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NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum
7 MAY 2026
W Hotel - Barcelona, Spain
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“Action is the foundational key to all success.”
Pablo Picasso
Welcome to the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum 2026 in Barcelona!
Join us at the iconic W Barcelona for an inspiring one-day forum at the intersection of payments, compliance and RegTech. Set against the backdrop of one of Europe’s most vibrant innovation hubs, this Forum brings together senior leaders, disruptors and regulatory experts to unpack what is next for the European payments ecosystem.
Across a full day of keynote presentations, strategic panel discussions and practical case studies, you will explore how instant and real-time payments, open banking, digital identity, and embedded finance are reshaping customer journeys and business models. You will also gain clarity on the fast-evolving EU regulatory agenda – from PSD3/PSR and the Instant Payments Regulation, to the new EU AML package, Digital Euro developments and data-sharing frameworks.
Whether you represent a bank, payment institution, fintech, merchant, RegTech provider, card scheme or regulatory body, the Forum is designed to deliver concrete, actionable insights and open the door to high-value partnerships across Europe and beyond.
Do not miss your chance to connect with peers and decision-makers, benchmark your strategy, and experience the unique energy of Barcelona’s fintech and payments community.
Reserve your place today and be part of the discussion shaping the future of payments, compliance and RegTech in Europe.
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WHAT'S COMING UP
The Future of Payments in Europe
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Real-Time & Embedded Payments:
How instant payments, account-to-account (A2A), embedded finance and open banking are transforming customer experiences and enabling new revenue models across Europe.
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Customer-Centric Experiences: Understanding evolving consumer behaviour, from digital wallets and BNPL to subscription models, and how to build seamless omnichannel payment journeys that drive loyalty.
Regulatory Challenges and Compliance in Payments
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From PSD2 to PSD3 & PSR: What the next wave of EU payments regulation, the Instant Payments Regulation and the broader EU AML package mean for governance, licensing, risk management and operational resilience.
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Scaling Compliance with Technology: Practical approaches to leveraging RegTech, data and automation to streamline KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring and reporting – while maintaining customer trust and agility.
AI, Data & RegTech Innovation
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From Reactive to Predictive Compliance: Using AI, advanced analytics and machine learning to enhance screening, risk scoring, anomaly detection and regulatory reporting.
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Building a Modern RegTech Stack: Integrating cloud, APIs and data platforms to reduce complexity, lower costs and enable faster responses to supervisory expectations and regulatory change.
Financial Crime, Fraud & Cybersecurity
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Next-Generation Fraud & Scam Prevention: Tackling social engineering, APP fraud, mule accounts and cross-border scams through collaborative intelligence and smarter tools.
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Strengthening Defences End-to-End: How banks, PSPs, fintechs, card schemes and regulators can work together on data sharing, real-time monitoring and robust controls to protect customers and the wider financial ecosystem.
