27-28 May 2025 | Les Salles du Carrousel, Paris, France
Making the change to instant payments in all relevant channels is a large investment. What constitutes a good implementation plan? Which pain points remain globally and regionally?
Jude Pinto
Payments Canada
Antoine Cuypers
Intix
Daniel Stanton
Bank of America
Jonny Keir
NatWest Group
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Kevin Flood
FIS
Sophie Giorgi
Crédit Agricole
Open Finance begins with secure and reliable data access for consumers to share their data with the financial apps and providers they choose to use. This panel will discuss how the move from today’s Open Banking will structure the journey towards an Open Finance ecosystem.
Vincent Brennan
Edwin Sanders
Rabobank
Manuel Thomet
Synpulse
Mounaim Cortet
Innopay
Simon Eacott
NatWest
The goals of the G20 Roadmap for Enhancing Cross-border Payments include increased transparency, speed, security and lower costs. However, challenges remain, in particular with regard to the operational and regulatory environment. How will the future of cross-border payments look like?
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Kate Pohl
Euro Banking Association
Chris Jameson
Bank of America
Isabelle Poussigues
Société Générale
John Hutton
LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Rafael Linde
Cecabank
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Tapan Agarwal
iGTB
With volumes of instant payments (and real-time payments in the US) constantly growing, which benefits do instant payments have – for PSPs, for companies, for retail consumers? Which drivers may promote further adoption of instant payments? What is the situation in emerging markets?
Christophe Vergne
Capgemini
Andrea Pennacchia
Nexi
Conor Colleary
Oracle Financial Services
Elena Gomez
Citi Services
Helena Forest
Mastercard
Martin Runow
Goldman Sachs Bank Europe
Dave Birch
Jean-François Mazure
Societe Generale
Simon McConnell
Citi Services
Is the market ready for the end of the coexistence of ISO and MT messages? What remains to be done in the next few months to realise ISO 20022’s full benefits?
Kjeld Herreman
Paylume
Christopher Gardner
Deutsche Bank
Domenico Scaffidi
Unifits
Justin Brearley-Smith
J.P. Morgan
Sylvain Dauge
Société Générale
Vitus Rotzer
Bottomline
What are the current complexities facing PSPs with regard to verification of payee? What else can reduce the fraud risk for consumers and businesses?
Lu Zurawski
Payment System Regulator
Jacques Vanhautere
SEPAmail.eu
Kannan Rasappan
Banfico
Nicolas Trimbour
BNP Paribas
Olivier Julou
Crédit Agricole
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Sheri Brandon
Worldline Financial Services
Payment services providers have created innovative operating models for international remittances and low-value payments. How are these payment services changed by developments in real-time payments, Open Banking, and interlinkages between low-value infrastructures?
Leo Lipis
Lipis Advisors
Akshat Saharia
HSBC
Anastasia Serikova
Visa Direct
Emanuela Saccarola
Citi Services
Sanjeev Bhatti
BNY
Steve Naudé
Wise Platform
With instant and real-time payments live in the SEPA zone and the Americas now for years and with rapidly growing volumes, this session will explore how PSPs and their customers are already benefiting from access to real-time payment rails and corresponding solutions.
Elena Casal
The Clearing House
David Voss
Bank of America
Esther Galiana
BBVA
Dr. Hubertus von Poser
PPI
Simone Del Guerra
Nexi
Debi Bell Hosking
Finextra
Christian Luckow
Danske Bank
Frantz Teissèdre
Société Générale
Krister Billing
Euro Banking Association
Thomas Egner
Euro Banking Association
Wolfgang Ehrmann
Euro Banking Association
Isabelle Olivier
Visa Direct
Instant payments and virtual assets are reshaping the financial ecosystem – but with speed and digitalization comes exposure. Regulatory mandates like Verification of Payee (VOP) or the Travel Rule are helping to close the gaps in illicit financial flows, yet fraudsters continue to innovate faster than policy.
We will explore a holistic defense model, combining optimizations and AI/ML assistance that empowers financial institutions to prevent in real-time behavioral transaction anomalies.
Marie-Christine Diaz
Demis Estabridis
Gini GmbH
Miguel Palmer
Gini
Fabian Meyer
Tech ThinkTank within EPAM
