Emerging Payments, Mastercard | |
| 11:25 | PANEL DEBATE: Tech giants & Banking – Collaboration, competition or coopetition? Debate and assess with our senior participants the impact of tech giants and how these big tech companies are reshaping the banking landscape, where are the opportunities and where are the threats for all actors across the financial service industry. Moderator: Gregoire Toussaint, Principal, Edgar, Dunn & Company Tao Tao, Business Development Director, EMEA, Alipay Laura McCracken, Head of Financial Services & Payments Partnerships, Europe, Facebook Judith Rinearson, Partner, K&L Gates | |
| 11:55 | KEYNOTE: Expanding the use of data & Analytics – How is AI being leveraged with predictive analytics? Review how Artificial Intelligence is driving the future the financial service today, where are the opportunities, what are the main challenges and how to overcome them! Matthew Key, Head of Customer Innovation, Global Banking & Financial Markets, BT Global Services | |
| 12:15 | SPONSORS INNOVATION SHOWCASE Hear from our sponsors and exhibitors the exciting new technology set to disrupt the financial services in this fast-paced session.
| WORKSHOP Taking card programs global Dan Herridge, Card Program Launcher, Visa Karen Gullett, Vice-President, Client Services, VisaIn an increasingly global world, why can’t financial services be global? Take a look at what you’ll need to expand beyond borders. |
| 13.00 | SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: Get ready. Get set. Get SignPosted. Scott Abrahams, Group Head Acceptance and Emerging Payments, Mastercard | |
| 13.05 | NETWORKING LUNCH | |
| 14:00 | PANEL DISCUSSION: How to ensure longevity as a leading challenger bank? Learn and discuss with our senior panelists how to differentiate yourself as a challenger banks in an increasingly crowded space and what are the key factors for scaling up successfully. Moderator: Rich Wagner, CEO, Cashplus Julian Sawyer, COO, Starling Bank Amir Nooriala, COO, OakNorth David Thomasson, Director, Payments & Commercial Lending Product, Metro Bank Will Sorby, UK General Manager, N26 | |
| 14:30 | DIVERSITY IN PAYTECH DISCUSSION: Shifting the Balance – How to successfully promote diversity and inclusion in your organization? Learn and discuss how is the Financial Services industry addressing aspirations to develop more diversity in leadership role. Moderator: Cecilia Harvey, Director, Founder and Chair, Tech Women Today Angela Yore, Managing Director, SkyParlour Andrea Dunlop, CEO, Merchant Acquiring, Europe, Paysafe Anne Pieckielon, Director of Product and Strategy, Bacs Anna Tsyupko, CEO, Paybase | FINTECH UNPLUGGED Podcast recording and Q&A Fintech Unplugged: Where can fintech innovation go next? In this special live recording of the Fintech Unplugged podcast, your co-hosts Robert Courtneidge and Suresh Vaghjiani are joined by Julian Sawyer, Starling Bank, to discuss how fintech can continue to innovate for the future. Ask question during the session or drop them into the Bin of Confusion! Robert Courtneidge, CEO, Moorwand Suresh Vaghjiani, CEO and Co-founder, Tribe Payments Julian Sawyer, COO, Starling Bank |
| 15:00 | STARTUPS INNOVATION SHOWCASE Meet the exciting new companies set to disrupt the emerging payments industry with their latest technology and fresh ideas.
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| 15.30 | AFTERNOON NETWORKING BREAK – GIN O’CLOCK (Sponsored by Moorwand) | |
| 16:00 | STARTUPS INNOVATION SHOWCASE (Continued) Meet the exciting new companies set to disrupt the emerging payments industry with their latest technology and fresh ideas.
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| 16.30 | CRYSTAL BALL PANEL: How will the FS market landscape evolve in an era of political turmoil and technology disruption? Hear from our senior industry experts as they forecast what the future holds for the payments industry and catch their 3 predictions for the year ahead. Moderator: David Parker, CEO, Polymath Consulting Rich Wagner, CEO, Cashplus Jeremy Nicholds, CEO, Judopay John Stewart, Global Head of Scouting and Research, NatWest | |
| 16.55 | Chairperson’s Closing Remarks Andrea Dunlop, Chair, EPA Advisory Board and CEO, Merchant Acquiring, Europe, Paysafe Tony Craddock, Director General. Emerging Payments Association | |
| 17.05 | DRINKS RECEPTION (Sponsored by Moorwand) | |
25th & 26th March 2025
ExCeL, London
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