THE AGENDA
7 MAY | BARCELONA | SPAIN
7 MAY 2026
08:30-09:00
REGISTRATION & WELCOME COFFEE
Participants arrive, register, and enjoy welcome coffee
09:00-09:05
WELCOME ADDRESS
Opening of the Forum and how the day will run
Lilly Pavlou, Executive Director at QUBE Events
09:05-09:10
CO-CHAIRS OPENING ADDRESS
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Overview of key challenges and opportunities in the payments and RegTech space
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Introduction of the event’s goals and expected outcomes for attendees
Robert Courtneidge, Payment Industry Expert
09:10-09:35
KEYNOTE SESSION + Q&A
Europe’s Payments Roadmap 2026:
PSD3/PSR, SEPA Instant & Trust
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What PSD3/PSR changes in practice for PSPs, issuers, acquirers and merchants
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SEPA Instant rollouts: Verification of Payee, liquidity, fraud controls and customer UX
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Building trust at scale: resilience, transparency and compliance-by-design
Arturo Mac Dowell González, President at AEFI
09:35-10:05
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Agentic AI for Fraud & Compliance:
Practical Use Cases for PSPs & Merchants
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Agentic workflows for onboarding, monitoring, investigations and dispute handling
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Real-time scam and fraud detection: signals, collaboration and automated response
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Governance for AI: model risk, explainability, audit trails and human-in-the-loop controls
Larissa de Araújo, Director, Governance Risk & Compliance & Sr. Managing Counsel at Oyster®
Maria Akulenko, Chief Compliance Officer at Cryptopay
Roman Zilber, Founder at Intrepid Fox
Susana Rubio, VP Products and Solutions Lead at Mastercard Spain
Corinna Scatena, Head of Legal & Governance at Getnet Europe by Santander
10:05-10:30
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Merchant Economics: Acceptance, Tourism
Flows & Pay-by-Bank
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Protecting margins in a competitive market: routing, orchestration and cost-to-serve
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Acceptance in travel, hospitality and retail: improving conversion while managing risk
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Pay-by-bank in Spain: where A2A works today and how to scale it responsibly
Fernando Latorre Aisa, Director Payments & Fraud at Vendo Services
Federico Hernandez, Business Development Director for Spain & Portugal at Alipay+
Arnau Bertran, Head of Spain Payment Acceptance & Experience at Amazon Payments
Erik Van Thielen, Managing Director EU at Triple-A
Carla Rebelo, Head of Fraud at SeQura
10:30-11:00
KEYNOTE DISCUSSION + Q&A
How Fraudsters Are Winning the Identity War (And How
We Fight Back)
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From AI-generated identities to coordinated mule activity, fraudsters have industrialised to operate like modern enterprises. How are identities manufactured and exploited across the customer lifecycle?
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Audiences will get a breakdown of the fraud supply chain and an insight into the opportunities for institutions to stop defending against the threats of tomorrow
Paul Boskma, Senior Director Engineering at Mitek Systems
11:00-11:30
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK + ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
11:30-12:00
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
B2B Virtual Cards & Cross-Border Payments Opportunity
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Making ISO 20022 data work: reconciliation, reference integrity and straight-through processing
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Visibility and transparency end-to-end: tracking, confirmations and exception handling
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Reducing operational risk across corridors: controls that do not slow growth
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Enhancing visibility and transparency for B2B payments
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Making ISO 20022 data work: reconciliation, reference integrity and straight-through processing
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Exploring commercial card/virtual card use cases and opportunities
Ferdinand Dragtstra, Co-Founder at Payzim and The PayBridge
Juan Carlos Botrán, Deputy Head of Payment Services and Scheme Delivery at SWIFT
Francesco Giovanni Ghizzardi, Vice President, Business Development, Europe at Thunes
Manuel Rivero, Business Development Director, Iberia & Continental Europe, Total Issuing Solutions at FIS
12:00-12:30
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Wallet Wars in Spain:
Bizum, Global Wallets& the Next UX Layer
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Bizum evolution and interoperability: what it means for banks, fintechs and merchants
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Provisioning, tokenisation and secure checkout: winning top-of-wallet in Spain
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Loyalty and value-added services: turning payments into retention and revenue
Raul Sanchez G., CEO at GOWD
Cátia Silva, Payments & Fraud Manager at Vueling Airlines
David Henriquez, Senior Product Manager at Wave Mobile Money
Josep Elias, Founder at Payzim
Jose Creo, Head of Product and Innovation at Bizum
12:30-13:00
KEYNOTE SESSION + Q&A
From KYC for AML to Global Perpetual KYC: How to Future-Proof Your AML & Financial Crime Strategy
