Amsterdam Fintech Forum & Money20/20 Pre-Party
Leaders in Technology & Innovation 2024: Exploring CBDCs & Money20/20 Best in Show
PROVISIONAL AGENDA | BEST IN FINTECH
12:30 Registration and coffee
Opening Keynote
13:30 Opening Keynote: The Making of a Whistleblower and Entrepreneur by Pav Gill, the Wirecard whistleblower, Founder at Confide
Pav Gill is an influential figure in the realm of corporate governance and ethics, renowned for his role in exposing Europe’s €24 billion fraud, Wirecard. A former Magic Circle lawyer and fintech general counsel, Pav has navigated some of the most complex legal and ethical matters across the globe. This experience, coupled with a powerful moral compass and compelling journey as whistleblower, is now fuelling the early success of Confide, a groundbreaking governance, risk & integrity platform he founded in late 2023. Since its inception, Confide has set a new standard in whistleblowing and investigations technology, empowering organizations in compliance automation and fostering environments of trust and accountability with unparalleled efficacy.
Pav‘s compelling narrative and authoritative insights into corporate ethics have captured the global stage, earning him features in major documentaries and coverage by top-tier media outlets. His impactful contributions to the discourse on corporate responsibility have garnered prestigious recognitions, including the Blueprint for Free Speech Award and the ACFE Cliff Robertson Sentinel Award, underscoring his significant impact on the field. A highly sought-after keynote speaker, Pav delivers transformative insights on fostering ethical leadership and operationalizing the principles of transparency and integrity within corporate frameworks. His contributions have not only catalyzed regulatory reforms but also inspired a comprehensive reevaluation of corporate governance standards globally.
Session 1 – CBDC & Digital Currency
14:00 The evolution of the CBDC debate: international state-of-the-art and a path to Digital Euro by Igor Mikhalev, Partner at EY-Parthenon, and founder of cbdctracker.org
In this session I will cover the state-of-the-art and drive to compelling learnings from the landscape of worldwide CBDC developments, supported by unique data and insights we have collected through our open source community project, https://cbdctracker.org/ and numerous conversations with central and commercial banks.
The session will introduce a new 2×2 framework where we measure worldwide responses across the two axes: flexibility of the regulatory landscape vs. maturity of the RTGS infrastructure. CBDCs can have major benefits in certain cases (jurisdictions), but we will see that sometimes it is not (and will not be) the answer.
Finally, we will talk about a new public blockchain based CBDC initiative driven by major Dutch banks, as a potential path to Digital Euro.
14:30 Assisting the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to realize a retail CBDC by Shiva Bissessar, Managing Director, Pinaka Consulting (Trinidad)
Shiva has assisted the Caribbean in developing fintech via various capacities over the past decade. In 2016, UN ECLAC published his research into the opportunities and risks of digital currency in the Caribbean published via the. He co-authored research into fintech entrepreneurship as published by UK’s DFID in 2018. In 2019, his consultancy, Pinaka Consulting won the public tender to form the Blockchain Technical Advisory as required by the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank to provide overall programme management and technical oversight of the solution provider in the design, development, testing and operationalization of the retail CBDC pilot DCash.
14:45 Presentation
15:00 Coffee Break
Session 2 – Money20/20 Best in Show – AI
15:45 Trade with Ukraine for a win-win: why working with Ukraine’s tech talent is an opportunity for Europe and European fintech by John Adam, CRO, Aimprosoft
Before Russia invaded, Ukraine’s IT sector was averaging YoY growth of 30% thanks to high-quality services exports. In 2023, IT services exports actually grew in value after digital supply chains proved themselves incredibly robust.
In this session I will explore why trading with Ukraine in the form of IT services is a significant opportunity for European fintech. And why our European partners doing so makes a huge contribution to Ukraine’s economy – and the future of Europe.
16:00 From Complexity to AI Clarity: Elevate Client Engagement and Satisfaction, Boost Revenue, and Slash Churn with Libertify by Steve Rosenblum, Founder Libertify.com (France)
16:15 Leveraging GenAI to Prevent Push Payment Fraud by Niels Decraene, VP Europe at Transmit Security
Join us to tackle the growing challenge of authorised push payment fraud, the most common threat to financial transactions. We’ll delve into the innovative use of AI, including generative AI, and digital identity to bolster security and counter sophisticated fraud tactics. In an era where AI empowers hackers to launch high-quality attacks at scale, this session is designed for payment professionals aiming to harness AI technology to secure a trustworthy payment environment.
16:30 Accelerating manual reviews for Fintech Ops & Compliance teams by Pranjal Daga, Co-Founder & CEO, Accend (New York, USA)
16:45 Panel discussion on the future of AI in banking and finance
Panelists:
- Thea Loch, Head of Group Optimisation, Lloyds Banking Group
- Nick Kerrigan, MD, Head of Innovation, SWIFT
- Karen Zhang, Fintech Lead (UKI), Google Cloud, Google
- Ivar Lammers, Global Head of Financial Crime WB, ING Bank
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17:30 – 21:00 Money20/20 Pre-Party with Welcome Word from Conference Speakers
Confirmed Speakers during Money20/20 Pre-Party
- Ivar Lammers, Global Head of Financial Crime WB, ING Bank
- Thea Loch, Head of Group Optimisation, Lloyds Banking Group
- Nick Kerrigan, Managing Director, Head of Innovation, SWIFT
- Giorgi Shagidze, CEO, maib
Top international companies will get together in Amsterdam this June for the world’s premier Financial Tech Conference and Exhibition, Money 20/20. What groundbreaking offerings can these companies bring to Banks and Fintechs? What novel solutions and innovations are reshaping the landscape in Payments, Fraud Prevention, AI, Digital Transformation, and more?
We invite all industry leaders to showcase cutting-edge solutions and strategies at the Amsterdam Fintech Forum. Expect a diverse audience of 200+ professionals from banks, fintech firms, payment processors, consultancies, and IT enterprises worldwide, comprising exclusively of senior and middle management. The event will be broadcatsed and promoted to an audience of 300,000+ within the financial services sector.
Themes for presentations, pitches, and demos include:
- AI
- Data sharing
- Digital ID
- Digital wallets
- EdTech / PayEd
- GDPR
- New payment methods
- Open banking / Open finance PSD2
- PSD3
- WealthTech
- BNPL
- AML / KYC
- Cryptocurrencies
- Cybersecurity
- Data Protection
- ESG
- ISO 20022
- Risk Analysts
17:00 – 20:00 Money20/20 Pre-Party
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Join us for the original Money20/20 Pre-Party, which we have organised since 2023. Approx. 200 senior bankers and fintech founder/owners will get together the evening before the big show starts. Besides unrivalled peer-networking, we also offer companies the chance to share news and updates with the delegates from our main stage. Contact us the discuss the options.
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