2021 AGENDA

Day 1

08:30-09:30AM

Registration 

Welcome Coffee

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09:30-09:45AM

Welcome Address

Director - Qube Events 

09:45-10:00AM

Chairman Opening Address

An overview of the current FinTech and
RegTech trends and challenges, and the
opportunities that lie ahead for the
payments and compliance industries.

10:00-10:30AM

Keynote

Market Trends in the Payments Space (TBC)

Trends changing the face of payments. Technology, regulations, partnerships, credit access and customer. 

Aleksi Grym, Head of Digitalisation at Bank of Finland.

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10:30-10:45AM

SPEED NETWORKING

An innovative approach to maximize networking capabilities through two minute periods, where delegates can meet their peers and exchange business cards before rotating to the next company representative.

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10:45-11:30AM

Coffee Break & Braindates

11:30-12:00AM

Keynote

Visa Direct – Transforming Global Push Payments

Increasing globalization has fuelled the growth in international commerce as well as individual needs to send funds to friends and family all over the world. With increasing consumer and business demand for real-time payments both domestically and globally what solutions are there to meet these needs? What is Visa Direct and how is it transforming global real time push payments?

Moshe Winegarten, Senior Director Commercialisation – Visa Direct Europe

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12:00-12:30PM

CHALLENGER SESSION

Bank vs Fintech 
Collaboration or competition? Disrupting the banking sector. Finding the right balance between innovation and regulation. Reducing risks and building trust while remaining compliant. Digital disruption in payments. Changing competitive landscape involving banks, Fintechs and Big Techs.

René Plank, Deputy Head of Unit, DG Competition, Antitrust Payment System at European Commission

TESTIMONIALS

Here's what some of our past attendees had to say about the Forum structure and attendee experience!

STEVIE AQUILINA

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KPMG, Regulations Officer

Well organised & highly relevant sessions delivered by leading industry experts.

LUDWIG MALLIA

MeDirect Malta Senior, Manager - Core Banking Platforms

Impressive stage of presenters discussing actual hot topics in the payments industry. A good forum for networking with others working in the same sector & also payments/financial services experts

ALISTAIR BROWN

EPAM  Global Head of Payments

Nextgen Payments brings together an excellent blend of payments experts to discuss current trends and challenges in the payments arena. It’s simply one of the best of its type out there right now

MARISE CHETCUTI

CDDS Mediterranean Country Manager

Well done! I haven’t been to a conference which was so well organised in a very long-time! The whole event was organised to perfection! Keep up the good work!

VASSOS 

ARISTODEMOU

NetInfo - CEO

NPF Forum was very interactive, provided information on trends regulations and cyber security

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