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How perpetual KYC transforms customer insight and strengthens AML and full financial crime detection
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The strategic & technological roadmap: AI driven modernization, data readiness and global collaboration
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Lessons learned from European initiatives and real world insights from KBC Group & Discai to succeed in a globally connected AML future
Fabrice Deprez, CEO at Discai
13:00-14:00
NETWORKING LUNCH
Attendees network over lunch, fostering connections and discussions
14:00-14:30
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Digital Identity & Onboarding:
eIDAS2, EU Wallet Credentials & KYB for SMEs
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Using verifiable credentials for faster onboarding and better compliance outcomes
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Reducing false positives and improving risk decisions with better identity data
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Consent, privacy and liability: designing trust frameworks that scale
Moderator: Pancho Pérez Salazar, Founder at Lonchbox
Susana Antunes, Head of Compliance & AML Officer at Marex Group
14:30-15:00
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Open Banking to Open Finance
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Pay-by-bank for merchants: reducing cost, improving UX and managing refunds/disputes
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Data sharing beyond payments: credit, affordability and smarter customer journeys
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Commercial models and liabilities: turning compliance into a competitive advantage
Eric Raduan, Deputy CEO at Powens Group
Carlos Figueredo, Global Head of Payments at SAP Fioneer
Emilio Llopis, Digital Payments Lead at G-Star
15:00-15:30
NETWORKING COFFEE BREAK + ONE-TO-ONE MEETINGS
Take a moment to connect with fellow attendees and discuss key insights
15:30-16:00
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Fraud & Scams 2026:
APP, CNP Fraud & Real-Time Controls for Spain
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APP scams and social engineering: prevention, reimbursement and collaboration models
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Real-time fraud controls: mule detection, behavioural signals and network intelligence
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Operationalising fraud response: playbooks, escalation and measurable outcomes
Patricia de Cea Sarabia, Chief Risk Officer (CRO) at PAYCOMET by Banco Sabadell
Andrejs Klisans, Head of CIU Europe at Revolut
Fabrice Deprez, CEO at Discai
16:00-16:30
PANEL DISCUSSION + Q&A
Merchant Acceptance & Checkout Innovation in Spain:
Cards, Wallets, Bizum & Pay-by-Bank
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Acceptance optimisation for Spain: orchestration, smart routing, local wallets/schemes and settlement options
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PSD3/PSR and SCA in practice: frictionless authentication (passkeys/biometrics) with strong fraud controls
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Reducing disputes and improving conversion: better data, smarter chargeback management and real-time monitoring
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Innovation in cross-border payments in emerging markets
Dodi Malazonia, Head of E-commerce Merchants Acquiring / Payments Business at Bank of Georgia
Ariam Rodríguez Pou, Global Partnerships Manager at BELOY
Alejandro Banegas, VP & Head of Digital Partners at Mastercard Spain
Jose Marti, CEO at PayPaga
16:30-16:35
CO-CHAIRS CLOSING COMMENTS
Summarising the key takeaways from the conference and addressing final questions from attendees
Robert Courtneidge, Payment Industry Expert
16:35-18:00
NETWORKING DRINKS RECEPTION
A closing networking reception to foster connections among attendees and speakers, featuring local drinks & snacks
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KEY BENEFITS FOR PARTICIPATING
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New Prospects
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BECOME A SPONSOR
Sponsoring the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum Barcelona 2026 provides you with the perfect opportunity to showcase your solutions and interact with your target audience in a purposeful way.
You can expect to secure new direct connections with key decision-makers and industry influencers.
Our Sponsorship packages take on a holistic approach and are tailored to accommodate your specific business objectives.
Packages can include:
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20-30 minute keynote presentation or inclusion on an industry-expert panel discussion
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Access to The Meeting Point which includes 5 pre-qualified meetings
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An integrated international marketing & branding campaign strategy
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International social media campaigns
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Dedicated booths and promotional areas
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Prestigious PR opportunities & interviews with international media
MEANINGFUL NETWORKING
Finally we are back with in-person events! The time to connect with our colleagues and peers in the Payments and RegTech sector is here! Our aim with the NextGen Payments & RegTech Forum Barcelona 2026 is to facilitate key discussions and create a platform for meaningful networking. No spamming, no irrelevant conversations, just quality conversations that promote business growth.
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